more blatant hyprocisy from the botchtower.. the main article is does it matter which religion you choose?.
these psychopaths in the writing department write the following on page 4. since many religions arose from a desire for political power, prestige, and popular.
acceptance rather than a desire to please god, it is no surprise that religion is.
Yes, I read that article. They have a schizophrenic view of religion: on the one hand, it is a snare and a racket, on the other you need to choose one to be saved. YOU JUST HAVE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE!
I think they are absolutely right: RELIGION IS A SNARE AND A RACKET!
what are your views on hunting?
any hunters in your former congos?
and was there a "thrill" involved in the hunt?.
All your input is greatly appreciated. I personally do not find hunting for food objectionable at all. I am a meat eater and
enjoy a burger or pork ribs like anyone else. I enjoy all seafood (well, almost all seafood). I had two threads going because I thought
the first had not posted. I think this is a subject many people are passionate about, one way or the other. If I have any objection it is
when a beautiful and magnificent beast is felled as a trophy. However, I would not impose my own personal feelings on others and try
to legislate against their freedom in this matter. The WTS has been very anti-hunting as of late, which is why I asked. Thanks for all
your replys.
in the march 1st and march 15th issues of the watchtower, there is a paragraph in the study article about.
the help that angels give in the preaching work.. however, i have noticed something not mentioned before - watchtower uses the phrase "too numerous to be dismissed as coincidence" twice.. quotes are below:.
march 1, 2007 - watchtower.
I agree that it is phycological propoganda. I would go a step further and say it is anti-apostate warfare. Just this week a DA letter was
received by our PO by a long time sister. This is obviously the angels hard at work to keep the righteuos from being contaminated
by the ideas and attitudes of the anti-Christ among them. The angels have once again exposed one of Satan's agents!
Also, the desire to keep knocking on doors is waning because of the
obvious futility of it for many people. If ANGELS, however, are manuevering things so that you can seek and find the worthy, then
you have only yourself to blame for not finding them if you stay at home and read the paper on a Saturday morning. See? The angels
are doing their part, get off your lazy rear and do yours!
alltimejeff got me thinking about this.
he was very ambitious as a young jw, .
things changed as he wised up.
I was raised in the "Truth" and pioneered, MS, Elder, Circuit responsibilities, etc.... I actually did it because I beleived I was doing
God's will. The only thing I had ever known was this religion. Being appointed an elder was not like getting a promotion at work. It felt
for me like a validation of my service to God and love for him. To me it meant I could now be in the position to minister to the flock of
God. I saw so many people, what I call the "little people" --- those who believe, those who think that they can never do enough to
please God, the one's who would scrimp and save to go to an assembly, the single mom with three kids who could barely make it
on her income, the sister who had spurned a marriage proposal from a good man because he wasn't a JW--- I thought I could help,
I thought i could make a difference, I thought that if they could love Christ like I did then they could find joy in their right choices....
Perhaps if I had never been appointed an elder I would still believe, although it was pioneer school that opened my eyes to the
Org.'s indoctrination. Before pioneer school I thought I was serving God and Christ. I found out I was expected to serve the Org., the
GB, without question or hesitation. I had many reservations prior to that but BELIEVED I was doing God's will. After finding out I
was really doing man's will, it all started to crumble. After the scales fell off I did see that there is not only ambition, but politics
that would make Karl Rove seem like a novice. Pride, ambition, politics, envy, jealousy,----all this I saw from the top down. It
wasn't isolated, it was not a case of "imperfection". It was systemic. It was, I saw, inevitable.
So, I was not ambitious. I was gullible and naive. I often prayed to God to let his will be known in my life----- and HERE I AM!
the wts teaches that adam's sin was rebellion against his creator.
it seems that all adam did was make a choice.
if he ate of the tree he would die.
The WTS teaches that Adam's sin was rebellion against his Creator. It seems that all Adam did was make a choice.
If he ate of the tree he would die. He chose to eat. If anyone really rebelled it was Satan. Why does man pay a price for that
and Satan goes on living for thousands of years afterwards?
i have just been informed that something is going in with the blood issue within the borg.. a large meeting is being held this weekend with local elders and also many elders from all over the country/the united kingdom and members from the bethel and hospital liason committee to discuss the blood issue.. is anyone else aware of what this is going to be about?.
i wondered whether this would be part of the expected or possible changes that the organization is expected to announce this year that might lose them many members.
any elders here know anything?.
The GB have been divided over blood issue for years. There has not been the requisite 2/3 needed for a change. However, as they get older and medicine advances and more therapies are derived from blood products, they will need this treatment themselves and will change their stance based on self preservation. I am sure they will find a way to circumvent their "life begins at conception" once therapies are derived from stem cell research.
Gary what you say is what I find inthe congo: Older ones and many younger hardcore JW's will take no blood in any form or in any of its broken down components. They feel the scripture says NO BLOOD and it mean NO BLOOD. What they do not comprehend is that the GB are "watering down" God's commandments (cause that's what they beleive it to be) So, why stay with a group that water down God's commandments?
Zack----
i was talking to a current jw about this issue.
i asked if they had heard about mt 24:14 being fulfilled, to which they replied 'no'.
had told them that the wt has said that scripture had been fulfilled a long time ago, which they did..... i then asked, 'so you *have* heard about mt 24:14 being fulfilled since your co is talking about it....'well, ya'.(!!
I haven't heard a word about it from anyone I know. We have not had our SAD yet, however. It is interesting, though, that Paul
wrote that the good news had been preached "in all Creation under Heaven" 2,000 years ago. So, why not take Paul at his word? Why
persist in and insist on everything else he wrote but choose not to take him literally in that instance? It seems he was writing that line
with the words of Jesus in mind.
hey my husband and i are big football fans!
so this week-end is a ciurcut assembly meeting.
i have never been to one before and my husband has not been in a long time.
Watch the Superbowl, have friends over, make memories you'll enjoy. I gaurantee the memory of the CA will be one you'll wish to forget!
in the area i live hunting and fishing are big sports.
quite a few of the brothers hunt.
they keep it under the radar, though.. what about you're area?.
JW Daughter: Sorry to hear about that experience.
what are your views on hunting?
any hunters in your former congos?
and was there a "thrill" involved in the hunt?.
Xena: Actually, I didn't think my first post went up, so I put this one up. Sorry for the double post.
Thanks all for your responses.
Zack----
