my thought bubble in the 1980s:.
"how can i engage with worldly people when they are just not interested in discussing these important topics as featured in the watchtower and awake?.
my thought bubble in the 2010s:.
My thought bubble in the 1980s:
"607 BC + 2520 Years = 1914. Carry the one, no zero year. 1914 + 1260 days = 1918. 1919 + 1290 days = 1922 Cedar Point convention, first of seven trumpet blasts…"
My
thought bubble in the 2010s:
“How could I have been so naïve?”
why did the watchtower eliminate the detailed service report (last report dec. 2008) and replace it in jan. 2009 with the field service highlights?
(sorry about the formatting).. *** km 12/08 p. 2 august service report *** (source wt library, kingdom ministry 2008 , 2009).
august service report.
What do they do now they've replaced all that with the CLAM workbook?
marrying out of the truth !!.
(author's name removed to protect privacy).
he or she-- doesn't love jehovah .
Even aesthetically, never mind the content, this is just bad poetry.
this is my first post and i'm feeling like i'm doing something bad big time!
i know on my mind it isn't, but the feelings are less manageable.. well, since i'm still a jw it's better not to give too much info, but i'm from brazil.. i've grown-up in the religion and practicly all my family, my closest friends and my girlfriend are loyal jws.
i used to be a regular pioneer but i still have a service privilege on my congregation.. i've had questions about the teachings of the wt since i was 10, but naturally i always pushed it away as it were "questioning the holy organization".. i started a friendship with some people in a course i took and we talked about a lot of subjects.
Welcome!
take a ride with me back to 1987. picture yourself in your town, or city centre.
remember the clothes people wore, the hairstyles etc.... now imagine yourself doing your ministry out on the street, engaging with people, speaking with them, striking up conversations.
now, how would you feel, and what would you say, if you noticed two people appear nearby with a cart.
Yes, when we did "street work", or bus stops, parking lots, ect we were pressured to proactively talk to people. If we didn't, we could easily find ourselves marginalized.
yes god directs our writings but they're not inspired, so gods directions are staggered and overlapping , so the genuine innocent believing jw has a wonderful life of overlapping bullshit.
so next time you meet a jw priest ask them what is the difference between being directed and inspired, then i promise you will hear first hand an example of overlapping bull..
If those “taking the lead” in the organization are directed by holy spirit, but not inspired--how are they distinguishable from other organizations led by imperfect men who are not directed by holy spirit? It ends up looking very much the same.
In fact, a full examination of JW history will reveal exactly what one would expect from a religious organization led by imperfect men with zero divine guidance.
take a ride with me back to 1987. picture yourself in your town, or city centre.
remember the clothes people wore, the hairstyles etc.... now imagine yourself doing your ministry out on the street, engaging with people, speaking with them, striking up conversations.
now, how would you feel, and what would you say, if you noticed two people appear nearby with a cart.
Of course, if you compare JWland 1987 vs 1957, the 1957 era JWs would’ve thought the 1987 era JWs slackers. And of course, if you could go back to the Rutherford era 1937 JW, they were outright in people’s faces almost Westboro style and sticking their foot in people’s doors, driving soundcars through neighborhood or in front of churches proclaiming religion to be a snare and a racket.
Indeed, I think that is the reason why there is the small Romanian breakoff group from the JWs, who are still in the Rutherford mindset.
i don't mean overly obvious, or otherwise meaning to cause harm, but taught to lie for the purpose of avoidance.
this type of lying can be pervasive in areas of life that are not just to avoid discussions with people who have questions about the jw, etc.
my husband will lie/be deceitful about the silliest, simple things.
In reading about this man, I do wonder how much is just him as an individual and how much be attributed to him being in the cult. The organization, while a toxic influence, cannot take all the blame for this.
if you identify as a christian but you have accepted that the diversity of life - including humans - resulted from a process of biological evolution could you add your name please?.
just to be clear i am referring to the fact that our physical lineage could literally be traced back all the way to non-human species.. if you like maybe you could comment on why you see not conflict between evolution and your christian faith.. there is a tendency to conflate evolution with atheism.
it would be good to show that this is not the case..
If I’m remembering the Photodrama right, what is ironic is that Russell was okay with “macroevolution”, all but for humans. Of course, he believed in seven 7000-year creative days totaling 49000 years. The thought that all land animals evolved in just 7000 years is just utterly ridiculous.
we have been told there's no place else to go.
and to some degree mentally speaking, that is true especially if you were raised in the religion.
at 50 i was out of the organization's clutches.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Looking back, I can't believed I was deceived all the way up until I was around 40.
Of course, like someone said, I didn't have the internet growing up.
