samuel herd, a governing body member says in his speach "the miracle of prayer":.
"god does not answer all prayers.
prayers for world peace, he does not answer them.".
For all the prayers for peace when there are wars, for all the prayers for healing where there are illnesses,
for all the prayers for the relief of strife and sorrow not one has been answered in all of human history.....
...ummmm its like there never were any gods in the first place.
But there surely has been many men who have said they speak in behalf of the gods.
Interesting isn't ?
with the many threads surfacing here focusing on internet access opening eyes of beleivers and the unsuccessful d2d work, how many do you think really know the truth and are just going with the motions?
and if so, what is there reasoning?
family, freinds, etc...
I sense there is an awakening going on with many JWS that there is something a bit untruthful about the organization in general.
It may be due to the information on net that is both quite damaging revealing and that in itself may have stimulated some cooling off
of some their prescribed programming of as late.
But one shouldn't expect realistically that the faith is starting to self destruct based solely on this, as long as the support and money
keeps flowing to the boys in Brooklyn they'll be around indefinitely.
100 years of strident commercialization by a religious group doesn't collapse over night.
Its one hell of a con job and the people at the top know its worth hanging on to or to them it would be considered
an absolute must.
Yes it got so bad one of Noah's sons jumped overboard because he couldn't take it any longer.
Sadly he was never heard from again.
I think its emotionally beneficial to take a break from all things JWS including here.
It has the effect of clearing the mind and the soul from the heartache and anguish that the JWS seems to cultivate in people.
Drop back some time and say Hello .
the bible says to "remove the wicked man".
the scriptures teach that certain things are "works of the flesh".
some verses speak of "marking" or "taking special notice of" if a congregant is "disorderly".. where does the bible teach that a "sinner" should meet with 3 elders and they should hold a "judicial meeting to determine whether someone is repentant oe not"?
the bible says to "remove the wicked man".
the scriptures teach that certain things are "works of the flesh".
some verses speak of "marking" or "taking special notice of" if a congregant is "disorderly".. where does the bible teach that a "sinner" should meet with 3 elders and they should hold a "judicial meeting to determine whether someone is repentant oe not"?
One thing that should be noted is there many Christian based faiths that do some sort of shunning to
individuals who do not follow the set code established by the leadership.
Some of it of course is bible based and others may be scribed by the sect itself.
This is religion folks, take it or leave it.
i wonder .....
In a very ironic way, I remember certain sisters wearing fairly short skirts back in the 60's, 70's and 80's
but not one pant suit. Not that I complained very much
i wonder .....
Hillary Clinton would never make it as a JWS.
i just came across this, though it's been on youtube for some time now.
maybe somebody has already put it on the board.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jln6sqejbq.
Wow what a great propaganda film for the JWS, too bad it didn't show the tomb stones of the people that didn't take a blood transfusions,
vaccinations or organ transplants. Or the low paying lousy jobs the brothers and sisters had to take because they had a poor
education background. Maybe they should have shown Judge Rutherford sitting in his Cadillac convertible in the driveway of the lavish
house he bought with the proceeds of the organization, ...umm oh wait a minute that would be too truthful.
Actually this video comes off as being an stereo typical sales pitch by a cult trying to convert followers, with all of the promises of
Paradise, a world with no sickness or pain and a life of nothing but joy and tranquil leisure. They should hand it out to every cult for
commercial marketing purposes.
The people that made that video show their brainwashing in a strong and unremitting way.
Avoidance of true reality is the way to keep people in submission.
i wonder .....
The powerful hierarchy of the faith stipulates what kind of dress men and woman should wear at the halls and every where else
as everyone knows, pants suits in their eyes is just too casual of an attire for appearance's sake.
Remember there is an in-obvious initiative to make gods organization look as good as possible to the rest of the world,
so the personal grooming and appearance by the members has been constructed around that.
Another thing too woman appearing masculine and not womanly is encroaching too closely to this very male dominated
religion, whether people like it or not woman play as second class citizens/servants to the dominant males.
This is an old boys club with old morals and standards and it appears they very much like it that way.
