Posts by thedepressedsoul

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Is zeal beginning to vanish?

by Caupon in

jw
friends

it has to be starting to fade somehow.

the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.

maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.

thedepressedsoul

Service in the US is dead, besides the few nut jobs that accept a study for someone to talk to. Only to stop the study when it comes time to be dunked.

A good experience anymore is someone taking the magazines or saying "they need god".

In the US service just keeps the R&F busy and talking to one another. I can't tell you how many times I've been out and we do a few calls, break, one more call and head back the hall. People calls are never home, they just take the magazine and that's it.

I know a few people with zeal and they stand out among the rest.

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In Judas' Defense

by opusdei1972 in

i have read in jw.org that the governing body affirms that judas has been eternally condemned:.

did judas iscariot commit an unforgivable sin?.

his greed moved him to steal money that had been donated for a sacred use.

thedepressedsoul

Judas got the short end of the stick.

Jesus himself told them that one would betray him. That guy's future was set even before he was born. How is that fair? Better yet, where was his free will? If Jesus knew what he was going to do, why not talk to him and try and stop it? Why allow him to do something that would cause his eternal destruction? Better yet, he could have saved his life by never taking him on as an apostle.

Whole story is BS. If I knew someone close to me was going to do something dumb. I would do everything in my power to stop them from making a life changing mistake.

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2014-12-17-BOE-Children Give Up Your Pocket Money!

by Atlantis in

petra!

2015-12-17-boe already, you dear brothers have done so well, sending gifts both large and small.

for in-stance, two children, five and seven years old, sent their pocket money to help build our new bethel instead of going to the circus, writing, "this is much better than that!

thedepressedsoul

They're not trying to get the children to donate. They're just trying to guilt parents/adults with that story. If a little kid can give up $5, surely you can put off that trip you've been saving for and give us $5,000.00.

I can't wait until they try and say they don't ask for donations like Christendom! I've heard more about donating this year then I have my whole life as JW. Everything other talk it's about giving of your physical things.

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

thedepressedsoul

Blondie - Now post all the articles, broadcasts, Year Book experiences and talks where they say that "Jehovah's hand provided!", "Clearly Jehovah had our backing" etc...

They want it both ways I've realized.

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

but many JWs are negative so they feel like it's true.

The past 2 years alone I realized how true this actually is. I am constantly around negative people. The people that are attracted to this religion thrive off of negativity and doom and gloom.

I can't put into words how true that small statement is.

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

My prophesy: moronic statements in Watchtower study articles will likely increase as time goes on.

I never realized how bad it was. Hope they don't lay off their writing department.

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Congregation in U.K. "executed"!

by The Searcher in

latest from a reliable source: .

"more news from the south-west of england.cinderford congregation has been terminated.

if you look on jw.org it hasn't disappeared yet (dec 20th 2015) but it's meeting time is shown as sunday at 10.00 am and that is not possible, as lydney who shared the same hall are listed as sunday at 10.30 am.cinderford and lydney shared a hall in parkend, lydney, gloucestershire.

thedepressedsoul

All those halls they're building to support their huge growth... Right....

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

Here's another golden nugget from that article, "Jesus was not burdened with material possessions; he did not own a house or land."

Do these guys think before writing these articles? They own thousand of properties! Yet they tell their members they shouldn't own land and even go as far as saying that Jesus did not own land.

So Jesus did not own land yet his only true organization does?

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

thedepressedsoul

If Jehovah didn't intervene to help you, it's because he's allowing things in this system to play out. If something gooddoes happen to you, though, it's because of Jehovah.
In short, anything good that happens to you is because of your involvement in the cult, and if anything bad happens it's either Satan's system testing you or because you're not having enough involvement in the cult.

I see what you are saying but it still doesn't explain why they say Jehovah intervenes for some things and yet when it comes to sickness/accidents that he stays completely out of it.

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Update on everything going on in JW Land - Insider Information

by thedepressedsoul in

i'd like to start off by saying that i will be very vague in everything i say.

i am fairly "high up" in jw land and have to be somewhat careful how i word and say stuff.

sorry in advance if any specific details are left out.

thedepressedsoul

Here's something that makes me want to puke.

I can't tell you how many witnesses have said that the cost cutting methods is one of the smartest decisions they've ever seen. How Jehovah must really want more funds and time to go into the preaching work...

These people don't think before they speak...