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this is the official line that was given.
i did not hear this myself from a speaker but got it second hand, and those who are faithful believe it.. so far 350 have been asked to leave, one couple with as much as 30 years full time service with most of it at bethel.. oc
well what is "jehovahs" reason for doing this, according to the GB? more seasoned publishers as was mentioned earlier?
well there is a thread out right now about a laid-off bethelite couple and the husband seems like he has an attitude, with reason im sure....but why would "jehovah" want "negative" publishers in the ministry....doesnt make any sense, he should be in the backroom and straightened up or just leave and get and a real job and house like the rest of us....LOL
ok all you wile e. coyote super genius types.... .
i have been looking at some of russell's charts and such and it is indicated that the millinial reign of christ would have begun in 1874 new understanding 1914..... .
does this mean that we are now living nearly a 100 years into the 1000 year reign?
i thought it was 1914 that jesus starting ruling and that the 1000 years would be the amount of time after Armageddon that humans have to become perfect before being tested again....someone help!
i met a married couple caught up in the recent bethel layoffs.
they are a fairly young couple in their mid to upper 30s, i didn't think to ask which department they worked in before being laid off.
the couple was driving cross country from new york to california, and stopping overnight at jw homes along the way.
never heard of laid-off bethelites....whats the problem? did u find out any good details by meeting and talking to them?
i read an excerpt from the book of mary stating that she was a perpetual virgin....joseph was quite up in age and was a widower with children, but was a god-fearing man and so did not sleep with her and kept her chastity...the only reason she was married was because that was apparently the law back then....so "thru god" he was chosen to take care of mary and jesus....apparently he did not have a long life after raising jesus.
jesus was born in a cave and later when everyone was called to their birthplace...joseph, mary, and family all went to bethlehem...with no room in the inn they were in the stables but jesus was already born by then and quite possibly no longer an infant.
this is very interesting to me because i was taught that mary did not stay a virgin (jw teachings) cause the bible mentions that jesus had brothers and sister, but this very well could have been josephs children from a previous marriage.... the excerpt came from a book called "lost books of the bible" by rh value publishing.
thanks pete
i read an excerpt from the book of mary stating that she was a perpetual virgin....joseph was quite up in age and was a widower with children, but was a god-fearing man and so did not sleep with her and kept her chastity...the only reason she was married was because that was apparently the law back then....so "thru god" he was chosen to take care of mary and jesus....apparently he did not have a long life after raising jesus.
jesus was born in a cave and later when everyone was called to their birthplace...joseph, mary, and family all went to bethlehem...with no room in the inn they were in the stables but jesus was already born by then and quite possibly no longer an infant.
this is very interesting to me because i was taught that mary did not stay a virgin (jw teachings) cause the bible mentions that jesus had brothers and sister, but this very well could have been josephs children from a previous marriage.... the excerpt came from a book called "lost books of the bible" by rh value publishing.
i read an excerpt from the book of mary stating that she was a perpetual virgin....joseph was quite up in age and was a widower with children, but was a god-fearing man and so did not sleep with her and kept her chastity...the only reason she was married was because that was apparently the law back then....so "thru god" he was chosen to take care of mary and jesus....apparently he did not have a long life after raising jesus
jesus was born in a cave and later when everyone was called to their birthplace...joseph, mary, and family all went to bethlehem...with no room in the inn they were in the stables but jesus was already born by then and quite possibly no longer an infant
this is very interesting to me because i was taught that mary did not stay a virgin (jw teachings) cause the bible mentions that jesus had brothers and sister, but this very well could have been josephs children from a previous marriage...
the excerpt came from a book called "Lost Books of the Bible" by RH Value Publishing
what do u all think?
this in regard to mary's post of the july 15, wt "see the goodness of jehovah's organization".
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114847/1.ashx.
there have been a number of important and exciting developments in the society during the first half of 2006. firstly, a large number of bethelites are being evicted (i wonder if the.
The vitriolic rhetoric towards apostates and higher education has increased in talks at conventions and in WT aticles.
has anyone wondered if the WT could be the anti-christ? because u know jehovah is the main god and jesus is secondary....any other religion i know has jesus primary....just a thought...
how tall are you?.
did you require separate living accommodations?.
did you have a problem with clumsiness?.
Since angels are neither male nor female (right?) why didn't they choose males to come'n get it on with???
this is a very good question.....anyone have an answer?
when the society came out in 1966 with the info that 6000 years of man's existence would come to an end by 1975, i thought it was a crock.
for 9 long years, all jws did was speculate about "when" the great tribulation was going to begin.
i always thought of jesus' words about "nobody knowing the day or the hour"----yet jehovah's witnesses figured it out?
of course i did....i was a very faithful, spiritual witness.....10 years ago i thought it would come in 10 yrs....still not here yet.....but in my mind i still believe it is coming soon.....get scared when i think about it
it seems that for jws, the demon thing is one of the few "eyewitness" confirmations of what the wts says.
there seems to be such an atmosphere of confirming testimonials that the jws relate back and forth to each other...but are they factual accounts or simply recycled "urban legends"?.
interestingly, the most dramatic demon stories are nearly always something that happened to someone else.. why is it that jws have seen more "demons" than anyone i've ever known in my life?
i had demon attacks when i was a jw.....and i was very spiritual and continually made sure that i didnt have certain objects in my possession....i always wondered what was going on....i wonder if being a jw makes u more susceptible to demon attacks, i dont know
i have only had 1 since im out.....sometimes its the house we live in not necessarily us
the yorkshire ripper killed umpteen women and is a jw now.
if i was an active jw i wouldn`t like the thought of living with him forever, after the way he killed all those women.
what do you think about the fact that they have accepted him to the org?
Imagine - resurrected to meet your murderer!
OMG!!! too funny!!!
i cant believe this is really true......but i guess god forgives us all
