Posts by DriveslikeJehu

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When should you Disassociate yourself?

by happytobefree in

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i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

DriveslikeJehu

Sorry Thinker's Wife, that kinda stumped me. I wasn't saying that the GB writes all the literature. I knew about the writing committees and all, since they were featured in the first video. It even shows the brothers picking a cover for one of the magazines out of several photos that were taken.
What I was saying was just that the GB makes the Bible-based guidelines, not the part of the WTB&TS that prints literature and all the other stuff I said before(yadda, yadda). The WTB&TS sends the guidelines from the GB to us.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: It's cool to be here too.

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When should you Disassociate yourself?

by happytobefree in

jw
friends

i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

DriveslikeJehu

Sorry Thinker's Wife, that kinda stumped me. I wasn't saying that the GB writes all the literature. I knew about the writing committees and all, since they were featured in the first video. It even shows the brothers picking a cover for one of the magazines out of several photos that were taken.
What I was saying was just that the GB makes the Bible-based guidelines, not the part of the WTBT&S that prints literature and all the other stuff I said before(yadda, yadda).

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When should you Disassociate yourself?

by happytobefree in

jw
friends

i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

DriveslikeJehu

JT, sorry for the misunderstanding. Like I said before, the WTB&TS is the part of the organization that provides the literature, yadda, yadda, like I said before. They don't make the rules, per se. That's up to the GB, who use Bible principles to derive them.

Oh yeah, Larc, I almost forgot your question. I'm almost a junior at the University of Houston in er...Houston. Since I'm not a junior yet, I can't declare a major, however I have decided on CIS(computer information systems).

Edited by - DriveslikeJehu on 17 January 2001 10:22:1

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When should you Disassociate yourself?

by happytobefree in

jw
friends

i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

DriveslikeJehu

Well, I don't really know when to disassociate oneself from the org, but a friend of mine(of 13 years) did it last January when she found a guy she liked at school. She had just aux. pioneered the month before, but she was sure it was the thing she wanted to do, so she sent her letter in.
Before the announcement was even made at the kh, she had moved in with the guy and his family, and her own family didn't shun her at all. Her dad(an elder on the Regional Building Committee) even bought her a car while she was gone. Some of her friends from the hall tried to talk to her at school, since they saw her every day. I never saw her(I had already graduated from high school), but I told the others to pass along a message if they managed to talk to her.
However, she's making steps to come back now. She was at the assembly last month, and brought her boyfriend too. I was an attendant, and I saw her from far off in the hallway. Even though we both knew we couldn't necessarily talk to each other(she wasn't reassociated yet), I still gave her a big smile and wave, and she smiled back. I wanted her to know that I missed her.

Okay, my boring story is over. You can wake up now.

That's what being part of Jehovah's organization is about. It's not just the WTB&TS, but the entire association of brothers and sisters worldwide. All the WTB&TS does is print literature, provide finances for traveling overseers, and provide disaster relief for those in need. You can bet they'll be in El Salvador and Guatemala soon.

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Do you still attend meetings?

by Sassenach in

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i'm wondering if you still attend meetings?

do you hold out hope for the watchtower organization?

if you've left entirely, have you found another form of worship?

DriveslikeJehu

The last one I went to was last night. I had the #1 talk.

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Jesus or Jehovah?

by Seven in

i ran across this on truthsearcher.

i would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this.. __________.

who is the "alpha and omega" and the first and last"-jesus or jehovah?.

DriveslikeJehu

I've noticed that at times, Jesus is referred to as 'Lord.' However, Jehovah is referred to as 'Sovereign Lord.'

Sorta the same thing as 'the Word(Jesus) was a god.' Not the God. That title would be reserved for Jehovah only.

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The New World

by larc in

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earlier, i had asked about changes under the thread, "new truth".

your replies were interesting and informative, or should i say it was meat in due season and i found it upbuilding.

i have another question: is the new world view still the same.

DriveslikeJehu

Sorry Larc,

I meant that you should focus on making sure you're going to be in the new world and living your life out in a manner that would allow you to be there. Then, and only then can you find out what it's really like and have your questions answered.

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Re: May Jesus forgive me..

by Frenchy in

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roy, .

your absolution if you have any coming will be from god and not from humans.

your confession needs to be directed toward him and not us.. -seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

DriveslikeJehu

Hi Roy,

I think what Frenchy meant was that maybe you should approach God directly through prayer. He can offer much more assitance than we ever could, especially just on the internet. Ask for assistance in dealing with your problem. You don't need money to do it, and there's no drugs involved.
It's also very commendable that you want to get past that problem as well. You should be proud of that. Some choose to revel in it. A couple of years ago in my area, there was an incident at a high school involving a chicken and some FFA members. Unfortunately, word spread quickly through town, because they had the gall to videotape it.
Having the urge is not necessarily wrong, but you've been able to control them, and keep from giving. Again, that is very commendable. Our prayers'll be with you, Roy.

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