Posts by berrygerry

But there's nothing stopping them from re-instituting it if they see a need. I've been saying for a while that it's impossible for the religion to actually go belly-up because, even if they could not afford to rent or build facilities some day, they could just go "hardcore first century" and hold all meetings in private homes.

I was quite young, pre-teen, but I remember that collections used to be made at the book study in our home.

Does anyone recollect that?

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

berrygerry

"Well the car was out of gas. I 'left it in Jehovah's hands'™, but he didn't fill up the tank, so what could I do?"

James 1:27

Hey, that's up to God, not us.

Can you not read between the lines?

Silly widows.

Love your post, Lisa.

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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?

by Hidden-Window in

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friends

as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

what about you?.

berrygerry

100.

(Without this site, I would be dead. Sadly, no joke.)

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

berrygerry

Satan has justification in claiming that God has created a 'rigged game' when he rewards Witnesses' chickens with better reproductive powers and greater immunity to disease - only when the Witnesses attend a District Convention! ( yb13 p. 138 Myanmar (Burma) Not Forsaking Christian Gatherings - “We wanted to attend the district convention in Tahan, a two-day journey away by boat and truck,” he explains. “But no one would watch over our chickens while we were away. Still, we put our trust in Jehovah and attended the convention. Returning home, we found that we had lost 19 chickens, Yet, one year later, our small flock had increased to more than 60 chickens. And while many villagers lost their chickens to disease that year, none of our chickens died.”

I mentally wrestled for decades with the inherent contradiction of "the moral of the story" in the story of Job and the weekly teaching of Matt. 6:33, and exhausted weeks of research without ever receiving any kind of reasonable answer.

Job was tested with the loss of everything, including his children, because of his unwavering devotion to God. This was an answer to Satan. (Besides the obvious that once one person has remained faithful, and provided an answer to Satan, then why must this charade continue? - it's been answered.)

So, does not Jesus contradict Job, by saying that God WILL PROVIDE if you put him first.

Which is it?

God will provide if you serve him.

Or. God will allow Satan to take away EVERYTHING, including your children, if you serve him.

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Thanks Mom and Dad - oh, and thanks Mother

by berrygerry in

http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2013/2013bcsc2099/2013bcsc2099.html?searchurlhash=aaaaaqahamvob3zhaaaaaaab.

berrygerry

http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2013/2013bcsc2099/2013bcsc2099.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAHamVob3ZhaAAAAAAB

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Do You Consider Jehovah's Witnesses A Boring Group of People???

by minimus in

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friends

i think they are the most boring people on earth.

they are about as exciting as a dead ant..

berrygerry

Incredibly boring.

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husbands

by zeb in

have you found that,.

the longer she stays 'in' the greater her sense of entitlement?.

that any convo immediately reverts to the wt 'party line'.

berrygerry

I do not think that it is so much the "longer in" as it is "one step closer to death" ( http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/time.html ) and the realization that you are no different than your parents, grandparents, ( insert overlapped generation here ) , etc. and you are / have wasting/ed your life

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Naked Gun - absurdly funny!

by sparrowdown in

oh i do enjoy a good laugh.

i watched the naked gun movie last night i was surprised at.

how funny it still is or maybe i was just in the mood for some silliness.

berrygerry

Leslie Neilsen was a treasure.

(Silly trivia - his brother Erik was deputy PM of Canada - no one was more straight-laced

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen )