ive been watching many wwii documentaries on what seems to be a new cable station, the military channel.
while i was watching hitler's last days tonight, i saw a notice that a show on cults and danger would be shown this coming week.
wednesday if i am correct.. the programming is not heavy history.
I was watching tv about a week ago and I foud myself watching a show on cults. (idr what channel it was). But it was focusing on one cult in particular where they feared the members would eventually kill themselves. One statement a commenter made that I agreed with was that "when a person,group or organization claims to be jesus, or the Messiah or to speak for Him, it is a very difficult thing to disprove".
Overall pretty interesting. I havent seen it on tv since....
the new yearbook is ready....with new memorail partakers numers: increase again: 11824 (last year was 11202).
I wonder what next years #'s will bring. Probably around 12,500 with the current trend.
i keep coming upon references dealing with a phone hookup if you must miss a kh meeting.
in my day, if you missed, you missed and celebrated the fact.
what is the procedure for the hookup?
You have the hook-up(no pun intended) if your the family of one of the elders. My mom stayed home the other day, an my elder dad just gave her the PIN #. The "in" crowd I suppose.
One of the comments made at the meeting a few months ago was truly telling. The brother on stage said "Jehovah's spirit is here at the Kingdom Hall, not on the telephone". He was basically saying if you can be at the KH, then be there. I could only imagine was shut-ins and other's who, because of health reasons, were only able to listen in and not physically be there at KH must have felt when that statement was made. "No Holy Spirit for us I suppose..."
we miss you, hope to see you soon.
your dad will be wondering where you are at the resurrection.
love, bro.
They're going to do what newspapers and magazines do when their readership is down...contact former subscribers and see if they would like to sign up again. So sad.
Great point pgparty.....whats your name....lol. Very true. Of course, in their minds, they honestly and sincerely believe that are doing right by you. They honestly hope that one will reevaluate leaving "Jehovah and His Organization"..whether it's by guilt or any other means. At our last district convention, a brother gave his experience of how he was disfellowshipped 3 or 4 times..."never learning my lesson". He said that was caused him to reevaluate was when his daughter said that she would be provided with a new daddy in paradise. Same principle I guess.
Unfortunately, JW's are booming in this tough economy, as are other cults. While they want those old members back, I don't see them dying or fizzling out anytime soon.
so i've been in the borg for 20 years.
and in two months i hit 21. i am technically still in and my parents don't know about me yet.
so i plan on celebrating my bday with just a few friends from high school.
Haha thanx for the advice wasblind. I have, since middle school, always vowed never to be a drinker or smoker. I've gotten pretty darn good at resisting pressure. Thankfully, the friends I hang out with do neither. So I think I'm in good hands but will always be on my guard. :)
have you ever considered the fact that by implication, when we thank god for food (if you do), we are also saying that he is responsible for the lack of food in the case of others who are not as fortunate as we are?
if you are acknowledging that it is god who is responsible for your physical well-being, and that you don't have plenty because of your own sensibility and hard work, then what about those who are not physically well?
what about those who do not have enough to eat?
This is one of the things that makes it so difficult to accept a God. The ONLY reason I believe in a God in the slightest is because of my JW upbringing. "God does this, and this, and this, and this....etc, etc." but at the same time, what DOES he do? If we are provided so well for materially and otherwise, what about other God-fearing people who are suffering and have nothing? They could be more spiritual that those ones who are well off, but still they suffer immensely.....
I will neither deny completly nor accept that there is a God. As LeavingWT once said, I've accepted "I don't know" as an answer.
so i've been in the borg for 20 years.
and in two months i hit 21. i am technically still in and my parents don't know about me yet.
so i plan on celebrating my bday with just a few friends from high school.
So I've been in the BORG for 20 years. And in two months I hit 21. I am technically still in and my parents don't know about me yet. So I plan on celebrating my Bday with just a few friends from high school. I don't plan on getting drunk or anything. Just one drink would be nice. All my friends know of my current situation even if they don't understand it. For them, bday's are second nature. I will feel all awkward and stupid. Still...it will be nice to do for a change.
How did you feel upon celebrating your first birthday?
jeez....i if this was about two years ago, i could have put this talk togather lickety split.
but i'm finding it impossible because i can't bring myself to put in phrases such as "god's true people", "love motivates us to....." , etc, etc.
every sentence i add, i just want to throw up because it's all such...pish posh and falsehoods and hypocrisy.
It went great. Got commentary from everyone on how "wonderful" a speaker I am.....how they hope to see my giving "public talks soon". bla bla bla. If i hadn't procrastinated and had more time, I would have come up with a non-anti-JW-yet-still-striking-and-not-applying-to-the-BORG talk.
at the kind advice of so many of you (and hassan) on this board....i ceased attempting to discuss doctrine/failures with my wife many months ago.
but unfortunately that does not prevent her from grilling me from time to time.
during one of our infamous "discussions" she said she was going to "investigate" this supposed "proof" that is out there regarding 587bc.
Has she examined examined doctrinal flip-flops? That was what really got to me. the "superior Authorities" flip-flop is a very simple one to use since it's straight forward and is discussed in the Proclaimers Book. Of course, that "candid" description make no mention of a flip flop, but only refers to a single change. If she is unwilling to even look at the flipflops from our own literature, she's got a looooooong way to go
has anyone seen this article in the feb 1st 2012 wt?.
it's worth a look.
lots of references to christians, rather than jw's.
I really am beginning to despise the "public" editions. It enables them to completely falsify JW's. "Sure! JW parents don't FORCE a child to accept their beliefs. That would be cruel, wrong, and would take away they free will. But as long as they accept whatever answer we give them when they question, they can still still live under our roof and accosiate with us. WHAT LOVE!"
These new articles are really full of lies. It's incredible how current JW's won't bat an eye at them....maybe because many don't read them themselves.
