coz it teaches that life exists on other planets.
grease.
think it was banned in a watchtower.
Meet the Parents
Three's Company
That's So Raven
Oprah during her "change your life tv, get spiritual" phase
Tae-Bo, spposedly it had also been banned from all Bethel facilities..
All gospel music and any non-gospel song that was remade by a gospel singer.
my anionted mum always said she's "willing to die for the truth like the brothers in the concentration camps".....how many witnesses would do this, like the "heavens gate" suicide group or the tokyo cult that tried to start armagedon with subway gas attacks or even the 9/11 terrorists?.
the brothers in the camps in world war 2 were told by rutherford this is armagedon.
so they thought a quick death and then "poof"...i'm in paradise.. .
I agree with NewChapter, there would need to be some conditioning first. Something like:
"This world is going nowhere and is best left to Satan and his followers. Dear brothers, we wouldn't have to tolerate the machinations of the devil, we can simply wake up and be in paradise. It would be much easier for Jehovah to destroy all those who chose not too heed his message if his faithful followers were not among them. We don't have watch our loved ones suffer at the hand of persecution or be under further pressure ourselves by the independent spirit of this world that has already taken so many of our dear brothers. Over the next few weeks we will consider a special brochure for the congregation bible study entitled, "Enjoy The Promise of Everlasting Life NOW". Each baptized publisher will receive a copy at the start of each bible study session and it will be collected at the end of each session."
After several weeks of conditioning, I think 70% would drink it. For most of those folks it would be due to peer pressure. Who wants to look like they don't trust the slave, I mean, Jehovah? The 30% of folks that don't drink it would be primarily comprised of JWs from first world countries.
hey peeps,.
it's been a long while since i've posted (i am completely out - wife and kids still in) but thought you might this interesting.. they came home from the district convention yesterday with the new dvd intended for kids.
they popped it in right away and this is what happens:.
Wow...are there lyrics with a bouncing ball on the Sing With Us portion?
actually, i did not read the daily text everyday, i would say once a while.
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No...but I usually got caught up by the end of each month.
after 130 years of false prophecying,like 20 false armageddon dates,russels witchtower pyramid measurements @1914,,hehehe lol,and every other flip flop teaching,like all of them,like the expanded 1914 generation?come on people,get real with this sxxt ok?then their is the 8th king membership for about 10 years?how can the dubs stay in there and swallow all of this nonsense is beyond me ok?i can't go on about these fools any more,it is just too sad people,to see good hearted witchtowerite like christians being mislead down a road to no where okay?soon the truth about the truth will be seen by all,,,hehehe lol,,,!the only difference between these cultist and the jxxxs compound,is the missing vat of purple koolaid?most of them know that something is very wrong,but they have a social club to maintain,and besides,they all have way too much pride to admit that their teachings are all wrong,and they have infested their whole lives into that church,some over 60 years okay,so to leave now would mean that their whole life as a witness was all for nothing,and that is a reality that they refuse to think about or accept!glad i'm out of there now for over 25 years!.
Witchtowerwitch,
Did something happen that ticked you off?
I understand your frustration. I had a conversation recently with a JW acquaintance that wanted to remind me that I needed to find a way back to the center of Jehovah's organization. The strange thing is the person agreed with me on many things but said "It doesn't matter if all the teachings are wrong or if all the prophecies fail, it's still God's organization and it's where you need to be." I wondered if the person realized how illogical that statement was but that's what cults do to people...until they wake-up.
that might seem odd, but it really suited my personality.
even before i became a jw i was annoying people with personal questions.
the thing is that it's sort of ok in normal land to do that as a cult member, but not as a "normal citizen".. .
Gubberingbody, have you considered joining the board of a local charity or leadIng their fundraising committee. You have to talk to tons of complete strangers and convince them to donate to a cause...hopefully a good one. Good replacement for those that are people-people and enjoyed the ministry.
Didn't they use to report the number of inactive pubs, number of DA'd and DF'd in the congragation's territory?
When you think about, it really is kind of creepy. This guy, this very regular man, has a grip on millions of lives.
A couple of months ago a JW friend asked if I believed the GB was God's channel for communicating with his people and my response was 'No.'
I wish I had this picture to hold up and say "You're talking about this guy?! Do I think this guy gets special info from God? Do I think this guy has the right to tell me how to live my life? What do you think?!!"
i can't believe i just now heard of this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2oa4oigvo.
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enjoy!.
The people that are following him must really have a big soul hole that needs to be filled. But I guess its makes sense that if Jesus is in Australia that Mary Magdelene would be there as well.
I think this guy has more in common with the real Jesus than many would allow themselves to believe.
the rest of that song is completely trash, but you have to admit that part where the beat changes and it gets all thunderous.....is serious business.
i mean it goes from yellow canaries to godzilla in a flash and you can't help but to get into it.
leave it to the wt to not capitalize on the part that's actually good.
Flea on bass and Lil' Jon as the hype-man.
