perhaps i am making too much of this, but was anyone else struck with the number of times the word ‘broad’ and ‘broadly’ were used?
sometimes i wondered if it was due to coaching, in particular when the questioning put a person in a tight spot.
for instance, from the testimony of bowditch:.
Shameful - if nothing else, the testimony and witness of the elders and senior representatives, including Jackson - would have driven me away....
These men 'should' have been backed by the spirit of Christ - he promised them that he'd give his people the right words at the right time - Christ wasn't there.
'Let your light shine'
There was no light emanating from the witness stand. Really.
however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?
if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.
(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.
Enjoying the discussion between Fish and Prologos...... Thanks guys.
Love the richness......
the longer i am away from the cult, the more very childish and downright silly it seems in many many ways.. just another example of the childlike way they do not think things through is their obsession with "not bringing reproach on jehovah's name", that concept was used to stop jw's doing all sorts of stuff, a lot of it quite normal.. but the worst aspect of this concept is that they cover up the evil within their org any way they can.. yet they only have to look back on all the cover-ups of the past, by other religions, by politicians etc etc to see that an open acknowledgement and an open dealing with the situation at the time is far better.. cover-ups get exposed in the end, and leave you looking far worse than if dealt with honestly..
so my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?
because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.
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'Worldly'
I took a relative to one of the meetings and she was offended by this derogatory term.
have we noticed how often the society uses comments like this?.
"jehovah's witnesses are the most honest people...etc".
while it may be true that witnesses as a whole are decent, law abiding people, are they truely "honest" when the very foundation of beliefs are based on mistruths?.
so even though i don't drive much because public transit is so good where i live (and parking is a living nightmare), i always had a paper taped onto my glove box that said "no blood transfusions - jehovahs witness.
see legal documentation in wallet.
going through this "wake up" process as been a very crazy, emotional experience.
Oh Millie - the devious sods.
They KNOW it's poorly interpreted doctrine, they know it causes harm to the 'org' in terms of their 'evident' integrity and they quietly want to let it slide..........
At this very moment - I'm so angry with them.....
From a Christian point of view, these men have destroyed the faith of many - reminds me of something Jesus said to the Pharisees along the lines of
'you traverse land and sea to make one disciple and then he becomes worse off than before he converted'
These men corrupt faith and destroy trust.
We were warned about them.
so last night we had some friends around for dinner, (not jw) & it was a really wonderful evening.
we talked about a variety of subjects, just had a laugh & drunk wine & beer.
this morning my husband & i were talking about how nice it was, how free we felt with our opinions.
I have non witness family who do not tolerate gossip - my sister-in-laws creed is 'if you can't say something nice about someone - then don't say anything' - LOL she breaks her own rules sometimes though when under real duress!
If they knew the JWs well, and got to see behind the scenes, they'd be repulsed.
I'm sorry, but it's true - gossip, character assassination, back biting and malice are NOT rare occurrences. Several of the most malicious witches I have ever met were very popular JWdubesses and their husbands were no better....when you are confined to such a small population of potential social circles it's really anxiety making....
however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?
if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.
(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.
Hey Punky - gentle hugs to you dear.
so even though i don't drive much because public transit is so good where i live (and parking is a living nightmare), i always had a paper taped onto my glove box that said "no blood transfusions - jehovahs witness.
see legal documentation in wallet.
going through this "wake up" process as been a very crazy, emotional experience.
When it registered in my little brain that fractions come from stored and donated blood and were a conscience decision then it became clear that blood can't be that 'sacred'.....simple.
Then as fink pointed out - there came the realisation that no life is sacrificed or taken in order to donate or receive blood - and blood is just an organ - just cells.
And the daft explanation of fractions being OK because it's like 'cake' -as in fractionated parts only become blood when mixed together - yeah, but WHOLE blood was withdrawn from a human body and possibly stored prior to the fractions being developed.
'Abstain from blood' - those men in Brooklyn have a lot of answering to do.
my dog and other pets do their "business" and run away and are happy.. man does not have that luxury.
any thoughts on why animals were created with the "poop and go" capacity while man has to go through more steps?
was this perhaps an additional issue that god added on when adam and eve sinned (such as eve having significant more birth pains)?
When did the first human decide to wipe their bottom? At what point did the smell of our and poo in general become nauseating to us?
Why do animals appear indifferent to the smell.....or even interested and attracted...I can't remember ever wanting to sniff another human's bum - or any bum for that matter.
Why I am not content with just being impregnated and left by my mate?
Why am not like the majority of other animals and have all these emotional needs? How does that help me survive?
Why does human offspring require tender care and a complex range of attentions?
Why do human Mothers have such complex and intense feelings for their children even as adults? Why don't we just move on as we observe in other animals?
Questions, questions.
