so, just recently ( i believe it was the september 1 wt) there was the thought that only the "incorrigibly wicked" will be destroyed at armageddon.
at the recent visit of the co, several times he brought up the idea that the "great crowd" will be far more people than just the 7m jws on earth today.
all my life i was raised thinking only jws would be the gc, and the other 99.9% of humanity would be fertilizer.
Hey BOC
that is true. i checked it out on JW.org and it is sept 1st issue.
Interesting to look at definition of incorrigible! i wonder what that will mean for the preaching work/ sheep and goats etc
1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. 2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. 3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.
thanks WildeLover
in need of my continuing search for spirituality and my desire to find a church where i can be welcomed and have good enjoyable spiritual conversation with its members, jack and i decided today that we would visit the baptist church near his home.
it was punkofnice who suggested it.
x. well... i loved it!.
hey tim,
glad you're gaining some comfort from this! this is so positive to hear
enjoy whatever you do and whatever happens!
WildeLover
(b) from where do false teachers often come, and.
false teachers are like dried-up.
about false teachers.
Cheers Blondie
incredibly insightful! i actually cannot believe i endured that meeting.
really appreciated your placing the other translations of the "mentally diseased" scriptures. that made me so annoyed
the scripture in John and its misapplication is so god-dishonouring!
hope you're well, Blondie
love WildeLover
ps- i am listening to Cult free radio, reading Blondie's thoughts and compiling the august reports- how ironic is that? it makes me sick but its all part of the process as the fadeout begins over the coming months!!
many posts here often include parodies of theocratic words.
below are some examples:.
borganisation - organisation!.
Washtowel, Bile and Trash Society- do i have the coyroght on this one?
WildeLover
...but 5 years ago today, i made my first post here on jwn.. .
i was an elder, had a true-believing jw wife and our unbaptized publisher children were beginning to feel pressure from other jws to take the plunge.. .
amazing how much can happen in 5 trips around the sun.. .
Well done Opne mind!!
How you manage to get out? did you fade ?
do something special for your anniversary!
WildeLover
hahahaha!!!.
since being disfellowshipped on thursday, i have already come into contact with some jw's.
some experiences have been heartwarming!!!
Glad you're taking it on the chin kiddo!! since last thursday already! that was quick. i am really surprised and happy at your friends reactions!! they are brill and to be commended!
WildeLover
it's a convention, for some reason you are now up on stage with the mic, the auditorium falls silent awaiting your inspirational thoughts, no one knows you no longer believe, amidst the crowd are many close friends and direct family.
you will never, ever get another chance like this, this is a life changing opportunity.
you will have maybe 10 seconds before they cut the mike.
at Tired of the Hypocrisy but that would be brill!
I would say perhaps:
Brothers and sisters, its funny how we ask people on the ministry to investigate the history of thier own religion. but let's take a moment and investigate our own history beginning with russell and rutherford.
also wouldn't itbe hilairous if we witnesses were the apostates mentioned in Acts 20. because the Governing body have so deviated from the truth they are wolves in armani suits!
also please see jwfacts.com and jehovahs-witnesses.net
*que to shephering crook violently grabbing me round the neck and my being slapped out on the dirt while all the lovely brothers express hatred for me. Ooh, i'd pay money to see one of the COs face in particular! ooh ar! i think i could get all that out in 10 mins!
WildeLover
as a quick background, only my mother and my mil are jw's.
my wife and i are inactive, but not df'd or da'd.
my mil (who has been great to us and treats us normally) has recently told me that "jws don't shun".
Robert7, she has not a leg to stand on. you're not DFd or DAd so as your statsu is one of inactivity, she should ( from a JW point of view) be encouraging to you and being kind to you. "heaping fiery coals on your head" wiht a view to changing you but nope. she decided for herself that you are as good as DF'd etc and that my friend is judging. she has ni right to do that.
ask your mother why her friend did that. ask her to explain how on earth that is christian or the right thing to do.
shunnig has no scriptural basis and her attitude was way off. your wife must have been annoyed too! honestly, the self righteousness at times is unbelievable!
WildeLover
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it wasn't a feeling of rebellion; it was the feeling of love and care i desired.
Timmy, you simply have to be commeneded. you have greatly encouraged me as i am in the psotion you once were in.
as Irondork says, " educate yourself about what those scriptures posted above REALLY mean and in which context they should be understood"
when one gets down to the nitty gritty of the hebrew and the greek, there is actually no justiifcaiton for the translation fo these texts the way they have been translated. please invetigate these. i even worte my undergrad thesis on biblical translation of these points.anywho there are some really good publicaitons out there on this.
Look to John Boswell's "Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality. Uni of Chicage Press, 1980, i think.
its a good read!
Keep on truckin
WildeLover
this study edition is an absolute attack on kids going to higher education, and you all are getting too cosy at home with your sky tv and the internet, get out on the doors you idle dogs.. oh and if you have a good job already you could not be putting the kingdum first !.
here is some of the crap in the mag, and the article temporary residents in a wicked world.. 10. .
in view of the imminent end of the present system of things, as jehovahs servants.
Vigilant Christians refrain from using
the world to the full with regard to higher
education.
Disgraceful- so one questiosn i would love to ask - does that mean that any christian that does pursue a college education is then not vigilant and then a "virgin" that does not have enough oil? ie a follish one!! AGGGHH
angry.com here
WildeLover
