i always get a kick out of how the jws will reserve an entire bowling alley to keep out of the house on oct 31. are any of you going down to your local bowling alley on halloween dressed in your jw costume?
I want to be dressed as Brother Elder, in a cheap polyester ( ill fitting) suit, with sensible shoes, and the biggest "naugahyde" bookbag anyone has ever seen, driving a big four door ( better for the field service) car...and I will be carrying one of those black leather bound "new world translations", you know, the kind with the gold leaf edging....
Frank
.
can anyone tell me the name of the law firm that represents the wts in england ?.
i wonder what law firm jesus would have used
ask Caspian
whenever you read the society's publications regarding "apostates" and those that simply leave the organization, you will see how the watchtower will try to make such ones horrible persons.
they are said to be "rotten, like gangrene, those going back to their vomit".
they are said to re-adopt all of babylon the great's terrible practices.
Minimus.....LOL
I like that! ( since I live about 45 minute drive from Bethel, I suppose I can bask in the glow of his spirit there!)
Frank
is it the theology?
is it the smugness that many witnesses have?
is it the multitude of false prophecies and errors?
ditto all the previous posts....
and my one pet peeve is the JW discouragement of higher education....
Frank
i was thoroughly disgusted after last sunday's meeting.
the talk was about satan and his methods of trapping people.
as many of you probably know, they are adamantly against any and all forms of spiritism, including harry potter, any tv shows containing spiritism, and video games containing spiritism.
when I was a kid growing up as a JW, I was not allowed to watch the TV show " I dream of Jeanie" or "Bewitched".
Of course, the holidays were non existent. My parents did allow me to have a "Bible cosume party" one year, which was good creative "scriptural" fun. Although one sister complained because she said that "the wearing of masks" was rooted in paganism. I recall my mother very tactfully shutting her up ( "let the kids have some fun"--way to go mom!)
These people are all fanatics!
Frank
.
i have.....got a set of gold-plated silverware for daughter and s-i-l (they already know, but don't know about individual gifts...heheheh)....jeans for my g/daughters and some karaoke cd's in the planning....don't know yet what i'll get for ol' crabby pants...(the ex that i'm watching over cause he's physically/mentally challenged from stroke)..... i like to get this shtuff outta the way early....can't stand that last minute hysteria...so..... how're yall doing with your plans for christmas?.
frannie b
we are still doing the Halloween thing, but thank you for the reminder. I have not done any shopping yet!
My 12 year old daughter has already put in her request this xmas for a cell phone!
jehovah's witnesses are known for their hypocrisy and double standards when it comes to how they treat others and how they want to be treated by others.
as to why heinze and paul were kicked off.. .
in the best interest of the club to remove paul and heinz from our .
As we all have experienced ...there is no fanatic worse than a RELIGIOUS fanatic.....
-------- matthew ---------
mat 1:19,20 19 however, joseph her husband, because he was righteous and did not want to make her a public spectacle(ref- de 22:23,24), intended to divorce her secretly.20 but after he had thought these things over, look!
jehovah?s angel appeared to him in a dream, saying: "joseph, son of david, do not be afraid to take mary your wife home, for that which has been begotten in her is by holy spirit.. mat 6:14,15 14 "for if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you; 15 whereas if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses.. mat 7:1,2 "stop judging that you may not be judged; 2 for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged; and with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you.
Etan,
Forget about them ( Jws, that is) ; what they say; and move on with your life. Replace them with new friends, and do what ever it is you have to do to get on with life.
It sounds easier said than done, but this is a very supportive website and we are all here for you
Frank
whenever you read the society's publications regarding "apostates" and those that simply leave the organization, you will see how the watchtower will try to make such ones horrible persons.
they are said to be "rotten, like gangrene, those going back to their vomit".
they are said to re-adopt all of babylon the great's terrible practices.
Returning to the "Vomit"?
Very aptly phrased, for a Jehovahs Witness expression.
Let us all remember that the "World" is a very big place, by taking a JW comment like that mentioned above, we are precluding the fact that the world we live in is not all Christian. What about the Muslims? What about the Jews?What about all the Eastern religions? And schools of thought?
They have such different customs and they , according to JWs, do not have "Jehovahs Spirit". What a very "Western Civilization is superior" kind of thinking! ( for Jws to assume, that is)
the practicing Jws ( to distinguish them from X jws) can call us anything they like, but the fact is, JWs are only just another "religion" in a world of many religions, and many schools of thinking.
If there is a God, or creator ( as all the religions seem to have as their core belief) overseeing ( or not) this world we live in , why would he ( or she) choose a group of narrow minded, predominantly ignorant people from Western Civilization ( our stars, the JWs) to represent him? Does this indicate that Western Civilization and Christianity is superior to the rest of the world ( possibly, more industrialized anyway) or does it mean that JWs are really very short sighted?
Frank
today is a special day for my husband and i,it is our 47th wedding anniversary.it is special because ,up to this day we still very much united and still in love.we have had like many other our hard times.we got married in the catholic church,in venice,and thanks god we did not need the elder to tell us what to do with our selfs.
we always work out according to our necessity,and situations.
we always have been faithful to each other,honest and sincere as been and still our priority,perfect parents?
Thank you for sharing such wonderful news with us!
Congratulations! You have set an expample and we should all be as lucky as you!
Sincerely
Frank
