hi gang: .
i thought you guys might be interested in the following: .
watch jeff schwehm and carlos caso-rosendi on the journey home program on ewtn february 5th at 8pm eastern time.
Hi All:
Thanks for the support. I know we will be doing another one of these in the future as we get LOTS of calls and positive comments (and a few negative emails from some JWs).
EWTN is global and so it is possible that as many as 1 Billion people could see or hear the show once you consider the radio and shortwave broadcasts of this show. Plus Carlos taped a program for the Spanish EWTN on the JWs that will air in Latin America and the US sometime next week I think.
Jeff S.
hi everyone, i will be making a change in my life and i am looking for people in the area.
i am moving to the waukesha/brookfield area, which is close to milwaukee.
i do not know a lot of people in the area, and i would like to make friends so i can have some things to do when i am not working.
I live in Sheboygan, WI which is an hour north of Milwaukee. We should get together sometime.
Jeff S.
ok, some of you may be sick of these personality type issues but here goes.. i've noticed that whenever these topics come up, nf's and nt's come out of the woodwork.
in case you didn't know, these are the minority of the geneal population.
in a random setting you will have only 2 to 5% of n's (infp, infj,enfp,enfj,intp,intj,entp,entj).
hi gang: .
i thought you guys might be interested in the following: .
watch jeff schwehm and carlos caso-rosendi on the journey home program on ewtn february 5th at 8pm eastern time.
Hi Gang:
I thought you guys might be interested in the following:
Watch Jeff Schwehm and Carlos Caso-Rosendi on The Journey Home Program on EWTN February 5th at 8PM Eastern Time. Re-plays at 1 AM and 10 AM Eastern Time on February 6th, 1 PM Eastern Time on February 7th, and 11 PM Eastern Time on February 10th
It is an open-line program so you can call in or email questions.
i'm in the hollywood area of los angeles, does anyone know when the memorial is?
and where?
is an invite needed?
Years ago I got a call from a young man whose girlfriend had fallen for the JWs. They were planning on getting married but the disagreements on religion were endangering this. The young lady was all excited about attending the Memorial which was just a few days away. This young man was wondering if he should accompany his girlfriend to this event. I told him that it was up to him and that if he went at least he would get a feel for what the JWs believe and practice.
A few days after the Memorial, I got a call from this young man. They had both attended the Memorial. It turns out that his girlfriend was so turned off and disappointed in the Memorial that she cried all night. I even think she quit studying with the JWs. I believe it was the focus on the organization and the lack of focus on Jesus that got to her. Not to mention the fact that no one in the entire Kingdom Hall partook of the bread and wine.
Jeff S.
hello everyone, i haven't been on here for a while, though i have read a few posts from time to time when i've been visiting my friends linda and trevor.
i would like to be here more, but i am retired now, and can't really afford a pc or the internet, being on a somewhat limited income.. since i left the watchtower society in august, i have kept myself reasonably busy.
i attend a couple of evening classes, help my non jw son and his wife out by babysitting when needed, and manage to see my jw sons' children as often as possible.
comments you will not hear at the 01-14-07 wt study (december 1, 2006, pages 25-29)(love neighbor).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
Hi:
Years ago I was debating a JW on-line about the meaning of the Good Samaritan Parable. I told him that the Jews viewed the Samaritans as apostates--people who did not have "the truth". And yet, it was the Samaritan who behaved as a loving neighbor while those individuals like the priest and the rabbi who had "the truth" did not behave as a true neighbor with love. He was clearly troubled by this interpretation and told me that I was reading too much into the parable.
I have to say that the way JWs view other religious groups that do spend tons of money running schools, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, hospitals and the like is very troubling. The Bible clearly tells us in the parable of the sheep and the goats that Jesus' brothers are those individuals who are in physical as well as spiritual need. Clearly James tells us that true religion takes care of widows and the fatherless child.
