what can i tell my 5yr old grandson as to why i do not attend meetings anymore?
my reasons are (among others) the insanity of armageddon.
at the last meeting that i attended the travelling bro compared gehazi's sin (for which his progeny down to great grandchildren were stricken with leprosy) with materialism.. thanks..
I would treat it very much like a sex talk. Make sure it is age-appropriate and at a level the child will understand. You can also say, "What do you think?" and then respond to their answer. If the child has any fears, you can deal with those.
"Don't worry, Jehovah is perfectly just and perfectly loving. Jehovah knows my heart and will take care of me."
"If you didn't have to go to one meeting, what would you want to do?"
i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
To be heard, I listen. Then I ask a question. I pause for the answer.
i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
This is how you make the blah-blah sound. A trumpet muffle.
i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
I used to worry about elders catching on about me until I finally realized that as a non-witness - and a woman - I don't even rate. When I speak in their presence likely all they hear is Charlie Brown's teacher.
new study out of the university of bc:.
http://news.ubc.ca/2014/05/29/better-to-be-bullied-than-ignored-in-the-workplace-study/.
we tend to underestimate the damage that social ostracism does.
We are social beings. I knew deep down that shunning is cruel and unnatural, and it is nice to see some research in print to back this up.
i've always wondered that.
recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.
cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?
It's not a tiny minority, galaxie. Though the video I linked points out how useless polls are for parsing fact from fantasy.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/believing-bull/201106/why-do-people-believe-in-invisible-beings
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/02/real-ghosts-americans-poll_n_2049485.html
i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7znI_Kpzbs
Just for you. I think as life becomes more of your own, this fastidiousness on your part will go away. Let them cross the street to avoid your imaginary cooties.
human rights are clearly laid out in a number of places, and are upheld by legislation in many nations, and yet they are ignored, or when they are invoked, do not go far enough.. this is a sad state of affairs in the 21st century.. human rights are simply trodden in to the ground where we have war, where we have totalitarian regimes, and where we have ignorant clerics who rule.. even in enlightened countries that broadly accept the principles of human rights, they often are not given the priority they should receive.. take freedom of religion for example, this right should enshrine the right to freedom from religion.
the fact that we in the u.k, canada the u.s.a, europe etc etc are unable to really be free of the wt/jw religion if we wish to choose to do so shows this right is unenforceable at present.. the same with the right to family life, the jw/wt cult is allowed to ride roughshod over this basic human right.. it is time their power, and the power of religion in general, was reigned in, and they be made to respect human rights fully..
i've always wondered that.
recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.
cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?
The usefulness of polls:
