I don't think I ever felt "love." They tolerated me but did not love me.
Which is just fine, I am not very loveable. On the flip side, I did not show a lot of love to my fellow r&f at the kingdom hall. I hope I was nice to everyone, but I never got the whole "love" thing.
an innocent picture of a city in my country, spain.
the pic says everything.
many jw are really disgusted about everything, even their new preaching cart.
What a freakin' waste of time.
suposedly babylon the great lost her power and influence over the people and government rulers back in 1919. flash forward to today the russian orthodox church is behind the banning of witnesses in russia.
yet another failed prophecy!
have these guys gotten anything right?!
It is funny that we no longer hear about the fall of Babylon the Great occurring in 1919. Does the Wt still believe this? Or is this old light?
i've seen discussions here about how jehovah's witnesses seem to be prone to believing conspiracy theories... https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/04/05/why-more-highly-educated-people-are-less-into-conspiracy-theories/.
this last paragraph seems particularly relevant:.
importantly, van prooijen said his findings help make sense of why education can contribute to “a less paranoid society” even when conspiracy theories are not explicitly challenged.
Good thread. Thus, we know why the Watchtower does not want the R&F to get an education.
There is no bigger conspiracy theory than the God-Satan battle for world sovereignty.
how do i get to paradise?
can you use google maps to find the way there?
i'm looking for some fun at a high-class gay bar and i hear paradise is a great one..
It must be a slow news day. I have gone to Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Since I was not looking for a gay bar, I can't help you. In any event, the island was quite nice, I highly recommend it.
i remembered a time i read in the forum that it is better (especially for men) to seek positions of responsibility in the world than to seek positions of responsibility in the jw organisation.
please i do not understand that stance.
explain..
I doubt that anyone on this forum is seeking a position of responsibility in the Watchtower. You must have read incorrectly.
Why do you think that women should have different career goals as compared to men? Some might find that sexist and offensive.
we were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
Interesting question. Yes, I think I have found my place in this cosmos. Good job, good food, good friends, and most important - good wine. I hope to keep this up for another 50 years.
after my exit from the watchtower shunning cult, i have received tons of invitations from different churches.
but because i am aware of religious cults, i need recommendations of churches that are not cults at all.
after exiting the watchtower cult, i don't want to fall into another religious cults.
There is no rule that you need a church. Give yourself a few years and see what works.
why the big controversy over baptizing the dead, they are dead folks..i know it's a quirky practice but jewish leaders are up in arms because the lds leaders are baptizing holocaust victims..what harm is it??
?hell jw's are preaching everyone will go up in flames no one believe that crap except jw but no one is up in arms, they know they walk a different step....the lds leaders agreed to halt baptisms specifically of jews holocaust victims in 2010 but they are at it again, baptizing jews.
this is funny as hell to me.
If you believe that your earthly life is a prelude to something greater, this seems quite logical. On a related topic, I seem to recall a thread on this site that an elder body attempted to disfellowship a dead person.
Anyone else recalls this?
who are more gullible, believers in santa or the ones in "the serpent"?
an old man that delivers gifts?
quite possible, grandpa does it all the time!
Never believed in Santa; was not allowed to. Always told that Santa is simply Satan with the last two letters switched. Just another evil plot.
In regards to the snake, yeah, I believed, I am sorry to say. Although I am old enough to have believed that, at the time, the snake had legs.
