Could remembering what kept us captive in the WBTS prison help us spring our loved ones?

by Fernando 13 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  ablebodiedman

  Ablebodiedman typifes this sort of "out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire" way of thinking.

  Actually it more like "out of the Watchtower and into freedom" kind of thinking.

  The truth will make you free!

  Isaiah 61:1-3

  The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening [of the eyes] even to the prisoners ; 2 to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah and the day of vengeance on the part of our God; to comfort all the mourning ones; 3 to assign to those mourning over Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of exultation instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the downhearted spirit ; and they must be called big trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, for [him] to be beautified.

  abe
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  ablebodiedman

  Revelation 16:15-16

  "Look! I am coming as a thief. Happy is the one that stays awakeand keeps his outer garments, that he may not walk naked and people look upon his shamefulness."16 And they gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har–Ma·ged´on.

  abe
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  Xanthippe

  Happy are the cheese makers, or any other purveyors of dairy proucts
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  fresh prince of ohio

  I was out with some never-JW friends last night, among which only a couple knew of my JW past.

  There was one young and lovely couple there, both of them in their late 20s. They're just a couple of young adults making their way in an uncertain world.

  It suddenly struck me that these two young'ns have never been exposed to the idea that DEATH and SUFFERING are not natural facets of the material world. It made me realize just how out-of-step i was during my cult years with the normal realities that most people are (at least unconsciously) able to accept without experiencing crippling mental distress.

  Life is full of suffering, and suffering to a large extent makes the world what it is. You can't remove it as a feature - nothing makes sense without it. The "living forever" part of the JW belief system is really just "not dying".