Posts by robson

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Marking - How would you know if you were marked?

by Lady Lee in

were you ever marked?.

i'm pretty sure my family was marked.

it was never announced.

robson

The truth is that you are marked by people who's been there for a long time so that's an advantage if you will.

The way they speak to you and by definition treating you as a wordly influence inside the house of God.

My example: I started going to a new congregation just because my Dad couldn't make it to the one I go so everything was nice at the beginning and things were good but once I started talking to them all things changed drastically for me. This happened in a 2 year period. I always try to be nice to people in general so a sister about my age was looking for a husband I guess but I didn't know I was talking to her like she was already my friend smile at her look at her while being there things were drifting towards marriage so I said no and suddenly all her family shunned me cause I told an elder I was not looking forward to marry her.

There was this girl at the meetings she was 8 years younger than I but somehow she thought I like her so her friend asked if I like her then I say absolutely no she went to tell what I've said and that girl turned the whole congregation against me she went to the point of telling my friends that I was into her all the time and that I was someone not to trust. They still hate me but I pretend I don't see their abusive speech on me and all that marking spread to all.

once you arre marked work your way through the ranks befriend elders MS and CO etc.. you will gain your life back again.

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Do You any Witnesses that Just Married Someone Because they Came From A Prestigious Family?

by Pitchess Co-Gen in

jw
friends

do you guy know any witnesses that married for privilege?

for example the lowly male publisher married the c.o.t.b.o.e daughter and quickly move up the ranks.

another example is that the witness girl that only date or marries up( only dates m.s,elders,ex-bethelites,or pioneers ).. .

robson

of course they are humans, in a religious group or any kind of social gatherings that's how it is. Your options are limited if you think like that cause you coukd be missing someone who is special just to move up through the ranks of a human society.

I am a man so I know older guys guys who had a reputation at the hall marrying yourger sisters just because they had privileges is truth indeed if you have nothing they'll see you as nobody. once a sister told me that she prefers her daughter to marry someone who is a ms or a pioneer and that will bring secutity to her daughter cause if she marries someone who is only a publisher she will never do more than that and didn't mentioned marrying a wordly guy that will be awesome for these kind of people. ouch

She said to me cause she knew I love her daughter and Me I can't be a pioneer or a MS if I don't have a legal status in the country so I lost she didn't love me cause she listened to them and that is best for her. Sure nobody would love her more than I and what kills is that she is with someone else God man i lost her I did felt very sad about it but good thing god will help me find someone who likes me for who I am. am I dreaming I don't know.

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"WE can decide if you will remain an unbaptised publisher or not"

by XPeterX in

said one of the 2 elders to me when i had to talk with them at the 'back room'.

"i will never forget these words.

"we" excludes god right?.

robson

Yes they have the power to control you in this matter they can also decide whether you will conrinue being a publisher or not and pretty much they decide what goes on with you of course someone has to open his mouth about things you said or did.

If they think you are not putting much into field service they can decice to terminate your service to God which is ridiculous well that's how it is.

In my experience a friend I met at the hall was an unbaptized publisher for a while, he was also commenting at meetings he was on his way to water baptism but all of a sudden he was announced to be no longer a publisher. everybody look down on him from that point on nobody talked to him no more I was the only one I even invited him to go to field service together and he said yes but he didn't like going with my group. I was new at the hall so everybody treated nice there was me a young brother baptized publisher who was born in the truth, they even try to set me up for marriage with an elder's daughter, I said no thanks, her dad grew angry at me from that point all her family together grew angry as well. For no reason they started treating me bad but I pretented I wasn't totally listening to them and instead had a smily face with them, The elder try to take me out of the hall and then I befriended the president the oldest elder at the hall and they stopped for a while but nothing is the same again they don't see me as a brother just because i didn't marry the sister.

They can use anything against you is up to you guys to battle forward not letting any of that stop you from being loyal to God humans will always try things on you just don't listen to whatever they say about you.

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remarrying a divorced df'd spouse

by hirotaka in

hi all:.

here's a question for you.. what would happen if a jw woman went back and remarried her divorced df'd husband a few years after they had divorced?

assume that he still does not wish to return to being re-instated.. or what would happen if she just decided to date him again?.

robson

If she is planning on doing that while being an active JW, she will be counsel on the possibility of not doing that assuming she was not the one who committed a sin and that lead to divorce. If her husband was responsible biblically on the matter of divorce she is free to marry again but only in the lord. If she marries him again there won't be no ceremony at the hall, she will have to do it in private no JW's allowed. and will if she confesses what she did disfellowshipped for doing that.

Dating someone who is not an active witness although he was once your husband doesn't changes things, either he comes back and gets reinstated or forgets about marrying a witness.

you'll have to go deep in their situation however they can do w

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Should Immigrants Be Made To Learn English If They're Living In The USA?

by minimus in

jw
friends

whaddya think?

