working late tonight i just thought this up : whenever we used to hear someone say " so and so is not doing well spiritually™ " or "not doing well in the truth™ " what it really means is they aren't doing well climbing the wtbts's corporate ladder or doing their beck and call following the herd cult thingy.
been brought up before but had to share..feel free to add..
Spiritually weak in JW terms = not doing much in FS, poor meeting attendance, Not blabbering like Oh Jah did this, Jah did that, isn't Jah wonderful…..
Reality is, the spiritually weak is sensing that all or something is fake in this religion.
When I was wakening, elders used to come and advise that I should be less materialistic and be more spiritual. I am the least materialistic but they had to blame it on me.
according to the watchtower:.
who received the ransom payment?.
why did the ransomer need to be paid?.
Disclaimer - I am not defending this idea as either rational or moral.
I like that.
so i recently moved back to my really really really small hometown in the south.
it was the place that my parents moved to from a major city up north in the early 1970's.
when we lived here times were very tough financially and i was always told that the reason we did not attend meetings was due to the fact that we had no car / no gas for the car / could not afford repairs for the years we were there.
I was growing up as a high school boy in 1975 in a major city in India but never heard of this "Armageddon" or JW at all.
So much of this "Good news would be preached in all the inhabited earth" thing.
according to the watchtower:.
who received the ransom payment?.
why did the ransomer need to be paid?.
No matter how hard I try to understand this "Jesus died for our sins", I couldn’t comprehend that. Sorry.
according to the watchtower:.
who received the ransom payment?.
why did the ransomer need to be paid?.
Ask any christian about why Jesus had to die and they will talk about how Jesus suffered the punishment for their sins
So what was the outcome of Jesus death. Tangible things please.
according to the watchtower:.
who received the ransom payment?.
why did the ransomer need to be paid?.
A father had 2 sons. Eldest was wicked and youngest innocent. In order to Forgive the Eldest, he commands him to kill his younger brother in a gruesome manner. What a Dad.
Despite the killing, the eldest son is not forgiven yet.
That's Christianity.
as we all sadly know, a common expression used by the society and elders in cases of abuse, or scandals, is "if you talk about this, you will bring reproach on jehovah's name!".
this is uttered in order to deter making something known.. but really, if it is a case of abuse, is not the act itself the thing that brings "reproach on jehovah"?.
making it known is not the problem.. rather hiding it, or not disclosing it to authorities is the thing that brings reproach!.
Famous car Company cover ups on failures are good Examples. They cover up until the body count rises and someone files a suit.
watchtower writings used to have some meat to them.
they have been increasingly watered down and simplified.
i think we all recognize that.
Watchtower writings used to have some meat to them
After 11 years, I found out it was all spoiled meat. Lucky me, I survived
ha well- kind of.. i have read lots of cofty's post on evolution and tbh am so interested at his intelligent and thought proving threads.
they are all factual, unemotional and point to may scientific sources.
they cut through so may per-concieved ideas about life and do have that ring of truth.. but i feel empty and a little uncomfortable.
Is emotion to be confused with stupidness?
Many times the above has proven to be true in my life. That is why they say "Think with your mind and not your heart"
i have not been here in a while, just trying to move on with my life all the while dealing with a very pimi brainwashed wife.. so the other day she started saying that we will have to go our own ways when things get worse with this world.
she has said this before because she believes that the government will turn on religion and the great and powerful wizards (guardians of doctrine g.o.d.
) will call everyone and tell them where to go.. thank god, (no pun intended) i have been out of the loop for such a long time.
The multi horned beast that arises from the sea will destroy the Prostitute. This is what Jws interpret from the Bible
Beast = United Nations
Prostitute = World religions.
Believe me, I'm dead serious.
