yesterday i was listening to the radio at work as usual.
i listen to npr (national public radio) on most days.
there was a report about some ex-jw's who were "daring to dream" again.
It's also circulating on FB, posted last night under the NPR banner. "Lack of Education Leads to Lost Dreams and Low Income for Many Jehovah's Witnesses", lead line is "The view that higher education is spiritually dangerous is very common among many Jehovah's Witnesses." Quotes AM3 as well.
Well written, I hope they write more! I think I'll FM message NPR and request exactly that!
i hope all is well.
my last post over a month ago was going to be the last considering i wanted to get away from all things jw but this place is much harder to ignore than previously thought.
life has taken some very interesting turns since late last year.
Congratulations, and good for your both, now contributing to the community and to your new and improved life!
Living well is the best revenge. And I would say, no, I don't want revenge. But living well also shows the JWs that everything they've heard about the outside world being disastrous is just false propaganda. I hope your family members see that.
And again, congratulations on the new job, full life and on the new babies!!!!!
last night at the meeting there was a suggested presentation about the new mags, which cover the issue of depression in minors.
the jw jumps straight from "hi how are ya" to "how is your kids mental well-being " and of course the hh is more than happy to discuss the inner workings of their child's mind with a stranger whose just knockedmon their door(!).
if it was me i'd be majorly creeper out!.
I actually had a couple of JWs at my door the other afternoon, caught me totally by surprise. They didn't know me so it gave me an opportunity to just listen and look at the situation from the householder's perspective.
My reaction was...... what the heck??? what strangeness is this??? why would someone come to the door and ask this question to a stranger???
Wait, I used to do this..... no wonder people think JWs are nuts. It made me realize just how far removed from reality the JWs are.
i have a certain customer, whom we will call sally.
i know sally only by face and only through work.
i am a truck driver on a local dedicated route, and i often deliver to her work.
It's that damn beard, Schnell!
I can't tell you how many guys in the bOrg want a beard, but can't have one. A lot of sisters like them too. (Same goes for tattoos.)
BUT - they have to act all "loyal" (oh man I hate that word these days) and be all superior to you because you have left and have a beard and are happy and they are just sad and bitter.
Mr. Spiral has a beard too, it's quite handsome. I am certain yours is too.
Living well is the best revenge!
i seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "i heard a rumor and i don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door.".
anyone else heard this "rumor"?.
and whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?
Don't know if it's true or not, but I've also heard that. Perhaps they are hoping they won't have to ever talk to anyone any more. Wishful thinking?
my wife is still nominally in, but only because it "makes me (her) happy".
there is nothing academic about her beliefs and when i try, she interprets me as negative.. but then she cusses like a sailor and watches certain movies with me.
her birthday is coming up and it's also right around valentine's day.
Yes. JWs never get a "special day" (even if you don't call it that). Don't give it to her precisely on her birthday. I think a lot of JWs would love to have holidays they just don't admit it. That was one of the first things we started doing once we lived in a different state from family.
i still remember that feeling.
thank god it's gone for good.
i used to be part of us witnesses.
Freedom! It's wonderful, congratulations.
i see that the uk prime monster t may is going to see the pressy of the usa whos name means 'fart' here in brit land.
i have my own views on those people, in fact authority in general.
but i ramble as we old people tend to do.. i wonder how long before jobos are saying; 'ooooh, look.
I haven't either but since they disavowed alot of their interpretations of prophecy, I think everyone is either a) confused; b) disinterested in the Kings of the North and South. Even my friend who used to be an expert in prophecies (she kept a notebook, etc.) hasn't said a peep.
and it is ... why do most at the hall prefer to sit at the back and leave front rows empty?.
How else can I read my latest book (on kindle) on my tablet and not be noticed? lol
gorby went to the kh for family reasons today.. and landed right away middle in a pseudo history watchtower article.
just that aspect of the jw belief he is so sensative about.. so 1918 and 1919 are changed with one mark of a pencil.
the argument of change was in the past the argument of the doctrine.
I wonder why the WBTS decide to revisit these old doctrines. What is the added value of doing this? They run the risk that more JW's get confused and leave. And I do not see how these revised or clarified old doctrines increase the faith of the readers.
The only reason I can think of is that influential people around or closer to the gb members are sometimes raising issues (inconsistencies) with these old doctrines. Why else would they bother? Who in todays congregation is ever interested about what happened then, with Russell and Rutherford.....
Any ideas?
That's what I keep wondering..... I've never understood why they keep bringing up 1918-1919 and tweaking their interpretation of imaginary events. They should just let it go. My thought is this is something that most JWs don't really care about, so when it changes it's met with a shrug.
