been going back in forth with my mom (who is a longtime pioneer and dyed-in-the-wool jw) about the term apostate.
she has labeled me one because of my fading and because i stopped attending meetings a few years ago.
i told her that i refuse to accept the term apostate because its a lazy way for the wts to not deal with dissenters and address why people are leaving this organization in droves.
...their [response] is to embrace the philosophy of a 4-year old and resort to name calling.
Not only are they 'babes as to badness', they're babes in rational thought and independent thinking. What they think, what they believe, is spelled out for them. They don't have to think about it, so they rarely do. And when someone challenges their belief system, they resort to the language and reasoning of the WTS, as it has been pounded in their brains for years and years.
my girlfriend's dad who is 82 lost his second wife to cancer last october.
while she was dying, he secretly was seeing another woman, in her 60s.
long story short, a month after the wife's death, they both moved in together and in early june , they secretly got married.
Does the gentleman have money? My first impression was that the new girlfriend is a golddigger and is looking to alienate him from family, angling for his entire estate upon his death. The only thing that puts a hole in that theory is that he is improving his health by losing weight and cutting back on drinking.
i haven't been here much within the last week.
is there anything new in watchtower world?.
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Preaching in Israel is supposed to serve what purpose??
Sends a message to Hamas, that if they don't settle down, then dubs will start setting up their literature carts in their tunnels
hello all, as you know, when jw tv was announced, our board went wild.
many comments, much speculation and alot of negative feedback on the quality, etc.
well, what has me concerned is that i have not heard a peep from any of my connections left in kingdom-land.
Could it be that it is causing SOME JW's to question their OWN GB and WT leaders and is causing them within their own disquieting thoughts to think : " Oh my God, are OUR WT leaders doing the same thing to us that false religious leaders do to THEIR flock and members " ?
I watched...well, let's say 'I tried to watch' some of the new tv.jw. It was painful. Awful. Makes Pat Robertson look like George Clooney in comparison. And my first thought was similar to above; dubs are gonna look at this and go, 'omg, our religion looks just like other tv religions. how embarrassing'. But then I realized something that we've all been noticing the last few years: most JWs are just 'on paper' dubs. They're not zealous, or even particularly faithful. They put on a show, to stay out of trouble or keep peace in the family, and go about their daily lives without ever giving JWism much thought. They show up for meetings, throw in a couple of hours of service, help clean the hall, and the rest of the time, they might as well be an outsider. Aside for avoiding holidays, you could never spot them out in the real world, except in service. The vast majority of these phonies will never look at tv.jw.org. They probably don't even look at regular ole JW.org. I'm sure a small minority are shaken, but by and large, most JWs will go about their business and not pay it much mind.
back in the old days i used to hear talk about these kings.
are they still teaching anything about these kings in daniel as it pertains to the " time of the end?".
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Well, at least until the Red Wedding anyway, Robb Stark was the King in the North
i can not stand it when the speaker at a witness wedding introduces the new couple as "brother and sister_____".
how messed up does that sound especially to non-witnesses??.
just another stupid witness tradition that makes the rest of the world see how crazy they are!.
i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.
"rent/extortion) were even met.
$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".
repitition for emphasis, brother undercover. I grade you a "G"...
i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.
"rent/extortion) were even met.
$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".
i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.
"rent/extortion) were even met.
$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".
not my cup o tea for sure, but i found out my nephew is a regular zombie on the show.. anyone here like the show?
i'm kinda afraid to even watch it ...my imagination is a bit to active.. .
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I knew Omega Man and the movie I Am Legend were based on the same book, but I've never read the book (though I would like to). I had heard that Will Smith's movie was truer to the book than Omega Man, but Will Smith is no Charleton Heston. And I saw Omega Man as a kid, so it left a pretty big impression. I was 'eh' on Will Smith's movie.
