let's just say i sometimes don't know how to keep my trap shut.
i really need to learn to keep well enough alone when she attacks me.
keep in mind i never start the fights about the borg.
Think about it this way too:
If she were attacking your parents or your children or something else you deeply loved: favorite book, favorite actor, favorite super hero, and just completely tearing it apart...
Would you be happy with her?
That's how it FEELS to her when you attack the Society and their teachings.
Of course it's highly unlikely that his favourite super hero protects child molesters.
hi,.
can someone post a link to the letter to elders about cancelling the kingdom hall mortgage but instituting a never-ending donation of a "similar" amount?.
i've been searching the forum, but my google-fu is weak this morning!
Brilliant, thanks TS!
And in the immortal words of Donnovan: "Hail Atlantis!"
hi,.
can someone post a link to the letter to elders about cancelling the kingdom hall mortgage but instituting a never-ending donation of a "similar" amount?.
i've been searching the forum, but my google-fu is weak this morning!
hi,.
can someone post a link to the letter to elders about cancelling the kingdom hall mortgage but instituting a never-ending donation of a "similar" amount?.
i've been searching the forum, but my google-fu is weak this morning!
Hi,
Can someone post a link to the letter to Elders about cancelling the Kingdom Hall mortgage but instituting a never-ending donation of a "similar" amount?
I've been searching the forum, but my google-fu is weak this morning!
does anyone know where i can find numbers of how many child abuse cases have been brought against jws or settled out of court?.
i know that 1 is too many and statistics don't reflect the horror suffered, but i would like some numbers to use when explaining to others the reasons for my decreased activity and to have support for my reasons for 'stumbling', facts which might make others think too.. im from uk so it helps that the charities commission is investigating there and also there's a paedophiles exposed website which names 32 jws convicted in uk since 2012, horrifying!
http://ukpaedos-exposed.com.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-commission-investigates-jehovahs-witnesses-charities
Oh this could cause all sorts of trouble. I can't imagine the organisation imploding from within or a mass awakening, but if it loses its charity status and has to start paying taxes in the UK I could see Head Office abandoning the UK. That would be pretty awesome!
i worked a different shift.
i knew the people i worked with, but not as well as i could have.. anyway, religion comes up.
one guy mentions in front of another that i wrote a book about my religious experience.
I am starting to think atheists have stronger morals than the bible thumpers. At least an atheist has thought his or her standards through and has real convictions. Religious people are a moving target for fear and guilt. Can't bet on those emotions being consistent.
-TE
Strictly speaking Some atheists have stronger morals than Some bible thumpers. :) Some atheists are dicks and some theists are lovely.
I agree with you that atheists have an advantage though. It seems better to me to behave morally because you believe it to be right rather than because you fear punishment from a deity.
i've noted active, devoted jw's state the above.. and, it's not a problem for me to remain trusting of god, i just don't trust religions or men.. recently, a member of this forum stated that he remains an active jw, in the family of god's people, wanting to encourage and do good - whilst recognising that the pastoral leaders (the gb) have shipwrecked the faith of many, being unsound scripturally etc, etc.. stop and think about this - the bible says to not follow after those who lie and hurt the faith of "little ones".. the pharisees were accused of traversing over lands and expending much energy to make a single convert - only for that convert to end up worse of than he started off with.. it's one thing to not believe this is the 'truth' and feeling the awful pressure of managing ones life, trying not to lose ones family.. it's quite another thing to declare oneself to be a christian believer of god's jw household, and somehow believe the god of love would use corrupt liars to parade as jesus' brothers in the urgency of last days.
really?
and, to then visibly promote faith in corrupt men, and try to bring converts into a place where the rulership is wrong.. some of us are dying from hurt here.......give me a break..
Kaik, I was going to ask you for any online sources for the Pagan origin of baptism, but then I thought, Hey! I have fingers, I can google!
http://www.bible.ca/ef/topical-baptism-a-prechristian-history.htm
Interesting reading. Thanks, I'd never thought about this before.
when you stood there in front of that dinosaur display did you connect the.
dots, or did you like me believe that they made a mistake in calculating their.
ages.
to jw admin:.
for about a week now, i've noticed that whatever ads you are allowing on this site are basically "hijacking" any attempt to read threads.
well, the side "ad" thing plays video advertisements, but that's not the problem.
so i'm catching up on r rated movies that i missed when i was younger.
"they live!
" was on the el rey network the other day so decided to watch it.. it was kind of eerie watching this being a fader.. here's a guy living under a controlling regime of elites and only he can see the control measures for what they are.
