Only in the JW universe is depending on strangers for food and shelter a good thing.
In the real world these people were misled into abandoning all to work for a publishing/real estate magnate then finding out that there is no paradise for them.
congregations are full of older ones who were led to expect the end when they were still young enough to work ,and stay forever young.
now these ones face a sparse old age with little provision set aside.
the article ""do not be afraid .
Only in the JW universe is depending on strangers for food and shelter a good thing.
In the real world these people were misled into abandoning all to work for a publishing/real estate magnate then finding out that there is no paradise for them.
paragraph 14: .
"this means that we need to examine our heart constantly to see if it is being enticed by worldly entertainment, associations, and styles of dress and grooming.
or the love of the world might involve efforts to attain “great things,” such as through the pursuit of higher education.
There are a number of MD's whose kids go to my kids school. We talk sometimes at the kids field hockey games and believe me, they're not attaining "great things."
They work constantly and pretty much hope to put their kids through school and retire. That's about it. I don't get what the hubbub is about from the WT. People don't need to go to college to figure out that it's a cult.
warning for those that are still believers... this train of thought will not be faith strengthening.... i have come a long way since first stumbling on crumbs of ttatt in 2012.
(i have not come nearly as far with the wife unfortunately, but such is life.
) my critical thinking ability, thankfully, is in another stratosphere since figuring out i was a jw lab rat.
Have you never referred to someone/something as "hateable?" They/it no doubt deserved that moniker.
As everyone above has outlined, this group deserves to be labeled as hateable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba7j3shtbgy.
hello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.
could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.
2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".
Hey Kids, let's draw a picture of a hooker!
That picture reminds me of the old gag, would you like to have roses on your piano? Or tulips on your organ?
george martin the studio recording producer who helped and assisted the beatle's music mature into music that garnered even more public appeal has passed on.. he did this by infusing his own classical background experience into the simplistic pop writings of mccartney and lennon.
the result was some the best songs ever composed by this band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujsah_egupm.
i am curious if my observations are correct.
i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.
i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.
Where is the bullet point advertising for this feature:
An afternoon spent listening to old men ramble on about how you dress, what movies you watch, the evils of pornography, the need for more contributions, using too many paper towels in the restroom and the need to do more, more, more.......