ok, it seems like we need to start setting up some rules and regulations as 'common sense' doesn;t seem to work for everyone.. rule 1. no personal attacks / insults.
feel free to submit any rules (or guidelines) that you think would help.
That's a good start. As a suggestion: Don't reply to anyone that is being ugly and rude or that is only here to 'preach' rather than discuss. These individuals thrive on responses and finally leave when they realize that no one is paying attention to them. Your reply, anyreply is just more fuel for their infantile egos.
When threads get a certain age and it's apparent that there is no more activity within it, it could be shunted to some sort of archive or just deleted.
i suppose we all think of ourselves as unique and we are in so many ways.
what i fail to realize, i guess, is that we are far more alike than unique.
every now and then i will reveal some little fear or quirk or dream that i have only to find out that someone else has experienced the same thing!
Dear Path,
I think that you have a very positive view of the matter. Bitterness and anger are not constructive. You are right in just wanting to move on. For some of us, that is proving to be more difficult than we first imagined. It's like leaving your home or, as one poster put it, leaving your long time mate.
We all handle it a little differently. I wish you the best on the rest of your journey.
he can do what ever he wants and what he wants is to give you a million dollars, but he can't until you kiss his ass.".
john: "then come kiss hank's ass with us.".
john: "of course, hank dictated it.".
Hmmmm...
just want to say how much i appreciate this site.
im addicted- i just cant help coming back every day.. ive been telling all my friends- this is the spinal tap of witness sites, the monty python for brothers.
so who are you guys really, bethelites preparing for the annual talent show, or do you actually work with the writing committee?.
Well, here goes another jerk on ignore...
<b>"who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
46 it will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 i tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
waiting, you're welcome. It just seems a bit neater, don't you think??
this is my first time posting.
i have been a loyal servant for over 25 years.
2 years ago my "elder" husband announced that he would never attend another meeting.
Hello, Red. Welcome to the board. Our relationship is a personal thing. There really can't be anyone else in it. Others can help, mind you, but in the end, it's just us and God. Please don't lean too hard on anyone but God. Don't let someone else be your conscience.
And please consider this: Your husband might be hurting more than you are now. Talk to him.
since the wt organization claims "apostolic succession" who was it that passed the torch of gods spirit to c.t.russel when he founded the.
organization?
what denomination or faith?
SC, you bring up some good points. You're right in saying that there is some double talk going on here. If you will recall the 1988 Watchtower when there was a change in the treatment of what were then called 'approve associates' to 'unbaptized publishers', you will remember that the two study articles made sure everyone knew that you could not be 'approved by Jehovah" unless you are a witness.
Here are a couple of excerps from one of those articles:
Hence, though you may be relieved to hear that humans can become approved, you may want to know what is involved.That is basically so in our time too. Let us consider, though, how 'unbelievers or ordinary people' can be helped to become approved by God
For every sentence even mildly suggesting that we do not hold the view that we are the only ones that are going to make it, there are volumes of statements telling us just the opposite. Those few statements suggesting that we don't have that view are strictly for PR reasons and for ammunition (though it's very weak) to argue with those who point that out.
i suppose we all think of ourselves as unique and we are in so many ways.
what i fail to realize, i guess, is that we are far more alike than unique.
every now and then i will reveal some little fear or quirk or dream that i have only to find out that someone else has experienced the same thing!
Welcome Maxee and Pathofthorns. I find a lot in common with you two (as well as with what has become a band of friends to me here on this board) as you express your sentiments about what has been our expressed faith. I had trouble with praying, with feelings of guilt for not going along without questioning, with this "all or nothing" that you mentioned, Path. I too wish that 'the truth' was really THE TRUTH.
It's difficult for me to stand alone. I realize just how many mistakes an individual can make in trying to make sense of this. At the same time I am slowly realizing that there is no one that knows the answers either, so everyone is making mistakes. I am reasoning now that surely God does not expect us to 'get it'. I am at a loss as to what he really wants.
...attain unanimous support from his creation of free moral agents?
from the majority at least.. apparently according to the wt interpretation of god's own book...a prominent spirit creature who made himself satan became unsatisfied and left god.later untold numbers would join the devil.. now the only solution for the future of these 'rebels' would be for god to destroy them.. then the very first human creatures apparently also felt unsatisfied and withdrew from god.they got destroyed.. later god had to confuse the language of all humans because they were unanimously opposed to god.
those people too are history.. then god had an ark built because all flesh had left god's way except for a handful of people.. evidently god was not expecting any great number to actually join noah, otherwise god would have had noah build several arks!
Path, your situation sounds very familiar.
<b>"who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
46 it will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 i tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
BTW, George, you're using the wrong syntax for bold and italics, etc.
