(a little background info before i ask my question...).
my sister-in-law (non-jw), who manages a popular chain restaurant near a kingdom hall, just found out that my wife and i have recently faded, so she decided to get something off her chest the other day... you guessed it: she wanted us to know that jws are the worst customers ever!
she then told us some really embarrassing stories about how jws would request a table for 15 to 20 people (after a sunday meeting) and then (when the bill came) some of the jws would start deliberating amongst themselves on whether or not the waiter was diligent or not (to justify the low tip he was getting anyway).
Many JWs feel that since the servers are worldly, and therefore already dead in God's eyes, that it's a waste of $ to tip them since these sinful pagans will soon be throwing their gold and silver into the streets, and their eyes will be rotting their very sockets.....
Another habit JWs have is, if you offer to take someone out to a restaurant, they always order the most expensive things on the menu. However when they have people over to their home for a meal, they serve macaroni and cheese.
single christians make the most of their singleness?.
of christians, therefore, have come to.
singleness in youth.
They seem to think that single people have more time than the others to pioneer.
The truth is, singles have LESS free time, because they have to work full time to support themselves AND prepare their own meals, do their own laundry and other chores. Married brothers come home and have a hot meal waiting on the table, then they study while the wife does the dishes, and washes and irons his clothes. Both husband and wife can share in household chores and yardwork. A single person has to come home, cook his/her own meal, do his own laundry and ironing and shopping and cleaning and all other household chores.
They also seem to think single people are lonely and depressed, sitting around crying about not having a mate.
And, of course, they think the cure for loneliness and depression is to go out in service.
"pastor russell's miracle wheat" is known, but has anyone ever heard of miracle oil?
i found this ad in january 15, 1922 golden age:.
i found a notice in june 24, 1922 new york times that "upper lubrication" of manhattan renamed itself to "upper lubrication co.", but that's all..
Look at page 830, the last page! The branch offices were accepting orders for Christmas gifts of literature via telegraph!
the witnesses always blame everything on adam and eve (besides satan).
for some reason, when i used to look at the my book and bible stories when i was little, i used to feel bad for adam and eve?
its kinda like getting mad at a baby for making a mistake.
Are you the only one who believes they were actual people?
humans were eating and drinking and marrying when the flood came and swept them all away; sounds like what happened in japan doesn't it?.
yet on the contrary, today is nothing like the alleged "days of noah" depicted in the bible.
the bible states that when armageddon comes it will fall upon unsuspecting victims exactly as it did in noah's day... our world proves this passage false and i will tell you why.. how many end times cults are there right now?
Good point! Good field service point - that is, to use on witnesses when they're in field service.
the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.
according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.
we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.
Imagine it's Christmas Eve. You're tucking your children into bed, and of course they're excited about Christmas. You tell them they better be good and go to sleep; then Santa will bring them gifts. But if they're bad, Santa will sneak in their room during the night and stab them, and other children will get to play with their toys.
Isn't that sick? How different is it from the teaching that God has been standing by watching centuries of human suffering, and doing nothing about it, and that at his "own appointed time" he is going to kill all the bad people and let the good people live in paradise.?
the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.
according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.
we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.
Not much anyone can do. Except maybe wonder why it hadn't happened sooner?
so i was posting on the forum and 2 neatly dressed jws came.
they didnt know who i was so i opened the door.... .
they started with their regular fear inspiring statements that god will destroy the "world", so i asked if he was gonna destroy me..... and thats where the fun started.
They always have to arrange for a return visit. "Why don't I come back at this same time next week and show you the answer to that question."
I'm glad you said, "Why not show me the answer right now?" ha ha
We can say, "Why not show me the answer right now? What if Armageddon comes before next week?"
the year is 1969. faithful followers of the watchtower society are gearing up for the imminent end of the system of things just as they had been for the previous ninety years.
a young witness named andrew is trying to decide what to do with his life.
andrew is a smart kid and he has an entire lifetime ahead of him.
Great story! Sadly, it is not fiction. There are thousands of people who make up the "Andrew class". The Andrew class are those who listened to the Jeremiah class and the Jonadab class...
being "in" a religion and actually believing its doctrines are two different things.
i have little doubt that there are probably many leaders in the major religions who are actually agnostics and simply go thru the motions of being faithful to whatever ritual is asked of them.. this is possible because most religions put forth some effort to help people in some organized way - whether soup kitchens, public charities, hospitals or the like.
it gives people who are zealous - but privately heterodox - a chance to be supportive.. sadly, this will never be the case with the "truth".
You're right. The witnesses DO help "wordly"people in some cases. For example, after natural disasters brothers go to devastated areas to help their fellow believers. Afterward they help other people.
However, their reason for helping the others is so that it will make a good witness. True Christians show unconditional love to their fellow humans. The church I now attend - and most others that I know of - for example, feed the homeless on Saturdays, knowing full well these people probably have no intention of joining the church.
