as a baby boomer making the best of every day, i have a casual list of things i want to do before i, well .
we all know about the promises made, and, gee whiz, i want to be a good and faithful boy.
but i'm beginning to wonder if i should buy a few more baskets to put my eggs in.
Keep collecting those eggs Coco and why not have a few more baskets!!
Keep dreaming those dreams (and maybe share a few with us). Life is good and it's the little things in life that arethe most enjoyable, the most fun. Make the most of every precious moment!!
Big hugs
the last time i went to the kh was memorial 2013 and the elder giving the talk.
spooke of "two hopes" for christians...i sat there and wondered how did i. ever believe such a thing!..its not even in the bible!!!
!that did it for me!.
The bible says 1 hope... the Wt says 2 hopes...
who came up with this term and when?
is there a specific member that the credit goes to or did it just develop over time?
was it used in the beginning of this site or is it taken from another site?.
The fist time I saw the expression TTATT was in November 2011 on JWstruggle (RayPublisher's website) in one of his blogs on there. It was the first place I went on my 'awakening' and I came across it. Thought it was really good.
if the wbts is just another business?
then what do the gb get out of all this?.
tim cook (ceo apple) makes around 378 million a year.. donald trump makes around 60 million a year.. i understand the wbts may have vast property holdings, stocks, bonds, and revenue from donations.. but i can't grasp the incentive for the gb to make this stuff up.
I really think they believe it. They are just as brainwashed as everyone else. They truly believe that God has appointed them to be in charge of 'His' organisation.
how many here are (a) ex-jw, (b) non-jw with jw relatives or spouses, (c) inactive jw, or (d) active jw who stay in for your own reasons?.
d) Active but fading, for family reasons.
every now and then i check statistics for my 607-related articles.
recently, someone has searched for "vat 4956 watchtower", so i went to google to see where my site comes up in the page ranking.. the first entry in the search results is a reference to the watchtower online library, with a reference to their 2011 attempt at defending their doctrine.. and immediately below it is a link to my rebuttal of the same article.
some other actual google searches people have made to get to my site where my pages are in the first page of google's results:.
Well, I use startpage search engine which is a proxy search engine and not personalised at all. I put in Jehovah's witness 607 and carm.org came up first, followed by wikipedia, then jwfacts, fourth was 607v587.com, fifth jehovahsjudgement.co.uk, sixth is a youtube video on JWMediaFilms channel, seventh is defendingjehovahswitness.blogspot.com and then you come in eighth Jeffro.
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..
For me it's got to be Ray Franz.. without his books I'd still be an asleep JW...
about me, i am being raised in a jw family.
all of my family expect for one aunt, who had left but not disfellowedshiped thankly, are in jw.
my father is an elder and so is my grandfather.
Hi Andysmiles and welcome. There are a number of gay exJWs here, so I'm sure you'll find some help and understanding here.
It's all so simple in JW land. You are born gay, grow up gay and then are expected to click your fingers and become straight overnight. It's like telling smeone who's straight that they have to become gay.
I've read some truly heartbreaking stories of young gay JWs who are desperately struggling with their homosexuality, some to the point of depression and suicide because they can't cope with the guilt.
Being a gay JW there's only three ways to go. 1) You give up any thoughts of ever having a loving intimate relationship with anyone. 2) You live a double life 3) You get out and make complete break and live a life of your own but knowing you will be shunned. Not much of a choice is it?
Stick around here and share your problems. No one will ever judge you on here.
i'm on the brink of publishing my book.
here are some survey questions that will help me make some important decisions.. if you were ever going to actually buy a book about an ex-jehovah's witness conscientious objector who went to prison, would you:.
a. prefer the book to be 8 1/2 x 11 ?.
I definitely prefer e-books for exJW writings, so I don't leave anything lying around for still in JW relatives to find. Having said that.. perhaps I ought to! LOL
I love reading other's experiences and would buy it like a shot. Not sure what price I'd pay.. just average novel price I guess.
thanks to all who suggested me this book.
almost half way through the reading.
it sheds light to the darkest secrets of this cult.
That was the book that did it for me. Before I read it, it was just out of curiosity and wanting to know what went on behind closed doors in Bethel headquarters. Once I'd read it, I realised I now had the real truth about 'the truth'. That was it for me.
