my wife burst into the computer room and found me {gasp} talking with apostates on this site!
now she doesn't go witnessing anymore and only very rarely goes to a meeting...but talking to apostates is not on!
i quickly closed down but had to log-off later so she doesn't find out that iam "witness 007.
Yes, my wife avoids being inquisitive in front of me because she "knows" I am online,
but doesn't quite know what exactly I am reading/looking at. I do most of my JWD on
the laptop wireless. I always keep another window up in case I need to shut down JWD.
I live by Alt + Tab
i have noticed, and posted a little bit about all the buzz surrounding this year.
there is a little bit of a whisper campaign going around that armageddon is coming this year.
from other posts i notice im not the only one who is seeing this, there is alot of "reminders" that we need to be obedient and trusting of the fds ( which i am of course), along with reminders to stock up and prepare for disasters etc they are really pointing to something.
I have noticed, and posted a little bit about all the buzz surrounding this year.
There is a little bit of a whisper campaign going around that armageddon is coming this year.
From other posts I notice im not the only one who is seeing this, there is alot of "reminders" that we need to be obedient and trusting of the FDS ( which I am of course), along with reminders to stock up and prepare for disasters etc they are really pointing to something.
Anyway, an elder told me today that its because its 33 years from 1975, 33 being the length of Jesus life, so 33 +1975 = 2008
I hope they publish something about this in the Members Only edition. I hope they all fall for it like they always do. It may help some wake up when it fails like every other prediction.
oops, well i had intended to post a message along with this new topic and my fingers were faster than my brain (need more coffee .
well, i suppose it's like preaching to the converted; me obtaining this book, but i guess it's one of those things i just needed to do to finalize everything.. i know there are countless topics on ray franz' book.
but to finally pick it up, i feel like: 'i can hardly wait to read it'.. before, i more or less figured: 'i am out of the wtbts, so why bother?'.
It's an excellent book. Be prepared though, it may stir up some memories which will make you angry. Depending upon how "faithful" a witness you were and how much you beleived all the crap you may feel a bit numb at finding out how great the deception was.
years ago, nearly every jw were true believers.
even if they were considered weak in the faith, they accepted all the beliefs and views from "mother".
do you think today's witnesses accept everything as being the truth?.
Many of them, especially elders and others in position of power, know there are problems and inconcistencies with some of the doctrines. They stay however, because they are convinced that it is God's organization and there is no where else to go.
daily telegraph feb 16. saudi religious police plan to behead a woman accused of being a witch.
human rights watch has asked the countries king to intervene over "absurd charges that have no basis in law.
" fawza falih was arrested and interrogated in the town of quraiyat two years ago and sentenced to death.
What a shame. Such supernatural powers could be useful to the Saudi regime. "Do as we say Americans, or you will all go limp."
look at the following nonsense.
look at this link http://www.word-sunday.com/files/b/passion-b/a-passion2-b.html.
mark stated the crucifixion almost as an aside, since his audience already knew the fate of jesus, and since the methods of crucifixion were well known at the time.
Funny how at Christmas time they like to talk about how Jesus is no longer an infant but is now a powerful king blah blah blah, but at memorial season they love to feature the death scene. Just another attempt at GUILTING people into going to the memorial. If I were Jesus I'd be offended at the attempt at manipulation via guilt.
this evening i decided to take a nap, and man did i crash.
i got woke up when some one knocked on my door (some guy looking for votes).
anyways while i was sleeping i had a very weird dream (i don't dream much anymore, or at least remember them.
Damn, I'd be pissed at the guy who woke you up. Had you not woken up your dream would've revealed that oral sex is now encouraged amongst married couples. (New light.)
On a serious note, the sad truth is that should such an article be published in the Watchtower most J.W.s embrace this new light, never pondering why they had the restriction in the first place. And they say they don't follow men.
a witness just informed me about a couple that we know who had their assembly recently, and it was announced at the private elder's meeting that there will be a special meeting with all the elders in the us in patterson.
it was mentioned that we are now living "in the end of end of times" and that the un is talking about prohibiting religions.
has anyone heard of this??
How many times will they cry wolf?????
many of us have devoted a lot of time and energy to the jw's at the expense of other things like education , planing for retirement , family time just to name a few.. i don't consider it all wasted time there was a lot of good i learnt however i'm doing things now as a jw i never would have.. i don't have the same time pressure and never fell guilty about taking a lot of time out for myself as one elder said to me"if we don't keep you brothers real busy in the work of the kingdom you get swallowed up by the world" .
karter.
Mostly a waste of time. A lot of wasted energy too, trying to live up to impossible or just stupid standards. Yeah, some experienced gained. But one can say that about almost any difficult/challenging experience one goes through: a divorce, losing money in the stock market, serving in the military. As someone born in the trooth who got out at about 27 years old, any of the other previously mentioned challenging situations would have yielded experience gained in a much shorter time frame. So bottom line, gained some experienced, but not enough to justify the time lost. I DO NOT recommend it to any of my friends.
even though the bible does not condemn hunting watch them push their personal opinion and trun it into watchtower law.. watchtower dec 1 2007 p.31 "how should christians view hunting?
} "the bible does not condemn hunting or fishing.." {great leave it there..no need to push personal thoughts on brothers, right?
} ".....the apostles who were fisherman were likely gratified by a good catch.
The Apostles who were fisherman were likely gratified by a good catch. Yet, there is no indication that they bragged about their prowess at fishing or hunting or that they went fishing or hunting to compete with others, to prove their manhood, or to have the thrill of the chase, the fight, or the kill.
There's also no indication that they pee'd or pooped.
