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.
My sister was not allowed to join the Police because the Elders(tm) said, 'When persecution(tm) comes you might be ordered to use a truncheon against your Brothers(tm) and Sisters(tm).'
Persecution(tm), always trying to scare us all with that stupid tactic.
Mind you looking at the UK Police today, they're a useless bunch of lefty enforcers.
are there songs that seem to speak to you?
maybe especially when leaving the church and losing friends and family.
i still pause when i hear hennly's heart of the matter.
This one helped me when my dear old Dad died....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmD9Z5vC6Vc
One day, you may have it all your own way
And live the life you choose
And think you understand
The meaning of it all
But don't close your eyes
There's a whole wide world
Just waiting for you
Where is the moment you were waiting for
When you walk through your God's door?
Is it what you've lived your whole life for
Life everlasting or darkness ever more?
But don't close your eyes
There's a whole wide world
Just waiting for you
(and I believe that)
Chorus
One Day, in your life you'll realise
The reason why you're here
One Day, in your life you'll realise
The reason why you're here
Church bells are ringing out for you
The Sunday morning call
To lay your life right down
Your God just takes it all
But don't close your eyes
There's a whole wide world
Just waiting for you
(and I believe that)
Chorus Repeat
Did you ever stop to think about the world as a whole?
Do you ever think about your life beyond your front door?
(and I believe that)
Chorus Repeat
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.
TM - They lack scholarly skills and just expect the R&F to accept any non-sensical interpretation they float.
Anyone would think they're just running a scam to get power and money. Just like most Politicians.
But of course, they all say they're not...so whom do you believe (he said tongue in cheek, fingers crossed behind back and smirking like a Cheshire cat).
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.
