i really went out with a bang........lol.
it was a thursday night meeting and i was extremely bored - planning to escape.
while the second song was playing, i quickly grabbed my things and headed for the door.
A sister in our hall, who does not have the best body, walked all the way down the aisle from the ladies room to the third row from the front with her dress tucked up and into her panties, thereby exposing her whole backside. Funny enough...BUT, she was wearing a thong!!!!
She picked up her song book, oblivious to the situation, and began singing.
Justitia
http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=139760&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=139586&contentpk=16917608&folderpk=80785&pnodeid=139317.
date : 20.03.07. foster mother eunice spry has been found guilty of subjecting children in her care to two decades of horrific abuse.. the 62-year-old, from tewkesbury, beat them, fed them rat droppings, stopped them sleeping and rubbed their faces with sandpaper.
she thrust sticks down their throats when they misbehaved and made them eat dog food.. one daughter was forced to use a wheelchair for four years even though she was perfectly able to walk.. doctors, teachers and neighbours raised constant concerns about spry's treatment of the children but nothing was ever done by social services.. the catalogue of abuse only came to light when one of the children went to the jehovah's witness elders at the church the family attended.. spry, from tewkesbury, was found guilty of 26 charges of cruelty after a three week trial at bristol crown court.
Don't believe everything you read or hear, there is another side to this story, which I have been investigating for over 2 years.
fokyc
Dear fokyc:
That's great that you are/have been investigating; however, it doesn't alter the fact that, after hearing the evidence, a jury of her peers has convicted her of over 20 counts of child abuse.
Justitia
one of the most disagreeable actions of the wts is the vicious way in which it relegates the christian martyrs of the early church not only in seeking to minimise their number but also their authenticity.
they claim that after the first century the church went apostate and there were basically very few genuine christians so most martyrs were worthless.
yet when we examine the early church doctrines closely we see that they were pretty much based on the bible and perhaps also on books that were then circulating among the churches and considered, perhaps wrongly, to be genuine at the time.
about a three-grade hierarchy of bishops, presbyters (priests) and deacons.
...kinda like the FDS, anointed and elders???
Justitia
one of the most disagreeable actions of the wts is the vicious way in which it relegates the christian martyrs of the early church not only in seeking to minimise their number but also their authenticity.
they claim that after the first century the church went apostate and there were basically very few genuine christians so most martyrs were worthless.
yet when we examine the early church doctrines closely we see that they were pretty much based on the bible and perhaps also on books that were then circulating among the churches and considered, perhaps wrongly, to be genuine at the time.
And the Watchtower will come under the heavier judgment of God if it has spurned some of Christ's brothers.
AMEN!!!!!
Justitia
one of the most disagreeable actions of the wts is the vicious way in which it relegates the christian martyrs of the early church not only in seeking to minimise their number but also their authenticity.
they claim that after the first century the church went apostate and there were basically very few genuine christians so most martyrs were worthless.
yet when we examine the early church doctrines closely we see that they were pretty much based on the bible and perhaps also on books that were then circulating among the churches and considered, perhaps wrongly, to be genuine at the time.
A sister and I in my congregation had this discussion a couple of months ago. In light of the ever increasing number of partakers, we were discussing whether or not the number 144,000 was literal (YES!!! These conversations ARE taking place in the congregation by people who are considered "strong" JWs!!) In the course of the conversation, I said that I didn't know how it could be literal in light of how many martyrs died in the 1st and 2nd Century. She went with the party line of...yes, they died for their faith, but they had apostasized.
I asked if she thought the anointed who died in Nazi Germany were martyrs. She said yes. I asked her how they differed from those early Christians. They had incorrect beliefs also, cross, holidays, etc., but we excuse them because they did it unknowingly. Then, I asked why we do not excuse the early Christian R&F, who might have had some wrong understandings such as those brothers and sisters in Germany, but who died horrible deaths for their beliefs and faith in Jesus.
No answer....dear in the headlights expression. You could literally see her mind churning.
Justitia
is the following statement a lie ,or in the light of the feb 1st 2007 watchtower article "why be truthful", is it just an untruth?.
tremorsinhumansociety.
4 from the mid-1870s, jehovahs people had been anticipating that catastrophic events would start in 1914 .
Why can't we get these drones to see the proof in all of this?
brainwashed clones.
Be patient.
Justitia
but during world war i, they met up with intense hatred and opposition, partly because they did not get caught up in the war fever and partly because they were fearlessly exposing the errors of christendom.
what errors of christendom were we exposing at this time?
did they still celebrate christmas, birthdays, use the cross etc.
The whole Catholic thing is the only issue I'm finding also. Apparently, "The Finished Mystery" had, as the Proclaimer's book says, "cutting remarks" about the clergy. I wonder if anyone took the Bible Student's very seriously back then.
Justitia
but during world war i, they met up with intense hatred and opposition, partly because they did not get caught up in the war fever and partly because they were fearlessly exposing the errors of christendom.
what errors of christendom were we exposing at this time?
did they still celebrate christmas, birthdays, use the cross etc.
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rechap.8p.39par.7StrivingtoBeConquerors***But during World War I, they met up with intense hatred and opposition, partly because they did not get caught up in the war fever and partly because they were fearlessly exposing the errors of Christendom
What errors of Christendom were we exposing at this time? Did they still celebrate Christmas, birthdays, use the cross etc. at this time?
Justitia
apr km insert.
"even during leisure time , such as when going out to eat after the programme , we should dress as befits ministers... and should not wear such clothing as jeans , shorts or t-shirts.
what a witness this will give to the community.".
Dear Undercover:
I agree with you; I tried to post some information earlier, but got an error message. This IS a change towards a more strict position. Prior KMs did not ban ALL jeans, shorts and T-shirts. I do not recall anyone in my congregation, including elders and their wives, who felt it inappropriate to change into jeans to go to dinner.
Justitia
apr km insert.
"even during leisure time , such as when going out to eat after the programme , we should dress as befits ministers... and should not wear such clothing as jeans , shorts or t-shirts.
what a witness this will give to the community.".
