these are the instructions currently given to brothers who have parts on assemblies or special days.
note that beards are still officially a no-no.. please read and follow carefully the following information: the material is to be.
presented extemporaneously.
I know an elder who has a beard like SANTA. Okay, if it's well trimmed and dark coloured like jesus, but FULL FACE and WHITE!?! I'm just waiting for the day when he gets some half-moon glasses, and rosy cheeks from being out in the ministry in a harsh winter.
He's gonna stumble so many if he doesn't shave it off.
A lack of consideration in this matter could disturb some in the audience and detract from the programme
Tee hee!
some people accuse atheists of not being open minded for not believing in the existence of a creator.
but is not believing a sign of close mindedness?
can you believe in god and be open minded?.
Nice vid. Shame about the cheesy Marvel comics graphics though! I'm an atheist, (but I still like to listen to Coast To Coast). It annoys people and they get tetchy when I ask for empirical evidence for something being a true fact. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to see evidence before you agree with something. Why let your opinion be swayed so cheaply?
last friday i posted something supportive of gays on facebook - it was as follows: put this on your status if you know or love someone who is gay.
my wish is that people will understand that being gay is not a disease nor a choice- people who are gay are not looking for a cure but acceptance and equal rights... 93% won't copy and paste this.
will you make it your ...status for at least one hour?
It's good that you put this on your status. The reaction from your niece probably opened up their eyes to what JWs believe. Even though you probably had several people reply, you maybe had even more just read it with their mouths open. Even though many religions are softening their stance to sexuality, the general public maybe aren't aware of the JW view.
Borg 0 Morality 1
Result.
since leaving the borg a couple month back i have as some of you know seemed to get lower and lower.
my friends have slowly but surely drifted and we (my hubby and i) are treated very much like 'apostates' now and have been tried to be shoved out by them trying to get us to da ourselves.
and now i feel quite lost and am really struggling.. at first i continued to pray to god, believing he was listening and i could draw comfort from the inner peace i seemed to feel???
I'll be honest with you, even during my strong periods 'in the truth', I never really thought that god heard my prayers. I used to delude myself into thinking that it was the same for everyone. As an example, I had several opportunities to further my career and make a lot of money, while telling Jehovah that I could work less, and do more ministry. Basically, I could make a fortune on commission, and have triple the amount of time available to pursue theocratic goals, and contribute a lot to the KH fund. Absolutley nothing happened.
I've had to put up with friends sending me to coventry, and family giving me the cold shoulder. I can't say that I wasn't bothered by this, as, like you, I knew fully what to expect. I'd say it's just plain old depression that you've got. You need to fill your life with interesting things to do. Meet new people, and realise that 'worldly' people are just people. Originally, when I left I had this idea that I wasn't going to associate with worldly people. I needed to just get in touch with reality.
I can't advise you of spiritual things, as I'm now an atheist. However, I really do marvel at life, nature, our planet, and how damn lucky I am to be alive. I like to read books and watch programmes about nature, history, science, anthropology etc, and it's enough for me. I live in a really beautiful part of the earth, and sometimes when I go out for walks in the mountains, I'm left breathless at the beauty. Maybe you can find your spirituality somewhere else other than a book.
If you want someone to listen to you, just come on here. Some people just rant, and it does them a power of good
x Oldlight
what are my options?
i have recently found out that someone close to me is receiving medicaid and in the process of getting food stamps.
this is so unfair and annoying.
Just dob them in. They're taking the p*ss out of everybody else who works.
Your gut told you it was wrong. Go with it.
what was it like to live in the 1950's 1960's and early 70's as a jehovah witness.when they started to push the 1975 date..
We lived miserably, like tramps for years because of this crackpot religion. Always taking the low-paid part-time jobs. We got a pitiful education and never went to college. We lived in fear. I am picking up the pieces of a shattered life ruined by an evil religion.
Jehovah is like an evil child teasing a puppy with a biscuit. "You want this? You want it? Here y'go, take it.....nah, sorry. Okay, now you can have it...psych!"
Debator, you have to agree that your Governing Body is getting its' chain yanked by their god. Where do they get their inspiration from? It changes like the wind. My personal favourite is 'Millions now living will never die'. 'NOW' does not mean/read 'MAY'.
was at a wedding yesterday......catholic wedding.....my witness wifes family.
behind sat my in laws and another couple of witnesses from up inverness way....."the foys" who are also extended family.
as soon as the priest came out for the ceremony.....i could hear clearly from behind.....from the four of them.
Ha! I bet they hated every minute. My family recently did a wedding. Same situation. I thought they were going to burst into flames for entering a church. Woman vicar, too. It doesn't get any better than this.
the atheists and bible deniers love to talk about how hateful and murderous god is.
i suggest the following.
i believe that the children that were killed in warfare by the israelites were taken to heaven with god.
It doesn't make sense for a creator god to foreknow, or use foreknowledge in a few cases where he decides to kill children, then take them up to heaven. Surely it would have been far more important to use foreknowledge when he started the human race with Adam and Eve. He could have chosen to see what would happen in the near future and thought, 'You know what, I think I'll save mankind a whole lot of suffering and take away Adam's right to procreate'. It means that god is just arbitrarily picking at random those he decides to kill, (children or not).
The more I started to leave off reading my bible, the less circular conundrums/aguments were whizzing round my head.
The more we get to understand about time/space and the universe, the more I think that Jehovah 'foreknowing' things is inevitable... I won't say is a foregone conclusion...
could alex do?
he might lovingly approach.
steve again and lay bare his fault.
It works if you use the translation 'holy ghost' instead of holy spirit.
Casper the friendly ghost used to get grieved when stinky, fatso and stretch used to pick on him.
for those who were jws, what did you expect to do during the 1,000 year reign?.
since only loyal jws would survive armageddon, it seemed to me that field service and tms would be eliminated.. so what did you expect to do with your time, besides getting rid of the dead bodies and petting lions?.
Teach resurrected Vikings , crusaders and saxon peasants how to use Windows Millennium edition, and the watchtower CD rom.
