They certainly have an issue with accepting Jesus statement that your leader is one, the Christ..and all of you are brothers....
As for illness resulting from lack of faith in a few men with grandiose delusions....that is just idiotic.
this was a comment from the meeting(tm) on sunday.. the person that told me about it, is very confused about the validity of the corporation.
somewhere between a pimo and a pimi-lite.
the thing that angered me was that this person has cancer.
They certainly have an issue with accepting Jesus statement that your leader is one, the Christ..and all of you are brothers....
As for illness resulting from lack of faith in a few men with grandiose delusions....that is just idiotic.
...with one foot out.. *deep breath*.
from day one, i've felt like i was one foot out of this religion, but it took me until over a decade to reach the point where i am ready to move on.
i'm a newly registered user to this site.
Welcome! And waste no more precious time disentangling from the religious web. It is a difficult process in many cases, depending on family and personal relationships, but freedom is invigorating and life is to be lived.
gastonia authorities respond to shooting outside kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-laxczssvgs
Unfortunate circumstance....has nothing to do with the religion however....just someone in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sad the criminal element in society exists and wreaks havoc on the innocent...
the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .
4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.
(read matthew 5:23, 24.
Oh yeah....I recall a lot of undue taking advantage of others....expecting free work because "we're brothers".... My husband was a professional and I can't tell you how many expected him to do their bidding for free....he picked up on that really fast though and when asked would recommend a company for them to call...provided names and numbers of appropriate contractors . the requests died down.....haha
Then there was one nepotistic dynasty involved in cleaning enterprises mainly....they were all "under the table" crooks....elders too. The IRS caught up with one big time....and he bragged all over the place about how he got his settlement in thousands settled down to about a fifth of actual tax debt...
And another who bought a car off a fellow elder but never paid him....and got away with it because we can't bring reproach to Jehovah's organization.
i appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.
you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!
That last comment says it all. My sentiments exactly, Terry.....
(A fellow septugenarian....)
i appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.
you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!
So so true! Our lifetime has seen much change. Lot of fantastic technological and scientific advances....but sad deterioration of appreciation for true art, nature and ones fellow man. Education is going downhill...the dumbing down of society in general...and love...romantic love....falling in love. People hook up for personal gratification and couple based on convenience....and they miss out on one of the most awesome human experience.
i have just got of the phone with a relative complaining about the convention venue.
as far as my relative is concerned wt can do no wrong, so for him to say what he did it must of been bad.
the venue where the convention was held was described to me as a “tin shed with no air conditioning”.
Yankee stadium......humid heat...sardine packed airless subways...sudden thunderstorms.....long long lines to putrid disgusting bathrooms with mirrors covered with wrapping paper....food concession stands selling cheap horrible things....pigeons in the rafters shitting on your head.....
Delightsome uplifting spiritual experience....how duped we were....
that lesson for today likens holy spirit to wind.
any sailor knows you have to sail across or into the wind to get someplace.
the wind will shipwreck you.
Maybe they should skip the sail/wind illustrations...they usually are completely ignorant...
the co got on his hind legs for the public talk and repeated twice "tolerance promotes division".
then backed it up by saying that if one group march for some right, another group will march for the opposite.. so jws are intolerant and proud of it.
f@@@k me sideways.. may explain that the baptism tally was 0..
Tolerance promotes division. Examples please?
I am a meat eater. I tolerate vegans. I am a vegan. I tolerate meat eaters. Respect for the freedom of choice of my fellow man. How is this basic concept deemed divisive?
not sure if this is the proper place to post this.
i have a book, it's 8.5 x 11. the cover looks exactly like the old "truth" book, complete with bible embossed on the cover.
slight title change.
The truth that gives you eternal strife