my son, at age 25 finally, was able to get accepted into a community college.
but i dont have words of joy to share with him.
im instead dizzy with fear of possible financial failure.
Sometimes the kids need to take a few lumps on their journey in life just like we did. You made your worries known to him now it is up to him so wish him well. He is 25 after all.
Who knows what new doors may be opened to him now? New ideas, new critical thinking skills, etc.... who knows? he may even decided an entirely different course before he is through.
Wishing him all the best and for you some peace from your anxieties. It will all work out.
are you crazy?.
you find yourself 'awake' to the truth about the 'truth' and all you do about it.
is sulk?
Aren't most jw's suspicious of old literature? don't their apostate bells go off?
When I was fighting the good fight (trying to reason with my jw) he would not believe ANY old literature quotes and even if I had an old wt he thought it was a fake made by an apostate to be sold on ebay or elsewhere just to make jw's look bad.
Trying a different tack and making the mistake of telling him that some jw's had left the org just by reading the Bible, particularly 2 books of the Bible and asking him if he would be willing to read one of those from start to end he declined saying, "why would I want to read them then?" (meaning some jw's had left due to reading one of these 2 books of the New Testament). So even the Bible itself was off limits if read with an open mind.
the 2014 grand totals page has been released onto facebook.. .
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i have started updating the statistics and graphs at jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php, and will release highlights as i work through it during the rest of the day..
does shunning accomplish its objectives:.
make the person repent?.
deter others from committing similar offenses in the future?.
Aside from the unloving nature of shunning, why would they want people back who clearly do not believe but are only there for family, friends and/or work?
I understand why the wt/gb would want them as money is still green be it from believers or not but for the real believers, the diehards, why would they want to associate with the riff-raff of unbelievers knowing how they feel about them?
Surely many of the r & f must know the halls are filled with those of questionable faith?
Hope springs eternal? they think if they just hear the right article regurgitated at a meeting the light will dawn and the previously shunned will see the light? That's all I can think of.
i've deployed a fix for people affected by sign-in issues caused by having multiple accounts associated with the same email address.
here's how to activate the fix:.
you must attempt to sign in using the email address associated with your account (not a username) and must have access to that mailbox.. if there are multiple accounts associated with the email address then you will be shown a warning message with the option to have an email sent to repair your account.. the email will contain a link to a page showing all the accounts associated with the same email address and allow you to select the one you want to be active (it will disassociate all the other accounts from the email address).. once you have completed the process then you should be able to sign in as normal.
Just letting you know I got on, thanks Simon!
now to figure the new place out and fix any email acct's associated with my profile.
thanks again,
carla
update: jehovah's witness jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls.
barry furlong.
first published monday 22 december 2014 in news last updated 10:41 monday 22 december 2014 by will frampton.
Thanks for sharing the article.
thank you for coming to my house so often because you were so concerned about me missing so many meetings.. ( actually, the only time you visited was when the circuit and district overseers were in town.
you really showed them how concerned you were about your sheep.
i now know that it is more of a duty than a concern.).
Not being a jw I am thankful they treated you like that (sorry for your own pain though) and I hope they treat all the flock like crap more often! Maybe then more jw's will open their eyes and find the truth about the truth! Or so I am hoping but perhaps some poor jw will just keep trying harder to please the overlords, sigh, I dunno......
That's why it's a cult, there is no easy way to leave and keep friendships and family for simply using your brain and heart to make your own decisions. For a group that supposedly uses a Bible they have no concept of freedom in Christ.
no, not armageddon, silly.
santa claus.. http://www.noradsanta.org/.
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Merry Christmas Rebel! or happy holidays if you prefer.
well, it's christmas eve afternoon here now in the uk.. traditionally a time when all the panic shopping is over, what's done is done, what you've forgotten you've forgotten, time to raise a glass (or two) and relax.. so may i wish all members/readers/posters a very happy xmas, whether you celebrate it or not, and extra 'get up and go' for 2015.. best wishes to all.. .
Merry Christmas! enjoy the holiday
the 2015 school setup, discussed this week eliminates the last "school talk" by brothers in favour of 'demonstartions" (a la sisters conversations) of family worship sessions and the like.. is this not a shift away from encouraging bright young ones to hone their (under-estimated) speaker skills ---to.
now using more of the die-hard, org-bound, --even elders in indoctrination demonstrations?.
do you see this trend?
3 minutes? out of a whole meeting? This is the mid week meeting? Are you kidding?! my jw is gone for about 2 1/2 hours or more and out of that time there is only going to be 3 minutes of actual bible scripture included? even if it is the perverted 'New New World Translation'. Will any jw notice this?
