http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-r-coats/whats-real-about-the-rapt_b_716688.html.
this is an interesting article posted by the christian left from thw huffington post.
i know jehovah's witnesses do not teach the rapture (except maybe for the 144,000) so all of them expect to live through the tribulation (whatever that was to them).
"Jack Van Impe ministries would often reinforce this message and preach that if you were left behind then the chances of your making it through the tribulation were slim to none. Though he did get 'new light' and released a video saying that there was a chance, he named it Left Behind and my dumb self ordered a copy just in case."
Jack van Impe (what a clown) and his fawning wife, Rexella, give me the giggles. Boy, they sure know how to create, feed, and and then exploit people's fears.
Hilarious!
i've never heard a more appropriate ted talk for jw's to take to heart than this one.
"most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong.
but what if we're wrong about that?
my wife got me started watching this show last year.
we've downloaded the previous seasons on netflix and have found it to be really well done.
the story line, scenery,costumes,old cars and compelling characters have us hooked.
Yup, I'm hooked too.
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/have-you-ever-seen-cat-with-eyebrows.html.
"did i hear you say tutored or neutered?".
metatron.
"Who, me?"
dumpster!!!
!if you heard it on the news.... i used to live in that very building.
scary!!!
Like most of us, she was just trying to get ahead in life (sorry, I couldn't resist).
i live next to jw neighbors.
i was a jw 1000 miles away over 20 years ago, never here.
as far as i know, nobody here knows i once was, including the neighbors.. so there wouldn't be any reason for them to shun me.
"most Witnesses don't want to be a neighbor and avoid any eye contact to avoid implied humanity."
Boy that's the truth. I've lived 2 doors away from JWs for at least 30 years and I can't remember a single instance of them acknowledging my existence with a simple hello, unless I say it first. It goes without saying they don't even look my way when we are outside at the same time. It's actually kind of creepy.
this is a distilled (and from memory) reconstruction of a chat this morning.... my 81 year old ex-baptist minister friend dub and i went to starbucks for coffee and conversation.
dub likes to start conversations with strangers.. today a seminary student caught his eye.
they talked for about half an hour before dub dropped me into it.
Well, that was one fine read. Hope he will take some time to consider what you said rather than keeping his theological blinders firmly planted on his head.
had a bit of a scare today.
i just was going to get some meds refilled, but i was having a panic attack when they checked my vitals.
they insisted i go to my doctor immediately.
Try some sympathetic breathing to lower your bp. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wFX9Wn70eM
Here's a couple of videos on using meditation to lower it:
http://www.ehow.com/video_8068664_meditation-lower-blood-pressure.html
for the record, i am not a native english speaker, infact i recently just started studying english about 18months ago.
so apologies for any error you may encounter in the process of making sense of my logic.. i am from a small village in a destitute and war ravaged african country, 80 percent of people in my town live on less than 50cent in a day and myself included, no roads, no hospital, no public institution, no social welfare support, no national security institutiion, nothing, just tribal factions exchanging agricultural produce and i have always wondered why jehovah would have to put the preaching work ahead of a poverty eradication program at this desperate time of our existence.. .
it was an emotional adventure on finding answers to that question that led me here.
Well, this should be interesting to watch.
