awake!
"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.
I have my parent's hard bound 1969 Awake volume where this 'fact' is documented. Botchtower's 'facts' are really just opinions... fantasy... bull shiite.
I am 51 years old. I was 5 years old when that 1969 Awake article was published.
The failures of this organization are rather embarrassing. If this were a financial institution, I wouldn't invest one cent into it with this track record.
It's a wonder they are legally able to continue pushing this drivel.
ok, so, brother morris seems to have gone out on a limb with his comments about tight pants.
yup, he's an opinionated man.
but, i fully expect that there will be some reference to the scientific wisdom behind his words.
We had a ball criticizing the guy,
This made me chuckle!
People will wear what they want to wear. Botchtower is too caught up in anything that might have a smidgeon of sexual connotation as being bad and therefore, an item to use to control. I, for one, am now intrigued by Spanx and yoga pants. I think I need to go shopping.
As for the term 'Brother Morris', I prefer 'Brudda Morris' as I have 2 real, biological brothers and neither of them are Tony the Turd.
this is the title of a watchtower book published 95 years ago in 1920 by j f rutherford.
it still gets an occasional mention at meetings about how it was a turning point in the history of the watchtower.
but how many witnessess today can answer this question.who are these millions of people alive in 1920 that would never die?
Yeah... Rutherfraud... the same a-hole that told teenaged kids not to get married and have children because there was so much to do in the 'months' before Armageddon. That was back in the 1930s.
They still use this tripe that Armageddon is coming so you better get out saving people in lieu of having a life.
What a crock of shiite!
the trouble with women is that they have a breaking point.
it comes when their needs are not being met or they are not respected.
and, that is a beauty too.
When I was a teenage girl back in the '70s I was being told I had to subjugate myself to my husband when I got married. My reaction was "No Way!"
Patriarchy is a man-made social system from ancient times (Bronze Age) as an attempt to bring stability amongst warring tribes in the Middle East.
It has no valuable application in today's world and is actually detrimental. I watched, first hand, as my Mom sunk into depression and chronic illness because she could not be herself; because she was suppressed/oppressed/pushed down and to the background. Her individualism withered away and died.
many of the recent changes in the jehovah's witness organization are a clear sign of a cult that is struggling for survival.
the internet has change the scenario in a very dramatic way.
many of us who for years struggled alone with doubts and cognitive dissonance thinking that we were the only ones, that we, as individuals were the issue, now know that there is a large community of individuals who see the organization as what it is, a mind controlling cult that is not only false, but also dangerous.. the governing body clearly understands the consequences of this awakening.
While we can only hope that this cult is struggling for survival and one day fizzles out, the flip side to what you say is, it is far easier to be a JW these days with the lowered requirements.
that's the word according to my mil.
mrs hoser is starting a new career and the college and work training will take her four years to complete.
her mom is giving her a hard time telling her that the system will be over before she graduates.
Yeah, yeah. I was told the same thing over 30 years ago.
the news stated this week that blue jeans are not fashionable any longer.
a fad that got started as a working mans pants is being replaced by yoga pants.
or, sweat pants.
I have a variety of different styles of pants. I ain't givin' up my blue jeans.
"truth is one, paths are many.
" - gandhi.
gandhi also said, "i like your christ.
According to Bart Ehrman, most Bible Scholars/Historians agree that Jesus of Nazareth did exist. He was a Jewish apocolyptic preacher who thought God was going to fix all the world's ailments in his lifetime. Hmm... sounds vaguely familiar.
One of my lightbulb moments was when I realized that not only did Jesus write nothing down but the original Bible texts are no longer available for scrutiny. This is a perfect environment to write whatever the ancients wanted Jesus to be, do, and say.
And the result was the birth of the Christian cult where, if you don't believe what they do, and get reborn as a Christian, you will be judged and punished.
for a religious group that has become more and more reader's digest vapid across recent decades, whose ability to defend its doctrines and policies depends on punishing independent thinking and whose meetings are sleep inducing snooze-fests, a talk about sexy clothes is about as desperately arousing as it can get without unzipping one's pants.. but among those who know the religious organization behind tony morris's attention-grabbing address to the faithful, this is anything but surprising.
when you've harped on for long, unforgiving decades about the nearness of the end, whilst simultaneously shoring up treasures on earth - some ear-marked for completion in 2017 - expect even your more loyal followers to shuffle their tired, bedraggled feet and barely stifle forceful yawns.
hell, they may even contemplate tighter fitting clothes because all else is miserably bland - except for the razzle-dazzle of an alluring, colorful world intent on arousing you out of your sad slumber.. so these self-appointed emperors or governing body member focus on anything that threatens a straying spirit.
And Still... Armageddon Has Not Arrived.
and you know what?
i am never going to argue about the babble or witchtower comic book fairy tales ever again.
a big f to the lot of them.. whew - feels good doesn't it?.
Hammy... I've always liked your Avatar/Gravatar.
Religious shiite is designed to keep people ignorant, under control, and the money rolling in.
There's a sucker born every minute ... and religions profit from this daily.
