even when i was dyed-in-the-wool j-dub, i felt the armageddon teaching was one of the most morbid concepts to be hammered into the psyches of jws.
think about it, only jws would survive this catastrophe, which translates to roughly .001 percent of the population would survive while everyone else would die a horrible death.
that includes people who do good things and are good people, but are just not jws.
It definitely desensitizes JWs to tragedy. I remember talking with an elder right after 9/11, just to get his thoughts on it. His exact words: "It's 3000 people who wouldn't have survived Armageddon anyway."
And their dehumanizing of 'worldly' people is what makes the notion of God wiping out 6 billion people palatable. It allows them to disconnect from the reality of the level of death and destruction.
being a born in, this question got me thinking.
what really is a blessing?
i read so much and hear so much about it in the kingdom halls.
Someone is short on rent and needs $45.06 and all of a sudden huuuraaaa!! They find that exact amount on the sidewalk and can pay rent for a month. Blessing. Get a new job? Blessing. Got food to eat? Blessing. Had just enough tissue paper to blow your nose? Blessing.
Yes, it always amazes me that God is allowed to intervene in human affairs in only the most mundane of matters. He can't prevent a typhoon from killing 10,000 people, but he can put 50 dollars in someone's pocket.
"in minnesota, a man said to his visitors: "i saw you coming, so i went to get this book.
" he held up a bible teach book and said that when he was in prison, he stole the book.
when asked if he had read it, he replied that he was going to read it on the weekend while he was fishing.
He stole it in prison? If they're gonna make shit up they could at least make it entertaining...like he shanked a guy in the yard for it.
i have to go with seattle.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsrq3hujme.
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Purza, why did you call him Dick Sherman? Did you judge him by his 'rant' as many have? I agree, probably not a great thing to do on camera. But I don't think you can judge a person by some of their TV interviews
His comments may have been a little over the top, but not nearly as over the top as some of things people have said about him in response. He took a shot at a player he has a personal history with, a guy who is not the most likeable himself. And he mocked Colin Kaepernick, who the previous week mocked Cam Newton in the same way. None of these things make him a 'thug' as some have said about him. If you listen to him in interviews, he's actaully one of the more thoughtful and intelligent players in the league.
i have to go with seattle.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsrq3hujme.
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I'm pulling for Peyton and the Broncos, even though I'm a big Russell Wilson fan. Really don't care much for the rest of his team.
i think the organization is worried most about how jws will stay loyal to their families even as it rejects the admonition of the gb and elders..
That someone will walk in on Gerrit Losch masturbating.
ignoring the fact that all but the super jw's had a random stab at hours done in the ministry, with all the different activities the society said counted as ministry hours, just how accurate is there annual report?.
what activities do you know of that were allowed to be counted as ministry time?
here are some i knew of.... .
My favorite was leaving a tract behind in whatever restaurant we stopped at for our coffee break. That way we didn't have to deduct any time at all.
they were a hoot weren't they?.
Yeah, we had them until about the early to mid-80's. Wednesday night, if I remember correctly. There was a roller skating rink in between our cong and a neighboring one. But there were always witnesses from congregations farther away that showed up. One of my happier childhood memories; though, admittedly, there's not a lot to choose from.
when i see them on chia pets, i'm thinking--- has the world gone mad?.
"Duck Dynasty" is how I educate myself instead of reading all them fancy books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvdegzadefa.
this is completely ridiculous.
even as an uber dub i would bnever ever do this!!!
Sounds like a future experience at upcoming assemblies and district conventions in the area. Of course he will be lauded for "putting Jehovah first".
