https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
Why would they bring this up?
You'd think they'd want this to vanish into the past but perhaps ( hopefully) there's been a recent up-tic in the amount of backlash they've been getting from younger ones who have grown up as JW and who've just now learned about the 1975 fiasco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
"We're DEEP in the time of the end Brothers....in fact, we're in the final minutes of this system. The 1914 generation is now of advanced age and as the scriptures say, they will not pass away before the end comes " -District Convention 1983
They told us not to "serve with a date in mind" yet they kept providing us with supposedly significant dates from which to make a countdown from and to prove that Armageddon was right around the corner. Now it's our own fault that we took them at their word.
Fool me twice....shame on me.
They have the dough to buy the legit thing... why would they buy fake?
Can't say for sure what the personal financial status of Jackson is but if he isn't wealthy or if he is and doesn't want to spend that kind of money on a watch, he might be so inclined as to buy a fake. The thing is, it could be considered a "showy display of ones means of life" by those who think it's real. They used to be big on not wanting to "stumble" anyone over our choices in dress and grooming.
i think the finished mystery book probably contains the stupidest beliefs ever recorded!
almost any prophecy publication but especially anything to do with revelation, is unbelievable!
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2 Peter 3:9nJehovah is not slow in respect to his promise, as some people consider slowness. But, he is being patient with you because he does not desire for anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to attain repentance .
The belief (and false rationalization) that the end of the system of things hasn't arrived yet because Jehovah wants everyone to repent first. The trouble is, the longer he waits, the more new people are born into sin with the potential of not repenting, yet they continue to proclaim, decade upon decade, that we are living in the end of "this system".
I suppose it could be a knock-off. They've been available for some time time now. And I'd imagine this to be specially so in NY City where street vendors sell all sorts of knock-off versions of name brand products.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/12/45-fake-apple-watch-already-on-sale-in-china/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08qhmhc/panorama-contaminated-blood-the-search-for-the-truth.
an experienced j w of my acquaintance , who had best be nameless, urged me to watch this t v programme because it "proves the society were right all along in warning of the dangers of blood.. well, yes , it does in a way demonstrate that the potential dangers of blood products was not fully recognized.
in particular this is shown in respect of the aids/hiv virus which was a new threat when it occurred.. there were some important points deliberately ignored by my dub associate , though :.
It's one thing to choose for yourself to avoid using blood because there are health risks associated with it but it's another thing to used connect the dot scriptures to prove that using blood to save a life isn't allowable because it's against god's law and malign anyone who takes a transfusion.
There are risks in taking antibiotics and and certain other medications and simply checking into the hospital is a health risk in itself but when a person needs those things badly enough, the odds are usually worth the risk.
Just because there are health risks in using blood, doesn't mean the Watchtower Society was right about anything. Their stance was a biblical one rather than a health matter. Blood was abstained from because it was "sacred" not dangerous. Their religious stance just so happened to have an additional health related concern that worked in their favor.
i haven't been on an exjw site for months and months.
i frankly am way past the point where i define myself as an exjw, i am who i am and it doesn't have really anything to do with the way i was raised or spent a considerable portion of my life, i also refuse to be bound by witness requirements as to leaving, contact with witnesses, or some kind of responsibility to whack people who seem perfectly happy as witnesses over the head with 'the truth about the truth'.
i have recently run in to a few people that seems to simply obsess with their lives as witnesses and why they left and in some cases the way they were treated or mistreated, or the need to "do" something.
cyberjesus 2 hours ago
hello I'm posting to let you know that I am over posting here.
if you are still posting... well I feel sorry for you but I don't judge you.
Seems a bit redundant...like calling someone on the phone to tell them you sent them an email.
may 15, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: regular pioneers.
uk version.
I wonder if Jesus followed this process when selecting his Disciples?
i could only think of weddings and wedding anniversaries .
(I think you get the idea)
there is alot if press here in australua on the royal commission about child abuse in the jw faith.
however that is just one type of abuse, abuse can be physical or mental, we tend to forget about the various types of mental abuse in the jw faith.
my story is not unique and apologies for grammar etc.. my father and mother emigrated to perth australia many decades ago when i was very young.
Nicely written post by the way Amanda. You sound like a very thoughtful and compassionate person. I hope you will look up other former JW's in your area who can relate to your situation and ease your burden while you make the transition.
It is when we're looking backward in time, that we feel anger, regret, frustration and sadness. Looking too far forward in time brings on anxiety and fear. Try to live in the present moment as much as you can and look for little things to be grateful for each day or each hour if need be. Like most of us have had to do, keep your nose pointed in the direction of where you want to be and in time, little by little you'll find yourself there. It's the law of attraction. We are drawn toward what we think about the most.
