by minimus 147 Replies latest jw friends
JeffT: "In order to hate some one or something you have to elevate them to your own social status ."
"Gregor: why hate something you are superior to? Pity or contempt, maybe, but they aren't worthy of hate (at least not in my book)."
So, JeffT, what is worthy of your hate?
Villabolo
Human is human so we are always looking at a peer and our emotional reaction to bad behaviour is quite normal.
:Do you HATE this religion?
Considering what this religion has done to people, how could any sane person NOT hate it, Min?
Farkel
I hate them for hurting me and my family so much. Then I hate myself for not being able to get past it. I recently saw Carrrie Fisher ( princess Lea Star Wars) on HBO . She comes from a very messed up family and said that feeling resentment and hate etc toward someone was a lot like drinking poison and expecting it to kill the person you hate. It won't , it will kill you.
Some of us have reasons to hate, BigMac has 4 grandchildren 8 miules from him and they have never seen them, Darth P lost his children to the cult, others lost their mate, I lost some family members. They are alive but treat me as though I am dead. I have friends that I have known since grade school that won't speak to me. Some of us have lost family in death due to the blood policy. Some of us have been victims of sexual predators loose in the congregations without our knowledge. I am in that group too.
It sounds better to say you don't hate the folks, just the GB. I think it is the same thing.
It has taken me a long time to just get to the point where I can acknowledge that continuing to hate them may be a waste of time. I am trying to move past it. It is not easy when they take away your life. I spent most of my life trying figure out what was wrong with me, when it was not me, it was them. So much time lost.
JeffT:
'If anybody connected with the WTBS had the decency, intelligence and common sense of the people on this board, they wouldn't be JW's anymore. "
I guess this is our evening to disagree. Here at JWN we hear about a lot of JW's who are decent, intelligent and sensible folks. But they are caught up in situations that prevent them from taking a stand without sacrifices. Only they can judge the cost of withdrawing.
Yet another reason I HATE the JW scheme.
I have to say it again,I hate this religion,all of it,without prejudice.Hate them hate them hate them.Did I mention that I hate them?
It is truly despicable.
It is very possible to hate what people think, believe, and do (may you all have peace!)... and the results of such thoughts, beliefs, and actions... without hating the person. Ask the spouse/child of any alcoholic and parent/child of any drug addict. Or both.
Hating what someone does... and judging them for it... are not the same things.
Again, peace to you all!
A slave of Christ,
SA, who believes that misplaced attempts at political/religious "correctness" can also lead to deceit... of others and ourselves...
There is a good reason to love Jehovah's Witnesses now as we come very close to the meeting with the Creator who is Yahweh God the Almighty .
He gave us the Bible and read Matthew 24.45-46 there must be a faithful servant near the very end that feeds his flock .
No other church organization on the face of the earth fulfills this passage but it must be fulfilled for Jesus to return .
Many doctrines taught by Jehovah's Witnesses for decades stand strong and surpass those of all other local churches
Those who abandon Jehovahs Witness Organization most likely play with fire as they jump from frying pan direct into fire !
Unless they leave and become their sympathizers ,supporters which can be very difficult to do humanly speaking .
I myself have never been a member of their organization. Yet , since I became an indpendent servant of God abandoning catholic religion I have been their sympathizer. I was telling the people in my missionary work join them or be an indpendent like me . You can attend their meetings as an observer .
This type or religion I represent must be in line with Luke 9.49-50 . In my understanding the religion I have is the last form of christianity which will be in the Paradise as I link it to the lattter day rain that began in 1994 AD and will last 17 years, ending on September 28,2011.
2300 days from Daniel 8.14 I count from May 9 ,1988 and it was the earliest date on any calendar for Pentecost .
May 9 ,1988 + 2300 days as 6 years + 4 months + 20 days prophetically counting ( by jumping over months in 30-day fashion ) ..
we come to September 28,1994 inclusively .
And 17 years began with September 29,1994 and end with September 28,2011.
The awesome date September 29,2011 is seen as the best date for the return of Jesus.
http://www.focusonthebible2011.com
On my short website note I am mentioning one Jewish year 2011-2012 .
God's Kingdom should be established within that one Jewish year and it begins with September 29 ,2011 which is Rosh Hashanah .
It is within the period of 23 years that will end in Sept/Oct 2034 .
The Judgement Day for the living people now should last 23 days from September 29 to October 21 inclusively and these 23 days are for the 23 years from 2011 to 2034 .
Jehovah's Witnesses who had already their 7-year period : 1935 - 1942 have another 7 years just 70 years later on :
2005 - 2012 .And the 7th day will be like a glorious Sabbath for them and it is Sep/Oct 2011 to Sept/Oct 2012 that awesome year I mentioned earlier.
The Jews in its turn had 1938 - 1945 and now will have another 7-year period :
1948 + 70 years = 2018
and it will be 2011 - 2018 .
By all means there no reason whatsoever to hate Jehovah's Witnesses neither me and even Israel in the Mideast as she has some great servants of God that will rise from graves and will form the true nation by God's standards. God will have mercy on Israel in 2011 - 2018 which is my belief if my prediction comes to fruition.
This is a very serious time to hate anybody.
OBVES-No other church organization on the face of the earth fulfills this passage but it must be fulfilled for Jesus to return .
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According to the WT Jesus returned in 1914?
