i'm thinking around 20% have serious doubts and 99% have some doubts but keep them from becoming conscious to avoid cognitive dissonance.
this is becoming increasingly harder to do over the fact that the governing body are showing their true colors and the contridictions are so great..
Most DO's and CO's are too old to "change". I've been a dub my whole life (now 67 yo) and because I'm not dependent on the WTBTS for my living, I can be honest and say that I wasted most of my life believing the in the WTBTS. No more. I recently heard a DO at the CA say "I know that some of you may be disturbed over smoe of the new light as expressed in the 7/15/13 WT" His words not mine. I truly believe that he was disturbed by the outlandish stuff in that WT.
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
ok. i'm a brit as some of you know.. what i noticed with the wbt$ is how they only seem to write from an american cultural standpoint.
not a bad thing if you're one of my cousins form the usa i admit........ but.... here in the uk there are some things that are meaningless to us.. eg hazing.
this was warned about in a study and over here we had no idea what it was and it kind of alienated the congregation from the study.
I was in England a few years back and got into a friendly banter with a very personable British bus driver. He was quite honest in admitting that we Yanks do indeed drive on the right side of the road! I thanked him. Then he informed me that the Brits do however drive on the 'correct' side of the road. Got me!
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
just been doing a clear out and found all my old public talk outlines and notes.
just ripped them up and threw them away.
felt really good.
Yeah, I did the same thing along wth all notes from the 'elders school' Iattended over the years. I'm now working on ripping up all the crap stored in my head. So far so good!
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
so chatter on the net and in coffee shops suggests lots of speculation about the re-emergence of russia as the king of the north.
does this political situation give the gb a golden opportunity to simply let speculation about prophecy fly and keep people distracted from the fact that nothing they have prophecied has actually come true?.
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If they bring back the "king of the north" vs "the king of the south" stuff, they may also bring back "the ressurrection of the ancient worthies" teacing. That's no doubt part or the reason that they are building a palacial new complex in upstate NY to house those "faithful men of old" who will be ressurrected sooooooon!
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
in his illustration at mathew 13: 24-30, jesus made it clear that the wheat and weeds were to grow together until the harvest.
this parable runs contrary to the concept put forward by the wt about getting out of the world and running to their organization for salvation.. first of all, the parable says that the weeds will be gathered, bundled and burned first then the wheat will be gathered into the storehouse.. wt teaches that we need to gather up the wheat first.
not only are they doing it backward, they are teaching that true christians must isolate themselves inside a special wheat organization, separate from the weeds.
++++Apognophos+++
I agree that "this detail is not significant" unless you are the WTBTS. They can pick the proverbial "fly poop out of pepper" when it comes to insignificant details if it in anyway supports their outlandish explanation of the Bible. How many toes did the image of Daniel have or not have and what does it signify?
LOL
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
folks are about as happy as they decide to be.. looking on the bright side of life gives you more of a foothold when things go awry.
nurturing hope builds a foundation for you which enables you to save for tomorrow and build toward the future and hang on when things get tough.. people dig their own graves when they become pessimists.
"why bother" replaces "that's worth a try!".
The light hurts my eye.
eye-use-2-b-a-dub
is there anything in the bible that makes you believe that some or all the writings in the bible are inspired from god?.
I think that the WTBTS could easily make (up) a case the Bible is not "inspired" but "spirit directed". All JW's would then have to believe the 'nu-lite' teaching.
Just saying
eyeuse2bdub
7 years ago i started on a path i had long ago given up on as impossible.
i met with my elders and told them i could not justify carrying on as a jw.
i went and got my high school qualifications and my higher education diploma (a levels with distinction) in just 12 months.
Hey Doc!
Are you sure that you're not dreaming? We all was told way back in 1969 that we would never get old in this system and that pursuing a college education was a waste of time. Oh! I'm sorry. It was we all that was dreaming!
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
in harmony with acts 6:1-7, what is the gb giving back to the r&f?
the post about the cos being retired and recent wt articles about caring for older ones made me think.
the gb is doing everything to cut costs while at the same time asking for more sacrifices.
Giving only applies to the R and F. "Do as we say not as we do!" "Listen! Obey! or be SHUNNED!"
Just saying
eyeuse2badub
someone told me today that at the annual meeting something was said along the lines that, we do not need to be like the boreans and search that everything is true because we know we have the truth.
can anyone confirm this?.
Can anyone confirm this? NO! Just about anything that the GB says cannot be confirmed. They are exactly like any other religion in that they 'hve the truth' and it doesn't need to be confirmed. Listen, Obey, and be Blessed. Yep!
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
