i've never been a witness so i never left.
graeme hammond writes:.
for some years i’d had a growing irritation and disillusionment with the religion: i was getting tired of the pompousness, the arrogance and the control, i felt increasingly choked by their restrictions and i was drained by their demands on my time.
Because I was all about Jesus and the JWs thought I was wrong for this.
The final straw was because, as an elder(tm), I saw the corrupt business side of it all. No love. No Jesus. Just callous following of rules for the financial benefit of the Governing Body(tm) (Pee be upon them).
here’s a couple good ones: a. jesus said, “come to me and i will give you rest”.. why did jesus command us to go to him and not jehovah?.
why does the bible say that the name of jesus is above every name?
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Blotty - since you dont seem to just want to do a simple google search for scholarly articles
How passive aggressive of you.
Im compiling those links
How quaint. Compile away. I'm not here to 'compile'. An if it's so 'simple' as you say, don't be rude about it. Just do it yourself. I'm not here to puke Bible critique. I responded to the OP, not you
That it doesn't fit in with your view is fine. I really don't care. It's less than meaningless to me.
I do have better things to do. Just don't be so rude, please.
in 1977 ( i was 18 years old), i attended a led zeppelin concert at the chicago stadium.
sat in the 10th.
row.
Did your parents or you as a parent, do anything that showed your self-righteous disapproval?
I wasn't allowed to have David Bowie LPs because of his ahem, 'appearance' and the word in the Jobots was that he was a homo.
I was even told not to have Donovan LPs.
Of course I had both, just hidden in the sleeves of other artists. I knew my parents wouldn't recognise Bowie or Donavan when played.
As far as Led Zeppelin are concerned, I managed to ensconce a poster on my wall in a position that wasn't really looked at.
I listened to what I wanted despite the Jobots!
ever since the annual meeting last october and the letter to bodies of elders stating that "exceptional young men perhaps in their early 20's could qualify for appointment as elders.." it even states this in the updated elders manual!
have any of you pimo's, pimq's, or those on here with family/friends still in hear of any young men being appointed as elders yet?
i am talking 21, 22, 23, 24 etc.
BAss - I think it is a great idea. It will further demoralize the rank and file, and weaken Watchtower.
Watchtower Corporation(tm) is the grift that just stops giving.
diane abbot has been temporarily suspended from the labour party whilst they investigate her behaviour.. what's she done?.
it was leaked that a first draft of a letter she was going to write had the claim that jews can't experience racism.. the influence of crt is obvious.
according to this warped worldview, there are two types of people, oppressors and oppressed.
To me, at least, it evidences we are well along in the 'Long March through the Institutions'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_march_through_the_institutions
CRT is at least a grift for race baiters. At worst a mind worm placed into our institution by hostile powers or 5th columnists.
We're being groomed either way.
here’s a couple good ones: a. jesus said, “come to me and i will give you rest”.. why did jesus command us to go to him and not jehovah?.
why does the bible say that the name of jesus is above every name?
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The Watchtower Corporation(tm) claims that Jesus and Michael the Archangel are one an the same.
What about: Hebrews 1:5? I quote from their own corrupt cult propaganda version.........
For example, to which one of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; today I have become your father”? And again: “I will become his father, and he will become my son”?
Even their own corporation version contradicts the 'Michael' JW garbage.
is this the "great tribulation" which jesus warned he would bring upon the corrupt christian congregations worldwide, (revelation 2:22; 7:14) or is it the same 1st century g.t.
which he said would never occur again?
(matthew 24:21).
BM - by donating to the worldwide work
How typical of them to slip that in.
...anyway, if they say it's coming soon(tm), we'd better go back to the cult. After all, when were they ever wrong about the end(tm)?
i found out that a uk hospital (nnuh) uses kingdom melodies as hold music, apparently for some years!
i called and heard it myself.
i wrote an email to the complaints team and await a response.
AE - "Thank you for your email. I can confirm that Communications have taken steps to change the music to Mozart."
Oh, well, that's better than Cultz art.
my name is kevin shelton.
my wife is a jehovah's witness.
my two children are jehovah's witnesses.
Stan - my troll radar is pinging.
I get a peculiar tingle too.
We'll know if the moon landing denial comes out.
please add or correct the following written by helge kare fauskanger.
"for starters, imagine a distinctly insular form of protestant fundamentalism minus the trinity (god and jesus are held to be separate beings, and the holy spirit is god's active power rather than a person).
note: since the witnesses want to think of their faith as something absolutely unique, they themselves will not agree that they are either protestant or fundamentalist.. * very important to call god by his proper name of jehovah, and as noted, you must not get him mixed up with jesus.
smiddy - I remember the 'house to house' bit in Acts 20:20 now. It is one the JWs believe is a command. It doesn't look like a command to me. It seems to be a bit of a one off in terms of 'methods' before Paul was bunged under house arrest.
They never mention Luke 10:7 though.
Vandy would probably have a better handle on it than me, I've given up studying after the trauma with the Corporation(tm) destroyed my trust.
