put yourself back in a dub's kids shoes and make up your own young people ask titles.. here's mine:.
young people ask:.
why do i have to go to these lousy meetings five times a week?.
"Presents all year round"? WTF???
My parents didn't pioneer, why do they expect me to?
No dating, no holidays, no extracurricular activities, are there any other ways I can be even more dorky in school than I already am?
Do I tell you what music to listen to?
No Apologies ( of the can you tell I was raised in the troof? class)
okay, so if you were running the watchtower and noticed a slump in its activities, what would you do, how would you improve it or motivate the dubs?
i'll start.
1. issue a watchtower visa/mastercard.
Simple. Pick a date at least 5 years but no more than 30 years from now. Work out some goobledegook reasoning on how this might be THE DATE for the end to come. Lay the groundwork slowly and subtly, a study article here, a convention talk there. Of course, never directly state anything that can come back to haunt them later. By 2006 you could have have some momentum going.
Will this work? Will people be dumb enough to fall for this again? Of course!!
No Apologies ( of the maybe I'll start my own religion class)
yesterday i decided to send an email to all the elders, ministerial servants, co's and do's on my address book.
blondie had posted a series of links to articles relating to the abuse cases in the borg.
rather than emailing the links, which i knew they wouldn't click on, i copied and pasted, about 12 articles to them.
What a bunch of cowards they are!!!!
I always go back to High Priest Eli vs. Phineas (Aaron's grandson who took the spear and killed the Israelite and the Midianite women) or Jehu.
These elders all stand around wringing their hands, like Eli, its very bad, but what can we do?? If they were real men they would stand up and take action to clean house, regardless of who the wrongdoers were or what the legal and PR consequences would be.
I'm not holding my breath.
No apologies
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2003/6/1/article_01.htm
does the fact that incense is used in religious ceremonies and in spiritism mean that all incense-burning is wrong?
not necessarily.
Blondie,
The gnat - camel analogy is perfect!!!! How true!! More proof that they are becoming more Pharisaical all the time!
No Apologies
jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.
is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.
moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.
Gotta go with CG on this one, anytime a government starts restricting religious freedom, its starting down a slippery slope.
And the cult/religion angle doesn't work. Who decides what is a religion and what is a cult? What happens when its your religion?
I have no sympathy for the WTB&TS, but I see nothing to applaud here.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- religion today
but a group called silentlambs has still gained visibility in its campaign to change the sexual abuse policies of jehovah's witnesses.. .
religion today.
bttt!!!
my favorite line:
Kimberlee Norris, a tenacious Fort Worth, Texas, attorney
Yes, its the tenacious Kimberlee!!!! you go Kim!!!!
hi guys.
last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.
can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.
To the original question, what evidence is there that the rate of suicide among JW's is any higher than the population in general?
my sister, who is still in, has just recently graduated from college (four year university) with a good degree and has landed a great job.
its likely that she will never meet a jw man who is completely compatible with her, as she is educated, smart, and makes more money than about half her cong.
combined.
Send her my way!!!
I got me an colledge edumacation too, technically I am still a dub, and I am close by...
nanner-nanners to Badgered, LastInLine etc
No Apologies ( of the wishful thinking class)
Too Funny!!!!
I love the Watchtower Advisory!!
No Apologies (of the Photoshop-challenged class)
due to a problem with the server i was using for the maps i have had to move them so we can still have access to them and post them here.
so if you were wondering where we are from.
or how close you are to other jwd posters in your area just take a look.. ballistic has done an amazing job with the map of the uk you can find it at .
Lady Lee,
Put me up there in Minnesota please!
No Apologies( of the can't stand to be left out class)
