my wife and i, both out of the religion for nearly twenty years, live in the same border town as our 44 year old only son.
we have scant contact with our numerous jw relatives, although a handful of clever "double life" nieces and nephews socialize with our son.. we care for our six year old grandson weekdays while our single parent son makes a living.
we've been infinitely better grandparents than we were parents, primarily because of our exit from a high control cult, but also because of life experience.
TMS , This is a very good topic.And i would commend your son and you for going down this path.
Your grandson is going to get a reasoned and balanced view on the subjects that will better equip him as he gets older and can make informed decisions on his own.
It`s a pity that other religions /cultures/ ideology`s , didn`t adopt a similar approach to teaching their young ones.
smiddy
jw don't believe in evolution .
how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
the watchtower today says not to think of sex, or to have sexual fantasies.
i'm just wondering... how many people in the hall hearing this watchtower today would be having sexual fantasies?
sitting there thinking about sister hottie or brother hunky ?.
Children and very young children , and young very young teenagers are present in the Watchtower studies , since all are to participate in family Worship at a kingdom Hall....Their is no segregating children from adults.
Is this a subject that should be shared with adolescent teenagers ?
Is this a subject that should be shared with minors ?
Or could this be construed as another example of Child Abuse against Jehovah Witness children.
smiddy
tens of thousands of protesters are expected to show up in cleveland this week for the republican national convention.
muslim groups.
mexican groups.
Finkelstein ,
One things for sure the JW`s wont attend , however they will be wringing their hands in glee if their is a bloodbath , supposedly validating their end of the world now failed multiple prophecies .since 1879 .
O f course it could be around the never ending round corner that is imminent , any day now .for the past 130 + years.?
smiddy
tens of thousands of protesters are expected to show up in cleveland this week for the republican national convention.
muslim groups.
mexican groups.
I can`t believe the insanity of the Governor of Ohio or his advisors , party members , allowing such weapons to be carried at such an assembly in Cleveland ,for the Republican National Convention
What planet are they on ? Sheeeeshhh
smiddy
jw don't believe in evolution .
how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
Welcome carl ,glad to have you on board.If you are up to it tell us about yourself.
Every living thing on this planet lives off the life of some other living thing .And it always has.
Whether it be on the land , animals , in the sky Birds of heaven , or under the sea every sea creature you can think of,. Just think about it.
Mankind eats animals and marine life and birds , Birds eat animals and marine life and humans if they find them dead , , Marine life eats animals birds and humans if they get the chance.
It`s a never ending cycle that has gone on since the dawn of time.
And no GOD has ever intervened in that cycle.
smiddy
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/clarion-chukwurah-turns-jehovahs-witness/.
this is begging for some nigerian scam jokes, i'm just not clever enough to think of them 😜.
The checks in the mail Yeshua ben Yousef
smiddy
why are so very few of jesus actual words recorded exactly?.
the new testament is almost entirely written in greek.. jesus spoke aramaic.
maybe a bit of what was called "market greek".
This is worth a bump .
Isn`t it stated somewhere in Scripture , if all of Jesus sayings were written down , the world wouldn`t be able to contain them ? , or some such statement alluding to that ?
The actual sayings attributed to Jesus in the Christian Greek Scriptures would not even fill one of the Bible books attributed to the New Testament.
Jesus obviously did not think his sayings were worth recording for all mankind , because he never wrote anything down himself ,unlike Moses ,who Jesus was supposed to be a greater prophet of.
Jesus apparently said a great deal to the Jews of his day without having most of it recorded by himself or anybody else for future generations.
So obviously he did not think whatever he said , was worth while for future generations to know about , only applicable to the Jews of his day.
smiddy
they are rounding them, i'm guessing there will be a mass execution?
one like we haven't seen in a long time i'm guessing..
Time will tell
top ten reasons.
(why) jehovah's witnesses can't cope with the real world____________________.
the watchtower organization denies access to reality, substituting its own version instead.
That about sums it up for me.
smiddy
