your going to enjoy the latest rumor i heard why i have not been to meeting for around nine months, i am a homosexual!
i was caught having a drink at one of the gay bars for business, yes people still talk business in bars.
revelation 17:4).and murderers, and fornicators (cf.
Longhairgal, I don't think they hate you for leaving. It's more of a learned response out of fear that someone else may see them smile or speak. They have a HUGE fear of man and of being seen by sister self righteous snitch.
It's kinda like living in a theocratic Nazi Germany ... fear rules.
6-28-15 blondies comments trust in jehovah (4/15/15 study wt).
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/ .
so how does the wts start out in the first paragraph?.
For most JWs, Jesus has been supplanted by the WTBTS & the GB. Why do they need to know someone who is NOT their mediator & hasn't invited them to anything? At least the Pope only claims to be Peter's replacement; they claim to be Christs'. Jesus is completely ignored.
In fact, if one goes by their odd interpretations, neither the Mosaic Laws (for Israelites) nor the teachings of Christ (for the 'annointed') apply to the majority. One wonders why they bother with a Bible since none of it is for them.
so ofs was at the wt this morning, and on par.
14 the question was, "what trust can a faithful christian whose relative is disfellowshipped have?".
after awhile when no one else raised their hands ofs did, and was called on.. ofs commented, "one of jw can have the trust that god will lovingly give them the ability to uphold the disfellowshipping arrangement by totally shunning family members.".
Liars are not able to speak plainly for the truth is not in them; it's lawyer speak they've printed knowing full well it is a lie to include, "Or".
Btw, great response!
last study article of march study edition of watchtower .
the sheep and the goats are people from all nations.
they will be judged toward the end of the great tribulation that will soon begin.
When one of those kept men washes my feet ....
Any monies given by the real Christians went to help the poor and needy, not to build buildings or line the pockets of Christ's "brothers" who could very well support themselves. Besides, those are instructions for the so-called "annointed, not the rest of us.
Burdensome greedy Judases.Go get a job!
*Religion is a snare and a racket*
in my studies i have found that much of the bible is a retelling of older stories from babylon, sumerian, and egypt.
it's starting to look to me as though the writer of the book of revelations may have used the idea of tiamat 's monsters as his templet when writing about the beasts in this book.
one similarity is the scorpion men or the men depicted as having scorpions tales that will ride around and kill a third of the earth.
Meh, it's just Mesopotamian symbolism. Everyone in the region in that time would have some idea what you mean from the symbolism ...
Of course we'd think it strange. We're not ancient Mesopotamians nor are we familiar, in general, with anything but "Western" symbolism and points of view.
i have researched the meaning of the word pioneer in a number of online references.
none of the meanings seem to match watchtower's use of the word.
the word refers to persons who are trailblazers; persons who are the first to settle new territory; persons who initiate some new field or technology.. jws' use of the term to refer to publishers who spend a long time preaching every month, does not in the slightest bit, match the definition.
I would think it goes back to the 1800's when the few Bible Students would visit homesteads on chicken wagons and such. Back when there was still vast wilderness in the US and "Indian Territories" being settled.
Now, it's just a title to boost egos of mostly female JWs who pretty much have nothing else in the Org.
i've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely.
all with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.. have i missed something or is this just a coincidence?.
i decided to go to the bethel recruiting meeting yesterday to test out my theory that the organization is in decline.
i assumed that if there is a general feeling of apathy by many in the org, then certainly it would be shown up by the lack of enthusiasm or zeal by many to sign up for bethel service.
well let me say that based on what i observed, this organization is not going anywhere.
The current economic situation demands those of little education and meager skill to search for free food and housing anywhere they can. I would think the turnout large.
It's not like the WTBTS takes care of its poor, aging, or needy members outside of HQ. They aren't like the Apostles or 1st Century Christians. No charity. No general fund. Nada.
looks like the faithful jws are back in the basement, the oct 15th wt has this image on page 9. but now the lights have been turned out!
i guess the persecution is really kicking in if the electric company has shut off their electricity, or the jws are really, really paranoid that the government is gonna get them if they have the lights on!.
only one guy is smart enough to use his tablet (far right), the rest of the jws are old school, using a lantern to read their bibles in the dark!
Are they supposed to be meeting 'secretly' at night or something?
I think they just need some "new light"â–ªtm
i was shocked to learn dr. zacharias studied with the jws and why he never became a jw, it was the jws incompetence that lead to dr. zacharias leading a different path in life.
he's one of the best speakers and logicians in my opinion, he's got two phds and works with extraordinary men and women willing to speak at any university or mormon temple because the word he uses is based off the word.
how come the governing body are afraid to attend q/as at yale, cambridge, oxford, ucla, harvard, rutgers ect..??
I didn't read the OP, because well, seriously too long.
Anyhow, I have no use for, "soon" every other day. Wait my Magic 8 ball is broken! 2000 yrs ago, Apostles said 'deliverance was near' .... Leave it be! Nor people lacking any knowledge of "grace" (undeserved kindness in JW speak). It's called undeserved because you don't deserve it; you can NEVER earn it. God's mercy is gifted freely. Sheesh!
