an elder in my parents congregation passed away last week of cancer.. i dont know if this sounds weird to anyone else, but about a month before he passed away, he went into a coma, he didnt know how long he was in it for.
but when he awoke he said to one of the c/o visiting him "jehovah was testing me, and tellin me i was going to be ok".
so once he awoken he wasnt afraid to die.. does this sound a little weird to anyone, i just feel if it had of been any wordly person saying that god was talkin to them in their coma that the jw's would say it was the demons?????.
hi sweetp, no he wasnt one of the annointed or governing body, just an ordinary elder
Sorry Es, but I was kinda being sarcastic with my question....I thought that unless you were of the anointed or on the GB (directed by Jehovah DIRECTLY) that Jehovah would talk to you....anything else was the demons...especially hearing a voice.....who did he think he was???? Moses or Abraham or something....
ajwrb member sam believer has brought the recent death of a jehovah's witness infant to my.
attention.
this story has been carried by the cbs dallas affiliate and you should view the story here:.
Someone had said it on another thread about a implosion of the borg. I really do believe that IF and thats a big IF they ever admit or weaken the stance even further on the blood issue...People that have lost loved ones due to these issues will totally lose faith unless they are so totally brainwashed that they just take the new light and not even think about their loss......I just feel a storm a' comin really soon....we're just in the quiet part now.....
ajwrb member sam believer has brought the recent death of a jehovah's witness infant to my.
attention.
this story has been carried by the cbs dallas affiliate and you should view the story here:.
dang, got all caught up and watched the whole darn ch 11 newscast.....silly me
Its so sad that this happened....All because these dumba** old geezers up there won't just admit they are wrong and let people be saved. I think something similiar to this was the turning point for my dad too. A close family friend got sick and needed an organ transplant but was too weak to transport to another hospital to get the transplant because she needed blood.....she didnt make it...i think that really took a toll on my dad....
I have posted this in other places but a example that my brother used one time really made me say hmmm and you're right....
no matter how many times you divide it, seperate it, shake it up, what have you...you're still dealing with BLOOD....just like water you can freeze it, boil it to make steam and other stuff but you're still dealing with water.....
I'm praying the other baby survives....
an elder in my parents congregation passed away last week of cancer.. i dont know if this sounds weird to anyone else, but about a month before he passed away, he went into a coma, he didnt know how long he was in it for.
but when he awoke he said to one of the c/o visiting him "jehovah was testing me, and tellin me i was going to be ok".
so once he awoken he wasnt afraid to die.. does this sound a little weird to anyone, i just feel if it had of been any wordly person saying that god was talkin to them in their coma that the jw's would say it was the demons?????.
hmmm just wondering...was he of the anointed for Jehovah to be talking directly to him???? Or was he on the GB????
just a quick question.. does anyone know what the wts had to say about judas' presence at the last supper, before 1935?.
(documentary proof would be nice, too).
this is one of the arguments that the wts uses to support only 144,000 partakers of the "lord's evening meal".. i'm of the belief that he was at the supper, had his feet washed and enjoyed the meal, but was sent away before the "new covenant" was established (so he missed the specific partaking of the bread and wine).
Ok maybe I need to go back and reread my bible or something, but I thought all 12 of the apostles were present at the last supper...Isn't Luke an apostle??? So how wasn't he an eyewitness to the event but an apostle??? Was he left outside or something???
i could get there early, and save you all some seats!
at least i would have someone to talk to after the meeting
I don't know if I missed the thread about what happened, but just curious about what happened? Did you go? Am I the only one wondering??? Am I the only one that a few days late in asking about this?
louisiana ghost story!!!.
this happened just outside of cocodrie, a little town in the bayou country of louisiana, it sounds like it could be an alfred hitchcock tale, i really don't know if it is true.
this out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm.
I'm in Louisiana and have heard more than enough Boudreaux jokes, but this one I've never heard.....Funny as hell. OMG, I had to print that out to share with some of my co-workers......
I know another one if you guys wanna hear it, but don't wanna hi-jack da thread.
there was a very well respected elder in my cong that i will call mr. r. this elder was a very zealous and pious jw and the po.
mr. r was of cuban descent and had extremely conservative veiws.
mr. r being the upstanding jw and elder had a very attractive wife and two cute kids.
Ok don't ban me after I say this but, I actually grew up in the congregation of a pretty nice elder. He never really did any hypocritical things that I know of (behind closed doors maybe) but never really heard anything bad about him EXCEPT for the fact that
1. His oldest son married a dub sister and very shortly after that the son got df'd...Don't know for what but (just an assumption) I know son and wifey lost alot of weight quickly (stapled stomach) and he probably became more handsome in other people's eyes besides his wife so he started playing the field...
2. Daughter was reproved (not sure if public or private) right before her marriage to dub brother /my assumption is that it probably was for playing hanky panky before marriage.
3. Youngest son robbed a bank and is now doing some time for it. Oh yeah he's df'd too.
But this elder was always a close friend of the family (probably why i still liked him until recently) and I was around his family and spent the night at his house alot. But like I mentioned until recently when he made a few comments I didn't appreciate. When my dad was trying to "strongly" encourage me to come back to the KH this elder and another elder had a brief meeting with me to see "where my head was" i guess....and when i told him I pray to God all the time he asked me, "What God is that?" and I looked at him real stupidly and he said, " I'm not being sarcastic, but so many "worldly" people pray to false gods." and he also got a shock when he tried to use the "JW's are the ONLY ones that go door-to-door" and I told him my church goes street witnessing also.....
But even tho he's trapped in the dub world, I still think he's a pretty ok dude.
yep - you read that right.. i had a message on my answering machine - a jw i used to know long ago, left a message, wanting me to help out with some legal matters (i have worked for the criminal justice system for about 15 yrs now).. my husband just about had a cow - here's someone who wouldn't talk to me at the grocery store, but has no problem talking to me if they need something?
i thought to myself, could this person really be that nieve about human social situations - ie: if you're going to be mean to someone, don't expect a favor from them .
ok ok, i know - i should show more christian attitude, turn the other cheek, and call this person back.
actually i was just trying to be nosy at first and the trooper saw the need to let them go since i knew them....i wasn't really trying to help them out....lol.....i guess it was Jehovah...
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i don't know if this has shown on another thread or not but, i just received it as a link with my wonderful edition of the cocoon newsletter...... http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20050219/news10/502190317/0/news13.
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i don't know if this has shown on another thread or not but, I just received it as a link with my wonderful edition of the Cocoon newsletter.....
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050219/NEWS10/502190317/0/NEWS13
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