jw.org faq trickery #1 - are only jehovah's witnesses going to be saved?.
from the description:.
if you have been associated for any length of time with the jehovah's witnesses you know that they believe they are the only true religion and the only ones that will be saved before the war of armageddon.
When the above question is asked it really means will JWs be the only ones saved at Armageddon...but they avoid answering this question. Instead they divert attention to the salvation through resurrection of "unrightous" ones who obviously aren't JW...all good lawyers use this method to avoid answering embarrassing questions.
Edit: I hadn't read St George's comment...glad to see we're on the same page!
its been probably five years for me.
i don't miss it a bit.
i was a slacker when it came to prayer.
I remember how a Co said that there is something wrong with a marriage when the husband doesn't pray with is wife at bedtime...I felt guilty for not praying out loud before going to sleep especially when my wife expected me to after his comments...the CO said he and his wife would kneel down at the foot of their bed every night and he prayed for her...For me I rarely felt like praying even when I was fully indoctrinated.
i would have to say that ray franz was the biggest influence for me.. when i first got on this board, a poster by the name of james, a former bethelite and organization heavy, helped me understand a lot of the inner workings in the upper echelons of the society.. .
and of course, farkel's common sense approach was (usually) helpful..
Awakened at Gilead AKA Ex Gilead Missionary videos were an eye opener. JW Facts' use of WT publications to expose the false teachings of the JW cult was instrumental. When I started doing research on the Internet I saw apostate sites that fitted perfectly the WT description and it almost turned me away from doing more research. Then I found JW Facts...I also concentrated on verifying how the WT misquoted secular sources to support their claims. All this started while doing research on earthquakes while preparing for a public talk...
tonight on the service meeting we discussed why jws are not false prophets.
of the ten minute part two were spent discussing that jws just had wrong expectations and only very minor changes over the years although nothing specific was mentioned.
the other eight focused on the core bible truths that have remained the same over the years.
Thanks for all the references. Didn't the Awake masthead say that the 1914 generation wouldn't pass before the end of wickedness arrives...not ours but God's promise...?
Marked
remember , there's three pointing back at the wt !
the following quote is taken from the awake 22nd april 1970 issue, pg 8 : -.
"one of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches.
Marked
my latest encounter with my mom has me furious and i needed a place to vent:.
i don't post alot but for anyone who has read any of my posts knows that while i have been struggling for some time, i am still an active jw working towards leaving.. anyway, i got into a car accident yesterday.
fortunately i am well enough to type this up so for that i am greatful.
My old pioneer mom couldn't find time in her busy schedule to see my younger brother (not JW) who wanted to have her see his newborn grand son...You can't come on Tuesday because we have our meeting...I am out in service every morning...Thursday is grocery shopping day...His comment was that he is not about to start going out in service to be able to spend a little time with our mom...Then she complains he doesn't visit or even call her!
i'm retired now and worried about losing my mind!
you have to keep exercising your brain to prevent dementia and similar stuff.
use it or lose it!.
Prologos you mean "joual" which is slang for cheval...this perception of how québécois speak French has long disappeared.
i'm retired now and worried about losing my mind!
you have to keep exercising your brain to prevent dementia and similar stuff.
use it or lose it!.
Bravo Hortensia...one of the main difficulty in learning French is that every noun has a gender...le français, la lune, le soleil...it takes time to learn the gender of each noun. I'm from Montréal and I don't speak "habitant" as suggested by TS674, but French with a different accent than Parisien French. It's like English spoken in Boston differs from English spoken in Texas or New Jersey...The written language is exactly the same regardless. I'm sure if you inquire you will be able to find French speaking people in your area.
so i tt mom and dad via skype last weekend (they live on the other part of the county) and the topic of abuse came up.
of course they went ahead and blasted catholics for their coverups.
i mentioned gonzalo campos, now mom and dad know this guy he went to their hall for several years in san diego.
JWs are quick to point out crimes committed by persons of other religions but when it comes to crimes committed by members of the congregation, they shoot the messenger or say that such actions are very rare among JWs...Any criticism must surely come from Satan...it just couldn't be true because"mother" says it isn't. I would ask the elders if JWs should be judged the same way they judge other religions who were found to have paedophiles among their clergy members? If not, why not?
