as many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!
!..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!
!..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw
Hi All:
The generation change was the last straw for me. I wrote a Letter to the Society which was never answered. My JW parents read the letter and I think it got them pretty upset. Here is a link to the letter.
http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/jeffery-m-schwehms-letter-to.html
Jeff Schwehm
is anybody watching this game???.
go hogs go!!!!.
wooooooo pig souieeeeeeee!!.
As a fellow Razorback fan and University of Arkansas Alum.............I am so glad the Razorbacks beat Alabama..........!!!!!!!!!!
Woo!!!!!!!! Pig!!!!!!! Souie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff S.
hi gang:.
i interviewed a former bible student named frank hogrebe who left the bible students and became catholic.
i think the differences that he talks about between the bible students and the jws would be interesting to many here on this board.
Hi Gang:
I interviewed a former Bible Student named Frank Hogrebe who left the Bible Students and became Catholic. I think the differences that he talks about between the Bible Students and the JWs would be interesting to many here on this board. Below are my show notes for the podcast and links that might be of interest.
Jeff S.
The Bible Students and the Jehovah?s Witnesses both consider Charles T. Russell to be their founder and both groups reject the doctrine of the Trinity and other doctrines of the historic Christian faith. Frank Hogrebe tells his conversion story from the Free Bible Students (Russellites) to the Catholic Church and also compares and contrasts the differences between the Free Bible Students and the Jehovah?s Witnesses. Contemporary Christian Music is "Kol Yisrael" by Jeremy Gimbel and ?Surrender? by Zach and Sarah Blickens at http://zsblickens.org/
Frank?s blog on various Catholic topics can be found at http://xcatholics.blogspot.com/
http://www.catholicxjw.com/
http://www.archive.org/download/catholicxjw013/cxjw013.mp3
check out this book review on a new book written by an ex-jw entitled out of the cocoon.. here is the link:.
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=34194.
jeff s.. www.catholicxjw.com
Hi Scully and Ozzie:
Thanks for the links. I just thought you guys might want to read the Review of the book itself at the link above.
Jeff S.
check out this book review on a new book written by an ex-jw entitled out of the cocoon.. here is the link:.
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=34194.
jeff s.. www.catholicxjw.com
Hi all:
Check out this book review on a new book written by an Ex-JW entitled Out of the Cocoon.
Here is the link:
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=34194
Jeff S.
we actually spoke our mind to anyone and everyone about what we really think.......what would happen?.
would you lose your family, friends, job etc ??.
(can be anything really jw or non-jw) let's just get it all out right here...lol.
We actually spoke our mind to anyone and everyone about what we really think.......What would happen?Would you lose your family, friends, job etc ??
Brooke..........
Somehow I get the feeling that this day, for you, is everyday.......and that your family and friends find it rather interesting the comments that you make to them and others. And, I suspect that they would not have you any other way......Otherwise life would be boring at best. :)
Jeff S.
here's what i'm putting out there.
every jw has a list of teachings that they know 'prove' they are the only true religion.
while they turn to many things in order to prove their points, i have noticed a special tendancy to turn to just a few things in the end.
I think what is even more fascinating is how the JWs tell others what they believe. It is pretty much all in the negative.
1. The JWs do not believe in the Trinity
2. The JWs do not believe Jesus is God.
3. The JWs do not believe in an immortal soul.
4. The JWs do not believe that Christians go to heaven.
5. The JWs do not believe that all believers will see Jesus face to face.
6. The JWs do not believe that Jesus rose bodily from the dead.
Basically, if you take the Apostles Creed or the Nicean Creed and reformulate it to say we don't believe then you have the basic creed of the JWs. That is why one sociologist whose name escapes me at the moment referred to the JWs as "The Apostles of Denial".
One friend of mine even said that JWs are defined by what they do not believe in..........kinda par for the course if you think about it for a religion that is in general so negative about everything and everyone.
Jeff S.
and i immediately recognized the name and the number!.
i called out to my soon to be ex, who now lives in different part of the house and told him to pick up the phone as it was his call.
the sister and brother in law had just landed home from the district convention!!
Perhaps we should get our JW friends at least one of the following clocks:
http://www.cafepress.com/catholicxjw.25477569
http://www.cafepress.com/catholicxjw.25504625
Jeff S.
i came home today to find my wife crying whilst reading the 'when a loved one leaves jehovah' article.
its been a good few months now and i can appreciate how she feels.
but it just irritates me how my disagreeing with this religion has such a catastrophic effect on our everyday lives.
When I first started the process of leaving the JWs and becoming inactive my JW mother would say to others, "Jeff WAS such a good boy!"
When I made it clear that I was leaving the JWs and not coming back but I emphasized to my JW parents that I wanted a relationship with them, the response was 'if you leave Jehovah it will be difficult for us to have a relationship with you.'
The fascinating thing is that over the years, my folks have lightened up signficantly over this issue. Heck, they even call me every once in a while which is something that has not happened before.
I think what helps is that I am in Wisconsin and they are in Louisiana so their new elders do not know about me too much since I left that area in 1994. My parents can just say we are going on vacation but they do not have to tell them that they are going to visit or see me. Funny how I have to stay so far away from home to have a closer relationship with my folks. I would imagine that if I lived in Louisiana near the area where I grew up it would be more difficult for them to hang with me as they would get more pressure from the elders to cut me off.
Jeff S.
praise jee-hobbie!
brother prince may be playing halftime at the superbowl.
i wonder which kingdom melodies he will select?
