i tend to think that many jws who joined the religion in their later years feel foolish or are embarrassed by their decision to become one of jehovah’s witnesses.
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i’m not embarrassed by my years “in the truth “ because i was raised from infancy to believe everything was god’s word and who are we to question jehovah and his organization?
Minimus, You have a point. Certainly I consider myself a fool as I was impressed by the cult at 28 and got Baptized at 30. I also dragged my wife into it, who is still in the cult.
Those who were born in, yes, I consider them as innocent victims, who never (knew) had an option and most probably got baptized at a tender age
the circuit overseer, henry judson, came up to me during the circuit assembly.
"brother miller, it's been reported that your family may have a pumpkin in your window.
" he waited for an answer although he never asked a question.
During the late 1990’s our home in India hosted the weekly Book Studies. We were living in the 2nd floor and had let the 1st floor for rent. The rented people were Hindus and they used to make some colorful decorations on the common floor , most of the time. It would be nice to look at it, and it is somewhat attached to their belief system
The Elder who came for the Book study counseled us not to allow our tenant to display their religious Symbols in the common area. We didn’t care anyway.
in the real world, very few parents would disown their own children simply because they read a magazine that told them to do it.
very few people would forever completely ignore their own parents because an elder got up on a platform one day and announced that they no longer follow the same religion as you.. in the real world it just doesn't happen.
and yet, for 8 million jehovah's witnesses it's very a normal part of their world to treat "other people" differently than they'd treat each other.
Very true article on the Psychology of cults.
When I was leaving the cult, my JW (so called) friends warned me that I would be nothing for them if I leave. And they still behave like that for 10 years. Power of CULTS!!
yes fellow forum members, samhain (pronounced 'sawin') is upon us!.
so, got anything planned?.
for me, money's a bit tight atm so i'll be staying in and watching halloween (1978).
Happy Halloween.
i never understood this in my entire life in the borg.. who knows how many angels there are, millions, billions?.
an angel protected rahab when the walls of jericho fell.
then one angel killed 24,000 one night.. yet there seems to be this paranoia in the borg like the bunker video and the field video where jw's are under attack and apparently alone or at least it appears alone.. can't a few angels be put on overtime and protect the brothers from the potential "authorities" that wish to harm or eliminate them?.
The Bible describes them as having wings.
Ahh.. Ok. I remember now. Thanks
Anyway, I am more interested in chicken wings, as they are realistic
i never understood this in my entire life in the borg.. who knows how many angels there are, millions, billions?.
an angel protected rahab when the walls of jericho fell.
then one angel killed 24,000 one night.. yet there seems to be this paranoia in the borg like the bunker video and the field video where jw's are under attack and apparently alone or at least it appears alone.. can't a few angels be put on overtime and protect the brothers from the potential "authorities" that wish to harm or eliminate them?.
In all of Watchtower publications, I have seen that these angels have wings. Wondering why ?
Only materialistic creatures need wings to flap and fly.
i guess we all know the answer why this still happens... but really, why?.
just a month ago i was having some conversation with this sister and since i'm on inactive status, she was trying to get me to download all those jw apps because the "work is speeding up" and i shouldn't be missing out on anything from the org.
especially when they come up with all these "provisions" that intend only to benefit the members.
Just one word: Hypocrites
i always wondered, how come the apostles never asked jesus what heaven is like compare to earth.
and wouldn't they be bugging jesus to tell them all kind of stories of such?.
Yes, Small J should have told all about the pomp and glory of heaven and also about this Universe and the Biology of living things. Yet he only spoke about donkeys, trees, slaves and hellfire.
Good reason for me to conclude he is a myth or just another human being who might have been nailed to the cross for a horrible death.
i never understood this in my entire life in the borg.. who knows how many angels there are, millions, billions?.
an angel protected rahab when the walls of jericho fell.
then one angel killed 24,000 one night.. yet there seems to be this paranoia in the borg like the bunker video and the field video where jw's are under attack and apparently alone or at least it appears alone.. can't a few angels be put on overtime and protect the brothers from the potential "authorities" that wish to harm or eliminate them?.
2 Kings 19:35 That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp
Seems angels are better designed to Kill, than anything else.
Then why kill everyone with the Ark and Deluge Project ? Myriads of Angels could have wiped every human except Noah and his holy family, leaving all the animals intact. Just wondering.
i never understood this in my entire life in the borg.. who knows how many angels there are, millions, billions?.
an angel protected rahab when the walls of jericho fell.
then one angel killed 24,000 one night.. yet there seems to be this paranoia in the borg like the bunker video and the field video where jw's are under attack and apparently alone or at least it appears alone.. can't a few angels be put on overtime and protect the brothers from the potential "authorities" that wish to harm or eliminate them?.
Then one angel killed 24,000 one night
One Angel Kills 185,000 Syrian Soldiers in one night.
For example, assign one angel per KH or something. When a KH is closed and sold, one of the angels can just go back to its normal job and the remaining angel can simply multi-task and do several congregations at the same time. Better usage of time and more efficient.
Absolutely. But that was so Funny.
ALSO:
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth--to every nation, tribe, language and peopleI havent seen this "Flying / Good news preaching Angel" yet. Has anyone ?? Watching over the Sky , all the time
