i was thinking about this earlier while working on my pharmacology class for college.
there is a massive medical field specific vocabulary that you have to learn.
this got me thinking about the witnesses.
Blondie - thanks for the link.
I thought of another term. As I was conversing with a new co-worker who I know is a witness but I don't think he knows that I am, I used the expression "marital arrangement." It just popped out. I don't remember ever hearing anybody but JW's use that expression.
.....dropping of the face of the jw world is what i'm talking about.
hello all, thought i'd fill anyone interested in on what's been going on with me............. well life has been great.
my relationship with my parents is great even though it's been a year since i've severed all jw activities.
RF - do you know that over the weekend I was actually going to make a post to see if anyone has heard from you? I missed you..... You must have been reading my thoughts.
vasil "bill" sekela was a co back in the '70s and as i mentioned on another thread here "he was a pint-sized emperor and a veritable human tornado.
every congregation he passed through was a scene of devastation afterwards.
anybody heard of him?
At one of Sekela's visits, we had a slide presentation of all the congregations in the circuit who had either built new halls or had beautifully remodeled theirs. Then a couple slides of our hall and how we needed to bring it up the Society's standards. There was nothing wrong with our hall, it was neat a clean and well landscaped--just wasn't "state of the art." Shame!... We ended up with a new hall within a year.
I remember hearing that he was harsh, just don't recall the details.
during the hour long symposium: empowered by holy spirit.
under the part "to fight temptation," a little dramatization of a young married man doing some work on his laptop.
he is tapping away when he suddenly slams his laptop shut.
In 1963 Clyde quit his job so he could attend a district assembly. There were plenty of jobs in those days so he knew he could get a new one. Also he didn't have a wife or kids to support at the time. Does the GB have no idea what it costs to support a family for just the basics?
a pioneer couple were obviously poor so they shoplifted some meat from the supermarket...they were caught and charged and being a small town everyone would know about it, so they killed themselves before the elders could organise a linch mob.
sad story.. another brother just drove off a cliff....brothers would later say how he must have felt guilty over something...idiots!
not nice....he may have been mentally ill or had other issues.. does this happen alot around the world with witnesses under so much pressure to be perfect?.
An elder in North Dakota shot himself in the head. He just finished up a month of pioneering. That was 11 years ago.
I've known three other witnesses who have committed suicide.
i ve been disturbed by some people making comments like..."well i would respect my witness partners choice not to take blood.".
consider 1997 marshall applewhite is leader of the heavens gate cult, he convinces 38 members that armagedon is coming and to escape being "recycled" they need to escape in a spaceship hidden in the tail of the hale-bopp comet.
to get on board they need to commit suicide...which they did.
One of the elders in our area allowed his wife to have a blood transfusion, but denied it later. It never happened.... JW's are good at denial.
when i departed the organization in early 2006, i was giving some serious thought as to why jehovahs witnesses were going through a period of heightened expectation of armageddon.
the district convention theme for 2006 was "deliverance at hand", and it was announced by the governing body that a stinging message would be carried out against "false religion" in the fall through a tract campaign.
certainly throughout the organizations history, convention talks and watchtower publications have always used manipulative tactics in urging a sense of urgency; even in times of relative peace.
There is now considerable evidence that this 30 year cycle will once again repeat itself approaching the year 2034. This is when 120 years will have passed since 1914. Genesis states that 120 years warning was given to Noah prior to the deluge. In Matthew chapter 24 verses 37 – 39, Jesus is recorded as saying that the end of the system of things would be "just as the days of Noah". There is evidence that the 2034 date is gaining traction among various JWs, as it is a date of "great prophetic significance".
Could you elaborate on the evidence? I remember an Awake!(?) article about 3 years ago that mentioned 120 years. That's the last I've heard anything.
see "gun pulled on church solicitor.
ortonville man charged after threatening jehovah's witness outside store.".
http://www.countypress.com/stories/052108/loc_20080521002.shtml.
Did I miss something in that article?
Where exactly did this guy break the law?
He has no prior convictions, he has a license to carry a concealed weapon, anyone can diplay a weapon, and anyone can use profanity.
Maybe he was sleeping, and felt threatened when 2 strangers approached his car. It doesn't say he attacked them. In fact, it says he tried to get away, and they chased him.
I agree with LR. Can't see how the man was breaking the law. He apparently felt threatened by the 2 strangers. He had a license to carry, and I don't see how he broke the law.
of course you know the answer... how ironic.
i swear, jehovah's witnesses only come when i'm hanging out in sweatpants and a tank top with no bra on.
if i am wearing a bra, they don't come.
What is ASL?
another attempt to make themselves out to be the only ones who help people.
dear friends,.
thank you for your encouraging words and your prayers.
As this brother was going back to his village, the Bethelites brought out clothes and supplies for him to take along. But the brother said; “I won’t take these things. Instead I would like to bring these books...” and he took out a long list of literature; books and Bibles. “This is more important.”
He just has to get his field service hours in.
