...sucks.
(warning: this could get lengthy but i have to vent and i could really use some advice).
i know ttatt and have known about it for almost 2 years, yet i'm still stuck inside.
Oneday, I know how you feel, I've been there.
Option 1 is the best option, it will allow you time to save.
I don't know how old you are, but I would suggest finishing high school/college, get a job, get your license and save up money.
Make sure you have enough for security deposit and month's rent and some over for bills, plus save up for a car.
It will take a while, but it will be worth it in the long run.
You need to look at what you want as a long term goal and work towards it.
some of you will have noticed that i've been paying a lot of attention to the governing body recently.
this is because most jehovah's witnesses venerate them collectively (even if they can't name them individually), and i feel this makes it important to understand this group of men properly and expose their mindset as individuals.
as the saying goes, i feel it's important to "know your enemy".. i realize it's very convenient to think of the governing body as being "evil" when we consider that they are ultimately responsible for all the damaging jw teachings and beliefs.
I believe that there is a certain maelovelence about them - they KNOW all the ISSUES that apostates and "disgruntled ones" have with their doctrine.
Yes, they preach and teach a lie because it suits them to do so and woe betide anyone who doubts. This in itself makes them evil.
because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.
(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.
at the end i hated being there..
I hated it with a passion.
We didn't do door to door till I was about 15, my parents were not spiritually strong.
An elder took an interest in me and trained me. I never enjoyed the "life saving work", I was always afraid of knocking on my classmate's door.
I actually did once but he wasn't in.
Towards the end, I pretended to ring the door bell or knock softly.
i always had my doubts about that but i was at least hopeful that all would work out as they said.
i saw so many "faithful ones" who were true believers expire before they got the prize, that i started to think it probably wouldn't happen in my lifetime.. what a bunch of suckers, huh?.
Yes Min, I really did.
I thought the end would come between 1999-2001, simply because it was the turn of the Millenium.
I remember getting my copy of the Daniel book in the summer of '99, reading it on the way home in the coach and feeling that the end is imminent.
And that was 13 years ago!
hi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
Welcome!
I was in for 32 years. It takes time to built a support network but you can do it.
Truthseeker
what do they need the fds concept for?
it's a weak idea, based on one scripture which is a rhetorical question.
they've already published several articles indicating that just because you are annointed doesn't mean you have any special insight, so they've already disconnected annointed from leadership.
They'll never get rid of this concept, it is a core part of their doctrine and is central to everything, that they, a group of men, were chosen by Jehovah God to command 7 million followers.
If they do away with this, the whole pyramid will come crashing down.
dear randall.
good morning!.
here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
Maybe they'll announce that JR Brown is really Jesus
dear randall.
good morning!.
here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
maybe they're just going to say "we're too old to do this anymore, let's just quit"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcneuuajvg.
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cedars.
Brilliant video! I almost spat out my lunch on the screen when I saw the governing body saying, "we don't need no education"
so simple, yet it could have prevented so many broken marriages if someone had just said something.... .
"therefore, if any man can show any just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together let him speak now or else hereafter forever hold his peace".
So simple, yet it could have prevented so many broken marriages if someone had just said something...
"Therefore, if any man can show any just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together let him speak now or else hereafter forever hold his peace"
