i never really knew any until recently.
as a witness we all thought they were weird.
but the two faiths are a lot alike, except the mormons are really so much nicer than the jws!.
So if the scriptures are true that "by their love you will recognize them" then who knows, the witnesses might be in for a big surprise one day.
Oh dear! I think you need to go talk to some more former Mormons to get a broader perspective. From what I have observed from both of those religions, they are VERY much alike and there is no way in hell that either of them have the chosen people ... if there were such a thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0fxyk4iba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxdgtaskfm.
i find these shocking.
jehovah has full intention of disciplining his people because of the way they have treated us.
1. Jehovah's Witnesses are not "his people".
2. If we start wishing harm upon them like they wish harm upon us, we are no better than they are.
JMHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0fxyk4iba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxdgtaskfm.
i find these shocking.
WOW! I can't get over the women screaming like they're watching a male stripper revue!
It looks like they saved all the left over wine from that past 40 years of memorials where no one partook and shared it all on one night!
let's imagine that a 10 year old gets baptized.
parents split and kid never goes back to the hall again.
15 years later kid celebrates christmas and gets df since some dub saw him celebrating.
Since a baptism isn't legally binding, it can't be annulled.
On a side note, it makes me really sad to see so many people discussing "what if" scenarios to skirt around, outlaw, or somehow force the organization to stop disfellowshipping and shunning people. It is such a cruel arrangement.
But even if they did away from disfellowshipping, they would still shun. It would become an unwritten rule that they would call a "conscience matter" so people didn't peg them as the cult they are. Even today, some shun people anyway even if they aren't disfellowshipped. (**raises hand**)
The only thing that will stop the madness is if people within the ranks decide to stop it. They are the ones with the power to stop shunning their families and they don't even know it.
yesterday i had to listen to the co from a spanish congregation on the phone.
he said the fds has been gradually moving away from the word "worldly" and teaching jws not to use the term anymore.
has anyone heard this in their congregation or heard the term "non-believers" used before?
I am pleased, yet really surprised, that they are letting go if this word. "Worldly" sounds offensive and insulting. I don't think they would drop this word without seeing something they might gain. Seeing how they are bleeding members and the majority of their new members are acquired from procreation within the ranks, I think they see the need to make their religion more palatable to the rest of the world. I think they are recognizing that, as the saying goes, you catch more flies with honey.
Perhaps they will next drop the word "disfellowship" and call it "forced hiatus"!
we bought this game for xmas because it looked funny and we like board / card games.. https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/.
omg, it's freakin' hilarious!.
it turns out too that we're really bad people.
it seems that once we became sensible adult humans, we lost our way.
we stopped asking questions.
we submitted to the bidding of the world.
I cheated. But seriously ... our world could do without religion. I will attempt to make this change by not belonging to any religion.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
if this has been discussed i missed it.
i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.
but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20151217/blogs04/151219858.
as religious group cashes in, former councilman lashes out.
by erik engquist .
“I voted for [the rezoning], based on the promises that they made about the park and the subway stop, and based on the theory that religious organizations shouldn’t be treated the same as for-profit developers,” he said.
And right there lies the problem.
does anyone know if the jws have very printed a picture of, what might be considered, a nativity scene in any of their literature?
i think it would funny to create a christmas card using their own artwork!
haha!
