that's right....recommend a book...any book that would be a good read....... mine's is:.
invisible man by ralph ellison
Has anyone read this informative and enlightening book, it is one that really made an impact on my life, 'Light One'? The sequel 'Light Two' has just as much or more impact. I think the author was a guy by the name of Russell. I started to read these a few months after my DFing to try and build up my crushed faith. It worked and I never felt quilty again and never went back to the KH. I now refer to these publications as 'Dark One & Dark Two'.
SUSCARRA
joelbear said:.
the news report posted in the news section indicates about 1% of americans identify as jehovah's witnesses, that is about 3 million just in the us.
so even though they are inactive, 2 million people still adhere to the beliefs enough to identify it as their religious affiliation.. in australia we just had a consensus and the number of people in this country that say they're jw's is 95,000 (can't remember the number exactly).....the only trouble is that there is only about 58,000 active jw's according to the wt..... anyone know their countries story??.
The WTS counts numbers, those inactive just count their blessings.
I sure do!
SUSCARRA
i have frequented this site quite a bit, but i now have finally joined.
since i seen many other people's posts i will tell.
i grew up with my mother in the "truth" but my father was not.
My Hero,
You do research? You are going to write to the society? Well, welcome aboard we all should have some fun. Happy reading and writing. There are a lot of nice folks here and I hope you like this place as much as I do. It's cheap therapy, but it works.
SUSCARRA
i really hate funerals and memorials and avoid them as much as i can.
looking back on the few i have attended over the past ten years i guess i only go to them because of the people who are left behind.
since i didn't know the bryant's or any of their family members i find the draw that i have to this service even more confusing.
Seven,
Thank you so much for going to the funeral and showing your love and respect. Alamb and myself wanted badly to attend, but our finances are seriously bad. We live in Utah and there was no way we could come up with the money for gas, etc. It makes me feel so helpless.
This is such a sad situation(any death is)and I understand how emotionally difficult it is and will be for you, but maybe you will gain a great deal by attending. Perhaps, also, you will be able to shead more 'light' concerning the cold & calculating methods that the JWs use. My prayers are with you.
Please, let us know how things go. It's my hope that others who are in our situation will be attending and showing support.
May the God of tender mercies be with you all.
SUSCARRA
i know this seems like a dumb subject.. but i often wonder if many of us still believe and feel the need to worship - and not the borg either .
so here is a poll.... what religious orginization - if any - are you affiliated ( this does not mean you had to join it)?.
or - do you feel that everything is wrong due to the borg..and will you ever consider going to an organized religon again??.
I don't go to any religous organization, however, the Preterist point of view make me feel complete.If you want to know info about Preterism, just use your computer. It makes sence to me and I certainly have no guilt.
As far as attending a church, My hubby has supposedly started his own church awhile back and has supposedly led hundreds of JWs in our area away from the KH 'truths'. My hubby doesn't attend, my children don't attend, and I sure as heck don't attend, as a matter of fact, we don't even know where it is located. I guess my hubby should have attended the JC meeting they had for him in Dec. and maybe they would have kindly told him where it was located and just who does go there.
They are so funny and stupid.
SUSCARRA
larc's thread on coupons gave me this idea.. we all know coupons can save you a few dollars or more.
but how do you save real money???.
do y'all have any tips that you wanna share?
DO NOT HIRE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AS EMPLOYEES!
(1) they will rob you blind and when you catch them redhanded, you are unloving and selfish. (It's not their fault, because if we paid them more they wouldn't have had to steal)
(2) they come to work an hour late, take a two hour lunch break or don't show up at all
(3) take off from work to go on a Bible study with the CO, and tell no one about it and you get chewed out because the work wasn't done. Lost a few wonderful accounts because of that.
(4) Will vilify you to the business you work for, cut your prices in half, and steal your account.
(5) Will use your business supplies to run and start their on business.
(6)they will take your business vehicles to go on trips and forget to tell you and then stick you for the repairs they had to make while on their trip.
