They like to claim that it's god's angels that help them but for all we know about the WTS it could be the devil's angels that are behind their good luck.
Any "Miraculous" experience happen to you like the ones said at Conventions
by soundbox_guy 49 Replies latest jw friends
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Evanescence
That is a very good observation Greendawn
Well I have experienced god's blessings.
God has helped me. He has helped me over come my depression
I had a time when I was Suicidal and extremely depressed, my life was really going downhill, when I recieved confirmation in grade six the Holy spirit gave me the strengh to come to realise that i have a relationship with god, soon after the confirmation i started to pray and since then my life has been getting better.
One day something nudged me and made me go to the school counsellor, the counsellor was amazed of my courage to come talk to her and couldn't understand why i volentarely came up to her.
I wrote a poem expressing my emotions and it helped the counsellor to understand my circumstance so I was lead to a professional counsellor I became aware of my depression (at the time I was very depressed but wasn't aware that I was suffering from depression)
With his help I also was able to make true friends who i am still with today! I am growing stronger day by day!
at the end of year 7 I started to look around on the net to learn more about god, (for at the time I didn't know a great deal about him)
God was there with me all the time through out my times of struggle, I see him everywhere
Now I have a good relationship with him and have interest in religon.
So here I am as a non-witness Just a catholic
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potleg
What used to get me was a witness "blessing" was from God but a similar event happening to a person of another faith was from the devil. He's so sly.
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potleg
Here's a couple of experiences that are absolutely true but never made it to the platform or WT magazine...A car load of witnesses were on their way to an assembly when they were involved in a crash with another vehicle...people in both cars died...both cars were full of witnesses.
A new mother with an infant only a few days old insisted on taking it to an outdoor assembly even though the weather was cold and the stadium draughty. Her unbelieving husband didn't want her to go but she went anyway, She sat for hours,maybe days outside...the newborn child got sick and died.
These experiences were told to me by brother Jack (John) Barr and his wife Mildred while he was serving as Job Press overseer, London Bethel circa 1976...Now He's a member of the GB
Good things happen and so do bad things. By our choices we have more control over the outcome than say, god or the devil
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Elsewhere
Once at a District Convention at the Astrodome in Houston TX, I fell off some high-level seats and landed on the playing field below. What was odd was that I landed very softly and enough fish and bread spewed out of my ass that everyone in attendance had enough to eat their fill.
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Evanescence
Remember, nothing can happen without god's Authority unless one was to act against his will......
No disease or devils curse can harm us unless god allows it so
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jaffacake
I would ask a JW how people in every religion come out with exactle the same examples of little miracles. Wow. Jehovah is blessing just about everybody in exactle the same way, Allelujah!
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skyman
It happens all the time to my morman friends. They tell me over and over the same BULL SHEET about their miraculous experiences and how this proves their correct.
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Evanescence
I don't think God blesses only those in the 'true' church, we are all his children and in the end it really doesn't matter which church you are from. God Judges people individually and would take on consideration for those in the wrong church, there is such a great divide amounst christianity that you can't really blame yourself for being in the wrong church.
Do we see the grass greener on one church property than on the other? Does the greenest healthiest grass grow on god's true church property?
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blondie
First, how do they verify these experiences? Usually, the individual is the only eyewitness of the events.
Second, they re-word all experiences for the conventions. The brother with the part, the CO and/or DO help the person re-word it so it has the most "encouraging" impact.
For example, if a sister tells about her non-JW husband opposing her, they won't let her mention he physically abuses her just in case he might be in the audience.
Another example, if a brother has an experience talking to a non-JW using the current suggested presentation and had initial success, they won't let him mention that the person did not show any interest on the 2nd contact and was no longer called on. They let the audience think that the situation is still ongoing with hope of the person becoming a JW.
Third, it is hard to find people whose experiences fit the pre-arranged outline of the WTS program. So, many people are selected who had their "experiences" years and years ago, or whose spiritual standing is shaky and the elders in that congregation conceal it from the CO/DO. But the people in that person's congregation are well aware of their hypocritcal background.
Fourth, it implies that God blesses some people and not others, that if you don't receive such a blessing you are not measuring up somehow to God's standards. Time and unforeseen occurrence goes out the window.
Blondie