just wanted to ask a question of those who were born in as i was.. how did you feel to have been "privileged to have been born into the only true faith - the truth"?.
did this make you feel confident, or proud - or perhaps arrogant?.
how did you reconcile the fact that 99% of the earth's population was not born "into the truth"?.
I was born in - and considered a "true believer." That being said, I had many questions throughout my life - however, at the time I did not realize these were questions. In retrospect, my questions should have woken me up - but did not.
One takeaway as someone "raised in the truth:" I was always highly embarrassed by my religion. I cannot think of a time in all my life that I was not embarrassed by being a JW. That is actually quite sad. My embarrassment created guilt that I struggled with.
slimboyfat, it appears that wts is going, gone digital.
can you show your view what is wts next move after they are completely gone from kings county and settled in warwick?
- this thread is your if you want it..
This is a fascinating discussion. Are any of the projections from this discussion thread correct? I guess we will soon find out. I hope to stick around long enough to see.
on saturday, october 7.. any chance to get user name and password for stream?.
the password will be 1914. Or, perhaps 1975.
I remember not standing for the national anthem as a JW. I was a SOB and is one of the few things I regret in my life. Now, it is hard to stand for the national anthem without shedding a few tears. I love this country and am embarrassed by my past action.
jehovah's witnesses say that they have the truth and the truth is constant.
they believe that what they teach is the truth that comes directly from jehovah god.
can you think of anything that has changed in the last 20 years to show a jehovah's witness that the truth is not necessarily the truth..
You can take blood as long as it is chopped into very small pieces.
Also, what is the status of the resurrection of Sodom and Gomorrah? The fate of these fine people has flipped a few times over the past 20 years.
as you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes.
natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.. as you can imagine, theres a whole host of jws positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/.
Yippie! The suffering of people is proof that the total destruction of these same people is imminent. What a wonderful thing.
revision date: 8/17.
the talk outline “jesus christ—earth’s new ruler” has been discontinued and should no longer be used.
it has been replaced by “who really is jesus christ?”note: this is the special public talk outline for 2018. the talk will be given in most congregations the week of monday, march 19, 2018.. .
I didn't see anything in the outline about Jesus being Michael the archangel. Do they still believe that?
august 11, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: 2018 memorial invitations and date of special talk .
fyi:.
the 2018 memorial will be held on saturday, march 31, 2018.. the 2019 memorial will be held on friday, april 19, 2019..
Since the speaker in the video recording will demonstrate how to develop an outline and
effectively teach from it, each elder and ministerial servant who serves as a public speaker
should carefully review the special talk outline, the Ministry School book, pages 52-55, and Reminders
for Those Assigned Public Talks (S-141) before the talk is presented in the congregation.
During the presentation, analyze how the speaker draws attention to the theme, how he uses the
Bible as the basis for his talk, and how he teaches directly from the Scriptures. Also, observe
how the speaker applies some of the teaching methods that will be discussed in the Kingdom
Ministry School for the 2018 service year.
I have never seen a more obscene example of micromanaging. Ugg!
i was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.
the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.
over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..
The result of reporting time is coercive control over the r&f.
Reporting time serves no purpose other than to identify slackers within the congregation.
a thought occurred to me that most humans (whether they like to admit it or not) love to take a firm and proud stance on something, and love to be able to say to others "see, i told you so!".
this arrogance creates a proud and determined mindset to make people dig their heels in on a stance they have taken - all in the hope that they can one day be proven right, and therefore prove someone else wrong.. so it is with most witnesses.
they are so desperate to be proven correct after all they have invested in their faith, and they have a keen desire to say "see i told you so!".
On my tombstone I will write:
"See I told you so; I really was sick." or "See I told you so, I am not going to live forever."