I can remember when I was thinking of leaving the JWs back in the mid-1990's that a tornado came through and pretty much wiped out a neighboring town. On the news that night, Catholic and Protestant Churches were coming to the aid of the homeless with food and shelter. One did not need to belong to any of these Churches to receive help. In fact, the news said that ANYONE needing assistance just needed to show up and ask for it. Assistance was given without any questions being asked and certainly no one demanded that they join these Churches in return for receiving help. However, never once was it announced on the news that the local Kingdom Halls were available for shelter or would be providing food for those in need. I often wondered why and realized that while most JWs are good people in general and really believe that the work they do helps they are really mislead by an organization that discourages people from making a REAL difference in the lives of those in need. This is one of the reasons why I left the JWs.
The JWs, who claim to have all of the doctrinal truth that God has to offer (which of course is false), are like the priest and the levite who pass the dying man on the road. They will, of course, help their own and if it leads to good press they may help others but in general their money mostly goes to propagate their own religious organization and publishing empire. In this day and age where they seem to be losing money and are having to produce books of lower quality and as they sell their very valuable real estate holdings, where is their money going? It is going to build up their religious organization and it is not going into hospitals, homeless shelters, schools, or other entities that really help people. In addition, the JWs are being told by the Watchtower Society not to develop their talents and gifts to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other professionals that actually help society but are told to develop their gifts just enough so that they can spend most of their time pushing the Watchtower's cheap books. In addition, it is not uncommon for actual JWs in need of material help to ask and receive that help from the charitable groups run by what the JWs call the WHORE of Babylon...........interesting.....nothing like being a Good Samaritan......
Jeff S.
this statement was made to me and i want to refute it with verifiable information on other denominations.
anyone with ideas?.
I learned about the Polish priests at the Holocaust museum. I was a bit taken aback by that because I had been under the JW assumption that all Catholics had pretty much fallen in line with the Nazi party. Afterwards I did some more research and was surprised by what I learned.
You might find the story of Maximillian Kolbe quite inspiring. The Nazis hated this priest and he was eventually murdered by the Nazis.
Also you might find the following document by Pope Pius XI written in 1937 interesting.........compare it to the JWs' Declaration of Facts. Here is the link:
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P11BRENN.HTM
Jeff S.
P.S. Years ago I had a discussion with some JWs who were in the Student Union at The University of Arkansas distributing their literature. (Yes, there is a JW student association at the University of Arkansas when I was a graduate student there in the 1990's.) One of them said that only the JWs stood up to the Nazis. So, I told them about the Declaration of Facts. I even tried to give them a copy of the Declaration of Facts. Anyway, the JWs that read it were extremely shaken up by it and, of course, after they read it they said that it was a phony document filled with lies. So, I suggested that they look for a copy of it in their Kingdom Hall library or write the Watchtower Society for a copy like I did. However, for most of the JWs at the Student Union that day, that was not an option that they would consider. Their response to me was to say that I was not sincere in wanting to know the "truth" so they were not going to waste their time with me anymore. However, one young man was quite curious and a bit more open to doing some research on his own than the ladies he was with. I think that perhaps a seed was planted that day.
oh.... how the saga goes on!!
i swear we could write a novel about our life exiting the watchtower!!
ok..many of you read what happened..our house was egged and so was my sisters car that was parked here, and "frosty" was attacked!!
I tell you......considering the attitude you are getting from these guys.......I would consider pressing charges.
Jeff S.
P.S. Wouldn't the local elders have a fit if this story made it to the local press?
quite a few of my family members are jw's, and i attended the meetings until i was 7 years old when my mom was disfellowhipped.
i have always had an interest in god but i truly don't know where i feel i belong church-wise.
i agree mostly with the jw, but there are still things that i don't agree with, and to attend the kingdom hall, knowing that i don't agree with them 100% feels wrong.
The Bishop's bible was published in 1568, and originated from the Roman Catholic religion.
Good point. I often ask JWs why they use a collection of books known as the New Testament that was compiled by the Bishops of the Catholic Church. I never seem to get an answer to that question.
You might find some of the links on my website helpful.
If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected]
Enjoy the journey you are on.
Jeff S.
