symposium: beware of apostates!.
satanhuman apostates also of interest ..... the truth brings "not peace, but a sword" .
Apostates, however, differ from most of those whom we meet in our ministry. Apostates are not sincere in their expressions. Their aim is to manipulate your minds and undermine your faith."
This statement is 100% factual.
The fact that peoples minds are too childlike to defend against this type of manipulation is evidenced by the fact that the audience cannot even discern that it is the apostates themselves issuing the warning.
someone once quoted gandhi to me, but i don't actually think it was gandhi, saying that man can only be happy when what he says, what he believes and what he does are all in harmony.. how many of us led lives that meant all three of those were at loggerheads whilst jws?.
i came out as gay when still a witness, to my family first and then my friends.
they were all accepting of me, to varying degrees, but accepting.. i even asked the elders for help.
Are you sure you're gay? I've never known a gay man to request fish in the face.
DON'T DO IT !!! I hear it's spoooooky!
Seriously, as I read through your post a thought kept running through my mind:
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
first of all i,m not against gays, i have made a 180 degree.
turn on my view on homosexual.
i thought my son was gay and.
As a gay kid, of course I snuck a peak in the locker room. I snuck tons of peaks in the locker room. I also noticed other guys sizing me up. That's where I learned that all men, in fact, were NOT created equal and that I had nothing to worry about.
Bottom line: I recognized there was a time and place for everything and the locker room is not the place to find a boyfriend. Personal responsibility.
The other bottom line: The boy scouts is no place for sex, especially among children. Personal responsibility.
.....after 8 years of us being disfellowshipped.
the made contact through my aunt who is still 'in' - as in she has faded but is not disfellowshipped and will pop to a meeting now and again - she does this for my grans' sake.. the contact was from my aunt and uncle (he's an elder) these were the 2 witnesses used against me in my judicial case.
they contacted my aunt and said to forward the message onto us.
Asking for money is an "extraordinary circumstance"? Begging from a dead person? Have you not already been dismissed as a member of that family? Based on what relationship do they quote scripture about familial responsibilities?
You just described exactly what I suspect my former sisters will do to me when it comes times to put their mother in a home. I have not been a member of that family for some time now. I have no obligation toward them. At this point, there is nothing they could do or say, no possible event that could persuade me to put down my coffee cup, or even raise an eyebrow in their direction.
I wish those people no harm, as I'm sure you wish your former associates no harm. But I have coffee to drink, a kitty to play with... and a butt to scratch.
if one claims to be a christain, a follower of jesus, should we not listen to his commands?
he said to love those who are hating and persucuting you, did he not say if some one asked you to go one mile go two?
if someone who is not a believer says something mean or rude ,does that open a door to reviel in return??
If we claim christ we need to act like christ!
That's a tall order but it can't be argued with.
what do our resident messiahs have to say when another messiah encroaches on the claim?.
http://naijamayor.com/south-african-man-claims-to-be-jesus/.
a 48-year-old man claims to be jesus and that he came back to save the world.. phetole selepe, from dan village, south africa, claims he is jesus christ and was sent by his ancestors to save the world.. selepe has been living on the banks of the letaba river which is located in the eastern limpopo province of south africa, since 2004, where he performed his rituals.. although he was arrested more than eight times, the local municipality was unable to evict him.
What do our resident Messiahs have to say when another Messiah encroaches on the claim?
http://naijamayor.com/south-african-man-claims-to-be-jesus/
May 22, 3013
A 48-year-old man claims to be Jesus and that he came back to save the world.
Phetole Selepe, from Dan village, South Africa, claims he is Jesus Christ and was sent by his ancestors to save the world.
Selepe has been living on the banks of the Letaba River which is located in the Eastern Limpopo Province of South Africa, since 2004, where he performed his rituals.
Although he was arrested more than eight times, the local municipality was unable to evict him. He seems to be “untouchable,” as he claims to be protected by a large water snake.
He thinks he can bring people back from the dead and that one day he will lead his people to Canaan and wash their sins. Selepe, who goes by many different identities, said he used one of his names, Molalatladi, to control the world.
“He is not the first to make that claim. In the past, many people have claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to be Jesus or the Second Coming of Christ. If he is really Jesus why does he have a rap sheet?” Rebecca McNeil, 63, of Kent, England told YourJewishNews.com after hearing about Selepe’s Jesus claim. Selepe claims he realized he was Jesus in 1999!
“I was told to leave my family and come here to help the poor and those who are suffering,” Selepe said. “I’m not allowed to be with a woman and I can only eat bread, fish and bananas,” he added.
have you guys seen the meme on facebook going around about "tim tebow vs jason collins" comparing tebow "bashed for professing christ" and collins "praised for homosexuality" and then at the bottom the scripture isaiah 50:20: woe to those who call evil good and good evil?
i have had a couple friends of mine post that on their wall and it showed up on my wall.
i don't care what they believe however it just bothers me that they didn't think that i would find it offensive.
Just recognize it for what it is and don't let it get to you.
I learned to let stuff like that slide off my back a long time ago.
lurkers.... check your calendars... october 2, 2014 is only 500 days away.... look for illogical nu-lite from the wt in publications and conventions that will attempt to explain this away.. they've already bought themselves some time by splitting a "generation" into 2 overlapping generations... still, they have a lot of explaining to do... this should get really interesting... stay tuned.... .
Wait. Wait! WAIT!
Does this mean that there will only be 900 years of actual paradise-ness now? Are they skimming this off the top of my bonus?
I'm starting to feel a little ripped off here.
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I'm a huge sci-fi fan. I volunteer to proof read it for you.
Was that shameless?
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I hear the wave of the future for up and coming authors is to self-publish.
