there were many addressed to me.
for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.
i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.
When I has a teenager, I was talking to this "worldly" girl. We weren't dating. It turned out that her mother worked with my uber dub elder uncle. When my uncle found out, he told my dad.
A couple of years later, I was talking to another "worldly" girl. I was not dating her either. We just hung out a few times. Guess what? My uncle worked with her mother too and told on me again!
Let's just say he is not my favorite uncle. Prick.
so i was eagerly (add sarcasm) awaiting the co visit this week.
for once because is less work being at the meeting.
i just have to sit down and listen.
so i was eagerly (add sarcasm) awaiting the co visit this week.
for once because is less work being at the meeting.
i just have to sit down and listen.
I guess if you are unbeliever, the food and support you bring to the house does not count.
That would be me!
so i was eagerly (add sarcasm) awaiting the co visit this week.
for once because is less work being at the meeting.
i just have to sit down and listen.
"Believe the inspired truth, not the inspired error".
That was the title of the talk? The inspired error...lol!
what do you really believe the percentage is for jw who are truly ignorant of what is going on behind closed doors of the w.t.
as opposed to those who actually know something is wrong & yet go along with it for whatever reason?
i have been asked for coffee by what i can only describe as one of the sweetest persons i have ever known & i cant even begin to conceive that she knows what is happening with the child abuse cases but then how do i know?
I don't have a percentage. But I think most believe that something is amiss, but they talk themselves out of it.
"Where else would I go?"
"This is the best way of life."
"The brothers are imperfect."
"Who else preaches from door to door?"
There are very few that possess that zeal that was so common many years ago. Most of the friends just seem to have a "wait and see" attitude.
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how very thought provoking this quote is, especially in the context of witness doctrine!.
"I would rather have Questions that I can't answer, instead of Answers that I can't question"
Take that quote and put it on every door of every kingdom hall and I guarantee that that would get most dubs to at least think. Even if it is just for a millisecond. That would have to generate something in most of them, right?
Right?
i had a secret conversation with a dyed in the wool jw recently.. they told me that they felt that the organisation now was a different religion to the 'good old days' when knorr was the boss.
the books were more interesting.
the zeal was there.
@ Vidiot:
"Overlapping generations are we... not this crude dictionary definition..." lol!!
a question for those still attending i guess but are all these new jw.telemuppet.org broadcasts advertised to the the rank and file or is it more of a background thing?.
i'm wondering because i just can't believe my 70 year old die-hard jw mum would ever see them if she wasn't sat down in front of a screen and someone clicked 'play' for her.
i really want her to see the wizards behind the curtain.
Are the Governing Body broadcasts promoted at Kingdom Hall meetings?
You better believe it!
i just had two female jws visit, one in their 30s and the other about 20. .
they invited me to their convention to learn about jesus, they said it is three days long but i don't need to attend every day and she highlighted one session at 11.15am where i could learn about jesus.. i said to her that i wouldn't be interested in attending the convention because i believed what a man called rutherford said about religion being a snare and a racket.
they wanted to know who this rutherford guy was and after explaining knew who i was talking about.
i was baptised on 1st sept 1990, 25years ago today.
it is still a date with deep meaning for me.
i never dedicated my life to serving any man or any organisation, this was my choice - as a grown adult - to serve my god through jesus christ.
What does your baptism mean to you now?
Nothing.
