Wasanelder Once

Joined

• started 225 topics
• posted 4,899 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Wasanelder Once

• 
  5

  WTBTS Nihilism

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just one picture is worth...... .

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  Now with Extra Cognitive Dissonance!
  
• 
  15

  Are You Objective About Who You Were As a JW?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today there was a jesus preaching head case with a bullhorn blaring "save yourself from the fires of hell!

  accept jesus.

  god loves you!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  Today there was a Jesus preaching head case with a bullhorn blaring "save yourself from the fires of hell! Accept Jesus. God Loves you!" He came into the store I entered and stood behind me in line continuing to rant about Jesus and Chemtrails and Trump getting ready to "Chip" us all just as Revelation says.

  I didn't engage him, why would I? Then it hit me, that was me pioneering for 9 years. I didn't use a bullhorn or stare people down, but I firmly believed Jehovah was going to destroy all the people I saw and I had a responsibility to make it known to them. I was operating from a belief system that made me act irrational, however sane it may have seemed to me. I couldn't completely condemn this wacko, he was sincere. Is he wrong? Yep. Was I wrong? Yep.

  Looking back I see that without objectivity I became a fool for a religion. Are you removed enough that you can see who you were with true objectivity?
  
• 
  51

  What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

  are you a born again christian?

  have you joined another denomination of christianity?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  I just believe in me, Yoko and me. (and that's reality).

  
  
• 
  27

  Another example of the smothering and high control nature of JW husbands

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have noticed another popular pattern of behaviour amongst witnesses in recent years.. many, and i mean lots of ones with instagram accounts have closed the wife's account, and have started a "couple's" account instead.

  also, for families.

  the children's accounts have been closed, and the husband starts a "family account".. it is mainly on the husband's device, and seemingly under his control.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  Witness or not, I would want to know what my kids are doing on social media, especially if they are preteens. So I guess I'm not so critical of that aspect.
  
• 
  7

  What I Noticed At An Event During This Week. . . . . .

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i attended an event this week with my usual closest relatives, which was inside a community center-ish venue with a backyard area.

  it was given by my cousin's best friend.

  she invited around 50 people of all age groups and racially-mixed.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  In 1974 it was "disco" parties. They did the "Hustle" and wore bell bottomed pants, scandalous. 99% of those people are no longer witnesses. Things don't change much really. There are always those who flaunt their love for fads and trends. There will always be those who clamp down on them out of self righteous concern for their survival of the big A. Its all such a waste of breath.
  
• 
  19

  Marry only in the Lord

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the second half of 1 corinthians 7:39 reads "...she is free to be married to whomever she wants, only in the lord.".

  so we all know that scripture for being doctrine for witnesses when they select a marriage mate and how they are strictly encouraged to marry amongst themselves and look down upon or marked if they marry an outsider.

  i have a friend who met a worldly man and when it came to light, her father gave her the option to end the relationship or to marry him, and she chose the latter.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  Let's face it, its smart to marry without bringing the teachings of a cult into the mix. Only in the Lord makes sense if you earnestly believe the crap they are shoveling. No arguments over holidays with the kids etc. Who needs that nightmare? Each example of how "marrying OUT of the Lord" mentioned here which were successful, include the point that the "Lord" was removed from their marriages. They all came to a union of belief in their marriages. So being of one mind is a benefit. "Only in the Lord" is no guarantee of success because those "in" the Lord are themselves slaves to another mate, the WT governing body who go to bed with them each night.
  
• 
  4

  1 Timothy 6:1: One of the funniest verses in the Bible that reveals its very shortsighted human authorship.

  by Island Man in

  1. social
  2. humour

  let those who are under the yoke of slavery keep on considering their owners worthy of full honor, so that the name of god and the teaching may never be spoken of injuriously - 1 timothy 6:1. .

  yes, you've read correctly.

  it's not the fact that the author condones slavery and never tells his readers that it's bad to own slaves - it's not that that will bring reproach on the religion, no!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  If I recall correctly there are different flavors of slavery. There is brutality and servitude and then there is a sort of trusted servitude with possibility of freedom. An indebted Israelite could sell themselves into slavery to repay the debt, becoming free when it was worked off. It wasn't like slaves in the US during the civil war.
  
• 
  27

  Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tax collector guy might help out..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  I would want to be the friend of Ard, because let's face it, who wants to be friends with anyone named Muppim or Huppim? Maybe Jim Henson.
  

  (Genesis 46:21) 21 And the sons of Benjamin were ... Mup′pim and Hup′pim and Ard.
  
  
• 
  5

  Spiritual headship question

  by charity7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  non jw here married to a jw.

  i was told by two witnesses that if a woman jw were to marry a non jw that she would have no say whatsoever in what their children would believe or go to church if he was of a different religious belief and he enforced it.

  from what i've read in different threads this is actually not the case.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  *** w02 8/15 p. 30 Questions From Readers ***
  ...the unbelieving husband might insist that his children practice his religion, taking them to his place of worship and giving them religious education according to his faith. Or a husband may be opposed to all religion and insist that his children receive no religious education. As the head of the family, he is the one primarily responsible for making the decision.

  [Footnote]
  The wife’s legal right to free practice of religion includes her right to attend Christian meetings. In some cases, a husband has been unwilling to care for minor children at those times, so the loving mother was obliged to take them with her to the meetings.
  
  
  
• 
  9

  "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" -- New Light Edition

  by cognisonance in

  1. social
  2. humour

  after studying hubble space telescope images of the night's sky and attending classes under disguise at wor-wic community college (air travel and tuition funded by your donations no less), gerrit losch managed to secure a two-thirds majority vote among the governing body to release a second updated edition of the creator book.

  this new edition replaces the "pillars of creation" (eagle nebula) cover photo with "god's birdie" (carina nebula):.

  they've also had a change of heart with regards the concept of intellectual honesty and have updated the quote on page 9 that said:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Wasanelder Once

  I like the alternate title, "Is There a God? Who Cares?"

  Not me.