it is from a yahoo e-mail group.. .
is anyone aware of a talk that explains the principle regarding disfellowshipping?
i need to explain to my adult children why i can't attend their sister's wedding.. .
Bohn:
Can you think of a good thing that would only be carried out by a religious person?
Can you think of a bad thing that would only be carried out by a religious person?
I see your point! All these person's make it seem like their religion makes them so righteous while they carry out the most heinous and egregious acts in the name of said religion.
the thread about the circuit assembly accounts and where the money goes reminded me of one time when we were at bethel.. we were at bethel between 1991 to 1994, there had been some problem in another country and at morning worship they asked all of us bethelites to put in at least one dollar a person to send to the brothers in this problem country.. at the time my husband and i just did not have it.
we only got $90 a person so $180 a couple.
ok i know we had a free place to live but we still had to pay for car gas to the hall our car insurance, air conditioning, shampoo, clothes, etc.
They did have car repair shop at Bethel but most of the brother who worked there did not know much about cars or at least we got the ones who did not.
Ha you missed having the best mechanic in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got to bethel in april 94 and was assigned to the garage.
the poster ex dub ms reminded me of something i had forgotten.
at bethel especially in construction if there was a hot job going on or a deadline you missed meetings peroid!
no questions asked.. now if a rank and file husband who was working a low wage job to support his family or a single mom had to miss meetings due to a hot job at work what would happen to them?.
Its hard to wake up when your smack in the middle of the shitstorm.
Looking back having us work on hot jobs or to complete runs of new releases serves 2 purposes. The first obviously getting the work done and with free labor to boot.
The second (and I feel more far reaching) is to enhance the mytho's of bethel and its importance. You have those in the congo who are like oohhhh look how hard they are working and how important their work is. When the R&F get wind of there are jobs SOOOO important that these stallwart brothers have to miss meetings, that just sends out tingles everywhere.
my husband and i faded/mysteriously disappeared from meetings over a year ago.
we've had a few visits from elders (where we said very little but thanked them for their time), the last one being when we had some nice jack o lanterns sitting on our porch.
on saturday, we got letters cordially inviting us to our beheading, i mean, our judicial committee meeting.
my husband and i faded/mysteriously disappeared from meetings over a year ago.
we've had a few visits from elders (where we said very little but thanked them for their time), the last one being when we had some nice jack o lanterns sitting on our porch.
on saturday, we got letters cordially inviting us to our beheading, i mean, our judicial committee meeting.
I suggest you tell them to kiss yo black ass and move on with your life.
The letter you are refering to is from a poster named lennyinbluemont...I think try searching that name.
according to the governing body letters blogspot, the february 2011 km establishes a prohibition on reading the daily text at meetings for field service.. no further details are given.
anyone have theirs and can post a scan or a summary?.
I CALL BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember a CO telling me that EVERY daily text was field service related!
I kid you not I used to have to stretch to make crap about mariage drinking and picking zoombas out your butt tailored for field service.
french philosopher blaise pascal once noted, "men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
" a case study for this statement can clearly be evidenced by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. the gb present themselves as lovers of truth and righteousness who are the only persons on this planet who speak for god.
this doctrine is at the very core of the beliefs of jehovahs witnesses and is one of the few that cannot be rationalized away by wts apologists.
bump
the jan 15, 2011 watchtower study edition has a study article that will be studied on march 7-13, 2011 (respect marriage as a gift from god).
in it the wtbts tries to minimize and distort the high rate of divorce among jw's.
in paragraph 4 it says in part: .
Hmmm...Doesn't the new elders book address separation and says something to the effect it is not the elders job to judge married couples who choose to separate?
one of my favorite experiences ever was when bro.
barr was the bethel speaker at one of our district conventions.
he was sitting in the section where i served as an attendant.
Cantleave: As for the on topic remark - "Do you want me to autograph that Pic?". Who the F*ck do the GB think they are?
Maybe I'm missing something I did not see any mention of an autograph just the request for a pic.
this is kinda along the lines of my favorite who told the real lie in gen 3.. i was watching the movie 'the bible' the other night (couldn't sleep.
) i was looking at its depiction of cain and thought cain is being pigeoned holed.
now i am not condoning murder and the actions of cains rage.
was just watching nat geo and they had on cain and able brothers at war:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/mysteries-of-the-bible/3086/Overview#tab-Videos/02516_00
It reminded me of this post just wanted to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Vz7oB8p-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3wEWnsnbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMXa_mLAlKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_zDmjacPjw
