i always wondered, can god read our thoughts?
if he can then why cant satan?.
i was told by my mother that god can read our minds, but satan cant satan can only hear our words and see our motives and what we do,.
You're making a whole lot of presuppositions there.
Here's a question that got me well on the road to waking up and finding it was all a big lie: How does prayer actually work? (that means the mechanism, not any perceived "results")
It's a simple question, but by being totally honest about it you will find it eye opening.
literally, a text message to my husband from one of his "friends".
he also wrote, "it's in her hands.
it's her move now.
Burn all his suits and meeting stuff on the front lawn. Phone up his "friend" and tell him you know what his game is and tell him to keep his f'ing nose out and STFU.
Sit back and feel awesome.
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?.
it's shite all the way down, aint nothing but shite holding it up.
i will have plenty of "snark" to post later on, but please indulge me while i get this out of my system..... suppose you are the leaders...yes, the leaders...there are only 7 of you...for the one true religion in all the universe.. jehovah the god of the whole universe speaks to you, you alone, out of 7 billion+ people on teh planet.. you have an opportunity, thanks to the advancements in technology, to speak to 750,000 of your followers "live", and another 750,000 or so within 24 hours.. 1.5 million people!
hanging on your every word!.
this is the first time in history you can simultaneously, or nearly simultaneously, address so many of your adherents.. what message are you going to present for this special occasion?.
Well all I can tell you about the MS bullshit is that from personal experience even that often isnt good enough, nope they want elders for husbands.
When I was reaching out for several years (7 to be exact!) to become an MS again in my 30s it turned out I was blocked by the PO year after year after year because of a personal grudge he had for me. So much for gods spirit and all that other crap we were spoon fed.
A good summary Sir82!
so we have all heard some of the wacky comments gb members have said recently in talks etc..... i reckon that tshirts with the following slogans would be funny!
"i like tight pants and i can not lie!
" (inspired by "i like big buts and i can not lie....").
All your money are belong to us!
my wife went out of curiosity.
she is out enough to where it doesn't affect our marriage, but she keeps it a secret from her family and others.
she is beginning to understand what it means to give over your thinking to an organization, and once she works that out there will be no going back.. so she went to the branch visit.
Hit send if you havent already.
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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These loons are going to be the end of this stupid cult, .. here's hoping anyhow.
thought you all might enjoy this, i sure did!
hugs, .
rcat.
I obviously arrived on this site a decade too late to mix it with the cat people....
i found this article interesting & just wanted to share.
after going through my teenage years trying to be the perfect jw, i realized that trying to live up to the standards imposed on me have been for worse & not for better.
i was feeling miserable, repressed, unfulfilled, with a great lack of self confidence & self esteem.
Thanks for that. I can identify with it.
i happened to attend a session of the summer convention on sunday morning.
one thing that that struck me was how their view of paradise was that we would all be the same.
they kept talking about how nice it would be if we all spoke the same language.
Unending happy clappy time, I think the suicide rate would be thru the roof.
