supposedly the disciples witnessed jesus' super-power awesomeness first-hand.. so they were all 100% on-board to-the-death martyrs ... right?.
erm .... judas betrayed him.
thomas didn't believe he'd come back.
I think that at one time there was probably a person named Jesus that did exist, and had a cult following for his new hippy-like ideals. I think this story was retold and embellished so many times that by the time it got to written paper, he could walk on water and raise the dead! Jesus is just a tall tale that people have taken a little too seriously.
My theory is just as valid as the traditional one.
i discovered your website this morning as i was trying to find some information about 'marking'.
you see a very close friend of mine was 'marked' earlier this week and as i know the ins and outs of the situation (as we are close friends) i disregarded the talk immediately as i know my friend is obviously having issues but is no way a 'danger' to anybody else's spiritual health.
basically they are dating a non-believer- hence the talk.
Jehovah's Witnesses have always seemed to have very black and white thinking about just about everything, including people. That is why friendships with Witnesses are so fragile. They will lay down their life for you one day, and overnight decide that you are bad association.
Good for you for trying to break the mold! Good luck in not getting marked too for hanging out with your marked friend! You're gonna need it.
what is getting me down are the difficult and troubling experiences posted by some of the forum users.
in a number of cases i cannot believe the injustice inflicted on the person.
how, forgive the wording, in god’s name can this be happening?
Yes, sometimes I have to take a break from forums like this because it starts to get to me. It starts bringing up issues for me that I thought I had worked through. Sometimes that's good because I need to deal with it and sometimes that's bad because sometimes the timing isn't ideal. So, I take a break when I need it and come back when I can. I try to offer support when I can, but sometimes that is really hard for me. But if I'm not willing to offer support for others, how can I ask for support when I need it?
so this past week the wife and i have received several phone calls and text messages from our old hall.
we were also invited out to dinner to catch up with some old friends.
an hour before dinner this guys wife messaged my wife and said that she "can't wait for tonight!!
jehovah's witnesses have never come to my door but they have come to my girlfriends door.
i have coached her as to what to say or ask but it appears that they always seem to come when she's not there.
.....just curious would you get into it with a jehovah's witness at your door especially if it was someone you did not know?.
I would call the police and charge them with trespassing. I wrote a cease and desist letter and ordered them to put me on their do not call list.
so, the watchtower study article, "making christian marriage a success" can best be enjoyed when reading it in the language of nigerian pidgin.
) e good make love dey make the two of dem think about how the other person dey feel and wetin e need.
3:7) e no good make dem force each other but make their body first move dem to do am.
Exactly! My point in posting this ... it's hard to imagine the Watchtower sounding more ridiculous than they already do ... until you read it in Nigerian Pidgin!
so, the watchtower study article, "making christian marriage a success" can best be enjoyed when reading it in the language of nigerian pidgin.
) e good make love dey make the two of dem think about how the other person dey feel and wetin e need.
3:7) e no good make dem force each other but make their body first move dem to do am.
So, the Watchtower Study Article, "Making Christian Marriage a Success" can best be enjoyed when reading it in the language of Nigerian Pidgin. It will absolutely make your day! https://www.jw.org/pcm/wetin-we-get/magazine/watchtower-study-august-2016/you-fit-enjoy-your-marriage/
The famous paragraphs 7 and 8:
THINK HOW E DEY FEEL AND WETIN E NEED
7, 8. (a) Which advice Bible give about sex for marriage? (b) Why e good make husband and wife know how the other person dey feel and wetin e need?
7 Bible give better advice about sex to people wey don marry. (Read 1 Corinthians 7:3-5.) E good make love dey make the two of dem think about how the other person dey feel and wetin e need. If husband no get this kind love for im wife, e go hard the wife to enjoy sex for the marriage. Bible tell husband sey make dem ‘dey sabi how dem suppose live with their wife.’ (1 Pet. 3:7) E no good make dem force each other but make their body first move dem to do am. Many times, e fit be sey na the man body dey first move am before the woman. But dem need to wait until two of dem want am.
8 Even though sey Bible talk about love play, e no talk about the kind love play wey husband and wife go play or where dem go play am reach. (Song of Sol. 1:2; 2:6) Jehovah servant wey don marry suppose dey think about how im husband or wife dey feel and wetin e need.
Let's hear it for "love play" and "wetin e need"!
JWs are a group of blind people aimlessly wandering in the dark, relying only on the guidance of seven men who claim they are the only ones who can see, but in reality, they're just making up shit to tease the vulnerable.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/22-fascinating-maps-that-show-how-americans-speak-english-differently-across-the-us/ss-bbwqtug?li=bbnb7kz&ocid=iehp .
everyone knows americans don't agree on pronunciations.. that's great, because regional accents and dialects are a major part of why american english is so interesting.. josh katz, a former ph.d. student of statistics at north carolina state university, published a group of awesome visualizations of professor bert vaux and scott golder's linguistic survey, which looked at differences in american dialects (via detsl on /r/linguistics).. his results were first published on the abstract, the nc state university research blog.
the complete set of katz's maps, updated with the results from more than 350,000 new survey responses, are compiled in the new book "speaking american," publishing october 25 from houghton mifflin harcourt.. katz gave business insider permission to publish some of the coolest maps from his collection..
I would like to know what everyone calls this:
I grew up in the South and we called it a buggy, where I live now, they call it a cart or a shopping cart.
Also, Missouri gal here ... and they say "pop", but I have heard Missourians from the other side of the state call it "soda". In Texas, we called it all "coke" ... as in ... what kind of coke would you like to drink?
just skimming the latest study wt that has been posted and what did i see...?.
i wonder what the message is that they want the flock to take from this picture?.
there is also an article about training younger men to take over responsibilities.
I think the message they will get is ... the Watchtower wants you to dress like your dad, don't use hair gel, and those smart phones look suspiciously worldly, too.
