i remember going out with other jws after the memorial.. small gatherings.. picnics at some local landmark.. the feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust.. haven't experienced it since i left.. really miss that..
90% of the brothers and sisters are terrific people. They are our friends and they wouldn't shun us if the borg didn't require them to do so. Most are very trustworthy, normal humans that have been misled, like all of us were at one time.
I agree 100% with DOC.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
http://nyp.st/1mgz4ql.
this group built a place for non other than jesus-heck with those "ancient worthies".. just saying!.
eyeuse2badub.
This group built a place for non other than Jesus-heck with those "ancient worthies".
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
i am not sure if this was posted before.
i am the mother of an 10 year old and i would have never treated my son like this for wanting to go to college, believes in evolution & is an atheist...i am disgusted how this jw mother can't see how her son has the freedom of thought or religion.... this poor kid most likely does not do drugs or is in a street gang, he just wants to go to college for crying out loud.... this is insane, just shows how a religion or organization blinds all logic from you... it's a cult..... i know there are many cult jws parents out there who would do this, its insane and disgusting.... where is the love you say you should have towards your children?
this is straight out abuse.... read the article but scroll down for the recording.... .
That mother is a good JW woman by following the JW dogma of "keep em stupid".
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
on tonight -- many of the leaders and co horts of david miscavidge on tonight who have left the organization.. it is scary how close they are to the jw's with the exception of the volcano episode and that we are "thetans",.... they hold out a carrot for each level of progression on the "ladder" - to immortality, telling all they will live forever in a peaceful, beautiful world- and of course, each step on the ladder means thousands of dollars and volunteers make 30 cents a day working on all their projects.
they fought for tax exemption as a religious organization, started by hubbard, who at level 8- the highest on the ladder - tells his thetans they are out of a spaced out world -- it is terrifying -- and they are supposed to be able to read minds, levitate things, others in the org are scared of them.... but the org are buying properties all over the world as a benefit for their thetahs" to show their good works.to the irs - building a massive real estate empire with publishing and volunteer labour...... watch it if you can.... .
sound familiar - .
Haven't seen 'Going Clear' yet but it's on my to-do list. I did go to see "Spotlight" and hardily recommend it!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbkxynecic
Why doesn't the borg sell the 'big' hall and purchase a smaller KH for the fine brothers and sisters in Boonville? Wouldn't that be the "loving" thing to do?
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
this is what we can read from the jewish encyclopedia:.
the name ba'al (), apparently as an equivalent for yhwh, occurs as an element in a number of compound proper names, such as jerubbaal, ishbaal, meribaal, etc.
some of these names, probably at a time when the name of baal had fallen into disrepute (comp.
"In the beginning, man created god and the angels"
enough said?
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
(insight vol.
the reader must put his heart into it, be absorbed in study of the material, meditate deeply upon it, and seek to benefit from it personally.pr 15:28; 1ti 4:13-16; mt 24:15" this is a fascinating statement from the insight volume.
i accept that "the help of god's spirit is necessary for real discernment and understanding of god's word.
You have been born again into the real life!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
i was really close to this family, it's.
been over 20 years since i saw them last.
but the husband an elder in his 70's .
Do the right thing regardless of what others do or say!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
sorry to say that i was snapped up by born-agains post-jw.. gotta say they were much better than jws, but still had the same problems.. namely, no way to validate what they taught was real.
not to mention all the other problems with christianity.*.
just wanted to share that it's totally natural to keep looking for "truth" after you leave jws until you realize there's no way validate what *any* religion out there teaches.. learn from my cliff notes and save yourself some years of experimenting.. *see cofty's threads for all that.. phaedra.
I was "born again" when I realized that life is random--so live it!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
the wtbs is changing media from print to online.
if we look at other companies doing the same the obvious buissness model is subscription with a monthly fee people can choose themselves.
the wtbs can continue to offer everything for free, however subscribers might earn a button for social media or somesuch ("wtbs donor").
is there a signing bonus involved? lol
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
