before we even begin, if you have not read my story, you may not understand why this is such a big deal to me... this is a part of my story and it can be found at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/101870/1.ashx.
and here we go... my "father", an abusive bastard of a jw, recently sent me an email that put me in a tizzy!
it was late friday night, i had just gotten home from a shift at a local bar where i bartend on occasion!
(((hugs!!)))
Im so glad you came here to rant. We all need support. You are completely justified in not talking to your dad. I would just ignore him and move on with my life. People have a way of forgetting the past and only remember the good things. My ex couldn't figure out why I left him after he controlled me / ran my life/ and sometimes beat me. I hope you feel better soon.
Renee
predestination is something ive been thinking a bit about of late, mainly due to a wt article on the subject printed in the may awake, which i read after skimming through the magazine at the weekend.
i believe the wt reasoning on the subject is that god has the ability to see into the future, but that he chooses not to look into the future, as it would negate our free will, although the recent may article was more a criticism of predestination, and although they didnt assert their own position, what struck me from reading the article, and contemplating the wt article in general is that they seem to focus on time a lot, and its this part where the wt idea of predestination seems to fall down to me.
if god created the universe and everything in it, as a jw would assert, this would also mean he would have had to have created time (which is a product of our universe) and so before god created time, it, obviously, wouldnt have existed, and without time, there cant be a past, present and future.
how could we not be predestined?
I've thought about this a lot too. It seems to me that an all-knowing God knew what we were going to choose when he allowed us to be born, and he created us anyway. I don't believe that our choice isn't real though like some seem to think. I believe my choice is real but God knew what I was going to choose and by letting me be born to choose it, he predestined me.
there would be far more judical committee as women are more observant.. .
complete the following:.
if women were on the governing body.......... mtsgrad.
Kids would wear casual clothes "so they can pay more attention to the meeting and less on how uncomfortable they are" (and because the womean are tired of dressing them and ironing)
Exceptions would be made for shunning your kids. (or just get rid of shunning completely)
Women could wear pants at least in the winter out in service if not all of the time.
a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.
so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?
' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.
Do it! What better chance to "plant some seeds" !!
"Brothers and sisters, we need to challenge the train of thought we have been holding on to." Read about the Boreans .... Ask: Are you behaving the way you do because you see your brothers and sisters behaving that way or are you following the example Jesus Christ set?
"So what has your attitude been? Has it been one of love and concern for your brothers? Or judging and condescending?"
Then talk about the love of Jesus. Talk about how Jesus broke rules in order to show love like how he broke the Sabbath to save an animals life.
Focus on how we should be more concerned about caring for our brothers and sisters and less about trying to condemn them. There are loads of scriptures for that!
a few years before i left the jws for good, i broke off a relationship with my worldly girlfriend.
we were in love, but i ended it because i felt guilty and wanted to be a good dub.
then about three years after we broke up, i left the org.
That can definately cause problems if one of you is still a JW. Is your hubby still active Renee??
He's now my ex-husband and no, he's not active. He never believed it anyway but he joined the JWs thinking that in time he could get me out. He worked hard and succeeded. But I left him about 3 months before I left the JWs. It was the way I was treated by the elders after the divorce that was the last straw that got me out. (My ex was an @$$ and I would never go back to him JW or not)
you had been raised by the same family, but in a different religion, or non-religious home?
i am not addressing birthdays or holidays.
i am thinking about everyday life.. the reason i ask, is that so much of our parents problems may have been caused, or enhanced by "da troof.
yes. My parents could have just thought about the best way to keep me in line instead of just using the "rod" all of the time.
apparently according to the latest info (presented on a news channel) the earth as we now know it will be drastically different in 20 years time.
ie new coastlines, hotter temperatures.
they are painting a very bleak future unless we make drastic changes now.
I say the earth will be freaking out about an ice age coming soon. Hopefully Africa will be a tad bit more civilized. China will be stronger and the world considering war with them. And the US will be a little more Christian. South America will begin to settle down. I couldn't even guess what'll be happening in Europe. -- its a guess
a few years before i left the jws for good, i broke off a relationship with my worldly girlfriend.
we were in love, but i ended it because i felt guilty and wanted to be a good dub.
then about three years after we broke up, i left the org.
No ... I converted the guy so I could marry him. Now that's what I regret.
for those of you that don't know, i've recently had many doubts about the org and realized that i can't just let them go.
the thing was however, that i was nervous as to how my fiancee would react when i would make my doubts known to her.
so.....i finally talked to her today and it went a little something like this.......... i started with us reading together acts.
I think you did an awesome job!!!
Keep up the good work.
Renee
hi all!.
i have just completed my paper (rough draft) and would like your opinions on the following question before i do my final copy.. to what extent did kathleen kenyons excavations at jericho revolutionise ideas previously held by prehistorians about neolithic society?.
thanks in advance for your thoughts..
I wish I could help but I have no idea! :) I do hope your paper turns out good though!
