god, evidently, wants you to be poor: .
a newly baptized brother is married, and he and his wife have three small children.
one day, a workmate suggested that he and the brother move to another company that paid a higher wage and provided more benefits.
SFPW--you are obviously a younger person not retired. You are much like many of us once WERE. Naive! Comparing our circumstances with that of Jesus is ridiculous. If we could raise the dead, walk on water, turn 2 fish and 5 loaves into a banquet, etc., etc. we would have every reason to forsake everything for serving God. BUT!
eyeuse2badub
a little background, i faded in 2007 and have been out ever since.
i started studying at 18 and have no jw realitives.
i'm returing because my life is heading in the wrong direction.
You'll be back here soon. Once you know ttatt you can't possibly fake being a genuine dub for long. It eats you up inside.
eyeuse2badub
increasingly, jw.org and its print publications show lots of pictures of witnesses preaching one-to-one to "interested" passersby in public venues in contrast with fewer pictures depicting the door-to-door work.
sure, d-t-d is still the organizatrion's mainstay activity - but clearly it pushes at every opportunity the need for the rank and file to "go" public.. this push could be a two-edge sword: there is obviously a hard core of witnesses whose dispositions draw them to this type of social outreach: they almost rush out to do this public-venue work, prefering it to d-t-d. but i'd hazard a guess that for the bulk of those in local congregations, the public-venue witnessing would be a total turn off.. to date, in new zealand, i have seen no evidence of jws doing this public venue witnessing - despite the huge push on jw.org and in the publications.
kiwis just don't seem inclined to put themselves out in public places - or if they do, it is in a kind of very muted way (i.e., almost out of sight and unobtrusive).. this site has shown that in a few places, including mexico, at least a few of the more publicly zealous witnesses are doing the public work big time.. is the public venue preaching happening elsewhere, such as asia?
Let's see if the 8 Popes of Brooklyn get out there and do street witnessing or cart witnessing. You know--set the example.
eyeuse2badub
friends,.
since i was a very young boy (+/- 10 years old) i had thoughts when revelation 18:2 was studiyed at our kingdom hall.. babylon the great was for me new york.
the center of the world, where all cultures are comming together.. next step for me, was that new york was the center of the universe for our jehovah's witness religion.. so i was connecting babylon the great with our own religion.. now with all the topics about the connexion between the watchtower corporations with investment billions, political influance, history cleaning and rebranding their business i could imagine when the society is going down, many corporations and politicians will say "shame, shame, babylon the great has fallen...".
The Governing Body, Babylon The Great or TGB -- BTG. Looks like the same 3 letters. Weird huh?
eyeuse2badub
ok i've read similar threads to this before, but i just thought i would share a comment made by an aunt.
my aunts bible student died, and due to the families wishes the funeral service was given in another church.
my aunt with a disgusted look on her face when recalling the events to me said "and you know what, they must of only spent about 5 minutes talking about the person, and the rest of it was about the church".
At JW memorial services it reminds me of Jesus words, "Let the dead bury their dead."
not a very shocking headline, but it's true.
the witnesses are always pointing at things and attributing them to jehovah's direction.
every religion in the world does that.
Everything good (raise in pay, new job, getting married, pioneering, new bible study, $60.00 dollars in tips when you need $60.00 to pay the rent, etc.) is the blessing of Jehovah. The angels are directing these good things. When a family gets slaughtered in Mexico, I guess Jehovah and the angels were too busy blessing other JW's to notice the problems in Mexico.
eyeuse2badub
there is a gray space, unconnected rifts in the truth.
it is a question that once you ask it you will never be the same - like being on the.
event horizon of a black hole.
Isn't there a WTBTS principle/rule that states "an hour for a donut, a hour for a donut" or is that "a day for a year, a day for a year"?
Can spin it anyway they like.
there is a gray space, unconnected rifts in the truth.
it is a question that once you ask it you will never be the same - like being on the.
event horizon of a black hole.
Anywhere from 607 to 1914 seconds. Depends on how many JW's are in the donut shop.
i'm glad that i had biblical doubts - which led me in turn to ttatt.
happified in fact.. for those of you who escaped the wt because of abuse or malice on the part of people in your congregations: are you glad?
(obviously not glad for the abuse itself).
All JW's are abused by the WTBTS. If we have been ill-treated or abused by 'people' in the org, it's because of the way the 'people' were trained or conditioned by the WTBTS. We have all been mentally manipulated and 'dumbed down' for decades. Being kept in constant fear of the big A and the constant guilt of not doing enough. We have been intellectually insulted with the WTBTS's screwy explainations and interpretations. We have been placed in danger due to their stupid medical restrictions. But---we have allowed ourselves to be in this position. so now is the time to get the hell out.
eyeuse2badub
i have seen quotations from time to time that says the wt & awake magazines have been changed when the bound volumes come out , has anybody ever been able to list these changes ?
and make a comparison .?
to me this is quite deceptive , like speaking out of both sides of your mouth .if you pick them up on one thing then they quote something different , and have the printed page to prove it.surely they need to be nailed down on this.. smiddy.
We can all be thankful for the internet and the ability to 'go back' and research to see the 'slight of hand' the the WTBTS has used on us for decades. Since the internet they can't hide their 'stuff' anymore. So much has been exposed via sites such as this and I am very thankful to see ttatt.
