on my last topic i talking about how mean and harassing my parents were being and how i had to change the deadbolt on my front door to keep my father out.
well the update is my father didn't carry out his threat.
he never showed and has ceased calling.
Josie, I'm glad that everything has calmed down -- even if turns out to be just for the moment.
And truth be told, Gary's viewpoint has much to recommend - at least for minor children.
It's a cult. It's dangerous. If JW relatives can't leave the poison at home, you may have to leave them alone.
Just speaking from my own experience. Your mileage may vary.
thought you'd like to see a few pictures of a book fair in bresil.
brothers there rented a kiosque.
i posted some time ago the american indian set-up in canada, very similar to this one.. has anyone seen these set-ups in other places, other than airports and colleges?.
A box for donations...donations from the very people you despise. So classy.
comments you will not hear at the 05-24-09 wt study (march 15, 2009, pages 20-24)(united praise).
review comments will be in red.
"praise jah, you people!"--ps.
Thank you Blondie.
Q 3. What is the main purpose of our congregating regularly?3. The composer of Psalm 111 gives many reasons why Jehovah is so deserving of our united praise. Verse 1 says: "I shall laud Jehovah with all
my heart in the intimate group of upright ones and the assembly." Jehovah's Witnesses today feel the same way. The main purpose of our
congregating regularly, both in local congregations and at large conventions, is to praise Jehovah.
upright ones--only active jws
praise Jah?--Where's Jesus, oh that's right this is an OT scripture set.
85% of the time it is an OT scripture set. The WTS is clearly 'Jesus-optional'.
he was responsible for the child abuse mess and voted on the blood, organ transplant, nuetrality issues which killed many faithful witnesses and left others with serious mental problems.
he was from all accounts rude, arrogant and i believe he would have sacrificed witness children an an altar if he thought it would help the "mother" organisation as he called it.
he is the ultimate brainwashed freak who would step on brothers knecks just to make sure things are "theocratic.
Bamse said:
I have learned in the meetings that when one goes out, seven new will replace....
Welcome to JWN, Bamse. And thank you for your excellent use of scripture!
on may 19th, theodore jaracz had a stroke.
he's in very serious condition in the hospital.. that's all the information i have for now.. barb.
Barbara:
Dan began to talk about how he knew Jehovahhhhh Godddd through his Holy Spirit was with elders in judicial hearings. He was sharing a story of how well a certain "sister's" problems were handled by the elders even though her life was in turmoil and she was in and out of judicial hearings. It was, he said, because Holy Spirit was there to help the brothers and as he continued to extol the virtues of judicial hearings, he began to change. It was while he was saying he could actually feel the presence of the Holy Spirit at this woman's hearing, he seemed to slip off into an outer-worldly thingy experience or something. His voice became different. Hard to describe what we saw and heard. At the time, I thought of the Apostle Paul and the 7th heaven experience.
All five of us sat there listening and staring at him for what seemed to be an eternity, but really only minutes, when his wife Marina said (I kid you not): "God damn it, Sydlik, stop that; get off your high horse and come back down to earth." He blinked a few times and returned back to normal. If that wasn't the strangest thing for the five of us to observe. Then we all mentally shook ourselves and continued on with conversation like nothing happened.
Barb, to me, that experience sounds anything but holy -- especially when you take into consideration the various unscriptural beliefs that the WTS has espoused.
this year see's a new songbook but.....which songs do you think would be apropriate?.
song 28.
"whats love got to do with it?".
You Give Love A Bad Name
It's A Heartache
Maneater
Eight Days A Week
Tighter And Tighter
Triste Y Vacia (Sad And Empty)
Tainted Love
King Of Pain
Something Just Ain't Right
Don't Take My Mind on a Trip
i was 15 years old i'm forty now ,but my whole family were jw i got pregnant my mom made me keep my son which i am thankful for i had to have that stupid meeting with the elders and i was not even baptized this was in the mid 80's they ask you so many ?
its like their getting off i refused to answer their ?
so i was dissociated from the congregation i went to meetings until i gave birth to my son then i refused to go my mom told me she would help me no matter what then the elders and my brothers one still is a jw we really don't speak we are like strangers told her that she could not condone me not going to the meetings to make matters worse she moved out from the home we were living in and left me and my son there and they took me to court and evicted me from her home i had no where to go with my son i found a place after all that and didn't speak to my mom for 6 years .
Hi Sweet Honey, and welcome!
You said:
Jesus never turned his back on anyone so what gives them the right they should study the bible not their publications.
I like your way of thinking!
he was responsible for the child abuse mess and voted on the blood, organ transplant, nuetrality issues which killed many faithful witnesses and left others with serious mental problems.
he was from all accounts rude, arrogant and i believe he would have sacrificed witness children an an altar if he thought it would help the "mother" organisation as he called it.
he is the ultimate brainwashed freak who would step on brothers knecks just to make sure things are "theocratic.
Look, we're all dying. All of us.
Right here. Right now.
Will I take pleasure in the fact that an old man is going the way of all flesh? No.
If he were being punished by secular courts, I would revel. But he's not.
The most that I can say is that I wish he had been a better man. The possibilities of goodness and righteousness that were discarded so long ago; that is what I'll mourn.
The entire GB could all die tomorrow, and it wouldn't change a thing. As long as there are power-hungry men and gullible innocents, the carnival will continue.
The best revenge would be to sound the alarm. Keep the unwary from falling for the Society's lies.
Deprive them of their prey. They hate that most of all.
the bible or the watchtower--by request!
request from researcher: i know i read it somewhere but can't remember exactly where.
wouldn't jehovah want those he trains to be studying his word the bible instead of a watchtower or awake!?
Pure.Gold.
midshipman graduate michael david aragon, of tucson, arizona, reacts after shaking hands with president barack obama.
midshipman graduate christopher nicolet, of lakeside, arizona, reacts after shaking hands with president barack obama .
president barack obama hugs john sidney mccain iv, son of arizona senator john mccain.
¡Gracias!
