i know a few here have and do so - i have listened to tons of the audio testimonials and have even had one poster here offer me a place to stay should i decide to go in october.
i just might go this time.. wnfj= witnesses now for jesus [ mostly former jw's and mormons] .
jeff .
No offense but it seems to me like "Well the frying pan was pretty hot so let me see what the fire feels like."
I believe it's the organisation of worship that hurts people, not the act. It's sometimes difficult to believe in something if there isn't a group of people to share in it and make us feel part of something. But when people get involved, peoples opinions get involved.
Just my opinion.
harp of god 39. eden contained perfect food that would have sustained the perfect man and he would not have died had he remained in eden, unless jehovah had put him to death in some direct manner.
but god drove him out of eden, took him away from the perfect food, caused him to gather his food from among the thorns and thistles and from other imperfect elements of the earth that were found outside of eden; and in this condition he continued to sicken and to die until at the end of the period of 930 years he was dead.. .
this theme is repeated numerous times throughout the 20s and 30s.
Everyone knows the perfect food is Pizza.
"... shortly, within our twentieth century, the 'battle in the day of jehovah' will begin against the modern antitype of jerusalem, christendom.
" the nations shall know that i am jehovah - how?
1971, chap.
Notice the two 534th posts in a row?
"... shortly, within our twentieth century, the 'battle in the day of jehovah' will begin against the modern antitype of jerusalem, christendom.
" the nations shall know that i am jehovah - how?
1971, chap.
You know with them that "begin" can mean a lot of things.
do you have any funny pet pics?
misanthropic's puppy pics reminded me of a picture i had of our cat chillin' in a sink.
it's ironic in that she is extremely afraid of water - even little drops that splash on her.
All I have is fish...not too funny.
stagnant.
adj.not moving or flowing; motionless.
foul or stale from standing: stagnant ponds.showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive: a stagnant economy the sunday talks are copy and paste .the watchtower study is the same.ask the preprinted questions and answer.the ministry school is reading the same parts of the bible.the service program has the same dull presentations.the book study has some books being read 3 - 4 times.. is the watchtower society happy with being stagnant and just going thru the motions?
I'll answer it the way they do..."Well, what else is there?"
i was 14....and that seems pretty common for those that were in it young....... .
how in the world is a 14 year old ready to commit themselves to anything life altering?.
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stagnant.
adj.not moving or flowing; motionless.
foul or stale from standing: stagnant ponds.showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive: a stagnant economy the sunday talks are copy and paste .the watchtower study is the same.ask the preprinted questions and answer.the ministry school is reading the same parts of the bible.the service program has the same dull presentations.the book study has some books being read 3 - 4 times.. is the watchtower society happy with being stagnant and just going thru the motions?
Nowadays people will say to me, "You never gave it a chance."
But I tell 'em 18 years of the same meeting and info was enough. I got the jist I think.
he's 7 weeks old, he's a chocolate lab and i named him tony.
his eye isn't messed up it just looks that way because i was trying to get his face to look forward while i pushed the button all at once.
he kept me up all night last night crying, but hopefully just like with my beagle he will outgrow that.
i had a memory come up today.
i recall there was a time when kids were allowed to read the subheadings at the watchtower study.
they cut that out because they wanted kids to participate in the same way as the adults, by answering the questions for the paragraphs.
Not to mention the fact that they would have us preaching on the platform (I was 5 yeas old my first talk) and from door to door telling adults how to live, treating them as stupid because they didn't want "the truth".
