yesterday at the grocery store, i ran into a sister from the hall.
i have not attended meetings now for 15 to 16 months, but most people there think my health has been really bad and that is why i don't go any more.
anyway, i asked her how her mother was and she told me her mother passed away in july at the age of 95. she then said that her mother died faithful, so she would have a chance for a resurrection.
Blondie posted a wt:
Hence, there is no reason for us to speculate about who among those who have died recently may or may not be resurrected. This is something we have not been authorized to do.
Thank you Blondie. That is what I thought. Does anyone remember a different teaching on this?....oompa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7ilnoxvu4&mode=related&search=.
is it so that the 10 members of the governing body have never been married or had any children at all in their lives?
i find this astonishing if is true!
Several were going to have children but chose abortion at the last minute in order to be able to serve Jehovah more fully.
gotta have priorities....oompa
i was an elder for 10 years.
there were some questions that i was asked by the flock which.
i could not answer.
TBTS--I could not get past:
If a husband, wife and three young children die in a car accident, who will the children live with in
paradise since according to Watchtower doctrine, the mom and dad will not be married in the
resurrection. Will the parents have joint custody of the children? One week with mom and then
one week with dad. Or will mom and dad live together in seperate bedrooms until the kids are
grown and leave the house. When this happens will mom or dad leave the house or just live
together as just good friends?
but I will read the rest soon. My favorite original answer for this one is this: NEW SCROLLS that obviously contain new light on going back to the old CONCUBINE arrangement (I hope)! That right folks. Throughout history there have always been more women than men, and since the ressurectred wont be able to actually MARRY, men will still have many concubines.
ok kill me now and sign me up later!.....oompa...good idea no?
why do atheists try to change believers?
why do believers try to convert atheists?
why do we feel compelled to evangelize, proselyltize, convert, and change others politically, religiously, culturally, etc.?
Why do we feel compelled to evangelize, proselyltize, convert, and change others politically, religiously, culturally, etc.?
Because OUR way is so much better for others. We care for them. If it weren't for our JW way, they would be lost atoms floating around Uranus. They are so much happier knowing the truth, it would be selfish for us not to tell them, and it could make our atoms float.
met Gene Roddenberry at a show at least 20 years ago.....oompa
i have a couple of questions for you.
1. can a witness (in good standing) remarry if his or her spouse (also in good standing) dies ?
2. can a witness who is married to a non-witness, divorce and re-marry, if he/she for example is an abusive alcoholic?
Sweetstuff sure knows her woowoo rules!!!!.....oompa
can anyone explain why the wts claims that faithful dubs will be resurrected soon after armageddon when to the contrary the book of revelation plainly states that the resurrection of anyone other than the saints will occur after 1000 years?
that is 1000 years after the saints begin ruling on earth which will occur at or shortly before armageddon.
let's remember that rightly or wrongly most dubs do not believe that they are in the class of the saints or anointed as they call them.
I think the Res. is during the 1000k run. What script. are you referring to. At the end of 1000k is when good ol Satan takes another whack at us and if we are good then we get everlasting life finally.
He will mislead Beaches......oompa
i am so sick of jw's thinking all past errors (false teaching) are no big deal cause we have "new "light " on the matter now.
recently even my elder/dad said he wonded at times if some of our past teachings that did not pan out could be considered "false teaching!!!
" i got excited and instead of saying "duhhh", just said it seemed like it could be, and that is how/why we examine the pasts of other religions as well.
I still need some help with this one guys. Specifics if possible.
Thanks...oompa
anyone who is following my threads knows that i post most everything about my .
wife's loyalty to the wts and the fade i am doing.
i don't post much about my mother.. if you did catch it, i told her several months ago that i had stepped aside as an elder.. she had asked if it was a personal problem, then was it a problem with the boe.. i told her that it was a problem with the organization itself.
How old is Mom, and how long has she been in?
thanks and I will go back and read the old thread....oompa
When I Abstain!
you know.....oompa
i have a couple of questions for you.
1. can a witness (in good standing) remarry if his or her spouse (also in good standing) dies ?
2. can a witness who is married to a non-witness, divorce and re-marry, if he/she for example is an abusive alcoholic?
Brent, you are correct. They can get a divorce alright, but unless there is a little woowoo action, they can not get remarried without elder problems. Cause then it's like SINNING!
dont cha love it?.....oompa
