are you obligated to forgive someone.
......if they do not ask for forgiveness.
......if they show no remorse for the transgression.
Please forgive me, I don't mean to hijack this thread. But a supplementary question I' ve been wrestling with is this.
After extending forgiveness, where do you go? For example let's say someone, perhaps a sibling, did such serious damage to your relationship, that there is nothing left? After forgiving the offender there is no more trust left between you to even share a recipe. What do you do then?
in 1995 the new light linked the term generation with a group of "contemporaries" that would basically share the same experience of living in the time of the end.
at most, that put the end off maybe 20 or 30 years.
not a few left because of what was viewed as apocalypse delayed.
In 1995 the new light linked the term generation with a group of "contemporaries" that would basically share the same experience of living in the time of the end. At most, that put the end off maybe 20 or 30 years. Not a few left because of what was viewed as apocalypse delayed. What is going to be the effect on the R/F when this new, new teaching is made public? It seems to me that many more will leave because now the generation is viewed not as a time period but as a group. The effect is that the end is nowhere in sight.
jw's speak of humans having free will.
they also speak of the "rebelion" in eden.
are these concepts compatible?.
Rabbi Harold Kuschner has a very interesting and IMO practical view of the Genesis account. Pick up his book "How Good Do We Have To Be" It's at BN/Borders.
what does it mean to "keep jehovah's organization clean"?
[...] it means that those men will continue to apply with all due vigor whatever policy may be current and they will disfellowship anyone who does not adhere to that policy ... the main concern is to be obedient to society policy.
the feeling is created that 'if the organization tells us to do it we will not be held responsible by god if it is a mistake.
You might be interested to know that Bob Lang was asked to leave Bethel, IMO because he and Ray Franz were friends. Last I heard, he is a PO in the Seattle area.
examination of fossilised wrist bones prove this.
So much for 6000 years of human history. How will the religious fundamentalists deal with this?
!3 innings with Toronto. Can you Beleive it?
did you think you were better than everyone else?
did you talk down to people?
were you a know-it-all?
YES, YES AND YES. My doctor summed it up by calling me a friggin prick ball breaker. And yes He was right. Thankfully, I've seen the "New Light" And with a liberal dose of alcohol, I'm a changed man. After leaving the "truth" I've seen the light and am cool as a cucumber.
where: my country estate.
dress code: black tie .
directions: just close your eyes and click your heels three times and you'll be here.
An Irishman married to a Puerto Rican. Yes white men can dance and our kids our beautiful. BTW I logged on to make some meaningful post but am too far gone to remember what it was. Thanks for the good time Changeling. It took me way too long to type this.
where: my country estate.
dress code: black tie .
directions: just close your eyes and click your heels three times and you'll be here.
Forgive me for starting my own cocktail party in my hotel room. After a few Smithwicks and John Jameson's my typing is getting a little sad. If you wnat Salsa, may I suggest El Gran Combo, Elvis Crespo or who can replace Tito Puente? His Daughter, Audrey by they way does the weather on WNBC in New York. There's a little fun fact Thursday for you.
