i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
On a different note, a friend of mine just found this online : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWTDB7mg6js
An elder is saying in a court of law that the society does not promote the shunning of family if they are disfellowshipped :S
(also down under would techncially be south east :P)
i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
I suppose I am technically down south, but on a different continent :)
i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
Thanks all :) Nice to be here :)
i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
Thanks all :) Nice to be here :)
i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
Nope, Im from the happy go lucky UK :) I think there were a few reasons that stopped the dunking and ironcially they were mostly problems they presented me with rather than me having a problem with them.
First of all I have, wait for it.... long hair. Now after reading through the bible, their literature and everything else people cared to direct my attention to, I could find no reason at all why I should have to cut it, other than the fact that it ment i didn't look like 'them'. So this of course cause alot of problems.
Secondly I was always asking questions, and while their answers seemed to deal with things practically, I have always had a problem with any relgion that has any form of disfellowshiping. I personally think it is a disgusting practice and had alot of problems trying to work out why such 'loving' people would put someone though this.
There were a few other little things too, I never really felt like I fitted in with the people around me, probably because I wasn't stepping on eggshells around everyone but hey ho.
the watchtower is always saying how we have to watch everything we do or say because we just might offend somebody's conscience and lord knows we wouldn't wanna do that!.
did you find yourself offending the consciences of others?.
My theory was if I were to gel my hair so that it was going straight up, thus making me about 10 foot tall in the process, but this way I would have tall hair rather than long, and it doesn't ever mention tall hair in the bible :D cunning or what! Oh yea, and my beard was apparently no good either.
the watchtower is always saying how we have to watch everything we do or say because we just might offend somebody's conscience and lord knows we wouldn't wanna do that!.
did you find yourself offending the consciences of others?.
Although there is scriptual council in 1 Corintians to support this principle of 'not stumbing others' in the same book it talks about how 'all things are lawful' and basicly doing what you think is ok for you to do. (ok I am paraphrasing a bit here). At the same time the letters in the bible are full of reminders to be reasonable towards others.
So yea, I do think it is right that we try not to offend others, but at the same time, and this is something the WBTS seem to overlook, is that in the same book it tells us not to judge each other. So why is it that everyone keeps on being so offended by things? My only experience of this is my hair. I've been growing it for the last 5 years and when I expressed an interest in joining the ministry school, the elders told me that some people wouldn't feel comfortable with someone with long hair speaking to them from the platform.
Now please explain to me this. How is it that when I am talking to them face to face, everyone seems so happy to talk to me and I don't seem to cause any offence to anyone. But if i were to suddenly gain 2 feet in height my hair suddenly causes offence? Yes the world in the kingdom hall is well and truly mad if you believe what the society would tell you. (oh and I didn't cut my hair, I have no truck for people who tell me how I have to look)
i recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the wbts and i am very glad i did.
although i never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, i had been attending meetings for almost a year now.
so here i am, and i guess this is my attempt at saying hey :).
Greetings one and all :)
I recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the WBTS and I am very glad I did. Although I never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, I had been attending meetings for almost a year now. So here I am, and I guess this is my attempt at saying hey :)
Looking forwards to talking to you all in the future.
