http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15834523.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/stephen_hawking ... nope, nothing about a JW convention.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/richard_dawkins ... nope, nothing there either.
As I write this, the present BBC News headline page is #15884523, one digit diffferent from Mankelli's # 15834523. That is either an extraordinary cooincidence or symptomatic of a Bogus Statement.
at this time last year i was in another deep depression feeling alone & hopeless despite being surrounded by people who said they cared and belonging to a religion that said it could offer mankind the only real hope in life.
it's ironic that i now have more online friends than physical friendships, am no longer a part of that religion & i feel happier than i have in many years.
i'm thankful to have found this website & feeling validated.
A happy Thanksgiving to you, too, discreteslave, and all others at JWN.
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/nov/24/jehovahs-witnesses-bump-evangelism-thanksgiving/.
wnyc news blogjehovah's witnesses spend thanksgiving knocking on doorsthursday, november 24, 2011 - 12:00 amby daniel p. tucker.
one of 80 territory maps used by jehovah's witnesses from a jackson heights kingdom hall to evangelize door to door.. jehovah's witnesses don't celebrate thanksgiving.
Thanks for posting the link, Rick. It's good to see this coming from a mainstream outlet. It's even better that two articles below the Witness one, the headline reads "Charity Estimates 8.5M Pounds of Food delivered During Holidays". That offers a sharp contrast between those who brag about doing God's work and those who actually do it.
... to explain why jws don't celebrate it.
how did you do explain it when you were in?
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I will let George do the explaining, in words far more eleoquent than my own.
tonight i tried to contact my blood brother.
i am 32 he is 30.. he was baptised at 10 and df'd at 12, 22 and now he would have been again but he walked away.. i made no progress with our reunite.
he's hating on me for leaving the family.
I think you heard the answer correctly. Brotherly love and forgiveness is not only the Christian thing to do, but your best chance to heal the rift. The Job analogy is an apt one! Don't give up hope, and don't give in to manipulation. I hope and pray that he will eventually come around and recognize who the difference between unconditional love and the shallow imitation sold by the Watchtower.
my computer-support service has checked my computer because it's been rather "glitchy" lately, and the hard drive is failing.... so, i'll end up being cut-off from the board, for a while.... some of you have my personal phone number, if you need to get in touch.... **********************************************************************.
here's something else that's been bothering me.... we're going to fly out to see the in-laws soon - and i'm very uneasy about flying.... if something should happen to me, could you people please help find good homes for my animals???
they are all indoors animals, have been spayed/neutered, and are pretty good with dogs.... there are six cats - the seventh one, minx, will have to be "put down", as she is slowly dying of feline leukemia, and is far too "high-maintenance" for anyone else to care for.... but there's chomper - a neutered male, six-toed cat, somewhat feral but ferociously loyal to anyone who will be patient with him - and feed him wet food... he's a big, short-haired grey-and-black tabby... unfortunately, in the process of the hard-drive decay, my computer no longer recognizes my crappy printer, and so i can't load a pix of chomper... but he's a big cutie!!.
Serious note, Zid. If you don't have a USB external hard drive, get one and use it to back up your files. It's a life saver when (not if!) the hard drive fails, and makes it easier to move all your "stuff" to a new drive or computer.
what a great interview for cfr.. i am sure the anonymity can be maintained.
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ok, so every other religion in the world's baptism is invalid according to jw's, and theirs is the only true baptism.
that's the story i get.
i have a few questions about that:.
In harmony with that question, since those baptisms are invalid, does that make the marriage vows done prior to becoming a JW invalid as well?
Hmmm... Automatic annullment if your spouse converts to the Watchtower... I think that's a good idea, Miz!
ok, so every other religion in the world's baptism is invalid according to jw's, and theirs is the only true baptism.
that's the story i get.
i have a few questions about that:.
Are they baptized in the name of the father, son and holy spirit since they don't believe in the trinity?
No. There are two questions asked during their Baptism ritual (see this thread):
On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?
Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization?
Then a total-immersion dunking in the water, dry off, and change back to your Assembly clothes.
To the original post: YES (replace "or" with "and").
To the follow-ups: How could there be an all-powerful Force in the same universe that has Jar-Jar in it?