?.

robson

be made I don't think so everyone who doesn't speak english is not force to do so at someone's request, they ought to learn it at their own pace and according to their circunstances. I've been in the US for 5 years I came here when I was 17 without been able to speak english and it was not easy. I learn when I went to school now that I speak 4 languages nothing has changed to me I'm still facing the struggles of being illegal and not getting a job to support myself because of a social but who knows I'll accomplish more than people who is been here all their lives I'm majoring in 3 majors and planning to go to med school. America is open for all.

also being a witness without having privileges people looks down on you so to speak don't look down on anybody because of their background just understand them and help them they will appreciate that and in the future would help you as well. peace out bros. Robson

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Did you really want to live forever?

by serenitynow! in

even when i was a kid i thought that forever was too long.

i thought it may get boring.

especially when they said we'd stop eating meat.

robson

yes of course, why would I want to die one day. I never wake up and say God I want this to be my last day living on earth that is obviously stupid.

living with the same partner for billions of years man you don't know what love is find the special other half you need and things will get better.

don't think about it is not just for you to decide what is gonna be later on whether you like it or not having your own ideas is good but that is not universal find hope there is still.

you are just a human who doesn't know all the secrets in life enjoy yours and don't drive yourself crazy with questions you can't understand now go and learn about science, law, religious beliefs and at the end when you are about to die think about everything you hace done and see if you've live enough time.

you will never get satisfied by what your eyes comtenplate so did you really want to live forever is up to you .

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New light what is it...cos I'm confused??

by Fractured~Mind in

ok this is the biggest problem i have ...well one of...and that's the governing body's stance on "new light".

to me its like a dimmer light , whatever subject you have the light on, starting with the lowest setting you can make out the basics.

when the dial is turned up slowly to the brightest setting, you then have the whole, complete,picture...but you don't have a whole new subject matter in front of you.. so i can understand them starting with the basics then later on slowly revealing more and more as it is revealed to them...but i dont understand starting with one idea and completely changing that idea over and over again.. and if the light is not that bright on a subject, isnt it common sense to keep your big trap shut until your sure or the light is brighter, so you don't stumble millions of people in the process??.

robson

new light is just a man made explanation to the flock when they seem to have come to a different realization of biblical theology and as the truth becomes brighter our eyes will shine on and off many times because we are constantly given new light so to speak which in reality is not new light is just somebody a human being who addresses a biblical passage differently than all the others many are climbing up there in brooklyn that is how they interpret it as new light. If you believe that the holy spirit is directing this sort of thing then we have to believe it as new light but in my experience some is taken out of literal context and they give us prophetic understanding as symbolic and so forth so sometimes you just listen to their understanding and become somehow not happy, as for me I don't pay more attention to new light I will serve God with my heart and not with new light getting brighter in front of me flashing like a thunder. We'll see that light which is jesus who live as a man on earth bring our souls to the real light. Don't feel confused deep in our hearts we'll see when the new light originates with God because we know satan can use anybody including the GB to test our integrity to our God and knowing is a real deal focus only in him through him we will gain our salvation to become free of slavery to sin.

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who rules our inside thoughts, me or my other self.

by robson in

jw
friends

hi i would try to keep this short and explain my topic as i see in my mind.. .

if we are in this reality system of things living a life that would never come to us again ;like this is it we won't reverse our actions and so forth.. how can i know my own mind won't guide me to a hole in the matter of serving god and his org.. is me thinking i'm in the wrong path or is just the devil influencing me somehow.. what pill should i take.

red or blue.. red you wake up in worderland and everything is as it was before.. blue, you wake up to reality where things are all changed.. what should i do.

robson

Hi I would try to keep this short and explain my topic as I see in my mind.

If we are in this reality system of things living a life that would never come to us again ;like this is it we won't reverse our actions and so forth.

How can I know my own mind won't guide me to a hole in the matter of serving God and his org.

Is me thinking I'm in the wrong path or is just the devil influencing me somehow.

What pill should I take. red or blue.

red you wake up in worderland and everything is as it was before.

blue, you wake up to reality where things are all changed.

what should i do

W

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It is probably a bad idea, but I would like to get your opinion

by asilentone in

is it a bad idea for me to invite a lady that i just met at wal mart to my home?

i have never have invited ladies that fast especially from the store to my home, but i wonder if i should have invited her right away???

i was waiting at the line and there was a gorgeous lady, she said hi first to me.

robson

come on be a gentleman you won't look as one be serious if she is going to be yours wait and if your heart tell you she is the one get ready cause she'll make your life feel miserable. lol, joking. reality insane ins't.

advice

be yourself , don't brag. show your true colors etc. plus don't wait long.

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Another Question for Guys: Do You Like Children?

by snowbird in

really, really like them?.

please, no tasteless references to pedophilia.. thanks.. syl.

robson

they are my everything I thank God for letting me have one that is healthy and one I can enjoy so much I love her she is my heart my life she is a piece of me I feel that all I went through in life is worth at the end of the day, she makes my life worthwhile. I love you Rachel..

enjoy.