"brother mcmillan wrote "faith on the march" about his wonderful life at bethel.
he wrote of an incident in 1943 where a group of witnesses in jail for refusing military service were against getting vaccinated and he came to the rescue visiting them and telling them it was ok. the reason for this was "the golden age" magazine in the 1920's describes vaccines as puss filled poison...so they were following their watchtower training..
In the early 60s, my father asked the Society if it was OK to be vaccinated before we went to where 'The Need Was Great'. It was OK'd by the Society, so we were vaccinated and went,.
In hindsight, none of his converts were saved from anything that the Society was saying his god was going to do, Look up the pictures in the Paradise book.
Many of his converts have passed away at ages much younger than Dad was telling them that they would reach, "in this wicked system of things."
the world is made up of many religions christian and otherwise .. whose to say which religion is more superior than another religion ?
or has the approval of a god ?.
none that i can think of.. since humans have been on earth god has kept silent as to who represents him , if any at all..
Kids trust what their parents teach them until they reach the age where they can compute that it doesn't add up. By then, most kids don't have what it takes to call out their parents on their beliefs, so going along with the teachings of whatever cult their parents belonged to is easier than bailing out and being shunned by their family and friends for doing that.
has anybody any information as to the whereabouts or the health of anthony morris ?.
a year ago i came back to jwd.
the 2 years before that.
when covid stated, i was diagnosed with colon cancer.
I'm delighted to here that you dodged those Lady Lee. May your good luck continue.
hi friends , i thought i would just let you know it`s my wife and i, 62nd wedding anniversary today.. not that we were able to celebrate much as my wife wasn`t up to it today .. however i did manage to give her a couple of champers at home ,while i had a couple o ales with friends down at the club and managed to put on lotto for tonite and a couple of keno`s from the club ,you never know the god`s might smile upon us for doing something right after all these years.?.
take care guys.. smiddy 3.
Happy anniversary Smiddy & Mrs Smiddy.
That's a lot more anniversaries than we've had and we've had quite a lot of them.
Cheers
Chris
hi friend`s ,i just had to share my experience ,and surely there must be others on this board who had similar experiences that i had.. i was a jw for 37 years ,been out for about 20 years or so .however we as a family never had the problems that so many of you seem to have had .. none of our, my wife and i , immediate families have ever been jw`s.. i converted when i was about 20 years old in about 1960 and as i say remained in converted my wife and brought up two sons in the "truth" for about 37 years .. my 1st and 2nd congregations i attended in melbourne aust.
were very conservative and not very wholesome looking back.. however moving interstate to s.e.queensland in redcliffe was a whole new experience.. it was far more liberal and relaxed.. i befriend a couple of elders and ms `s who enjoyed an ale or two which was right up my alley.. and we went on camping expeditions on both fraser and moreton islands ,both just off the coast of brisbane.. i was a ms for many years there never pioneered or served where the need was great and always had steady employment in the world which probably kept my head above the clouds so to speak.. none of my family ,wife two boys and their wives are jw`s ,we have all left many years ago.. anybody else had negative effects of being a witness for many years ?.
Born in but never baptised, so I wasn't eligible for shunning.
I was in Redcliffe in the late sixties, but was on my way out and didn't hang out with the 'In crowd' and don't have any fond memories of that congregation or it's members.
psalm 110:1 (niv) “the lord says to my lord: “sit at my right hand until i make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”” .
psalm 110:1 (trv) “the lord god almighty says to a third of himself: “sit at my/our right hands until i make our/your enemies a footstool for our/your feet.”” (but don't tell the other third) .
My parents used to bash the Trinity without ever knowing what the doctrine actually taught. They even convinced a few, (emphasis on 'few'), Catholics to join their church using the Watchtowers explanation of how the Trinity didn't make sense. If their converts had understood the definition in the Catholic Encyclopedia, they would have seen through the WT subterfuge that my parents had fallen for. If my parents had been properly taught what the doctrine was and how it was arrived at by their parents and grandparents and Sunday School teachers, they wouldn't have fallen for the WT scam either.
I'm not saying that the Catholic doctrine is correct, (I'm an atheist), but I do know how to debate their official doctrine with a JW.
a previous thread has inspired me to post this ,thanks guys .. { i`ve been out for so long i may have missed something }.
Have a read of The Paganism in Our Christianity by Arthur Weigall, a book quoted by the Watchtower.
as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.
do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.
I was made to sit and listen to a recording of that talk. Taped copies of it did the rounds of New Zealand congregations,
I stopped frequenting my parent's church soon after 1975. The Elders didn't bother to question me about my absence.
as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.
do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.
I know two families who sold up and lived in buses so that they could tour New Zealand and participate in the final push before Armageddon. They would have all worn the Conquer the World badge at that assembly, as I would have. The last of one couple had their funeral a few weeks ago. The other couple still live in a bus.
I knew people that bought a lot of expensive stuff on the 'never never' because Armageddon was to arrive before they had to pay it off. I could name them, but it's probably not ok. The ones who are still alive know who they are.
