i really don't like people disparaging active jws on this site by calling them stupid, idiots, morons and that, and making out like they're willing puppets to the gb or cruel at heart.
or describing them like they're puke or as having no desire to learn or listen.. to you, all these things may be true.
we all have opinions and are entitled to them.
I've come to believe that the most aggressively vocal and judgemental members on JWN have never ceased thinking like a Jehovah's Witness - 'I'm RIGHT and you're WRONG'.
Thanks for this post, Julia!
Letting go is like taking in a breath of fresh air. Sweep out the cobwebs and move on!!
ginger
cedars story made me wonder why are parents and loved ones so quick to shun??
i mean it can be shown biblically that only people that do not believe in jesus as the messiah are apostates.
thessalonians tells us to keep admonishing one as a 'brother' and jesus christ himself said to love your enemies.
Because the majority of current Jehovah's Witnesses are not students of the Bible. They follow the direction of the Governing Body (the Faithful and Discreet Slave) by reading and studying the publications of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (the Organization).
The GB says to shun (no talking, no greetings, no meals, no visits, no phone calls, no letters, no emails, no text messages, etc) any member (or former member) who no longer abides by the 'rules' set forth in the Organizations publications.
If any active member ignores these 'rules' they will be shunned (by family, friends and any Witnesses in the congregation/circuit/district/country/world).
No compromising. Not a personal matter. Period.
ginger
evening.
i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .
my dilemma?
JW's get disfellowshipped every week in congregations around the world.
So do Elders and (gasp!!!) even "representatives of the Branch". I know a dozen personally in my lifetime who were C.O.'s, city overseers, P.O.'s, COBE's and head honchos on RBC's who were bounced out - because they couldn't keep their hands to themselves or were abusive to their family or members of the congregation or they were power hungry.
Big deal. They're human too - regardless of how big a suit they wear or how much 'responsibility' they shoulder.
ginger
saw this article on yahoo.
there was a little jw kid whose teacher made him stand up and salute the flag and/or say the pledge in class.
he went to the administrator and she got suspended.....my lord the jws are going to be shouting great trib over this.
Welcome to the 'new' conservative America - a Norman Rockwell picture of middle class, white, patriotic, religious, small town, apple pie, Santa Claus and football.
JW's kids aren't the only minority getting the 'persecution'.
They stand beside the Muslim, Hispanic, Somali, gay and lesbian kids.
ginger
page 12 of the january 1,1989 wt original magazine paragraph 8 ends with the statement that the apostle paul's missionary activity laid a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.".
(a subtle prophecy that 'the end' will come by the year 2000 a.d.).
this sentence is changed in the bound volume reprint to read "a work that would be completed in our day.
marked
i just stumbled on this youtube video of some 1 minute in length.
the originator says he found this by chance when thumbing through the jan 1, 2012 watchtower magazine.
at the bottom of the last page the statement reads, "truth expiry date july 2017".
Read the Watchtower backwards. Then the secret message will be revealed...
ginger
i`m an optimist and i would say zilch .
i would bet you a million dollars ( if i had a million dollars ) that if you did a survey in the street that you live , asking the householders what is the life saving message jehovahs witnesses bring to your door on a regular basis , they would not have a clue.. and they have been preaching this message for over 100 years .
how inefective can they be .. the probable answers you would get are : they dont take blood transfusions.
Millions of people have never heard of Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Billions of people have never had the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses explained to them.
It is estimated that over 350 thousand babies are born EVERY DAY. That's the current population of New Orleans...
ginger
i put together all the pieces of the russell-rutherford years, but i am trying to figure out why the the watchtower did'nt fall apart after the 1925 false prophecy.
did world war 2 scare people into thinking armegeddon is finally near?
it seems once brother knorr took over the society experienced tremendous growth.
Rutherford was a salesman.
Like any good salesman, he could use emotional argument to convince the unaware to buy. Rutherford also promoted himself as "President" of the WT Society and he was adored as such by the faithful.
By 1940, Knorr and Franz realized that times had changed. With a massive global war in full swing and later the fear of nuclear (Armageddon-like) destruction in the news, they capitalized on those sentiments. Knorr realized that his personality couldn't carry the Org. into the second half of the century. He changed the face of the WT ( just like the 'new' Governing Body is currently doing ).
He, Franz and the other writers became 'anonymous' and set about running the Org. like an international publishing company. I grew and grew and grew. Money flowed in by the bag loads and they invested it in real estate and the stock markets - around the world.
Their speculations payed off - big time.
ginger
i bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.
we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).
you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.
"Most are humble and poor."
That's the most depressing line from this post.
Religion has preyed upon and used (and abused) this demographic for centuries. Jehovah's Witnesses are no different. And they want you to stay that way...
ginger
i`m an optimist and i would say zilch .
i would bet you a million dollars ( if i had a million dollars ) that if you did a survey in the street that you live , asking the householders what is the life saving message jehovahs witnesses bring to your door on a regular basis , they would not have a clue.. and they have been preaching this message for over 100 years .
how inefective can they be .. the probable answers you would get are : they dont take blood transfusions.
Most people on this planet don't know any Jehovah's Witnesses, don't know what they believe and could care less if they found out.
Public school is where many people have contact with JW's. Their impression of the group is about non-observance of holidays, the pending Armageddon and they go to church a lot and even preach in public. Because so many JW parents are now 'homeschooling' their kids, I see this initial contact becoming a thing of the past.
The notion that JW's are held in high esteem by the 'world' for their honesty, conviction and faith is promoted by the WT Society's writers. It's part of the delusion we're fed through the publications, talks and experiences.
ginger
