when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.
what made you doubt your faith in god?.
thanks !.
When I was 14, I prayed to Jehovah and said that I would dedicate my life to him and pioneer if he would stop my dad from abusing us.
"He" didn't. I didn't even want to be a JW anymore by the time I finished my first year of pioneering when I was 15. I realized JW elders were assholes, including my dad.
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.
plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
@minimus
They haven't? What in the world have I been reading and watching, then! It seems like they have covered it pretty well to me.
Have you tried doing a Google News search for "Melania Trump"?
didn't they use to print crossword puzzles in the awake?
i vaguely remember my mother doing them, and me trying to do them when i was a small child.
is this an accurate memory or could i be thinking of a non-jw publication.
Thanks bsmart for remembering the publication. I must have liked the Awake a lot better than the Watchtower, too.
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.
plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
Can you defend Trump's behavior toward women just on merit, without comparing him to someone who has displayed equally egregious behavior?
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.
plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
I believe there are JW-like behaviors on both sides of the "ex-JW aisle" when it comes to politics. These observations I have noted before are not an "I'm right, you're wrong" statement. Just an observation I've noticed.
I realize there are some non-JWs that do this same thing when it comes to politics, but my observation still stands. It is very black and white thinking, so matter what your background, that we should all try to avoid.
To label any politician as all good or all bad is not even reasonable. I struggle with this myself when it comes to Trump. Forget his actions as a president (which I also have some problems with), I have trouble getting past his substance as a person. His attitude and behaviors towards other people he doesn't like or agree with is just egregious. I am sure Trump has some redeeming qualities that are not apparent in his public persona, and every once in a while I see them. Very, very rarely. I am still looking, though.
didn't they use to print crossword puzzles in the awake?
i vaguely remember my mother doing them, and me trying to do them when i was a small child.
is this an accurate memory or could i be thinking of a non-jw publication.
Didn't they use to print crossword puzzles in the Awake? I vaguely remember my mother doing them, and me trying to do them when I was a small child. Is this an accurate memory or could I be thinking of a non-JW publication.
It made me think about how they have continued to dumb down their literature over the years. At least crossword puzzles require a little more brain power than asking a question and reading an answer verbatim from a paragraph.
I also remember always liking a column called Watching the World, even as a child. I don't remember what publication it was in, maybe the Kingdom Ministry.
If you compare any Watching the World column with the archives from the New York Times, it is very evident that all of their information came from the NYT newspapers (and so did many of their anecdotes used in old talks).
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.
plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
ttdtt ... TOTALLY agree. The adoration is bit confusing.
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.
plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
I agree with Fink. As soon as Trump is out of office (and possibly in prison), she is dumping his ass.
And I have to disagree with those that think she is attractive. She looks so made up; she almost doesn't even look real.
But looks are not everything. The substance of a person is what counts, and it appears she has very little. I use to give her the benefit of the doubt and trust that she is probably a good person put in a very bad situation, but the more she talks, the more I change my mind.
Maybe she will make herself more public and I will change my mind again, but right now, she appears to be an ego-maniac like her husband, claiming she is one of the most bullied person on Earth. Dramatic, much?
I know a lot of you on this thread are right leaning Trump fans, so before you start hurling insults, just remember ...
Melania wants you to "Be Best"!
i'm a member on jw talk (until now at least) and have been regularly checking up on their thread regarding the annual meeting.
there hasn't been a great deal to report on except for this recent post that has been made.
i may get outed but that's no loss.
At least the WT have clarified for us how the kings will meet their end:
w60 4/1 p. 219 par. 25 Part 35—"Your Will Be Done on Earth"
"Certainly the Creator of cosmic rays, Jehovah God, could use these to affect the minds of his enemies, including the king of the north and the king of the south, and could drive them to mutual slaughter."
Cosmic Rays to affect the minds of his enemies???
there were numerous objections and claims that watchtower lawyers made to try and get out of being held responsible for their negligence and malice.
here’s the juicy ones:.
montana is a mandatory reporting state, but watchtower lawyers claimed that the law for reporting abuse only applies to “individuals” and they are “corporations”.
I would love to know what the local elders think about the Watchtower throwing them under the bus, saying it was the individual that broke the law, and not the "corporation".
