when you were a devout jw, and if you would have met a man/women that really pleased you, would you have quit the jw organization for that person, if he/she asked you to?
Despite all the quoting of Deuteronomy 7:3,4, Israelites could marry non-Israelites. Ruth was married by an Israelite man although she was a Moabite. Esther, an Israelite woman, married a Persian king.
Ah... but they didn't give up their faith. Inter-faith marriages were born.
and I'm not sure you argue Ruth, as doesn't appear she converted until she was left a widow.
when you were a devout jw, and if you would have met a man/women that really pleased you, would you have quit the jw organization for that person, if he/she asked you to?
I wouldn't quit smoking either. Has to be my choice.
They taught me that I have "free will".
from gadget!!!!
what a lovely surprise!!!!!
i honestly believe the love we have among ex jws is beautiful.
Mouthy... that's so nice of you post. Not sure you were expecting any replies, but here goes.
I have to tell you, (giggling still), I couldn't be sure if you were referring to phone "call" or house-to-house "call". AAAAAHHHHHAHAHHHHAA
Either way, don't you think it would have been nice, if when we went door-to-door, we could have really become friends with those folks, and been perfectly honest with them? I guess that's what we're doing here.
announced our circuit overseer last night in his talk about the urgency to preach because of the times.
followed by a silence that was broken with ohhhs and ahhhs.
he said that a couple of times throughout his part, simulating a beating heart with his fist.
Why am I not surprised?
He probably got an "A" at CO School for that "illustration"; and the gestures! Outstanding!!!
But seriously, I'm surprised this is the first time you've heard such a cruel and outlandish declaration from the platform, and that it was received with just mass joy.
I've been at assemblies, where by mid-discourse, this guy would have been getting applaudED everY time this inference got repeated. SICKO
This type of theatrical over dramatization isn't anything new. Just, some are more talented....
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thats what i heard, is it true that there is no more theocratic ministry school review?
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They would have the opening of the Service Meeting complete with bogus announcements!!!
Hey, wait a minute...some of those announcements were very important.
1. you can still volunteer in the cafeteria
2. collection boxes are set up at this point and that
3. thank you for your cooperation re saving seats
4. here's what's coming up next!
is he a molester?
a nut?
a gifted musician??
Makes you wonder how "safe" his childhood was, and who might have
a. molested him and
b. taught him about the birds and the bees
jehovah's witnesses might sound like a harmless name for a religion but we know better!
knowing what you know now, what would you rename this cult??
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I think they should have left it as "Russelites".
Our russeLITES keep getting brighter and brighter.
i wonder what the profiles of these people are.
the fact is that every sentence they write is taken by over 6 000 000 people almost as a word of god.
(in fact most of us here, i would imagine, at one time or another felt the same).
Didn't see any women till you get down to the legal dept....hmmmm. I don't know if this is still the practice, but "articles of interest" mostly for the Awake had long been from contributors. And don't know what tunes they're singing these days, but the older song books were filled with contributed music and lyrics.
On the other issue though, regarding the "heavier" material: Ray Franz was compiling the Aid books when he got into trouble for trying to correct the chronology issue, and took a lot of heat from the GB. Seems to me you get a lesson there about the writer/editor hierarchy.
couple of days ago posters were chatting about someones clown avatar being scary....seems some people do really suffer from coulrophobia.
so whats your phobia...are you ablutophobic-fear of washing.....arachnaphobic-spiders...cenophobic-new ideas(wts??
look up the phobia list on google and tell us....its good to share.
I can do this.
Escalators. No kidding, once that I know of, one of the escalators at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas collapsed, as in the stairs folded turning it into a giant sliding board, and while i don't remember if anyone died, a lot of people were seriously injured in the crush at the bottom.
But I've always had an uneasiness about getting sucked in somehow, or falling and getting my hair caught.
PS We had to eat dandelion greens too. On the up side, my mom also learned that the blossoms make delicious wine! She also poisoned an elder and his wife with wild mushrooms. WAY TO GO MOM!
i need this kind of information for a debate i'm having.
i think there was a thread about this before but i just can't find it.
thanks guys!
Among other things, that's called "Nepotism".
And isn't 25 a bit young to be appointed an elder?
To answer the thread topic question: I never cared for any Overseer or Elder. Unless you were in their family or a pioneer, didn't look to me like of anyone else got to socialize with and get to know well enough to "like".
