i have just started to steep the mincemeat for my mince pies in dark rum .
christmas is a big deal in my family and circle of friends.
however among ex jws it's a bit different or so l understand.
I don't bother with Christmas. I have no abiding childhood memory of it. It is meaningless to me.
If invited to a Christmas meal, I will go but probably can't enter into the 'spirit' of it like others.
I tend to get invited to the Polish family of my Grandkids. They do a Catholic kind of thing with wafers and prayers (I barely understand). this is always the day before British Christmas.
So, in answer to your question. No with a bland 'yes' but only out of obligation to family.
i have heard it said [numerous times] that jws live their life according to the bible.. i have also heard [numerous times] that jws have restored the correct christian practice following the great apostasy [?which is a different topic].
my question is 'is there any proof anywhere in history where jewish or christian people lived their life according to the scriptures?".
ttwsyf.
TTetc - I have heard it said [numerous times] that JWs live their life according to the bible.
Well, they would claim that because it's a cult with a tweaked Bible. And because to claim otherwise, would invalidate their imagined piety.
The Governing Body(tm)(Pee be upon them), wouldn't want the truth getting out, so they brainwash the R&F into a fake reality.
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
Hey, Vandy, me ol' mate....or anyone else come to that............
What's your view on the Governing Body(tm)(Pee be upon them), agreeing that they should all shun Christ at the Memorial(tm) unless you pretend to be Anointed(tm)?
That sounds pretty blasphemous to me. (Although I'm not a believer...but if I was, kinda thing).
here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .
1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.
2. no going to home coming football games.
That's quite a comprehensive list you have there Breezy one.
I think it's be easier to flip it around for a shorter list.
A list of things Jobots ARE allowed to do.
1. Give money and assets to the Governing Body (Pee be upon them)
2. Shun Christ at the 'memorial(tm)'
3. Waste time with Jobot 'busy work' and meetings(tm)
4. Look down haughtily on everyone apart from the Elders upward in the pecking order.
5. Believe everything the WBT$ says even if it's against all logic and evidence.
Summary. Not to enjoy anything else ever again.
i think it's been a while since this was asked.
tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.
i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.
I started collecting the Amazong Spider-man comics from the 60's and 70's.
I'm missing a few here and there because of cost....but hey ho, I like the collection I have. All bagged and boarded.
i think it's been a while since this was asked.
tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.
i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.
Peaceful - Viking reinactor??? I've been to a renaissance fair.....and I wore a Flavor Flav costume at Halloween once. That count?
It all counts.
If it's fun, it's worth it. As long as we don't really slay anyone.
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
Vandy - Is the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses committing Blasphemy?
Yes. When I was coming out of the JW's and still believed in Bible things and went to Church, I thought that the Governing Body(Pee be upon them), had become 'apostates(tm)' like the kings of Israel. Started off faithful but then went lairy.
I speak as a non believer-cum-agnostic now so any 'reasoning' on scriptures is kind of lost on me. No offence meant.
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
FM - I didn’t say specifically stated. All I said was “refers”.
Facepalm. What a cop our.! But you did say 'specifically'. If it 'refers', where does it 'specifically refer'?
And there are good reasons to believe WT interpretation of the verse.
No there aren't. I bet you can't prove this in any way whatsoever without mental gymnastics and out of context scriptures.
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
FM - the scripture specifically refers to a group of people with a divine assignment on earth at the time of the end.
Where is that specifically stated?
admittedly it 90% crap over there but still they are up to 80k in subscribers.
over here it's the same half dozen or so that posts something, including myself.
why is that?.
I found this site when I was in the YUKU forum that no longer exists. This site was seen in poor light because of how some users are rude and argumentative.
I now laugh in the face of down votes and caustic rudeness. But it wasn't pleasant at first.
