five jehovahs witnesses traveling to convention feared to have drowned.
western region, ghana.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/ghanahomepage/newsarchive/artikel.php?id=312004&comment=0#com.
This is typical of the arguments I have had with some in the cong!
They love the experiences of how god saved a person who stood up for the 'truth', and how ones who gave up work for a conventions etc...
BUT they don't say how god decided not to save these ones this time!
the argument doesn't fit! Either he saves his people or he doesn't......
loecsh just announced a new publication called god's kingdom rules.. looks like crap.. will probably be old light by the time i submit this post.. i feel like i'm live-tweeting an apple event..
Yes cultBgone....
i'm feeling ill now........cough cough, ahem ahem...ewww
looks like the borg spent all it's money on hd panels, gigabit internet connections and ipads cause this is by far the lamest and most stupid drama ever in the history of the org!.
apart from the worse than porn-without-the-porn acting and dialogue, the special effects consist of square painted panels and a crappy blue screen.
also the lighting looks like it was made using flashlights.. even the die hards we're laughing at it and mentioned how silly it looked.. i envy all of those that aren't attending this "historic 100-years-since-christ's-reign" convention.. .
Great point DOC!
How can they continue to speak in gods name, giving these predictions, yet keep getting them wrong?
If I pretend to be an accountant, but can't add up, or if I pretend to be a doctor but don't know my head from my ass, then the bluff is called out!
How do witnesses not see it?????
from the wt summarry- .
remember this day 6/8/2014.
kcmo rc of jws.
I hope they say stuff like this in October in Melbourne!
The average cynical Aussie will just roll their eyes....
If any comment like this occurs, I will just politely keep my hands very very still!
I hate seeing people just "happy-clapping" to whatever is spewed from the platform......
so i have been told that all kingdom halls are to have a large jw.org sign placed prominently out the front..... can anyone confirm this?.
Ok!
so, our Kingdom Hall now has the jw.org logo on a sign at the front of the hall!
i wish I knew how to upload a picture....so you will have to take my word for it all....
you'd think they could point to something right?
obviously we're the one true religion".. i can't fathom how anyone of any intelligence would be willing to join up with this org after doing even rudimentary research.. for years they have taught that it's wrong to seek advanced education or to plan for a "worldly" future by trusting in this system of things and then this past sunday the watchtower article rips on people for not planning for the future in regard to their elderly relatives.
maybe if they hadn't been teaching for 100 yr's that the end was "just around the corner" and telling us we'd better believe that fact...or else, we would have planned better for a future that you said without reservation would not even occur.. what mind blowing prediction can they point to that would convince someone "oh yeah..these guys have it right"...?.
That wicked men would enter amongst sincere people and lead them astray with strange teachings!
it's a familiar feeling, not unlike the experience we might have within organised religion.. .
i never really experienced this within org as i exited when i was a teenager.
the problems and incongruencies that became apparent during that time seemed simply a result of developing a fully-functioning brain.
Then, yes...sadly, that describes many witness relationships I know of....mine included sadly....
"unless we abide by the direction of the governing body, gods own representatives, then we are wicked, and will be part of the destroyed people as described in zephaniah".
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Yes indeed...these were the quotes from the pt today.
given by a brother from bethel too!
it's a familiar feeling, not unlike the experience we might have within organised religion.. .
i never really experienced this within org as i exited when i was a teenager.
the problems and incongruencies that became apparent during that time seemed simply a result of developing a fully-functioning brain.
Interesting question!
Do you mean a situation where one knows that the relationship is not right, or is not working, or is not healthy, but is unable to go from being 'mentally out' to being 'physically out' of that relationship?
the study article imitate the faith of moses study article, is the same old blah that they always have.
moses, a guy who lived 4000 years ago, did.
something when he was 40 years old when he was in egypt and when he was in the wilderness at the burning bush, an angel communicated with him.. .
This paragraph is purely designed to keep the fantasy alive!
Para16
“To sharpen your mental image of God’s Kingdom, look “intently” toward your life in Paradise. Use your imagination. For example, when you study the lives of pre-Christian Bible characters, consider what you might ask them when they are resurrected. Imagine what they might ask you about your life during the last days. Envision how excited you will be to meet your ancestors from centuries ago and to teach them about all that God has done for them. Picture your delight as you learn about many wild animals by observing them in peaceful surroundings. Reflect on how much closer you will feel to Jehovah as you progress to perfection.”
The audience gave lots of answers about who they wanted to meet and the questions they wanted to ask...
I was so tempted to answer:
"I can't wait to ask Noah how he travelled to Australia, collected the kangaroos and other native animals, then transported them back to the Ark. Then after the flood, dropped them off at Australia again"
How do you think that would have gone down!?
