hello all, first post.
i've been lurking for months and figured it was time to post a few things, i've been pimo for the last couple of years.. i was doing some thinking about an adult refusing a blood transfusion, especially one that has several children.
when you married and had children, you signed up to take care of them, to love and protect them.
refusing a blood transfusion because of a hope of a resurrection into a paradise earth?
how many other religions have a belief in a resurrection back on earth?
in view of the fact that the watchtower has got everything else wrong--why should that be any different ?
apparently, some people never bother to read the posting guidelines.
there are lots of helpful things in there about what to post and what not to post which explain why posts may occasionally be removed and how to complain if you think we've made a wrong decision.. the typical reasons are they they are either harassing someone over a difference of opinion (play the ball, not the person) or are simply off topic.
a rose may be beautiful but if it's in a wheat field, it's still a weed.
It's just part of moderating the site.
are there any other moderators Simon ?
back in the day - yeah, i know, most things i write start like that!
however - back in the day there was an implicit rule ratio of 2 to 1 when it came to counting time.
two witnesses witnessing to one person for one hour would count one hour each.
i recall when i was a pioneer in Birmingham..UK..in the late 60's.
i lived at home with my parents--but attended a KH in another town a few miles away,,because my girfriend was there. i had borrowed her mothers car for a few days. ( she couldnt drive )
so-- i set off from home one morning to meet up with a service group. on the way i stopped off at a house--to start my time--no one home ( thank god )..and drove off.
but there was a neighbour--who saw me--understandably thought i looked suspicious--took the car number plate--and called the police. ( there had been a number of burglaries in the area lately )
we found all this out when the police turned up at g/f's mothers house to investigate the complaint.
pity the g/f didnt dump me over this incident.
we got married a couple of years later--so her mother became my mother in law.. i learned to really hate that woman.
jw.org states that they are the true religion.
i was told that it is written in the bible that jw.org is the true religion.
the following is the "alleged" evidence that was presented to me:.
if JWism isnt the one true religion-----which one is ?
suggestions invited.
i find it funny.
pretty sure someone who is anointed hasn't been disfellowshipped that many times or probably not even once.
i honestly don't care.
J_dash....so your dad has been d/f 5 times now.....is that a world record?
jw.org states that they are the true religion.
i was told that it is written in the bible that jw.org is the true religion.
the following is the "alleged" evidence that was presented to me:.
Read the whole of Isaiah 43. Get it in context.
jws don't say, "i am a jehovah's witness.".
instead, they say, "i am one of jehovah's witnesses.".
what does the second way of saying it convey that the first does not?.
If 2 dubs knock on your door...do they say " we are jehovahs witnesses" not " we are two of jehovahs witnesses".
jws don't say, "i am a jehovah's witness.".
instead, they say, "i am one of jehovah's witnesses.".
what does the second way of saying it convey that the first does not?.
If 2 dubs knock on your door...do they say " we are jehovahs witnesses" not " we are two of jehovahs witnesses".
so i got married a few weeks ago, living a great life now with my husband, he was definitely the perfect guy for me :) but anyways, we are going to work on slowly fading, going to meetings once a week or every two weeks, and then in a few months move to a hall where nobody knows our families and the elders hardly know each other, and fade out a lot more.
but an elder asked for our address, which we didn’t feel comfortable giving him, because we don’t want any unexpected visits to “shepard” us, when we miss a few meetings, because they already text us when we miss 2 meetings in a row, which we had just gotten back from our honeymoon 🙄 so we “accidentally” gave him the wrong apartment number.
so if they ever come pokin around they will be lost, and if they call or text us we will just have an excuse for not replying.
Tell them you have to keep your address secret because you are in the witness protection plan."
BRILLIANT!
so i’m just reading the part in ray franz book “crisis of conscience” about the 1925 prediction of “millions now living will never die”.. ofcourse all witnesses are very familiar with this campaign.
yet none of us ever had an issue with it, including myself.
since the booklet was published in 1920, we are one year away from 100 years from that time.
miilions then living--are now all dead.
