Whew. That was a delicious read. I wish I could do that tomorrow!
But I'll just fade and shun them. Slowly and quietly.
who owns the power to control outcome?
the answer is: authority.. who automatically has the right answers?.
the answer is: experts.. who can force automatic reactions of compliance?.
Whew. That was a delicious read. I wish I could do that tomorrow!
But I'll just fade and shun them. Slowly and quietly.
can't you just feel the love of the org.. .
*** watchtower 50 1/15 p. 26 par.
22 who will share in the final witness?
:(((((( I just feel horrible. I look forward to the time that I just get numb and give them the finger.
Back to the topic, I can imagine the writer growing horns as he/she works on the article.
can't you just feel the love of the org.. .
*** watchtower 50 1/15 p. 26 par.
22 who will share in the final witness?
Please GOD, Jehovah, YHWY, if you are out there, please put a stop to this WT non-sense already...!!!!!
How they play with people's hearts and minds and drive them to needless guilt and depression is so cruel.
I just want to cry already. And wish them to be struck by lightning!
okay, here's the issue.
some people, even some jws, believe that in the new world they will be reunited with their spouses.
jesus, however, said that in the resurrection there would be no marriage or giving in marriage.
Marriage in the new world or current world or outer world... whatever. Sign me up.
i've noticed something that is very odd even by wt/gb standards.
why is mark sanderson suddenly so prominent in all things wt/jw?.
others have commented on the obvious narcissism of the gb pushing themselves to the fore recently, in particular after their huge doctrinal change at proclaiming themselves and only themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. this is clearly true as evidenced at the agm, not only throughout the agm, but also in the video that was featured as part of that meeting.
People in the congos I know are posting their old photos with Sanderson on social media.. for bragging rights, yes?
The others even set them as cover photos for FB. Quite funny and annoying.
It isn't any different from people who pose with celebs or politicians and don't hesitate to let the world about it.
there are people who are pessimistic, optimistic, cynical or whatever.
i've noticed that ever since my sister became a jw she's become very pessimistic about life now (present time).
i love and care about her but her pessimism sometimes brings me down (emotionally).
I am an example of an optimist-dreamer-turned-pessimist when I became a JW.
You just slowly forget dreaming about a good future (in this lifetime). In essence, there is really nothing to look forward to, except, that wonderful "new world".
I studied in one of the top universities and made good grades and did well---but after becoming a JW, I couldn't be "properly proud" about my achievements. I did not "sell" myself well because I lost ambition.
Bottomline is: humans sometimes need to share their achievements and celebrate them. But in the JW world, you can only be proud if you have a Bible study, or if your BS got baptized, or if you are given more "privileges". Of course, not everyone becomes a pioneer and so on and so forth.
How would you feel if you cannot dream big, cannot share and celebrate your achievements of the few things you can do well in this world??
--not a big screaming deal, but the heading at the top right of the page is wrong here:.
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Woohoo. Can't wait to get mine.
# 3 newbie post.
first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.
have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!
Warm hugs to you all..!
i thought i was back on the jw radar after my jw daughter had a local elder call on me back in 2011 - but apparently not.
he obviously didn't let his elders know i lived here, no record was kept for posterity and just called my daughter telling her that her " dad has differences with the organization " because he never called back on me as he promised to talk again.
as i'm just inactive for 10 years.. so these two older jw ladys come knocking yesterday - one lady about 57 and the other lady older about 71 yrs.old ( i asked how long they had been jw's and told me they both have been in 30 years.
Gypsy Sam: Awesome! I need to get myself more prepared and have credible news handouts ready.
I wish I could use that. When I mentioned "credible news" to my former conductor (yeah, just the perfect person, i know...) she said that even if the these news covers cases wherein the accused goes to jail---it does not necessarily mean that they really committed any wrongdoing. Hence, they can be released eventually.
today's august 2013 watchtower study... is it a deflection of anger toward the governing body?.
what could prompt us to become enraged against jehovah?.
* the negative speech of others can influence us.
Hi, bytheirworks.
We were talking about this here...
Regards.