i want to introduce myself.
i'm a 28 year old active, married jw from belgium.
in the preceding months (i'd say starting from about march) i've been slowly losing my faith.
Please fade.
DA'ing is about conforming to the principles of the cult.
Fade fade fade fade fade fade fade. Your decision should only be whether to fade quickly or to fade slowly.
Duck under the radar. Don't answer the tricky questions designed to DF you for apostasy. Don't do anything "wrong". Your family is so much more important than this stupid organization.
my bil (active dub) has begun to ask me why we are not "active" anymore.
after a few careful (non-dfing) comments and observations he asks "well who other than jw's are preaching the good news in fullfillment of matt 24:14?
i responded with the comment that billions of christ's followers worldwide, down through history for over 19 centuries have been selfless in preaching globally.
Broken telephone, isaac, I just said hi. I think you should be responding to others!
my bil (active dub) has begun to ask me why we are not "active" anymore.
after a few careful (non-dfing) comments and observations he asks "well who other than jw's are preaching the good news in fullfillment of matt 24:14?
i responded with the comment that billions of christ's followers worldwide, down through history for over 19 centuries have been selfless in preaching globally.
Research is too very difficult.
Hi isaac
My reply: blahblahblah too long/don't read this Jesus stuff
if you follow the current nonsense being taught by the society, in its latest magazines and assembly parts, there seems to be a dominant theme about near worship of the "faithful slave" and tiresome nagging about 'obey, obey, obey'.. my unanswered question is: why?.
if they were the empire in star wars, i would expect to hear dark-robed members of the evil governing body muttering about " a disturbance in the force".. anyhow, what has changed to generate this sudden demand for obedience to their supposed authority?
some years ago, they panicked after contributions collapsed in the 'voluntary donation arrangement'.
Amazing that so many words have been written above. Most of it is blahblah.
What is the Watchtower afraid of?
Individual men and some women (mostly from families dating back to mid 1900's apocalyptic American religions) now living in New York, not being cared for financially and medically in their retirement years in the USA of the 2000's. Nothing more complicated than that.
my bil (active dub) has begun to ask me why we are not "active" anymore.
after a few careful (non-dfing) comments and observations he asks "well who other than jw's are preaching the good news in fullfillment of matt 24:14?
i responded with the comment that billions of christ's followers worldwide, down through history for over 19 centuries have been selfless in preaching globally.
debator....
preach the correct message
Okay. I should go and check whether my watermelon is on the rinse cycle.
Batshit.
get a great laugh from this gem from the 50's.
is there any objection to a dedicated christian ministers.
belonging to a nudist group or living at a nudist camp or resort?.
This is a parody. No way that any religion would publish....
Certainly throughout the Scriptures we note that God’s servants wore clothing, and oftentimes it is described.
Are you kidding me? Certainly? Oftentimes? (Besides the crap about God's servants wearing clothing.) Do you have to go to a special school to write shit like this?
my bil (active dub) has begun to ask me why we are not "active" anymore.
after a few careful (non-dfing) comments and observations he asks "well who other than jw's are preaching the good news in fullfillment of matt 24:14?
i responded with the comment that billions of christ's followers worldwide, down through history for over 19 centuries have been selfless in preaching globally.
"Preaching" in itself isn't a virtue.
I could preach that my watermelon is a washing machine. It wouldn't make my preaching a good thing, and wouldn't make my preaching true. It would only make me seem somewhat crazy.
....watch the video, what if we were to substitute the word islam (in the video) for watchtowerism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbptzalqfy.
It's a sick man that wants to stare into a gaping hole where his life partner's nose should be.
But it's a sick society that uses this woman's image as part of print propaganda to justify an immoral war.
if i were to accept jesus as my personal savior, what would i have to do?.
this is a serious question.
would i have to think or read something first?
Sir82 says .......
Based on everything I read or heard, you basically have to play-act a conversation in your head.
Good summary.
does it cost you more in utilities?
how much?
just estimate.
No. I have a refrigerator. Every time I open the door it costs an extra 0.01 cents, something like that. Works well for beer too.
