This is just speaking out of both sides of their mouth. They say that but their actions speak louder then their words.
And I also agree they will drop the time reporting because the numbers will get embarrassing.
the watchtower, june 1st, 2005 issue, pages 14-15:.
"saved, not by works alone, but by undeserved kindness" (study article).
(paragraph 1): "christians [...] realize that in jehovah's service, right motives are more important than personal accomplishments.
This is just speaking out of both sides of their mouth. They say that but their actions speak louder then their words.
And I also agree they will drop the time reporting because the numbers will get embarrassing.
if a man must have one thing in life, what would it be?
a wife?
a child?
This is so true. I almost lost one of my closest friends because he was labeled an Apostate shortly after he got out of Bethel. Thankfully he was very understanding years later when I found him again.
Thanks for sharing this story. It needed to be told. I only wish I hadn't let this cult steal 17 years of friendship from me.
i went to see the new michael mann film, public enemies, starring johnny depp, yesterday.. i enjoyed it and i'll give it 3 out of 4 stars.. it's a gangster film about john dillinger, infamous bank robber and public enemy #1 to j. edgar hoover, in the post-capone days.. very well-made film, but i didn't really connect emotionally with any of the characters.
the costumes/exteriors/tommy guns were flawless, but it was hard to understand the motivations of the characters enough to care about their fates.. it was great to see depp playing a traditional character for a change.
he is a very gifted actor.
I saw it and liked it. But I have read lots of books and seen just about every Documentary on Dillinger so it was a tad anti climatic for me.
BTW if you liked Gilbert Grape my wife and I lived in the town it was filmed in and in fact we lived across the street from the court house they used for that movie.
i know of a few others.
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as a jehovah's witness, i always thought via the bible that we had all of lifes answers.
after my investigation which is not condone by the fds.
i have come to the realization that we don't have all the answers.
Very well put.
But having all the answers is highly over rated. Something that was hard for me as well.
If I haven't said it yet Welcome
steve hassan mentions that the 2 main tactics mind control cults use to control people is " fear " and " guilt " .. definition of fear in the readers digest oxford dictionary : " an unpleasant emotion caused by exposure to danger , expectation of pain, etc.
a state of alarm.
anxiety for the safety of, danger, feel anxiety or apprehension about.
I can't say I have overcome it completely but I have went on the offensive lately by posting my story on here and going into a church (that was really a tough one for me I don't know what I thought would happen but it didn't) and next on the list is to give blood. Breaking down barriers one at a time.
hi, everyone, just wanted to say hi to y'all.
i've been lurking for a long time... .
i only wished i had visited sites like these before!
Welcome and there are a lot of great people here who can help with many questions.
i have a few that i remember that were interesting.
of course, those that i supposedly helped.. but i also remember one man at an apartment.
i started to talk about the universe, and how the planets are aligned perfectly, and the earth is the perfect distance from the sun to support life.
Yes I remember one old lady in Florida who told tall tails about Russel being into Egyptology and being a snake oil sales man and how the WTBTS had been taken over in a coup by Rutherford. (btw I am not making any of that up) little did I know that roughly 16 years later I would find out it was all true.
i know many that have to save all year just to attend the dc and they can't afford to go anywhere else.
the children actually look forward to going to the dc because they get to go out on the town afterward.
this is their only freakin' vacation!!
Yep and to tell the truth by the time I was 12 the DC was in my town and still that was it.
1985 kingdom interlinear translation--pdf bookmarked searchable reduced front cover?
click here: http://www.imagger.com/view/442359_scan-20001.jpg.html download: click the link at the bottom of the next page.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iqzeiy cheers!
Thank you this will go nicely with my hard copy of the pre 1985 version