let's say you go back to your hometown for a family funeral.
you're not df'd or da'd, but most haven't heard from you for many years.
you know you'll get the inevitable "so are you going to meetings?
What would be some low-key, situation-appropriate responses?
"Not now, I just lost my Grandmother...we'll talk another time." (perhaps deflect it back to them with questions) "When do you think this system will end? ...Will it be long before the ressurection??" Get them talking and "expressing their faith" and supporting and encouraging you in this time of grief.
in a word--no!
consider the following perversion of justice and threat to civil liberties:.
the watch tower bible & tract society of canada brought suit against the owner/operator of the popular research website quotes.watchtower.ca, seeking to shut down the site, take the domain name for themselves, force the destructions of the files, and pocket $100,000 damages in addition to legal fees, claiming intent to embarrass and to divert traffic from the official watchtower website.
It has become clear to me the Evil Slave has been in charge of the Org. for a long time now.
Yes, send your post to the papers...I'm glad I bought the Quotes CD when I did.
how can we walk with god?
that will help us to walk with god.
" (hosea.
Jehovah viewed Israel as his figurative wife--the WTS/FDS views themselves as Christ's figurative wife, the bride of Christ yet they associated themselves adulterously with the UN.
TOUCHE'!!!
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Thanks Blondie!
they pressured their own followers into not setting up websites to promote the jw religion,they have demonised the internet as if on every webpage there is someone ready to destroy the faith of a jw, and they are monitoring websites that are hostile to them to see if they can find ways to legally close them down.
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why do they fear the net so much if they have the truth as they like to parrot so often?
Why do they fear the net so much if they have the truth as they like to parrot so often?
They don't have it, not in the absolute sense like they want everyone to believe and they will ultimately fail in their efforts to contain or limit the knowledge of truth.
The truth, the ultimate factual reality of everything is both an immovable object and a irresistible force, it will always prevail.
ah theocratic warfare, how we love to hate you.
the more literature i see left out pointed in my direction, underlined or highlighted of course, the less i want to consider their point of view.
it just reinforces my decision to leave even more.
Theocratic Warfare = LYING
John 8:44 "You are from your father the Devil...he is a liar and the father of the lie."
Revelation 22:15
"Outside are the dogs...and everyone liking and carrying on a lie."
Revelation 21:8
"...and all the liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This means the second death."
No amount of self-deception or rationalizing will change this outcome.
comments you will not hear at the 12-18-05 wt study (november 15, 2005 issue)(walk)(abbreviated)
review comments will be in red
wt material from today's wt will be in black
What proof that Gomer was a virgin?Gomer?...Gomer??? What parent in their right mind would name their 'daughter' GOMER?????????
comments you will not hear at the 12-18-05 wt study (november 15, 2005 issue)(walk)(abbreviated)
review comments will be in red
wt material from today's wt will be in black
21 ...So were the 7,000 who in Elijah's day had not bent the knee to Baal. (1 Kings 19:18; Romans 11:1-4)
Only 7000?
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God's Organization full of error and unfaithfullness????? Could it happen again in our modern times or is "God's Organization" today somehow differant and the men who have been leading it immune to pride, arrogance and wrong doing???
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Thanks Blondie ~
will you walk with god?
walk.
walk with god?
4...Jehovah has given humans free will, and he wants us to use that gift along with our own
"power of reason." (Romans 12:1)
Power of Reason = Critical Thinking.
6...Those who insist on going their own way, independent of God, make the same mistake that Adam and Eve made.
"Independent of God" is not to be confused with or equated to independence from others who assume to know better than we ourselves how we should live our lives and enjoying correctly the full freedom given us by God.
11...In a spiritual sense, Jehovah's rebellious people in Israel needed to do something similar. They needed to find their way back to "the roadways of long ago." That "good way" was the way in which their faithful forefathers had walked, the way from which the nation had foolishly strayed.
Perhaps if they didn't follow their Spiritual leaders in their error they wouldn't have had God's wrath upon them.
12 Since late in the 19th century, Christ's anointed followers have applied the counsel of Jeremiah 6:16 to themselves. As a class, they have led the way in a wholehearted return to "the roadways of long ago."
A clear turn was made from "Judge" Rutherford onward when the Evil Slave Class began to rule and 'Lord it over' the congregation.
12...To this day, the anointed help one another as well as their "other sheep" companions to pursue the healthful, happy way of life that Christendom has abandoned. John 10:16.
Those who are like Nicodemus do, but they have limited power.
16..."Studying Jesus' life course" -- how when 99% of the WTS publications push Jehovah and OT examples?Absolutely!! .................................................... Thanks Blondie
i am about to enter my second semester in college and sure i know: i've got time to decide what i want to do as far as a major goes, but my school is converting into a brand new college by fall of 06 and they are urging those who are there now to hurry up and finish asap since transfering credits and such will soon get tricky once the new college is established.
my counselor says not to worry.
i still have until about the fall of 07' but i still feel i am in the dark.. what did you major in college or what is your major now?
Should I pick something specific like Marketing or more broad like: Buisness Administration? Is a Masters really necessasry? What about a 2 year? (As you know that is what my parents are expecting. I don't know if they'll be too happy if I decide to transfer.) All these life-changing decisions to be made. How can people possibly keep telling me: "Don't worry?"
Research and study careers , their "working lifestyles" and their incomes. Pick something you'll enjoy doing and that you can be happy meeting the demands of that work on your life and something that pays a salary your happy with...DON'T SETTLE!!!
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in the story of jonah, god says he is going to destroy ninevah jonah 3:3 ..."forty more days and nineveh will be overthrown".
but then god's compassion comes and he spares nineveh, does god change his mind?
Yes He does and can change His mind. Like any other individual, He can choose what course He wants to take and if it suits Him He can alter that course. It in NO WAY lessens His divinity or flawlessness. He has options and is not locked in once He starts something, we clearly see that with His not destroying Nineveh. It also shows us that the rigid mis-applications of Psalms 15: 4 and Matthew 5: 37 by the WTS is incorrect and unnessesarily limiting. For instance, if a man or woman agree to marry, both of them are ALLOWED to 'change their mind' and not go through with the marriage if either of them decides not to do so.
To the GB ~ Matthew 15: 3 and 9.
