am i correct in thinking that 'the remnant' and previous anointed who die are instantly resurrected as spirit creatures?.
any quotes from wt literature are appreciated.. thanks.
Thanks for replying. I found this.
'You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth page 173 para 22 says,
''They are the remaining ones, a remnant of the 144,000. When are they resurrected? They do not need to sleep in death, but they are raised immediately when they die.''
i posted this part of the story earlier this week.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/191112/1/the-effect-of-this-religion-on-my-children-the-action-i-had-to-take-part-i.
so we are at the point where my daughter has been taking in my lifestyle for 4 years since she i left the truth when she was just 4 years old.
my son who is a couple of years younger thankfully seems to be immune to most of the indoctrination from the jws.
Thank you very much for posting this.
I would assume that not all children brought up as JW's will feel and think the same way as your daughter did. Thankfully.
However, considering there are millions of children brought up in the same indoctrination, as you say drip fed, then I tend to believe that, statistically, there must be at least hundreds of thousands of children brought up in this religion who will be affected in a similar manner.
It stinks.
am i correct in thinking that 'the remnant' and previous anointed who die are instantly resurrected as spirit creatures?.
any quotes from wt literature are appreciated.. thanks.
Am I correct in thinking that 'the remnant' and previous anointed who die are instantly resurrected as spirit creatures?
Any quotes from WT literature are appreciated.
Thanks
just got back from memorial.
only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!
it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.
''Talk was same old same old - switched off during it.
I did hear the speaker talk about how many attend but so few partake. He then gave numbers for 2009 - shame he didnt mention about the sharp increase in partakers last year!''
EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOURS
(ps not my experience but someone close)
Why don't you telephone London Bethel and ask them direct on 020 8906 2211.
The representative said ''we do not believe any divine inspiration is involved'' in the appointing of elders.
But as 'jwfacts' has already pointed out, this is not what they have printed and not what most Witnesses believe.
Telephone and ask.
i have assumed not but can't find anything saying you can't.
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anyone help?.
Thanks Blondie.
That renting of a hall is one I found too.
I assume it must be because of the oath to God and country that makes it a no-no.
i have assumed not but can't find anything saying you can't.
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anyone help?.
I have assumed not but can't find anything saying you can't.
Anyone help?
Thanks
i grew up catholic and i never knew any; still don't.
and i can't think of any catholic i know who personally knows any.
compare this to how many disfellowshipped jws you personally know..
I don't know any excommunicated Catholics. But then again I don't know any practising Catholics.
I don't want to either. How any decent, principled person with a sense of right and wrong could be part of that religion I don't know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases
It is the same problem with JW's. The religion, nearly every religion probably, supercedes what a person knows to be right.
Off topic I know, sorry.
has wt ever published a number of how many they expect to die at armageddon?.
will it bring the population down to the georgia guidestones advice for a manageable level?.
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Take a look at this answer on wikianswers.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_do_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_think_will_die_at_Armageddon
watchtower 15th march 1953 page 191.. ''there is no reason to think that they [demons] cannot possess persons today.. this is not to say that all those mentally sick are so possessed, for they are not.. mentally sick persons, however, in their weakened state, may present more vulnerable targets for their assaults and invasions.. some show evidence of demon possession, whereas others show evidences of merely mental sickness or nervous breakdown.
'' (emphasis mine).
i for one would not want to work with people with mental illness or depression just in case they were possessed by some of those pesky spirits.. .
Watchtower 15th March 1953 page 191.
''There is no reason to think that they [demons] cannot possess persons today.
This is not to say that ALL those mentally sick are so possessed, for they are not.
Mentally sick persons, however, in their weakened state, may present more vulnerable targets for their assaults and invasions.
SOME show evidence of demon possession, whereas others show evidences of merely mental sickness or nervous breakdown.'' (Emphasis mine)
I for one would not want to work with people with mental illness or depression just in case they were possessed by some of those pesky spirits.
