the world is commo=ing to an end!
this systenm wont last but a few years!
you can live forever after god destroys the wicked!
We're not here to convert you, we just want to talk about the bible.
Right there is the best answer to this question. For an organization that styles meetings among millions of converts and gears one meeting specifically around how to best conduct studies to convert people, that quote shows how used to lying the organization is.
322 million dead white blood cells in a quart of cow's milk.
what is a poor loaded down apostolic governing body law abiding jw to do?
drink beer?
Did you count them yourself or did you have someone else do it for you? I think you miss counted. You better do a recount just to make sure. So I guess that Jesus was wrong in approving a child getting milk from its mother. But of course you are much smarter than Jesus himself right? Finally we found someone who is smarter than the Son of God.
Well, I don't remember Jesus telling anyone to abstain from blood transfusions. Of course, James latered mentioned abstaining from eating blood but science has established that blood acts like a carrier (it doesn't nourish the body like food and a transfusion is just like an organ transplant). Plus, Paul's comments on conscience at Romans 8 (involving a situation that James also advised Christians to avoid) shows that James' previous warning wasn't actually a commandment (like the WTBTS makes it). So, no one is saying that they are smarter then Jesus...just smarter then the current Governing Body's stance on the matter.
i've already exited the jws in mind and heart, and have read many comments from everyone about the book, so didn't really see the need to buy it for myself.
however, after reading something here on the forum, i decided to order it (and the tao of pooh and siddhartha.
) a super-dub sits two desks away from (she and her husband knew ray and his wife, had tea with them in their room when he was on the gb, etc.
Joker10, why are you trolling the thread if you have no intention of buying the book, looking for it in a library, or accepting a free copy? Would you trust Commentary Press itself with your address? If not, then leave the thread because you can't have a valid opinion on a book without ACTUALLY READING THE BOOK.
here's a typical awake!
cover showing the sorts of problems we have that won't be solved until 99.999% of the population die at armageddon:.
here's the cover with the text editted out to help you in your captioning quest:.
Worldly Women In Sexy Floral Print Skirts: FLEE FROM THEM!
here's a typical awake!
cover showing the sorts of problems we have that won't be solved until 99.999% of the population die at armageddon:.
here's the cover with the text editted out to help you in your captioning quest:.
Man, these captions are hilarious...and who is making fun of rape here? Last time I checked, everyone was making fun of the horrible cover art for the Awake...
what would happen if there was a wtbts board -- you know like this but instead of being run by simon but run by a bethel swat team -- you know jr brown, et al?
would it be shut down ?
would they refer the question to local elders .woulds they send a theocratic swat team around if there was criticism of the wtbts.
Here is an easy answer:
All posters would be able to see all the information such as address, phone number, and picture of every other poster no matter what. If you didn't post after two days then someone would email you asking if you have been feeling alright. You would be required to post at 3 specific times a week (although they would say that you needed to meet 5 times) and all your posts would be screened by someone in the Service Committee in Brooklyn. If you posted something contrary to the moderators then you would be labelled a 'doubter' and subsequently banned (i.e. 'I think Christ might of been crucified on a cross' = ban)...
You know, this could be a very fun topic :D.
we all agree that the internet will free thousands of good-hearted people from the clutches of the watchtower.. i think the more jw discussion boards there are, the more jw's will get on the internet initially to use the boards then hopefully they will branch out and maybe the god of google will view them favourably and help them in their eye-opening.. so i think its a bit sad that witness world has closed its doors.
i don't think its a good idea to infiltrate the jw sites if it means the administrators end up closing the site.. agree/disagree anyone???
at least be thankful you get the chance to post on a question which hasn't been asked by bloody minimus!!
Is this the same board that just found out about the UN situation (and how it isn't just about a simple "library pass")? Well, shutting down the whole forum seems drastic just over a couple of infiltrators...
ok so i'm talking to my kid (4) today about martin luther king and the importance of the things that he believed in.
he is in preschool and they also talked about mlk in school apparently which i think is great.
i asked him what he learned about mlk and he said he that he was a 'special man because he cared about people and he said it didnt matter what they looked like'.
Czar, I have no intention of trying to shelter my son from reality but I just feel hes a little young
Nah, I think 4 years old is a great age to talk about what guns are & the danger of them. Plus, you aren't going to be able to protect your child from other kids in Kindegarten who do look at cartoons on television with guns in them...besides, talking about guns isn't as nearly difficult as the sex talk will be...
jehovah's witnesses certainly have some unique beliefs and some are very, very confusing.
anything that you never quite understood?
It might sound funny...but it was beards that actually led to me really thinking that something was wrong. I grew up a Witness so I didn't find many things 'funny' such as birthdays, blood, and even the chronology stuff. But after awhile, I started wondering what sort of whackos find it wrong to just wear a beard...so I did some research....and here I am now.
three days ago i was chit-chatting with my wife about the impending cold weather and snowstorm forecasted to hit our area when the conversation unexpectedly turned a bit negative.
she made the statement that they might cancel the meeting if the roads become too dangerous, i replied that they just might but really if she went to the meeting or not, the decision was up to her based on her best judgment.
her retort was to the effect of not to tell her what to do and that she would go to the meeting if she wanted to.
We used to get one or two cancelled meetings a year up in NY due to snow (I lived in the country so it was a matter of safety). I usually was happy if it was the Sunday or Service Meeting but I actually liked going to the Book Study since it felt much more like just family getting together to study the bible (our book study groups usually weren't over 10 people and we were actually friends). Still, I mostly was happy if the meeting was cancelled.
