You know the situation...a fighter can be in the ascendency...well ahead...have his opponent on the ropes. But can he put his opponent away? Does he have the KO punch? Will he let his opponent hold on waiting for the bell and hope of respite?
Consider now the WTS...is there a KO punch? Will it always be able to 'hold on'? Ride the heavy hits and come back with its own stuff? Or is there something, some situation that would stagger it and bring it to the canvass?
back in the 70's, when i was df'd for associating with other df'd people, a lot of us recently df'd ones met up for a mini apostofest at sandy balls in the new forest.. we had a great time, lots of barbies, lots of wine, lots of folk songs by bob dylan,tom paxton and harvey andrews.
we could all strum a few chords too.
her ladyship could bring me to tears with her rendition of cat steven's father and son.. there were also some other common factors besides the folk singing and wine drinking.
back in the 70's, when i was df'd for associating with other df'd people, a lot of us recently df'd ones met up for a mini apostofest at sandy balls in the new forest.. we had a great time, lots of barbies, lots of wine, lots of folk songs by bob dylan,tom paxton and harvey andrews.
we could all strum a few chords too.
her ladyship could bring me to tears with her rendition of cat steven's father and son.. there were also some other common factors besides the folk singing and wine drinking.
I sorta beat the WTS at its own game. I left spiritually a good while before I did actually....so it was the 'parousia' in reverse. There was not much of a warning. Just went! I said I was going to another hall...but never did.
Well to the WTS/JWs 'Satan' is like....anything bad that happens to you! But in the real world 'Satan' doesn't need to do a great deal..The WTS is doing fine without him.
according to watchtower theology, when a person is difellowshipped he as been cast outside the kingdom to suffer the second death, eternal destruction.. one would hope then, that with such a prospect, congregations would be very carefull, in passing judgements in that direction.. yet, the watchtower actually boasts about its great ability to expell thousands of witnesses each year, by publishing the figures in their magazines, as a sort of warning to others.. the watchtower must be the only organization in the world that i know of, that expells tens of thousands of its faithfull adherents each year.. many loyal witnesses have been expelled from their organization, simply over things like blood, neutrality issues or simply raising questions about watchtower doctrine.. i expect the un issue, will be the next cause for further disfellowshipping action.. .
walking across a bridge one day, a jw saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off.
I got this machine thing. Its got holes and slots. You put cups and plates in and it washes them for ya. Still putting the plates in can be boring....but the latest version may get around that.