Ther is one one word that comes to mind with this one:
WEIRD
need a qoute- demonic talking snake would fall silent when the witnesses would call.
if i cant get it i will have to do my usual...steal it from the kingdom hall library.
opps in my meeting bag!
Ther is one one word that comes to mind with this one:
WEIRD
for someone who believes this life is the only life (no afterlife, heaven, resurrection, reincarnation...), should i move to be close to my family?.
even though i have left the org.
they still talk with me, visit, i vacation with them... we have always been a closeknit family.
The days weeks and years pass by so fast next our family members have all died, spend as much time if you can that is, loving them irregardless what they do then you will have no regrets there is no guarantees what tomorrow will bring. Family is a wonderful gift it looks like you have a loving one nurture them, and they will nurture you.
having already started a thread about jw actions that irritated us the issue has to be completed by discussing what we did or can do to irritate them.
i would say wearing a cross would vex or even frighten them since they think it's a satanic symbol.
or drawing a cross on a kh with chalk and writing above it : jesus christ lord of the church.
The song Amazing Grace" is the epitome of being a Christian and walking with Christ, its the mind set that every Christian should have. My sister said she can not sing it cause its pagan, I told her to search out its history and read the words carefully, her mind just turned off. Now you tell me the Witness's are not cult to have such an affect on people!
here is an interesting, almost secular description of jws:.
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/jehovah's.htm.
encyclopedia of religion .
If the Jehovah's Witness's as they are called today would have told uncle Joe back in 1930 to take a hike, and stayed with (IBSA) who are now the Associated Bible Students" there would not have been so much hurt and pain as there is now among the rank and file, cause they (the Associated Bible Students) do not try to control peoples lives as do the Witness's, the same hope is there minus their daily control and of course much of the BS.
i would like to extend a big thankyou to those posting on the forum who are in fact helping to educate us all with explanations of the scriptures that we may not have previously considered.
channel c is also good for this.. a christians life should be one of continual searching, testing, confirming as this leads to a deeper and firmer faith which can challenge firmly entrenched viewpoints.when i first started to study in 1966 i almost emptied my local library and spent ages in the british museum confirming my new found beliefs, this approach may well be frowned on now.
has anyone done independant research on revelation and thrown in a few maverick comments at the group study, i found out some interesting info regarding the congregations and cities jesus addressed and included them in my answers.
"Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse. Not to hope is unthinkable. Not to care is unforgivable." - Nigerian saying.
"I think a full, free talk is frequently of great use; we want nothing secret nor underhanded, and I for one want no association with things that cannot
be talked about and will not bear investigation."
---Mormon President John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, vol. 20, p. 264.
watch 74 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah god...is food a big thing in his life?
if in the presents of others, does he selfishly ignore thier needs and take far more then his share?
is he grossly overweight but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?
Um... bean burritos, and greasy bacon in the morning. Heck I remember all those cheese Danish's I used to eat at the assemblies people almost fought for them. Most of that filthy they sold had high fat content. Ha ha, I am eating Cheese Puffs right now, so go pound sand govering body, you bunch of Wankers, we will eat what we want.
i would love to know if i have any old friends in this forum from my old area i used to live at, it was in the northern utah district, we had our district conventions at the dee events center at weber state university.
i used to be in a lot of dramas a long time ago, until i fell on my head and damaged my brain i lost a big chunk of it on my right frontal lobe and temporal tip, it left me quite fubar at times.
i had so many seizures during the meetings that the seizures were literally killing me, so i stopped going besides being embarrassed by them, i still read the magazines from time to time.. i do my own research sometimes, and yes i know they frown on reading anything that is not printed by them (weird).. oh and don't worry, i am not going to report you to elders for being in this fourm, i have no agenda i just a want a few friends.. .
Hello, is anyone here?
I am here if you are : - )
i would love to know if i have any old friends in this forum from my old area i used to live at, it was in the northern utah district, we had our district conventions at the dee events center at weber state university.
i used to be in a lot of dramas a long time ago, until i fell on my head and damaged my brain i lost a big chunk of it on my right frontal lobe and temporal tip, it left me quite fubar at times.
i had so many seizures during the meetings that the seizures were literally killing me, so i stopped going besides being embarrassed by them, i still read the magazines from time to time.. i do my own research sometimes, and yes i know they frown on reading anything that is not printed by them (weird).. oh and don't worry, i am not going to report you to elders for being in this fourm, i have no agenda i just a want a few friends.. .
Ah Kershaw Av , that is right next to Ogden High School that is a neat old building, I used to be a maintenance man there for the school district. I had a good friend near there named Charley and his lovely wife. And my wife had a cousin just north of there a few blocks he was always kind to me, I used to go to his hoouse and he would show his slides, he had a Airdale dog named Buff.
I lost my daughter her name was Spring back in October of 2005 , a doctor gave her the wrong medication and too much of it, needless to say I am sueing him big time. No one came to her visitation after her death that was Witness's : -(
Shane
i ask this with serious intent.. evolutionary imperative?
selfishness?
boredom?
I must say that of all earthly pursuits I have ever engaged in my 53 years, catching my daughters in birth, raising them loving them right up to the point of coming home one day to be greeted by a policeman to have him inform me that my first born daughter had died by a doctors negligence, nothing has been more wonderful than sharing their lives. I would not have traded one moment of time with out them, for anything this life has to offer.
Shane Draney
i would love to know if i have any old friends in this forum from my old area i used to live at, it was in the northern utah district, we had our district conventions at the dee events center at weber state university.
i used to be in a lot of dramas a long time ago, until i fell on my head and damaged my brain i lost a big chunk of it on my right frontal lobe and temporal tip, it left me quite fubar at times.
i had so many seizures during the meetings that the seizures were literally killing me, so i stopped going besides being embarrassed by them, i still read the magazines from time to time.. i do my own research sometimes, and yes i know they frown on reading anything that is not printed by them (weird).. oh and don't worry, i am not going to report you to elders for being in this fourm, i have no agenda i just a want a few friends.. .
Cool, I went to the events center with my aunt a few years back but all the movment and noise kept triggering partial seizures, they are a pain.
Shane