they were married for some 51 years.
you cannot stand up against them in battle.
you cannot stand up against him in battle.
Lions are exceedingly strong. You cannot stand up against them in battle.
Is the GB admitting they don't have the spirit of the Lord?
So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When he turned aside to the vineyards of Timnah, a young lion came roaring out toward him. But the spirit of the LORD rushed upon Samson, and he tore the lion apart barehanded, as one tears a young goat
has anyone heard about this?
we received an email from an old friend who is still an elder and doesn't know what we are up to.
"a change, they are no longer training missionaries and sending them into foreign fields.
(sir 82:) It's one of the more expensive investments in people that the Society makes ... supporting missionaries financially in their assignments.
I question if there is any meaningful support of Watchtower missionaries. Why are missionaries writing home, begging for money from friends and family? Why do they come back home for a few months "sabbatical", work long hours and saving every dime they can to feed themselves when they return to the field?
(Wha happened?:) Nothing said about paying expenses.
That agrees with what I saw in Ex's congregation. The missionary was pretty much on his own for personal support. The overseas Branch's operating expenses were subsidized, but the missionary had to plea with family and friends back home to send money for living expenses. (The particular case I knew of involved a country where a missionary's visa did not allow seeking secular employment, so "Go get a job!" was not an option.) It seems to me that non-support of Watchtower missionaries is not a recent development.
my sister called me this evening to tell me the jw housekeeper for my father called to apologize for her behavior on friday !.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/216834/2/why-cant-i-just-have-one-day-with-out-seeing-a-jw-seriously.
the woman apologized to my sister for being harsh to her , and for being judgemental towards me .
It's good to hear that the cold shoulder is warming up. Maybe you should "just happen" to be at your dad's house on the next cleaning day, so she will have an opportunity to say it face to face. But only if you feel comfortable doing that, of course.
probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.
regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .
"we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
Marked and saved--thank you, Leolaiai
during a quiet moment i picked the latest ypa book down from my bookshelf.
it's pretty much stayed there since my relatives came back from the latest convention.
i couldn't bring myself to see the extent to which the society is now trying to claw its way into the lives of teenagers.
He treated her like a princess...
... from one of Grimm's Fairy tales!
last night whilst i was relaxing 2 elders came to my door to tell me i am officially da'd because of my 'actions'.
they weren't specific but i have been to church and telling others about the wbt$ scandals.. i was told they thought i was rude for ignoring their letters and not attending my jc.. my reply: 'you were the rude ones for sending me hounding letters when i specifically asked you never to contact me!'.
i got a 'hurumph' from the lead eldub.. i don't remember the whole conversation but they were annoyed i kept referring to the wbt$ as 'just a big business' but i told them they were on my property uninvited so they'd have to listen to my opinion and i don't have to listen to theirs.
One of the things I asked was 'Do you think I'm mentally diseased?' They said : 'We never said that!'
Only two weeks since the article appeared, and they're already denying they said it? Is this a new record? Cedars, you have been heard!
wt quotes are taken from their own website so as not to be out of context as the jdub apologists will cry out.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20060915/article_02.htm.
watchtower writes there will be .
The reality is that in the US the things most likely to kill the average witness are heart attack, cancer or an obesity related condition.
That says a lot. The reason for increased deaths from heart conditions, cancer and being too well-fed is that we are so unlikely to die from anything else first. Today a few dozen deaths from food poisoning are a crisis, literally front page news. Just a few generations ago, it would be nothing out of the ordinary. For great-grandma, botulism from improperly preserved food was a real threat. With all the doom-and-gloom pronouncements from fear mongers like the Watchtower, Harold Camping, politicians and the "news" industry, it's too easy to lose appreciation for how lucky we are, living in a golden age.
watchtower = jws dont try to predict.
time = ranks jw as top 9 on their top ten list of end of the world prophecies.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2072678_2072683_2072682,00.html.
#1 on the list was the Millerites. The Time article neglected to mention that #9, C. T. Russell and the Watchtower, were mere imitators of their first choice.
today i went early to my dad's house to help my disabled sister with medical paperwork .
at 10am the cleaning lady shows up .
she was a jw recruit of my mom's yrs ago, and use to be like a sister to us a really long time ago .
That was rude of her! She's in somebody else's house being paid to do a job, and gets snotty with her employer's family? It's not like you were criticising her work, saying "you missed that spot".
TM, you showed a lot of restraint not giving her the boot right then and there!
one of the great visionaries and entrepreneurs of our time.. he wanted to change the world, and he did.. rip steve.
His work may not be finished yet...
