i posted this on my other thread titled "im scurred"
here is the conversation.
(some of it word for word)
Sandy,
My question to him is Why would Jehovah help me, an apostate through my "whole ordeal"?
Why do I need to be a witness, at five meetings a week and out in field service if Jehovah will still help me out?
Your logic is flawless. Methinks your brother is in over his head!
the watchtower, june 15, 2004 issue, pages 14-24:.
" for the benefit of current readers, the answer is reprinted on pages 29-31 of this magazine.
19 near its conclusion, the reprinted answer on pages 29-31 says: "does the fact that opinions and conscientious decisions may differ mean that the issue is inconsequential?
Typical Watchtower stunt: two long meandering study articles filled with doublespeak and lots of wink-wink nudge-nudge "here is what a TRUE CHRISTIAN, USING HIS BIBLE-BASED CONSCIENCE, might do.." And then, since they continually need to dumb-down everything to accomodate a group who -by design- are no longer are able to think for themselves, a big box with GOOD and BAD spelled out in easy words.
What a sad situation.
i really hesitate to post this, because it's very weak for me to ask.
i am asking because i am emotionally distraught.
i am losing another brother.
((((COUNTRYGIRL)))) you know you have lots of people here who care...
a jw spammer just jumped onto a medical message board that i belong to.
i would like to have some suggestions for posting to her.. her topic was (i'm sure you can almost guess what her topic was) "you can live forever in paradise.".
i need to be respectful of her because the board is moderated very closely and putdowns will not be tolerated, but i'd like some suggestions for questions i can ask her.. okay?
Is it true a JW working in the medical field is expected to violate patient confidentiality if they determine it is needed to keep the congregation "clean?"
..and want to advertise it in a thread here, can you let us know first, please?.
there are good reasons for this request.. many thanks,.
englishman.
Dan-O
Where do I sign up??
both have endorsed pepsi.
both are excellent entertainers.
both have appeared on "punk'd".
Britney is purely a merchandising product, with minimal talent, and marginal attractiveness. She has all the personality and charm of a blow-up doll, but with less intelligence.
I have never listened much to Beyonce, she might be a slighty more talented singer/performer than Britney, but that's not saying much. Appearance-wise she is attractive enough, but so are thousands of other wanna-be pop divas...
I am not sure what the appeal of either is. Madonna in her heyday would out-entertain both of them, by far. Even now, she totally stole the show from Britney in the video they did together.
No Apologies
i did a search and couldn't find another post on this subject, so i hope this hasn't been addressed too recently already.... i systematically throw away wtbts literature that i find in public places (restrooms, and most recently, eight, count 'em, eight mags at the train station that had about 20 chairs in it (four sets of the same magazines--someone had a good month!
) i rolled them up and deposited them into the trash, my father was shocked and said that people should be given the chance to read them.
i said i was saving people from exposure from a cult.
I say you are doing a public service!
I also know some have stuck a little page inside magazines they find in public, giving any potential readers a better understanding of just what JWs are all about....
Either way, anything that prevents others from being exposed to their indoctrination materials is a good thing. If someone really wants to read the WT publications, they can contact their local Kingdom Hall or wait for them to stop by.
right now they're showing old buck rogers episodes on the sci-fi channel.... .
these are classic!!!!
whatever happened to gill gerard?
Beede-beede-beede Right Buck!!!
probably dating myself, but remember all those assemblies/yearbooks, etc., that focused on the possibility that jws would suffer persecution at the hands of nazi-like regimes?
i remember attending an assembly which dramatized jw's being held, as in wwii, as having to make a choice to either "renounce?
" their jwism or die.
You know what? The Klan gets persecuted, the world in general hates them. By JW logic, they must have the truth!!! Satan is throwing everything he can against them!!
No Apologies
so, how many of you got presents all year round?
most worldly kids get 2 days of presents a year, birthdays and christmas.
some even get something on easter, valentine's day, and st. patrick's day!
Totally agree with you all, what a load of BS that line was!!
Yeah and we were dirt poor too, again thanks to the WT. My dad was mostly a bum and justified it I think because everyone knows getting a good job and making decent wages is one of Satan's most powerful snares!!!!
No Apologies (of the no-I'm not bitter-why-do-you-ask class)
