What about the rainbow. There were no rainbow's before the flood. So God changed the laws of light reflection?
elder-schmelder
thanks for your help.. /newborn.
What about the rainbow. There were no rainbow's before the flood. So God changed the laws of light reflection?
elder-schmelder
there is only 1 way to become a jw, and accept all of the teachings.. you have to accept the govering body as god.
that means that they have all of the answers.
if you accept that then you will believe it all.. have you noticed that all jw's take everything as it is from god?.
What are you in a stand off about?
elder-schmelder
i am in good standing (of sorts) with the wts.
i have not gone out in service for 10 years - i have not been to a meeting in about 2 years - i skipped last years memorial.
my dad is a pioneer and elder.
The very fact that he is teaching them rather than you is saying that he must be smarter than you or something.
I agree with that !!
elder-schmelder
i have updated the information at http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm to include the 2008 figures.
here are a couple of the more interesting charts.. the following shows the increase in memorial partakers, which has been discussed at length in other threads.. .
the following two are my favourites.
What is the exact number of partakers last year?
elder-schmelder
i have to admit that i love being allowed to swear .
damn!.
/bad newborn.
Words are just Words. It is how you use them that matters. I love all the words - especially FUDK
Elder-schmelder
i was just thinking of a some of the scriptures that really bothered me when i was a witness.
one of them was exodus 34:6" "and jehovah went passing before his face declaring: "jehovah jehovah a god merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth".
to me this made god look like a little kid with an out of control ego.
I like all of the scriptures that Jehovahs gets made and Kills 1,000s of people.
elder-schmelder
did you still want it to be the truth?.
i was sick for 3 or 4 days after i found out it isn't the truth.. .
then i got really pissed and started telling other jw's.. .
From the time I was a little kid reading the Bible Story book, I knew that the bible was not the truth. I never did believe the JW thing because I did not believe that the bible was gods word.
Elder-schmelder
a friend of mine has 'reminded' me of how much i loved looking up into the heavens and gazing at the twinkling lights.
i love the stars, planets, galaxies, nebulas.
their designs, colours, vastness, the endless renewal of light.
I look up there sometimes, and I think - Hober created all of this and adam and eve screwed it up.
elder-schmelder
i just spoke with my dad about the gb.
he said that raymond franz was not the only gb member to be df'd.
he said that there were 3. is that true?.
That is what I thought. He is crazy (elder,pioneer) I just told him that I read Ray Franz book. He did not want to hear anything about the book (because it is APOSTATE). I can not believe how close minded a person can be.
elder-schmelder
i just spoke with my dad about the gb.
he said that raymond franz was not the only gb member to be df'd.
he said that there were 3. is that true?.
I just spoke with my dad about the GB. He said that Raymond Franz was not the only GB member to be DF'd. He said that there were 3. Is that true?
elder-schmelder