my brother decides he want to stop al the local kingdum hell and ask for the new craptower mag, he goes in and asks for the new craptower about a dozen x"s i'm standing at the door and he keeps asking for the new craptower " to worship the god jehoover.
and pray to the foolish and wayward slave.
he comes to the door and invites me in and about 10 wt zombies women are in the lobby.
Hey John!
I feel your pain. I’ve been in it my whole life, and when I figured it wasn’t the “truth” I bolted! This actually happened in the last two years! Anyway, I’m sorry for your pain! I'm really sorry! Be assured that many others are suffering like you. I’m truly sorry! Please let me know where I may help. Keep your chin up dude! Wish you the best in coming out of your circumstances! Please take care! Love your family! You sound like a great person!
Truly yours,
Cyhber!
well a few have asked how i am doing so i thought i would just give y'all the bad and good.. the bad news:.
i'm still in pain.
after all the tests: blood, xray, bone scans, ultrasound, mri, circulation tests, nerve conduction tests they still can't find one thing wrong.
It hurts Lady Lee, to hear of you're suffering! Sorry! I wish you the best, and that they can find the cause of your suffering! Take care! And God Bless!
Cyber!
after i quit going to meetings, tuesdays, thursdays, and sundays felt really strange.
it was so weird having all this time to myself that i never had before.
it took about 1-2 years for me to fully adjust to this new found free time.. anyone else experience this?
I have! However, it's taken about 2 years to adjust. Now I'm more happier now than when I can remember, out of the mind-controlling cult, and making a better life for myself! It does take time I'm learning, and I"m still in the process of making new friends and family (since my own family won't have anything to do with me because I no longer love mommy WT). Thanks for asking, and wish you the best!
seems like the mags, the km's, the books are all recycled information from the 1980's.. seems like they thought the end would come in the late 80's based on all the armageddon articles (i seem to remember lots of those in those years).. once we hit the 90's, the some ol recycled information, it's like groundhog day.
seems like the wt writers are cuttin and pastin.
why doesn't jehovah bless his people with the greatest writers of all time for the biggest event of all time?
It's been running on empty for some time now!!!
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can anyone guess what this is a"thrilling" book is about.....the end is "here" (tm)...so be good so you can make it to the other side of armageddon per the wt, maybe...all the bs that fits in 192 pages...a copy and paste job for sure.... proandcon
Is this for a certainty? How soon can someone scan this in?
comments you will not hear at the 5-28-06 wt study (april 15, 2006 issue date, pages 25-29)(hands be strong).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
You may know of some who were gradually distracted from Christian activities and from the congregation; now they show no inclination to return to Jehovah's service.
You bet! I have NO desire to be in the Watchtower’s service ever again!!!
as some or most of you may know, i'm gay, and i've recently been coming out of the closet after being repressed most of my life.
well, as i read a number of the testimonials here about leaving the watchtower, it strikes me how familiar the feelings of those who are contemplating leaving are so similar to mine in coming out.
the fear of what people will think, how it will affect lives, the change in life path, disappointment of famliy members, the sense of freedom after it's been done, etc.
Welcome jstalin!
Someone on this board made a comment some time ago about how JW’s are in the FOG, meaning that they are controlled by Fear, Obligation, and Guilt! And I suspect that many closeted gays are living a lifestyle that isn’t true to their inner beliefs and emotions. They too are living in the FOG. What a relief it is though not to pretend to be somebody you are not!
Active JW’s live a scripted-life where the dictates of a few people control absolutely everything (including permissible sex acts between married couples). To get out of FOG, JW’s face being expelled from the Congregation, and this often leads to their family and close friends no longer speaking to them! Finally, consider a JW who is a gay, but has to pretend s/he isn’t because of being in the FOG! And yet there have been those in that position that have posted on this board, who continue to struggle with this dilemma.
Therefore, count your blessings that you aren’t coming out of the closet as a gay-JW! I mean this in a kindly way.
Say, on another note, what are you studying in college?
Take care!
i asked a jw fiend of mine, an elder in a spanish congregation in the usa (ohio), how many of those attending were illegal immigrants.
i was a little surprised by his answer that nearly all of them were!
i suspect this is true of most of the jw spanish congregations in the usa.
I asked a JW fiend of mine, an elder in a Spanish Congregation in the USA (Ohio), how many of those attending were illegal immigrants. I was a little surprised by his answer that nearly all of them were! I suspect this is true of most of the JW Spanish Congregations in the USA. Since the numbers are falling in English Congregations, I’m wondering if the marginal increase in "publishers" is the result of the huge influx of illegal immigrants.
major developments in my world, just wanted to let you all know about it.
i'm meeting with the elder tomarrow afternoon.
i'm going to stick heavy to the watchtowers interpretation of matthew 24 and how it is unbalanced, sensationalized and out of touch with any historical evidence or respect for the bible.
I wish you the best Drew! One of the things I learned early on was that the “composite sign” that JW’s talk about is really the “NOT-a-sign” or “NOT sign”! Of course, there are a number of charismatic groups out there that hold to similar views as JW’s (JW’s didn’t invent this stuff as you probably know), that you can somehow look at events on earth as a sign of Jesus 2nd return. However, Jesus initial answer to the disciples was “Look out that nobody misleads YOU; for…” The “for” word means that what follows is connected with what was just said, and this is the recorded response of Jesus in all 3 Gospels! This was brought out in Carl’s “Gentiles Reconsidered” book, and “The Sign of the Last Days, When?” Interestingly, I actually learned about this while in Bethel, from someone in Writing back in 1979. The sad part is that some of these church leaders know their interpretation is problematic. In fact, the title of Russel’s 2nd book, “The Time is at Hand!” is based on Luke 21:8, which is based on a warning that Jesus gave NOT to follow those who say “the time is at hand” (KJ). The JW-organization had the facts backward from the very beginning!
Another bomb you can drop on someone is the crazy interpretation of Matt. 28:17, where Jesus says “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.” Do you realize that in keeping with their bizarre 1914 teaching, JW’s believe that this had not occurred at the time Jesus spoke it, but rather Jesus was only making a future promise that would be finally fulfilled in 1914! You see, they can’t accept a natural reading of the text, for to do so would be to admit that Jesus did not have to wait until 1914. Finally, have them turn to the Insight book, vol. 2, p. 61, under “Jesus Christ – The full significance of his ‘name’”. Read the paragraphs and look up the scriptures in the first couple of paragraphs. This information got a friend of mine out of the mindless monstrosity.
Cheers!
wow i just threw away about 60 lbs.
of jw literature garbage !
i hope the garbage man doesn't hurt his back .
I did the same thing about a year ago, and a JW turned me in to the elders when they saw all the books in the trash! As regards bound volumnes, I heard they won't print them anymore--maybe that was only a rumor.
