If you tell JWs point blank that they are in a cult, they will label you a persecutor or apostate and have no further dealings with you.
When you think about it, does anyone respond favorably to being told their religion is a cult?
if you tell a jw that he or she is in a cult and they asked you why do you say that?
how would you respond?.
If you tell JWs point blank that they are in a cult, they will label you a persecutor or apostate and have no further dealings with you.
When you think about it, does anyone respond favorably to being told their religion is a cult?
Vander,
I thought the shortest man in the Bible was Bildad the Shoe Height.
was talking with a gal that is most likely going back to the religion after 20 or 30 years.
we got into a discussion about having babies after "armageddon ".
she was talking about being normal ( she is practically bedridden but only in her 50's.
Why is she going back to the WT after 20-30 years?
in my opinion, in a body of elders let’s say with 7 elders , 2 or 3 were pretty much on the ball.
they were reasonable, intelligent and moderate.
the others were either extremely extreme about everything or very liberal.. did you have qualified older men or were they all lousy to you?
If by "qualified" you mean "company men," all the elders I knew met that qualification.
A few of them did eventually wake up, though.
in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.
in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.
i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.
after listening to the zoom meetings the past two weeks, i started to wonder, what is the real purpose for such short comments.
policy for 5 or more years now.
supposedly, it is so more can comment.
Welcome, Bunny!
jehovah’s witnesses claim to be the only religion that has the truth.
they claim to be representing god himself.
can you think of anything that you could use to prove that the witnesses do not have the truth?.
Just look at posts on this site and JWfacts and examine Randy Watter's Freeminds literature (even going back to when it was Bethel Ministries).
Plenty of books, blogs, and videos are available challenging WT theology from every conceivable viewpoint.
There's the UN documentation and the Australia Royal Commission.
Even without any of that, the evidence is there. Ex-elder Leonard Chretien said, "The Watchtower's worst enemy is its own literature." He was referring mainly to their false prophecies and doctrinal flip-flops and cover-ups.
But the main question is: Prove to whom? To JWs themselves?
You can only prove something to someone who is willing to look at the truth about "the truth."
Some JWs meet that description, but many, many, many do not.
i realize that some activist exjws really don’t seem to be happy in life.
they finally got away from the organization and yet seem still negatively connected to it.
some exjws are always upset because of what the “truth “ did to their lives, which is understandable.
I don't have any children in the organization.
My heart goes out to those who do.
another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.
get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.
( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).
I'm surprised the story didn't end with the (formerly) worldly man becoming a humble JW, selling his house and possessions, donating all the proceeds to the WT, and spending the rest of his life gratefully pioneering next to a cart in a small village in a faraway country where the need is greatest.
And, by comparison, what are YOU doing for Jehovah in the remaining months before Armageddon, brothers?
since this pandemic, especially, are witnesses fine with never having to go to another meeting or assembly again?
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What about all those JWs I used to read about who eagerly swam through crocodile infested waters in order to bring the good news to everyone?