my dad told me this story long time ago.
there was an long time elder that is never married.
he got caught going to brothel one day after a brother followed him there.
Rattigan you are sexist.
Out of that entire tale of a poor woman being screwed over so profoundly by the elder's gentleman's club, the one thing you extract is that women are all vindictive?
She has a right to be upset after being mistreated that way. Anyone would.
i'm sure we could all write long paragraphs about this question, but in a few words, what is your biggest regret, or frustration in life due to being a witness?.
what missed opportunities did it cost you?
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I gave up a scholarship to Duke.
in the last couple of years the org has gone money crazy, selling off over a billion dollars worth of property and now a new tithing program.
just wonder what every one thinks is the reason for all this now?.
Do you mean the JW's justification for it, or the actual cause?
russell taught and believed that the jews would be restored to israel.
the bible does say that and it did end up happening.
rutherford dropped that teaching about 5 years i think before it actually happened.
It's confirmation bias. Someone wrote something about the reestablishment of Israel and 2000 years later the Jews were given land for totally different reasons. This ignores all the other things the bible says that did not come true.
The same thing could happen if I made an outlandish claim, like for instance that Italy would rise again and reestablish the Roman Empire, and 2000 years from now Italy started conquering parts of Europe. I'd be made a prophet just because some ridiculous guess I made came true for unrelated reasons millenia later.
i have been in the fading process for over a year now.
nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.
recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.
I would second Giordano's opinion. As hard as it may sound you probably should move on from him. Find some "worldly" friends who don't judge you. It's what I did and I'm a lot happier.
Even though your friend genuinely cares for you, his religion won't allow him to behave like he does. So cut them off.
i have been in the fading process for over a year now.
nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.
recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.
They ignore it. Barely any witnesses read the bible on their own without the org's literature to give them their opinions. Those that do leave.
But you handled that conversation very well. When I went through the same conversations with my friends I didn't have nearly that much tact and it turned them against me very quickly. It's a shame because you can see glimmers of the real human being in his texts, the one that loves you, and then the cult persona totally swallows it up when you bring up doctrine. I saw the same in my friends. It's like they're different people when you start to challenge their beliefs.
our memorial was held at a music hall with roughly 1300-1400 in attendance.
there was a guest speaker from bethell, guess who??
andre!
I felt the same way attending the SAD. I didn't go to the memorial. The atmosphere was oppressive. No joy at all in that audience. I imagine the memorial would have felt the same way.
how is that we don't see these things when we are in?
it never ceases to amaze me and we just keep falling for it.. .
http://youtu.be/gvd_quno9_0.
Not that I agree with them, but I could also see that question being asked simply for safety. They could be worried about a disease being communicated through the baptism pool water if an infected person uses it. As to why that is a question for baptism in the book and not a private one asked discretely is beyong me however.
jehovah witness, who runs after hearing fire alarm, knifed at school, saved by pressure on wound; keeping eye on possible internship and shopping for a college.
murrysville, pa. usa.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2014/04/13/matthew-seligman-l-sophomore-franklin-regional-high-attack-victim/stories/201404130211.
I'm glad he's ok. I actually use to know people that went to that hall and went to it myself before. I wonder if I ever met him.
i was invited by my parents, and even though i have nothing but contempt for this religion, things have been good in our relationship so i was considering going just to appease them.
anyone else?.
Expect lots of sidelong jabs and comments. I've been to two assemblies since, both with a beard and one with long hair and it came up in literally every conversation! It's very annoying...
