~Safegaurd Yourselves~

terafera

I got this in an email today...it was a forward from a sister. She doesnt talk to me, but sends 'uplifting' emails. I guess I'm not good enough to talk to, but only to upbuild! LOL
Anyway, wanted to know what your thoughts were:

This came from a friend.....
Safeguard Your Spirituality by Training Your Perceptive Powers
By: Brother Guy Pierce of the Governing Body

1. Listen to Jehovah. Many think they know the answers,
but they don't even know the questions.

2. Study regularly, study deeply. We can be desensitized by what we see and hear, thinking it isn't bad, i.e., x-mas songs. We hear them; next thing we know the tune is running around in our head. In a short time we are humming them just as Satan wants.

3. Do we spend pioneer time in front of the TV or computer, and token time in service? Psalms 19:37, "Make my eyes pass on from seeing what is worthless."

4. Jesus is countless billions of years old ... and one day we will be as old as Jesus is now, and he'll only be twice our age.

5. The Bible is inspired of the Sovereign of the Universe. It's a masterpiece, give it careful attention.

6. The reasons some give for not being at the meetings is the very reason why they need to be there.

7. Too busy because of the high cost of living, or living high? You can't put enough money in the bank to get through
Armageddon.

8. A couple of young brothers are going to a movie. When
asked if it had bad language, they reply, "yes, but we hear it all the time in school." Do we want to PAY to hear more? It should hurt our ears.

9. Every meeting is a holy, sacred occasion. Never be absent by choice.

10. Some are slowly losing the sense of urgency. We are in the heart and heat of a universal emergency. All in heaven have their attention focused on earth and what we are doing.

11. If we had the cure for cancer we would tell everyone. We DO have the cure for cancer, AIDS, and even death. People desperately need to hear.

12. Our ministry is an extension of God's love. When you talk with someone they are face to face with a representative of Jehovah God.

Xander

You know, I feel an overwhelming urge to comment on this...

It feels me with such, I dunno...can't find the words...hmmmmm....maybe I'll write a song instead, dedicated to those fine people always at work on such upbuilding lists....(c'mon, click on it, it's REALLY tiny)

http://www.rangerstation.com/sounds/epi_304/304_cartmanblues1.wav

A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana

terafera

LOL... I listened to it!

You expressed yourself very well! LOL

Xander

*sigh* (hmmm...we need a 'wistful' emoticon)

Sometimes that show is just *SO* goddamn funny.

A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana

DakotaRed

Guy Pierce being on the GB makes me laugh. His very claim of being annointed disproves JW logic and doctrine. A few years back, when I fiost went inactive, he was our CO and stopped by the house. During the "visit," his being annointed came out and the fact that he didn't become a JW until the early 50s. But wait! Don't they teach the number was sealed in the early 30s? Don't they also teach that if one fell out of grace, that there are more than enough faithful ones form before the early 30s to take their place?

Personally, I wouldn't trust a damn tihng that one has to say!

If God's Spirit is filling a Kingdom Hall, how is it that Satan can manuever the ones within that Kingdom Hall at the same time?

ofcmad

LOLOL---- That song said it all..

ofcmad

LDH

1. I tried listening, but Jehovah ain't talking.

2. Yeah, the Lord of the Underworld really wants me to sing "Rudolph the REd Nosed Reindeer" [8>] When I study from now on, it will be from objective sources and not the WBTS Printing Company.

3. The time I spend in front of the TV or Computer is my relaxation time. Stop trying to get me to burn the candle at both ends.

4.How do *you* know how old Jesus is? And what does this have to do with the price of piss in Pakistan?

5. The Bible is a collection of writings, some accurate, others written by deranged old men. (Think: Revelation)

6. Only I am in a position to determine if I should or should not be at a meeting and what my situation will allow.

7. Due to spending my youth pioneering instead of getting an education, it is necessary to work longer hours at a lower paying job. If you think education is expensive, try unemployment.

8. I am an adult. The phrase "Bad Language" is all relevant. Didn't Jesus SWEAR and VIOLENTLY cast the money lenders from the Temple?

9. You don't have to go to a meeting to experience the "HOLY." Didn't Jesus say "wherever two or more are gathered in my name, I am there with them?" What makes you think I have to attend 5 meetings a week to be bless by Jehovah God?

10. I lost my sense of urgency rather rapidly--it came in a rush following the 1995 change of doctrine on the word "Generation."

11. A pipe dream is not a cure for cancer.

12. Your ministry is a sham. Jesus commanded his followers to Love God and neighbor as self. Period. On many occasions when Jesus *could* have given an effective witnes, HE REMAINED SILENT.

Tera, Feel free to cut and paste this as a response to your 'friend.'

Lisa

5.

funkyderek

Guy Pierce being on the GB makes me laugh. His very claim of being annointed disproves JW logic and doctrine

And he played a drag queen in the Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!

--
"Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein

Joseph Joachim

2. We can be desensitized by what we see and hear, thinking it isn't bad, i.e., x-mas songs.

Maybe he heard "I saw daddy fucking Santa Claus", the adult's version of "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus".

ashitaka

*raspberries*

Who cares? What tripe. I love it when people's religious ego get the better of them, and they put together top ten lists of 'why the jw's are better than anyone else'.

How annoying.

I love this one

6. The reasons some give for not being at the meetings is the very reason why they need to be there.

My reason for leaving is fear of people and hypocrisy. will the JWs change if I go back?

ashi

~Safegaurd Yourselves~

Share this