(7) they will use all the gas in your vehicle and not fill it back up.
(8) they will lie about everything no matter how much evidence you have against them.
(9-1,000,000)I'm getting a weak tummy just remembering, I have to stop now.
I have had a few JWs who were excellent employees, but the majority thought that we should view it as a previlege to have them work for us.
One way to save money is not to be a JW.
SUSCARRA
i've bolded a couple of points.
questions unanswered in deaths of family.
jim tankersley.
What a horrindous tragedy. The JWs are and will exploit this to their good. It is such a shame. The Bryants were spoken highly of by everyone except those in the JW community. The 'wordly' community there sounds as if they are showing christian principles in dealing with this tragedy.
Does anyone have an address of the Bryant's living relatives, so that I might express my sorrows(feelings) to them personally. I will not be rude, but would also like to include some good information that might be beneficial to someone someday. Maybe if we all sent a card/letter/apostate info they will know just how appauling they look to others. TherE was no suicide note, but to many of us here know that there probably wasn't anyone to leave it to. They were already dead in their eyes.
How do you think their remaining families would feel or act being bombarded with letters of sympathy from hundreds of apostates, DFD, DA'd, worldly, etc. We can at least try to speak for them now.
This is so sad. No JW family member will attend their funnerals, esp. since it's going to be in a CHURCH. What does that say to the community? I wish my finances were better I would try to attend.
Do you think the grandparents will at least try to get custody of the childrens remains and give them a loving and caring memorial service?
Maybe they are grieving so much that they haven't thought about that.
This situation really bothers me, maybe because their situation was similar to ours as well as others.
sad
under what (if any) circumstances would a jw go to a church?
is it the building itself or is it church services they have an aversion to?
can they go under circumstances that are not neccessarily considered "worship"?
This will always haunt me. When I became a JW I told my DAD that if he had his funeral in a church I wouldn't be able to go, but I would go to the graveside service. I'm sure that almost put him 6 ft under, I can't believe I was actually so stupid and cruel. When he died he had the service in a funeral home chapel. The service was done by a preacher/pastor from a church. So what was the difference?
Here I was being a loyal JW, making all the new rules for them.
ForestCARRA 'Stupid is, as stupid does'. But I won't be stupid anymore(not intentionally anyway).
i'm getting the sore throat and i feel chilled.
i'm on the liquids and staying covered up.
anything else you can suggest to beat this thing??.
LB,
Have you forgotten?! You should be going (dragging) yourself to the meetings today so that you can be taking in all that healthy spiritual food, not apostate chicken soup. Since you have a sore throat, you will not be required to sing, answer questions during the WT discussion, and to make small talk before and after the meetings. As for your chills, forget about staying covered up, just hand one of the elders a copy of the UN info, that will surely heat things up for you. You must refrain from taking in too many liquids before the meeting, because this will cause you to have to go to the bathroom and by doing this you will disturb many of those around you and they may miss out on the importance of the talk.
How many times as a JW did we hear why we should never miss a meeting. Once a CO gave a talk and said he grew up with the '3 F Rule'. What is the 3 F Rule? It is the scale for missing a meeting.
(1) Fever
(2) Fracture
(3) Funeral (most likely your own).
That was his council to the congregation to encourage meeting attendance. Wow, I loved to hear that man talk, as a matter of fact I think I had to miss his next talk because I just simply wanted to.
Take care of yourself and I'm sorry you feel bad. Get Well Soon!
DR. SUSCARRA (not)
since many witnesses choose to die - or risk death - in .
operations that call for blood, it is not surprizing that.
they used to concern themselves with not eating blood.. so, you had district overseers like br.
SEMEN....Oh, Heaven forbid, I could have gone all day(rest of my life) without hearing that. Are you really sure they use semen in food, pharm., and cosmetics? Did you read this in a WT or Awake? Please tell me you are just pulling our legs. Trying hard not to be a barf kitty.
Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
SUSCARRA
