Somebody posted not long ago (as I remember it):
"Religion is a snare the Devil uses to lead people away from God."
remember when the wtbs shouted those words?
ooh and "millions now living will never die?"...
using sandwich signs, loud speakers on top of autos and yes they even picketed this.
Somebody posted not long ago (as I remember it):
"Religion is a snare the Devil uses to lead people away from God."
the april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.
good that can come when a family loyally.
upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.
The sad fact is that it has the opposite effect, including sucide so it cannot be divinely inspired - as that law is based on what is the loving thing to do.
A brother in our area was driven to suicide because his family turned against him, and he wasn't even disfellowshipped. This guy had three brothers, and all of them told him that they wouldn't have anything more to do with him if he didn't start coming back to the KH. He was also losing his house, and he asked his parents if he could stay with them for awhile until he got back on his feet. They told him that his wife could come to stay with them, but he could not.
a brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks.
not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk.
he understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit.
You missed the point. We just talked to the brother to verify. This elder's duties are to monitor all talks including the Ministry School, to make sure that the material was being followed exactly as it was assigned. It caused quite a buzz in the congregation. This had nothing to do with the Public Talk Coordinator.
a brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks.
not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk.
he understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit.
A brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the Society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks. Not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk. He understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit. Kind of like an “Inspector General” position. Obviously this is a new position because an extensive letter was read from the Society appointing this brother in charge.
I would appreciate if anybody has heard anything about this and can expand on what little information we have.
so, a female relative of mine who is 60 but inactive in the truth had their mate dying in the hospital.
the older sister + husband and old brother (of dying man) (active witnesses) come to visit and stay at their home.
the old sister is staying at the hospital around the clock for the duration of the visit but tells her sister-in-law that she must have a chaperon at the house if she is going to be there with her husband and her dying husbands older brother?
Clyde and I had two Mormon men (boys) visit us. It was summertime, and we sat out on the porch and chatted. One of the boys asked to use the bathroom. I went to the door to usher him inside and show him the way. He stopped and explained that it should be my husband as it was inappropriate for him to be alone with me in the house.
Hey guys! I was at least three times his age. Did he really think that I would molest him?
JW's aren't the only one with funny rules.
i am doing a personal research project and looking for examples of how the watchtower usurps jesus postion.
scriptural or wt references would be great.
thanks!.
Jesus: This generation will not pass away until all these things occur.
Watchtower: Jesus should have said "overlapping generation."
for those who want to keep up with the "pure language", i found out this week that at the most recent elder's school, they were told that the announcements should no longer include the following:.
1. name of public talk and speaker for sunday.
2. synopsis of all the parts that are coming up on the rest of the service meeting.
Do they ever make announcements any more about who is in the hospital or who is sick in the congregation?
Just one time during the years that my mother was sick the PO announced that it would be appreciated if someone could help out. It never happened again. Maybe he got counselled for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hntezntyv60.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlnttwkadag&feature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2db9jmvzri.
I forgot - where do I go to download the 2-15-12 article?
it was truly great!
it was work related so a lot of people from work were there but i had a great time!
almost everybody brought some kind of food and we ate at my friends a coworker's house!
We had Thanksgiving at our house for several years with no problems--even inviting my father (elder) and mother. We just didn't call it Thanksgiving even though my father was usually asked to say say the blessing. Our excuse was: turkeys and cranberries are on sale, we have the day off from work, and come over for dinner. I will admit, the last time my father said a prayer at Thanksgiving (before his death) made a comment in the prayer that we don't celebrate worldly holidays.
The other holidays are another matter.
i tried selling pre paid legal for about two yers.
hardly made a sale.
none of my friends gave a crap about it.
I have owned Pre-paid Legal for several years and have used it a couple of times. Glad I have it. I've been solicited to sell it a number of times because I'm also in the insurance business, but I don't want to mix the two. With my company we also have a lot of people who start and don't make it, but that's not the fault of the company. I know a lot of people who make a great deal of money, and I'm not doing too bad either. We also have a lot of meetings, but they are structured to help us become better agents. BTW I recently got an email that they have changed their name to "Legal Shield."