i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.
" who talks like that?
they must be relics of the fred franz era.
stuckinarut2 .... apparently it's your book bag. Lolz
"Sheep and goats"
Used by JWs to denote good and bad somehow making the only creature, the goat, holy enough be sacrificed for the forgiveness of sin & to carry away sin for the ENTIRE nation of Israel equal to evil.
No sheep was ever taken inside the Holy of Holies; only goats.
"Spirituality weak"
Used by most JWs to describe someone who may be depressed and someone who takes a job with hours that run into a meeting night.
l have observed the types of people attracted to the sect are many times unbalanced,unstable,emotionally insecure types.the jdubs seem to home in like vulchers circling the prey ,preying on the vulnerables.they tried it on me when my father who was an elder died.promising that if you become a dub you will one day see him again.l said how can you promise that when you keep making false misleading predictions.l was wondering if others have observed this phenomenon.
they say ignorance is bliss... well, i wish that god did not give adam free will.
i am ok to not have free will if it means i will live forever in perfect paradisiac conditions.it has been explained that free will is a gift from god.
they say 'who would want to live life like a robot?
Biblically. If it was given to the angels, why not humans too?
As for 'sin', it simply translates as 'to cause offense'.
a few years after i quit the meetings my mum needed her medical directive signed and witnessed and she asked if i'd do it.
i was surprised to say the least!.
i think she was just angling to include me and maybe find some lever to get me involved again.
there were other people who either killed themselves or tried to kill themselves while they were at "the house of god.
one person who did kill himself was richard wheelock, press room overseer ......he jumped out of a window at the watchtower farm one day.
it seemed, he was never quite the same after his wife "willy" died.
2016-01-13 re: visit of headquarters representatives .
as part of their visit, a special three-hour programme will be broadcast to all congregationsin britain, ireland and the falkland islands.
the programme will be streamed from bethel, and will be available from saturday afternoon, april 30, at 1:00 p.m.. 2016-01-18 re:correct use of jw.org inboxes.
there are seven men who proclaim to be the faithful and discreet slave.
but, are they?
That is Jesus' job. The Congregation is his body.
You think Christ would have 7 guys who don't feed, cloth, or otherwise help the needy in his employ? 7 guys making decisions for millions? (How many were in the room to end the circumcision question that would effect a few thousands?)
7 guys that do what exactly that shows the world they're reps of Christ? They take money for buildings and tree pulp, and don't disperse any to those (humans) in need.
Leaders of God's congregation???? I'm not sure Christ even knows them.
something else i noticed in the awake 2016.2 magazine: very interesting that on page 6 and 7 "life's big questions" they basically pose two:1. science ... cannot define sexual morality.2.
science ... cannot make moral decisions on the embryo’s right to life.but actually, science can: it's called ethics, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ethics.
kant introduced some interesting concepts how to think about what should be morally right, see deontology.more interesting though for me here is why these two?
Why would scientists be making personal decisions for individuals?
And what pre tell is sexual morality (aside from adultery and rape)?
Widower Judah looking for a prostitute?
Rahab being a prostitute?
Lots daughters both boinking their father?
A duty to Boink your dead brother's wife to provide him an heir?
It seems to me as long as two consenting adults weren't married or engaged, to sex or not to sex was up to them. (Exception for dead brothers with no heir) No repercussions either.
An extraterrestrial, why?
They aren't human up there flittering around space right? At the transfiguration, Jesus turned into some sort of energy being.
i've been drawing back lately and looking at the big picture going on in the org, somewhat like slimboyfat has also been doing, but i am wondering about different possibilities.
so the current gb has modernized recently in various ways.
they have done a strong and sudden about-face regarding the electronic world, from viewing the whole thing suspiciously and condemning bros. use tablets from the platform to suddenly embracing them and causing the r&f to do so to such a degree that old ones are spending hundreds of dollars to buy devices that they have no clue how to use; they have heavily embraced this media for their message, very much like the churches have been doing for years, especially with their jw broadcasting and their caleb and sophia animations.
When living in Central Am. The local dress shirt in FS, no jacket. The local dress shirt: 2 versions, long sleeve or short sleeve. In FS, no stockings, usually calf level cool skirt or dress. Shoes depend on season. Monsoon, rubber boots. Normal, nice opened toed for the ladies.
In the KH, males will put on a jacket to give a part. That's about it.
Dress in a presentable manner for the climate and customs.
