Where are the umbrella factories?
They were all created prior to Armageddon for the Thousand Year Reign.
Good point though about the UV rays and perfect weather. Perhaps the sun is just to dang bright! Or maybe she figures she is dark enough.
bczar
.this "new world scene " is from p 190 of the "bible teach " book dated 2005.. it is just a joke.
they have transformed their key belief into a cartoon type kiddies scene.
is there no thought of child safety?
Where are the umbrella factories?
They were all created prior to Armageddon for the Thousand Year Reign.
Good point though about the UV rays and perfect weather. Perhaps the sun is just to dang bright! Or maybe she figures she is dark enough.
bczar
.this "new world scene " is from p 190 of the "bible teach " book dated 2005.. it is just a joke.
they have transformed their key belief into a cartoon type kiddies scene.
is there no thought of child safety?
I love elephants and see nothing wrong with the picture. Visit Africa and see if you still think this is ridiculous.
bczar
i was never df'd.
if ever the elders asked me to attend a judicial committee for some reason, i would refuse.
i would never accept to go to their kangaroo court.
The purpose of a JC is to readjust a person.
Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. At this point I would still go. I am still playing by most of the rules.
bczar
i know homosexuality is a serious sin against god.
but how do jws view homosexuals in general?
how do they associate with them if they ever come across one etc.
If homosexuality IS a "serious sin against God", then what did David mean when he said that Jonathan's love was "more wonderful to me than the love from women"?
OMGoodness You're grasping at straws here. bczar
http://www.watchtower.org/languages.htm.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/kn37/article_01.htm.
justitia.
doesn't mean it'll get read of course
Some will and it will be considered as Jehovah blessing the efforts.
bczar
i was in the borg for 20 of my adult years and i must say that in all that time i only knew of one sister who got pregnant before she was married.
she was given a public reproof and was never treated badly.. considering a lot of the teenagers did most things they shouldnt have and many did get reproved for immorality, i am surprised that many didnt get pregnant.
especially as they would of likely not have been taking contraception.. was this common in you kh or area?.
Yes. In all the cases it was handled with a JC. The dubs are not exempt. They are trying to instill good values though as I am in my children. The harsh punishment of some at such a young age is regrettable.
bczar
in their black and white world, the jw's think that everything that isn't jw is evil.. every day, i visit my dad at a nursing home, a place where dying people go, and i see so many good people, many volunteers, helping out the sick and dying.
witnesses may preach and know their bible better than the average person.
but i prefer people who don't know their bible as well, but have a heart and donate to the poor or help the sick and have compassion.. maybe one day when the average age of witnesses will be higher, maybe they will start to understand that there is more than preaching.
Malachi 3:18
bczar
saint peter addresses this guy, "who are you, so that i may know whether or not to admit you to the kingdom of heaven?".
he smiles and says to the taxi-driver, "take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the kingdom.
" the taxi-driver goes into heaven with his robe and staff.
Ha
wish me luck... i gave up before for a year and a half... i really am at that stage where i *hate* smoking but just keep doing it... will post my progress in the morning.
You can do it!
bczar
here's the story,.
been "inactive" for 2.5 years.from that day forward my elder brother, sister and parents have treated me as an apostate, seeing how i told them i didn't believe in their bible or god.
i have been exluded from everything but since getting pregnant, my parents now want to be part of the babies life (just to "save" the child i'm sure, but thats what monitors are for).
Keep us posted.
bczar