i am so proud of myself.
i did not take a vacation day to attend the garbage fest.
i am happily (as happy as you can be at work) here discussing to my co-workers why i no longer believe in god.
I am so proud of myself. I did not take a vacation day to attend the garbage fest. I am happily (as happy as you can be at work) here discussing to my co-workers why I no longer believe in God. I come from a very open family and know I wont be shunned.
Didnt expect to feel sooo liberated!
looking back I realize I was a weekend witness
1. worldly boyfriend
2. Self-love (TMI, I know but they always talked about it)
3. Lied about why I missed meetings.
So, good riddance I am finally done!
the watchtower society says "test us against the bible!".
test the inspired expressions.
) we must not believe every spirit, or inspired expression, but we should test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with god.
Actually, I don't know if this can be classified as new light but they now say that testing like the Boreans means testing against other WT publications.
I believe its in the Bible Teach book. They compare it to a teller at a bank and counterfeit money.
An excerpt:
How can you know the right way to worship Jehovah? You do not have to study and compare the teachings of all the many religions. You need only learn what the Bible really teaches about true worship. To illustrate: In many lands, there is a problem with counterfeit money. If you were given the job of picking out such false money, how would you go about it? By memorizing every kind of counterfeit? No. Your time would be better spent if you studied real money. After you knew what real money looked like, you could recognize a counterfeit. Similarly, when we learn how to identify the true religion, we can recognize those religions that are false
But they also say that God’s servants base their teachings on the Bible.
There are other references but I remember this one clearly.
i was just wondering if anyone has ever counted the yearly parttakers.
2005-8524.. based on these numbers 36373 has been anointed in four years alone.
am i mistaken to understand that the 144000 is to go to heaven and are apart of the anointed class and therefore these part takers are also going to heaven.
Lmao.. I tried to get disfellowship but I really was going to miss some of of the nice ones. Some I definately can live without.
Thanks Aguest, I barely go to the meetings but they are so damn nosey I wanna tell them f-off. I might honestly try your method. Get them off my
back.
At this point fade, da, df I honestly don't care. And to start I will schedule that yoga class for tomorrow, Thursday. I have my thursdays back.
i was just wondering if anyone has ever counted the yearly parttakers.
2005-8524.. based on these numbers 36373 has been anointed in four years alone.
am i mistaken to understand that the 144000 is to go to heaven and are apart of the anointed class and therefore these part takers are also going to heaven.
Aguest. Thank you. I am trying to get a really good argument to stump the Elders to leave me alone so I can fade out? My mother is doing cartwheel that I am leaving. My first clue shouldve been my dad who was raised in didnt want me to join up... *sigh*
i was just wondering if anyone has ever counted the yearly parttakers.
2005-8524.. based on these numbers 36373 has been anointed in four years alone.
am i mistaken to understand that the 144000 is to go to heaven and are apart of the anointed class and therefore these part takers are also going to heaven.
I was just wondering if anyone has ever counted the yearly parttakers
2008- 9986
2007-9105
2006-8758
2005-8524.
Based on these numbers 36373 has been anointed in four years alone. Am I mistaken to understand that the 144000 is to go to heaven and are apart of the anointed class and therefore these part takers are also going to heaven. Wouldnt this be a contradiction if in this decade alone there has been at least that many part takers. I am technically still an active witness but this as always bothered me. Please help!!! I got these numbers off the CD library 2009.
i remember a 'sister' coming up to me and telling me off for being on the atkins diet, as it was satanic and designed by satan.. chukky.
Dont talk to your co-worker unless necessary. Listen to the KMELODIES (This was after i explained I worked in MY FAMILY'S BUSINESS)
for me, i was 100 percent brainwashed.
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I was one and a half foot in , half a foot out. I DID ALOT of what I wasn't suppose to. My final straw was when they wanted to influence who I dated and had the nerve to tll me that I wasn't suppose to talk to my co-workers and should only play kingdom melodies to pass the time ( the are dreadfully boring) and this was after I told them I worked in my FAMILy's business.
so all of us that grew up as witnesses never did certain things because of them having pagan origins.
why don't we celebrate christmas?
pagan origins.
I see your point and I dont know I know my family hated me for the three years I took it seriouly (love me some birthday cake). I never understood it since my college professor also pointed out that even rings are of pagan origin. I know I never celebrated christmas before but I will live it this year.
in light of the following scripture:-.
there are six things that jehovah does hate; yes, seven are things detestable to his soul: lofty eyes, a false tongue, and hands that are shedding innocent blood, a heart fabricating hurtful schemes, feet that are in a hurry to run to badness, a false witness that launches forth lies, and anyone sending forth contentions among brothers.
- (proverbs 6:16-19).
I remember the watchtower where the witness went door to door and when the householder sounded the alarm she changed her shirt. When question about this by the police shortly after she lied and said no. I do remember her being applauded for her ingenuity(sp). a Dub over at yahoo answers define Theocratic Warfare as "It means that we do not share the FULL truth with people in cases where it might not be beneficial. For example, before I tell non-JWs what will happen to them at Armageddon, I prayerfully consider how this will impact the kingdom ministry. However, in most cases I am fully honest and provide the complete truth – since people need to know it."
smdhad
several weeks ago, i was attending a meeting with my wife and i brought my king james translation of the bible with me.
one of the brothers came up to me after the meeting and asked me what translation did i have and i showed it to him.
he asked if i knew that god's name appeared in that translation and i said, "yes, psalms 83:18 i do believe.
Personally,I have always chafed at the idea of potecting Jehovahs name. I wondered how a god could cause a flood but cant kill a few men for taking out his oh,so holy name!
-I came I saw
