hence, many people feel.
of the psalmist?
there they will feel.
Typical fear based scaremongering.
For what it's worth, I have been out of the organisation for 4 years & have made brilliant friends. Friends & aquaintances who are respectful & considerate of other peoples beliefs. Immoral? Nope. Dangerous? Nope?
Ten years in the org left me feeling suicidal & depressed.
Life is good for me now. It has become better & better since I left the org. I like my friends.
I like myself. I like my life.
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
So when god directed the Israelites to purge the land of the cananites, that is different is it?
Did he direct them to do so or not?
Has god made bears kill children or not?
Did david get away with murder or not?
Did god destroy the Babylonians by his hand & direction or not?
Seems to be a bit confusuion with what some read in the bible to what others read?
Or are you just rationalising to justify your beliefs?
Genuine questions.
J
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
Thanks guys for the kind words. It's our third & I'm still head over heals about it.
I'll leave any debate for now.
I get angry about their beliefs sometimes.
it is the congregation's co visit this week.
it is first one since i stepped down and i have not attended any of the programme.
i just received a phone call from a sister, i answered thinking it was someone else.
If I were to have been hounded on my leaving (which I sort of was but wasn't if you know what I mean) then I would have undoubtedly told one of them to f**k right off.
In fact, nowadays I wish I had went out by telling a few individuals exactly what I thought of them. Just a few, not many.
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
Sylvia
You seem to be missing the point.
Two wrongs smply do not make a right.
I've just felt my baby move in my wifes stomach today. It's hard to imagine how god could view that as deserving of having it's head smashed against a rock because of my actions, no matter how bad I was.
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
I've discussed what happened on Sept 11 2001 with some jws. I asked them: 'how did you feel when you saw 3,000 of your fellow US citizens die like that? Now imagine billions of people dying in a similar manner - buildings crumbling and so forth. Is that really what you want to see? Do you really understand what you are hoping and praying for?'
As pointed out above by the poster who nicely quoted Amos 5:18, do they really realize what they're asking for?
An elder who was 'akin' to the other elder told me that what he observed on 9/11 was "sad but exciting"
They're basically sick bastards.
i did very occasionally, notably for formula 1 and wimbledon finals..
I remember waiting for a football game to come on the TV. It was Scotland versus somebody. An important game. Hyped up in the media etc. I had a steak to eat & cold beers in the fridge. I had been to my 'group study' which was in the afternoon. This left my evening completely mine.
This asshole elder phoned me to ask me to take his group because he was 'ill'. Although I was absolutely raging, I put my suit on & went to the group to cover for this shithouse. To this day I really wish I had told him to......well, you know.
At the point I left the org, the team I support was enjoying a remarkable season. Thankfully, a by-product of my leaving was that I was able to enjoy many of the games & celebrations associated with our clubs achievement which don't come along all that often tbh. Had I been a JW, I would have missed the lot as I had done 8 years previously.
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
7 -9 God, remember those Edomites,
and remember the ruin of Jerusalem,
That day they yelled out,
"Wreck it, smash it to bits!"
And you, Babylonians—ravagers!
A reward to whoever gets back at you
for all you've done to us;
Yes, a reward to the one who grabs your babies
and smashes their heads on the rocks! MSGI honestly don't give a rats arse who it is refering to here. Smashing babies heads against a rock is just hideous.
Can't see how any human can see it any other way.
said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .
when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.
and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.
Said to myself & others by a JW elder.
I always recall this as a sort of moment. I was genuinely asounded that a 'christian' could say this.
When this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.
I realise now that this person is not loving. And yet, I would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'I wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.
Even as a JW pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me. I guess that is why I am here and they are there.
Anyone else hear such comments?
jw>"but you lived anyway!".
jw>"...".
jw>"well, they'll be ressurected.".
Metatron:
You are absolutely right. Spot on.
Sad to say, back in the day when I 1st left the org, I tried to see changes & things that happen in the org as a basis for my dear wife to see just what a joke the WT religion is. I even thought that the changes that they made to the Revelation book would stumble her. What a joke that was. Absolutely nothing will move her.
I have had conversations with her & literally banged my head across a wall as I was hearing her reply to my objections. When things get too truthful & she can see my point, she just ends the conversation or acts like I am physically attacking her. So the conversation ends.
NOTHING will EVER move my wife from being a JW. Thankfully I have my kids out of the abusive environment which literally did harm them mentally. They don't go to the WTS meetings or assemblies any more.
But change the blood doctrine?
Meh.
They'll carry on as usual.
