when i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.
the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.
how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.
Always remember, and never forget that this Kingdom Halls are only brick and mortar, NOT the actual House of Jehovah. The House of Jehovah is a spiritual condition of united worship of the One living and true God, our father, Jehovah. These simple buildings which have been used as hubs for our Great Witnessing Work may be destroyed by the elements but true worship and and the speaking of the "one pure language of truth" will endure forever.
There. Does that help?
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
Rubadub, you're right. I was simply thinking about the love of knowledge being "truly" educated. Convincing others that I am educated is another matter. Plus, being self-taught doesn't round a person's knowledge out like "peer review" does.
My biggest regret is that I didn't go to college when I had a chance. I took the bait from the Watchtower, hook, line and sinker. I had a decent high school education, dropped out of college, and I'm just consoling myself.
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
I think that a good high school education is better than a bad college education. Meaning, if a person learns in HS how to research and find what they are looking for, they are ahead of the curve. If a person values what the world's great minds have put into books, he has a jump start that no college degree can match.
Having said that, having a degree opens doors that stay shut for those who don't have one.
lifestyle.
' i'm an atheist and i don't need god to give thanks or show gratitude.
jennifer furner,huffpost 3 hours ago .
Very nice. Well said!
i don’t know if the woman i met yesterday will ever see this.
but i will forever remember that day for the rest of my life.
my grandfather has been in icu for the past 3 days.
There's nothing wrong with human kindness at all. Glad that you realize that the JW's don't have a monopoly on it.
I had a rough patch a few years ago and was shown a lot of kindness by local Non-JW Christians. It doesn't make their religion all true but it's nice to see people trying.
hi, .
i would like to delete all my post on this forum, particularly topics i have started.
how do i do that?.
Fatfreak, maybe. But simple rainwater runoff is nothing to be ashamed of.
hi, .
i would like to delete all my post on this forum, particularly topics i have started.
how do i do that?.
I like your posts, dean! Stick around!
i knew of several women who would preach at the local correctional facility.
some would do the fall in love and get married to a new convert who had a long prison sentence.
if the witnesses had half a brain they would stop this before it ever got started.
I have known of many "jailhouse repentances." But I don't know a single person who learned the religion in jail and kept it when he got out.
One young man came home full of determination to stay on track. It meant so much to his Witness mother. Less than a year. Then again. Poor mom...
They mean well, most of them. But if you're in jail and the only thing going on is your "bible study," well, the conductor has a captive audience
the basement garage would never be the same.an eyeball rolled under the tool cart and stared sideways at nothing much at all.. nearby a final death twitch from a dying human ended what had been a death struggle.a weird creature mostly made of bug parts and human scraps stood and blinked.. its expression appeared to all the world to resemble a large, inebriated caterpillar.steadying itself awkwardly, it shambled toward the basement stairs on wobbly legs.. the monster’s victory meant this weird human replacement took on the new role of head of family: a family of devout jehovah’s witnesses!ah, world conquest was now assured!.
this uncanny thing coughed as its voice box simulated modulated words.it was practicing scripted dialogue of incredible importance to domination strategy:“wuh.
wuh.
Weird, Terry. Nicely written. But weird.
today, many signs have been fulfilled showing that we are in the end times and much has been said in regards to armageddon, tribulation... etc but little in regards to what happens to those who believe and what transitions them to be free and escape from all that to the final destination.
this is my focus and message is based on that.in creation, there were two trees at the centre of the garden of eden and we are familiar with what happened;man ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and then we are familiar with the ramifications afterwards.
now through jesus christ, the events that will lead to the end for those who believe are in 3 stages1.knowledge will be increased (daniel 12:4)there will be a transition, knowledge will transition from that of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to also include knowledge of the tree of life and this brings with it a transformation that will bring in the second phase2.healingthe knowledge/belief/faith will bring about spiritual transformational healing, also practical knowledge i.e.
Somebody seems to be a self-appointed authority on the invisible sector of the universe.
