no, kingdumb hells do not have traditional images.
they lack crosses, statues, and other symbols that most christian churches have.
however, they do have an image.
Journey- On hit the nail on the head. It is their business logo. They are a multi-level marketing scheme. Always have been. They masquerade as a religion because the tax free bracket just makes good businesss sense.
It was on the sign at most of the halls I have been to. I even saw a podium made like a watchtower (home made).
at the moment we all have our own ideas about the country called iraq, a friend of mine recently sent me an email with a list that surprised me- since i am not familiar with the modern names of many of the places mentioned in the torah, koran, and hebrew scriptures of the bible.
1. the garden of eden was in iraq 2. mesopotamia, which is now iraq, was the cradle of civilization!
3. noah built the ark in iraq 4. the tower of babel was in iraq 5. abraham was from ur, which is in southern iraq !
Didn't the jws have the Garden of Eden in a map on the cover of some book or Bible years ago?
at the moment we all have our own ideas about the country called iraq, a friend of mine recently sent me an email with a list that surprised me- since i am not familiar with the modern names of many of the places mentioned in the torah, koran, and hebrew scriptures of the bible.
1. the garden of eden was in iraq 2. mesopotamia, which is now iraq, was the cradle of civilization!
3. noah built the ark in iraq 4. the tower of babel was in iraq 5. abraham was from ur, which is in southern iraq !
Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization. It is a shame that the US probably bombed to smitherings a lot of ancient treeasures and archeological sites of ancient ruins yet to be discovered.
They protected the oil though.
i met a childhood friend recently and he told me with nostalgia that he recalled the childhood days as being very pleasant.
i told him they would be since we were living under the protection of our parents who took care of all our needs and we had no worries about anything.
it would be like paradise.
I miss the relative safety where children could bike to the store or pool and it was never given a second thought. I hate how people have become predatory towards children.
I miss the free doughnuts that the dime store provided every Sunday. All I needed was a dime for a coke.
I miss drive-in movies, laying on the hood of the car under the stars for a double feature with a cartoon to start.
I miss all my friends I grew up with. I stayed in the same school system my whole time in school. Been thinking about trying to find some of them. I lost touch with them when they became bad association.
I miss the holidays and all the family traditions we enjoyed. I still havn't gotten back into them, as I would get busted.
I miss all the camping and fun stuff we did in the Girl Scouts.
Seen him in concert once and they carried him onto the stage in a box. I wondered if it was to keep us from seeing how short he was in comparison to the rest of the band?
It was a good concert. He had become a dub, so the racier songs were off limits. Did perform "Purple Rain"! Musically he is very talented with the guitar. He is just a little freaky though.
my online friend who was baptized at 12 years old has finally decided she couldn't make it as a jw anymore.
with 2 dfs and major depression under her belt, no longer will she be living her life for the elders.
until armageddon comes" since she's a goner anyway (serving jehovah with wrong motivation, not out of love).. her father recently died, .
That's great! You need to help her see that Armegeddon is just a scare tactic they use to keep the sheep in line. It can be pretty heavy hanging over your head.
would you change anything about yourself or are you pretty content with who you are?
I like who I am as a person. I don't like the limitations that illness puts upon me. But I know I am not really changed by illness, just limited.
watch 74 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah god...is food a big thing in his life?
if in the presents of others, does he selfishly ignore thier needs and take far more then his share?
is he grossly overweight but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?
There are too many reasons that people gain weight, sickness, genetics, medications, lack of mobility, , etc. The body's metabolism actually slows down as we age, thus we have to cut the amount of calories we eat each day to keep from getting fat. Increasing your activity is not usually the answer as we age. That's why we get the "middle age spread".
I have never seen anyone Dfd for obesity and there are a lot of obese jws. I have also never seen anyone Dfd for physical uncleanness , but there are some I avoided sitting next to or riding in a car group with, if posible, due to the outright stench.
What is interesting is that obesity is about to overtake cigarette smoking as the number one cause of premature death. That line the jws use to keep our bodies undefiled by not smoking could just as easily be used for morbid obesity. Both are great health risks.
Not that I think the jws should Df for obesity, but rather this totally blows their argument to Df for smoking. Basically, they just need to try and look at the heart, as one poster mentioned, and encourage people. While they are at it, they need to stop Df people period.
hi guys,.
just wanted to let you know that i hope things go well for you both with the bi-polar treatments and so on.. i had mentioned that i would try to be there for you guys if you needed help since i'm bi-polar and i understand a bit.. unfortunatley, it looks like i'm done with jwd.. i can't take it anymore.. it is tearing me up and has become toxic for me.. i have been feeling this coming for a while.. i won't be checking pm's or anything.. i wish you both the best.. please take care of yourselves!.
lotsa love, ldb.
LDB,
I am sorry to hear your're leaving. You were always a kind and reasonable voice to be counted on. I respect your decision, but I think if we let the reasonable ones be run off, what will we have left? I don't know your situation, but take care of yourself and I will miss you here.
Sincerely, Choosing Life
can someone help me find a pdf version or a scan of crisis of conscience?
thanks!
It was a rumour, but it was on a thread once.
