Posts by kairos

all this campaign going on got me to thinking, a normal person having received a tract about the jw website, would they only go to that one website if they were in any way interested?

would they really not click on any links that would also appear about jw's?

would they really not read about them from other sources too?.

kairos

I'll have you know "they" just announced that 3600 people have asked for personal visits from the web campaign...

Yes, 3600!

They didn't have the nerve to say if this was worldwide or not...

I don't know how that's supposed to be impressive.

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October 4/5 2014 - Armageddon date!

by abbasgreta in

my mother has waived her shunning of me as she is seriously ill. her elders have classed the situation as a 'dire family circumstance' and.

all restrictions have been lifted.

some crazy hypocritical reasonings on the elder's part but who cares?

kairos

I knew someone that would get worked up every October, thinking the end was "this year".

The end did not come and they found themselves in a mental institution immediately after.

I cannot recall the number of times this one was intitutionalized, but it's well over 20.

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"I don't care if it's teachings are false, I'd never leave because it's the best way of life"

by 4thgen in

jw
friends

have you ever heard that statement?

i have heard it many times and i just don't know what to do with it.

they are chosing a to live a lie because they like the lifestyle.

kairos

There was an elder in my last cong that would include some statement in his public prayers very similar to what's been said here.

I always bothered me. It caused me to question all of my beliefs and view them as possibly being wrong.

In time, I found that they were all wrong and it does cause anger and frustration.

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First post

by BenRichards in

jw
friends

i've been lurking here off and on for a few years, figured i would introduce myself and share the clif notes version of my story.. i'm in my late 30's and was born in.

mom was a jw, dad wasn't.

got baptized in my teens and started dating my eventual wife.

Give me a reason not to go back

by chukky 594 in

jw
friends

been out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.

starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.

why shouldn't i consider going back?.

kairos

Make a list of the positives and negatives.

Going back after seeing things clearly would be like giving up on life for me.

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I got asked THE QUESTION !!

by Tech49 in

a little experience that happened very recently:.

another brother, an elder, and i were talking, i was explaining to him and giving him several examples of how a couple of the elders in our congregation were blatantly trying to run their own show, parading themselves around as "representatives" of the body, when the other brothers didnt know what the hell they were talking about.

they are using their "elder powers" to bully and push people around, causing a bit of angst and hurt feelings.

kairos

When an elder came to "encourage me" in my home, he asked me that same question, almost word for word.

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I told him that I would not be interegated by him.

He was stunned and avoided any further "spiritual conversation".

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I will see you in Paradise....

by jam in

jw
friends

lets say jw's were right about paradise.

i'm resurrected,.

a mentally deceased dreaded apostate, you look up and there i'am.. now you shunned me for over 10 -20 years when i was .

kairos

If there is a resurrection for those that are killed at Armageddon...

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There will never, never be Peace and Security here on Earth.

by jam in

who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.

will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .

and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.

kairos

I recently canceled TV service.

So much better not hearing the latest news.