been thinking about this lately after almost 14 years out of the jw cult myself.
when you think of the language used within the jehovah's witness organization in such a closed society environment in how the wt society promotes almost absolute " trust " in the elders , the governing body, and trust even in the " friends " in the congregation themselves- is it any wonder that unscrupulous child molesters can enter any congregation pretending to be " spiritual " and take advantage of unsuspecting children or the parents ?
think about it : an individual is judged as a " spiritual " person within the jw organization based on what wt functions or duties they are good at performing.
As a "born in" the theocratic order is another explanantion for me.
As a Child I had to do, whatever my dad said. I could never question him.
Theocratic order means:
- I had to do, what daddy said -
- daddy had to do, what the elders or the CO said -
- CO, Branch, GB had to do, what Christ/Jehova said -
and no one in this order was allowed to question anything.
A difficult climate as child/parents to fight against abuse.
blondie’s comments you will not hear at the february 19, 2017 wt study (december 2016) (throw anxiety jehovah).
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-december-2016/.
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
@ Blondie
The WTS wants people who are anxious to find something they are doing wrong to fix the problem never admitting it could be people in the organization or unscriptural behavior on their part causing it.
Thanks for your review. You hit the nail.
in 4 segments because won't post all.. .
segment 1. .
blondie’s comments on the february 12, 2017 wt study (november 2016) (minds on spirit).
@ blondie
Thanks a lot for your hard work writing this thread.
simply disgusted with that double standard by our system at times.
cutting ads that question trumps bigoted wall, yet allowing a cult ad in.
wtf..
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
The whole video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p5n2kc-xDI
undeserved kindness means- you puny humans are irredemable and worthless, but because i am such a benevolent and magnanimous god.
i give you a way for salvation.
but you better keep working day in and day out for the rest of your miserable lives and perhaps i'll save you on my day of wrath.
An older thread about undeserved-kindness-vs-grace:
so a user named "the-question" said the jw's were right about 607 bce.. this is your chance brother to prove us all wrong.. we all can't wait to hear from you :).
Hoffnung
and the city of Babylon was eventually destroyed more than 1000 years ago
and has not been rebuilt until today. and nobody is living there.
not that i care now, but also in this the bible was right.
Nobody?
Saddam Hussein rebuild the palace of Nebuchadnezzar.
You can have a close look via google maps into this region - how it looks like today:
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Hilla,+Irak/@32.5449273,44.4157196,6858m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x1558e2ff01db52b9:0xa59de3214124678b!8m2!3d32.4773359!4d44.4276206
Here are a german report about Babylon today:
anybody have any ideas where they are going with the "new light" they have been pushing last week and this week?
for instance in this weeks study article one section reads:.
in years gone by, we believed that jehovah became displeased with his people because they did not have a zealous share in the preaching work during world war i. we concluded that for this reason, jehovah allowed babylon the great to take them captive for a short time.
Anders Andersen
How is it even possible that they get new information about their own history, especially now that everyone who actually had first hand experience is dead?
Page 27 § 5:
... However, faithful brothers and sisters who served God during the 1914-1918 period later made it clear that as a whole the Lord’s people did everything they could to keep the preaching work going. There is strong evidence to support this testimony. A more accurate understanding of our theocratic history has led to a clearer comprehension of certain events recorded in the Bible.
later... has been WHEN???
strong evidence... WHERE can I find this strong evidence?
For me it's wishy-washy.
anybody have any ideas where they are going with the "new light" they have been pushing last week and this week?
for instance in this weeks study article one section reads:.
in years gone by, we believed that jehovah became displeased with his people because they did not have a zealous share in the preaching work during world war i. we concluded that for this reason, jehovah allowed babylon the great to take them captive for a short time.
Indian Larry
The thing is that I no longer have the WT Library on CD, actually I no longer have a Windows computer period. I have gone all Mac so I cant research like I used to.
Here you can download a software, to install the normal WT library on your mac:
My mac has the WT-library installed since years with this tool.
Here the BOE-Letter about the library 2016 (source = user darkspilver):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlRGxFNXFld3NYcFE/view
Here the library 2016 CD for download (source = http://avoidjw.org):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw0qjUoEReBVMmFGY1h6Q3hMSjA
hi folks,.
i have a difficult dilemma.
since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.
