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seeking first gods righteousness.
The second factor to remember when
we are faced with a situation that appears to
be unfair is that our viewpoint may be distorted
or limited. It can be distorted by imperfection,
prejudice, or cultural background. It is
also limited by our inability to discern motives
and to know what is really in people’s
hearts. In contrast, both Jehovah and Jesus
have no such limitations.—
The WTS and many elders don't think they have these limitations either.
so my mother calls me on thanksgiving thursday and tells me about a fellow in her kh that i knew quite well.
he grew a beard years ago and stopped field recruiting, but kept going to the kh several times a month as his wife was still active.
the elders never really tried to show concern for his depression, but always bugged him about the beard.
wow, this is news to me. back in the '90s, there was no kingdom hall funerals for inactive, suicides....it had to be done at a rec center or somewhere, and there was the compassionate, yet reluctant elder who had to stick his neck out and probably got a hand slap for doing the service.
Yes - In 1997 my cousin was a well-known elder who had moved with his family to a remote congregation where the need was great. He had a bad reaction to some medications he was taking and committed suicide. The funeral could not be at the Kingdom Hall, despite all the years of service he had given the organization. He had even pioneered the same month that he took his life.
Rotten doesn't even describe it.
from internet archive:.
"time in which we are now interested," lecture given by frederick w. franz on february 5, 1975 at the los angeles sports arena in los angeles, california.
this was a special lecture given by fred franz (then vice president of the watchtower society and one of the main theologians of jehovah's witnesses at that time) on the 6,000 year chronology that pointed to the year 1975 as a special year marked in bible prophecy.
The expected events for 1975 would be delayed by the "interval of time" between Adam and Eve's creation as the start of the "Seventh Creative Day" did not begin until after Eve was created.
That's exactly what a circuit overseer told me in 1957--nine years before the Society began the 1975 teaching. I was a young teenager, and I asked the CO about the 6,000 years and if we added that to Adam's creation in 4026 B.C., wouldn't that bring us to 1975? If that guy had the "correct" understanding back in 1957, how come Freddy didn't figure it out untl 1975? And Freddy was "annointed!"
Bonnie
a few of my friends who also used to be jw's, say they miss certain things abt it...i can honestly say that i don't miss a single thing (my sister obviously who's still in but nothing else).. before i could sometimes miss having such a strong belief but that's also gone.
i guess i've moved on big time.
/newborn.
Only thng I have missed is knowing that I had the "truth." Now I ask the question that Pilate asked Jesus 2,000 years ago, "What is truth?" I've decided to stop thinking about it and just live my life.
I do miss association with my still-JW daughter, but can't go back to the "lie."
no, i don't mean the visit by oprah.. there was a special talk on sunday relayed to all the aussie congs from sydney.
apparently the speaker had an american accent, but was stationed in a latin american country.
he was really pushing field service and pulled out the old one that: if you do not witness you are not one of jehovah's witnesses.
I am surprised that Oprah has not done a show on disfellowshipping. I am sure she would care about the destruction of families. Even if it was to showcase children from a few high control religions, instead of just JWs.
Sally Jesse Raphael did just that several years ago (at least 20). The woman she interviewed had been in a congregation that I used to attend. Everybody I knew was just shocked (including myself) that she would do such a thing, telling the world how her family refused to talk to her because she divorced her husband and married her high school sweetheart. A few years later I saw her at a circuit assembly, and she was reinstated--another surprise. Apparently, it was just too much for her--not to see her children and grandchildren. Have never seen her since, but I don't go to assemblies any more.
hey here we go!!!.
they will need to buy some more crackers and cheap wine for next year now.
what are the borg going to concocked now to cover there ass with the number of morons going up again at the memorial 2010 ?.
Since many of the partakers are probably fake, and those who are not fake are not important anyway, why don't they just show a video of the governing body partaking of the emblems on Memorial night and let it go at that?
Bonnie_Clyde:
WTF: Since many are fake?
You certainly must have meant, "since all of them are fake"
Oh yes - ldrnomo - you and I know they are all fake. But the explanation most JW's would give is that "many are fake"--that explains the increase of numbers.
hey here we go!!!.
they will need to buy some more crackers and cheap wine for next year now.
what are the borg going to concocked now to cover there ass with the number of morons going up again at the memorial 2010 ?.
Since many of the partakers are probably fake, and those who are not fake are not important anyway, why don't they just show a video of the governing body partaking of the emblems on Memorial night and let it go at that?
besides the usual drivel there were a couple interesting things.
1. an entire 1 hour discourse on helping our children become little innocent martyrs for the wt via.
their flawed and unreasonable blood doctrine.
Parents if possible should choose good health insurance for their families.
At the last circuit assembly I attended, the CO talked about people were "overly concerned" with health insurance. He stated, "Brothers, in the new system that is so close, we will all have perfect health."
you gotta read this to beleive it!.....lately my mind is teaching s we had that "went beyond what is written" and this subject on self defence has cracked me up!!
!.....you if gotta see this to believe it!....not just guns....but almost everthing is bashed...they did leave out the option of us carrying a sword o.j.
style....or a spear.....this will make my list....(and you can have no privileges if you carry a gun at work...cop or security guard).......... *** g91 7/8 p. 12 self-defensehow far can a christian go?
Don't retreat...reload. - Sarah Palin
7 members left. 4 are needed for a 2/3 vote.
I think they would need 5 for a 2/3 vote. 4 would only give them 57%.
