so i have a jw relative now living with me so i went to the memorial this year with him since he is new to the hall and doesn't really know anyone.
the warmth was amazing (insert sarcasm here).
one witness couple that has been stopping by and relatively new to the area saved us seats so they talked to me, one other sister and her brother talked to me.
"You will know them by the love they have amongst themselves", ha...that's what got my wheels turning to start with.
That was, and is, (and probably always will be) the deal-breaker scripture.
For me, the witnesses do apply it for neutrality.
But, as is often cited even in talks, what about day-to-day life?
well, it has come to another fork in the road.
i have been going to other meetings and skipping more.
car groups and two bros tried stopping by my house recently but i was not home or gates were locked.
IMO the push to purge is like a manhunt, with the gratification of a kill after the JC.
good question, but i can't add a reply to your op.. my statement would be this - "if your governing body is god's direct channel of communication on earth, why did god use babylon the great to reveal a 'new light' to let you all know that the 'evil slave' isn't real, it's "hypothetical"?.
after which, the wtbts plagiarised the idea and presented it as a "new understanding/clarification" in their watchtower magazine.. please read the net bible at matthew 24:48, then read the footnote.
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Do you know where I can see this new understanding in their publications?
well, it has come to another fork in the road.
i have been going to other meetings and skipping more.
car groups and two bros tried stopping by my house recently but i was not home or gates were locked.
If you are literally moving, do not give them your new address.
If you have trustworthy friends or relatives in another city, have your records sent to the hall in that city, or just make up an address and city.
(Never really understood the meaning of Witness Protection Program before)
so this is the ultimate dilemma.
my wife and i are on the same page.
do we fade, in which all our friends, and i stress friends call us and feel sick and hurt and hurt and we feel guilty; or do we da so we tell the wt what we see as wrong as what we see that lead us to believe its a false religion; or do we df and let me or my wife let them catch us at some wrong doing and stop going to meetigs..... .
There had been a bro. in our hall who was always making interesting comments (another year away from 1914, etc., always something - we're both rather intelligent, so I was probably the only one that he dared talk to like that).
Because I was doing an unknowing (to me) fade, and I ended up in a blindside JC, I couldn't talk to him.
And then I ended up here after.
If I had been here prior, I would be feeling out my friends first before deciding anything else.
she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?
at this point, she opened with a prayer.
"...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.
It is probably on here somewhere, but was reading Matthew yesterday.
The ONLY directive that COULD be applied to JW work Mt. 28:19 (Mt 24:14 is a prophecy, not a directive), which directive is to baptize in the "name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit."
How would Miss K say JW's measure up when comparing Jesus' words with the actual 2 questions asked at baptism?
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PM sent.
one of the anomalies of the disfellowshipping process is the common situation when someone who is unscripturally divorced remarries.
in these occasions , the instruction is to always disfellowship the individual , regardless of repentance or attitude - what is referred to as a honeymoon df in elders jargon.
hence you have the (to me) bizarre situation of privately reproving a child molester , rapist or murderer one week and disfellowshipping a newly remarried middle aged sister who has been divorced for 20 years the next week.
Someone recently posted that when a person is DF'd, they are "dead to God."
If they are dead, should not their spouse be free to marry someone else?
( Serious question )
this is a great example of the difference between the watch tower society approach to life and the power of one person to change the world for the better.. the game of chess is the example!.
here is what jw's are taught:.
chess has been a game of war since it originated...a play substitute for the art of war....a danger of stirring up competition with one another even developing hostility towards another, something the bible warns christians to avoid doing 1973 awake!.
War, hostility, violence.
I always wondered why chess tournaments had security that rivalled G-20 summits. ;)
this is a great example of the difference between the watch tower society approach to life and the power of one person to change the world for the better.. the game of chess is the example!.
here is what jw's are taught:.
chess has been a game of war since it originated...a play substitute for the art of war....a danger of stirring up competition with one another even developing hostility towards another, something the bible warns christians to avoid doing 1973 awake!.
Thanks for the post.
Chess has probably saved my remaining life.
Hopefully, it will help my children's.
