my jw wife babysits from time to time, usually non-jws.
apparently my daughter was indoctrinated to the evils of halloween recently because one of the "worldly" kids mentioned it and she told him it was bad.
(although when i'm with her alone, she totally loves the holiday).. this non-dub kid said, "no it's not bad.
They will sometimes say you need to make your own decision. But in making your decision, here are the scriptural principles that you should consider..... And this is what a mature Christian will decide......
We all know that we can't be anything less than a "mature Christian."
man oh man, .
i use my iphone, everywhere.
at work, in field service, at home, when i'm outside doing my walk.
We had a tornado alert during the service meeting at our hall. We were all ushered to the basement, and I pulled out my cell phone to call my husband to make sure he was all right. I got one of the dirtiest looks from one of the elders. I didn't realize they were in the process of resuming the meeting in the basement.
i do remember, but can't seem to find it, a watchtower comment that stated.
" relatives must decide on the emotiional needs of the df'd relatives to see what limited contact would be necessary".
does anyone remember this?.
I wouldn't be surprised if that 1974 article was written by Raymond Franz while he was still in the good graces of the organization. The WT came down much harder on the treatment of DF'd relatives by the early 80's and remains so to this day.
finally my wife and i got around to reading george orwell's " 1984 " .
as many of you know who have read the book that " the party " or " big brother " as the ruling power in the book is called ; constantly changes records of it's past dealings so as to deceive the public about any false forecasts they may have mistakenly made ; in an effort to put forth a positive image of itself it destroys past embarrassing records or paperwork which would expose the " party " as a failure.
much the way the wt society has altered their history to deceive the public and their own members.. notice this quote from george orwell's " 1984 " on pg.
It's a great book! Read it a couple of years ago and the similarities to the Watchtower were amazing. Then I read Orwell's "Animal Farm." The pigs who were in control kept changing the rules that were written on the side of the barn when no one was looking. Just like the WT.
comments you will not hear at the 08-28-11 wt study (june 15, 2011, pages 24-28)(regard).
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
hard among you.
I scanned the article and counted the number of times the article mentioned the elders and the slave. Not much mention of Jehovah and none of Jesus.
Elder(s) 43
Slave 3
Jehovah 4
Jesus 0
apparently it's now ok for known child abusers to be recommended as elders as long as the "sin" was years in the past: .
"for example, the sin may involve past child abuse, and this would likely disqualify him for years.
" - shepherd the flock of god, p. 38 (2010).
I have a relative who molested a young child when he was 15 and she was about 5. Years later, after he served some time at Bethel, got married and returned to the congregation, his name kept coming up as a candidate to be an elder every time the CO visited. My (elder) father told me that it shouldn't be a problem because he was married now--(that's when I first heard about it). However, the mother of the victim threatened to go to the press if he was appointed so he's not an elder to this day (he's now in his late 30's) and very involved with the congregation. Too bad the girl's parents didn't go to the police in the first place. Oh, my relative has two kids of his own now.
apologies if this has already been discussed, but saw this on the fb jehovahs witnesses, new, library, history page and wondered if anyone knew anything about it or has any idea what it could be about.
date: august 17, 2011 5:38:59 pm cdt.
to: the librarian <[email protected]>.
Post 11366 of 11372 Since 11/19/2004 | They had on in Sept of 2001, just days after the 9-11 attacks. Ours was held at Pontiac Michigan. WHAT A JOKE! They were practically frisking us at the door for recording devices and cameras. It was built up for weeks with special invitations to only certain congregations, elders, etc. We went, we sit, and THERE WAS PRECISELY ZERO 'NEW INFORMATION', which is what they said it would be. It was interesting though, that the police were on top of the dome with rifles and binoculars, since the entire nation was expecting further terrorist activity. But that was the most memorable part of the whole goddammed thing. Jeff - we almost went to that assembly! We heard the same story. They also said it was extremely cold in the stadium. |
i just got off the phone with my mom and she told me my daughter had told her that the society has recently relaxed its rules on gambling.
she said something about some folks could be a card dealer and a jw.
has anyone heard anything in this regard?.
Clyde and I know of a ministerial servant and his wife who regularly go to casinos--it happens to by DIL's parents. Also a friend of Clyde's said he saw a couple of elders at a casino after an assembly. Maybe they just stopped by for coffee.
i did'nt like the convention (no surprice), but what do i hate the drama on saturday.
a shocking inside look in a jw perfect family.
the solution of their problems are stupid.
In a few days I will be posting what the "perfect JW family" life did to one of the children of a family in our area. The funeral was yesterday. Right now I'm just too angry.
although it was wrong for the wtbts to claim this i the '60s, '70s, and '80s, i'm pretty sure (correct me if i'm wrong) that most "experts" believed it too.
idk.. but did most people believe, especially experts -in the 1990s- that if you don't scream or fight when threatend with rape, you have committed fornication?
the wts did.
Although it was wrong for the WTBTS to claim this i the '60s, '70s, and '80s, I'm pretty sure (correct me if I'm wrong) that most "experts" believed it too. Maybe not the '80s. IDK.
I'm inclined to think you are right. I remember a documentary on TV (wish I could remember the year, but believe it was early 70's) which dealt with the way rape victims were dealt with in court. It explained why many never took it to court because of the way they were mistreated. In one scenario the victim was asked about the length of her skirt, another was asked about her sexual history, another whether she undressed in her bedroom with the curtains open. The paradigm was often, "nice girls don't let themselves get raped."
