what i have wondered, is how true were the witnesses about the psychological affect of having multiple sex partners in our lives?
i remember reading, and hearing in talks, that people who have turned themselves into the type of person who engages in indiscriminate sex, will suffer depression, problems in relationships and illnesses related to such a life style.
this line of fear was often drawn, to make a young person in the congregation fear the idea of having sex out of wedlock, and perhaps be enough to control the extreme drive of their hormones in early years.
I had my days and loved them of sleeping with someone new every time I turned around. I was having fun, enjoying life and then something really tramatic happened ....
I fell in love with one of the guys. This one was different and this one stole my heart when I wasn't even trying to find anyone.
Now I find that I prefer the relationship and also find that the sex is much better too. He knows how I like it and we get to experiment and try new things like you just can't do on a one night stand.
a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
well, since i da'd my parents have shunned me.
they have however replied to my emails inquiring as to their health and such.
every few months i send them an email telling them how i am and asking them how they are.
I know what you are going though. My mom will go some time occasionally without replying to my e-mails. If I try to call her, she'll hang up on me but she will send short e-mails. It'll probably phase with more contact and then less over time. I know I can't stop trying to talk to her no matter how much I want to.
is it biblical?
i was told that salvation was believing in christ, but shouldn't there be something else to do?
thank you.
Good Question. I'd also like to know, why did Jesus say that in order for any man to see the Kingdom of God, he must be born again. Doesn't this only apply to the 144,000 ? What about the rest?
I believe that the 144,000 is a symbolic number for the jews. The great crowd is the gentiles (the rest of God's children). Both the 144,000 and the great crowd will be in heaven. (Rev 19:1)
Now on to being saved:
We must believe in Jesus to be saved. Period.
But what does "believe" mean?
It can't be just knowledge that he existed because even the demons believe and yet they shutter. (That's in James 2:19)
It must be something a bit more -- but yet not something you work for because salvation is a free gift. Eph 2: 8,9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
So, what is it? The saving faith means putting your trust in Jesus alone for salvation.
If you are saved you will: Repent (means when you do wrong, you will ask for forgiveness and make a U turn -- not meaning that you will never mess up -- You will!!)
Receive Jesus as the Lord over your life (Meaning you will make decisions based on what you think he would want you to do and not what you think is best)
So, you don't actually "work" for it like field service or meeting attendance. Its just a change in relying on God in prayer instead of yourself all of the time.
yesterday (sunday) we went to our daughters church for family service as they have these at the end of each term for the kids club (sunday school) and if you don't know about my beliefs that i don't have any and i am one not wanting to have anything to do with any religion.. anyway there are a few things that caught my attention during this service as i normally tune out but they were talking about how jesus was telling a parragul (sp?
) about sowing the seeds and then it all came flooding back of the memories about how the jw used this, and you know it was strange as this church was saying things almost identical to what the jw would say.. this is not what i was wanting to mention but i thought this was interesting.. so after all the service they have a morning tea for everyone afterward and i got talking to the minister/father/pastor (don't know what the head person called) wife and the subject come about christmas and i told her that this was not as important as when jesus died and that he wasn't even born on 25th december she was taken back that he was not born on this day as i told her he was born earlier in the year and i explained how this is the reason, she was gob smacked!.
i thought this was common knowledge so i wonder if she will go back to her husband and ask questions if this is true.. so i ask the question is it common knowledge that jesus was not born on this day and it is a pagan holiday or is it a jw thing.
Most Chritians know that the date of Dec 25th is not accurate. It is a day to celebrate his birth and most do not care when the actual birthday was.
I also would consider trying to recover from you JW background. I have been going to counseling and found it very helpful. Considering that your problem is a religious one, I would recommend a counselor at a church. My church has a counseling department that offers it for free even. I am very proud of you taking your daughter to church. That took great courage.
Jesus' death is so important to us because that is when he paid the penalty for our sins -- preparing our way to get eternal life. The resurrection is so important because his bodily resurrection is what obviously made him very different from every man who ever lived. His life and ministry was important as well but his death just means the most of anything he did.
Pahpa, you are more than welcomed to continue to not celebrate holidays. I do wish you would do some research to learn why those of us who are still Christians choose to celebrate them.
i am new here so hi to all.. i was raised in the cult, i call it a cult because it fits.. i am selling my home and moving away because they keep coming to my home to try to get me to say i do not agree with the society, by doing this they will have all they need to df me.. my wife wants me to just send a letter of disassociation, i see her point but i do not want them to be able to say what they want to so bad, [we had a bad person in our midst and we took action to get rid of him].
i would rather be left in good standing and keep the thorn in their side.. my wife and my self have not gone to meetings for 10 years now.
both our families are witnesses,and they do not have anything to do with us for the most part, her mother and father will talk to her if she comes around but it all has to be on their terms.
I would make sure that the new KH doesn't get your new address. That may mean forwarding your mail to a post office box and giving that address to the JW relatives rather than your home address. I would try not to give the JWs even a PO box address or a phone number but I know that may not be possible.
You'll get away. I moved 2 hours away and got away from them -- but that was after I was DAed. I just needed to stop the gossiping. I know how it is to have rumors start just because of a "support our troups" sticker. I got the same thing just because of a cancer awareness ribbon I put on my car.
I'm sure it will smell like freedom in the new place. I don't think you'll have much trouble with the JWs after you move. I hope you make a wonderful new life there!!
This is making me want to study the Revelation book study and compare it with my concordenance beforehand to make interesting comments .....
Edited to add: Not that I've even stepped foot in a KH in over a year, but this could be fun ...
so, i'm downtown quite early the other morning while still dark and i see a man holding an awake.
so, i pull over and wave him over.
after a few words of cordiality, i ask him why jehovah's witnesses teach that jesus returned invisibly in 1914 when jesus himself said this:in matthew 24:.
Yeah, its hard not to take it personally. I remember saying to people that if they just wanted to argue, I wouldn't talk to them. The truth was that if they weren't gullible, I didn't want to talk to them.
Don't feel bad. He was just lost for words and so he fell back on name calling.
i was thinking... does the members of the governing body participate in field service?
if these are men who are to take their place in heaven with jesus christ, then shouldn't they be the ones fearlessly leading the charge?
when jesus was here on earth, his disciples went on to preach about him long after jesus had died.
I would like to hear one of the reg. publishers say that.
"do this in remembrance of me"...... ...those words jesus utters,..according to the wt,...is specifically for "the annointed",...right?.
if jesus at the last supper is speaking directly to "the annointed class",...that they should parttake and "do this in remembrance",...then why do the r & f even go to the memorial?.
looking at it through jw eyes,...jesus didn't invite members of "great crowd" to the last supper,...right?
When I try to wrap my brain around their silly ways,...it reminds me of an M.C. Escher drawing.
That's exactly what I've been thinking and couldn't put it into words ...
Why do they go to the memorial? Because the governing body said so.
