a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
Slimboyfat:- " Matthew 10:34 " Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword"
The Rebel:- My mind-reading of Slims mind " Do not suppose that I have come to this board to bring reason, I have come to bring confusion, I do not bring logic but illogic" And we "LOVE" you for it Slim.
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
" Nathan Nantas" I simply don't get your humor. So having cleared that up and my runt over, you are honest and human, through and through. So I hope we can " RESPECT" each other? as for"LOVE" ummm well I hope I don't need to clear that up?
Now isn't the above better than Jesus " COMMANDING" us to " LOVE" each other? Respecting each other should be enough?
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
I know it's not cool to say this but I used the word " LOVE" today...
I had a problem with a water leak on my house gutter, my friend said " I have a friend who can fix that...blah blah, (fix it cheaply) I said " I would " LOVE" to hear from him" Only afterwards did I think how qualified is this guy i have said I would " LOVE" to fix the gutter?
The word " LOVE" and how we use and need it is wired.
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
Loveandhateexams ( Q) " I am giving everyone on this board ...a new " COMMANDMENT" we must love one another." have you cleared this with Simon?
( A) I would " HATE" everybody on this board to " LOVE" everyone. That's " Cult " LOVE.
My "O.P" ( which I am regretting starting) is Jesus COMMANDED we " LOVE" each other, and this I believe was unreasonable. However the thread has bought up the translation of the word "LOVE" and put it in another context, furthered qualified by:-
" Mgmelkat" who wrote " I am an athiest, but I believe in the Golden Rule, and I endeavour to be "LOVING" to everyone I encounter"
Therefore kindly do not read my " O.P" and conclude I was suggesting we " LOVE" each other...I would have to be drunk or high on meths to suggest that, I simply used it as an illustration that my interpretation of Jesus " COMMANDMENT" we " LOVE" each other is unreasonable.
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
The point I am making my friends, is nobody can " COMMAND" we love anybody. But "Island Man's " post has made a great observation " The Greek word Jesus used about " LOVE" is not a good translation.
So lets take the " O.P" further what is the most over used word in the dictionary? I would say it's the word "LOVE". As children we say we " LOVE" ice-cream, we "LOVE" a bath. Then as teenagers we say we " LOVE" pop songs that sing about the most ridiculouse " LOVE". We also as teenagers have our first puppy "LOVE" ...So now I am thinking about the most over used word in the dictionary " LOVE."
What does the word " LOVE" personally mean to you?
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
Thanks Landy, point taken.I didn't give you the dislike, however I was tempted. But then I thought you may have made a good point. Let's see how the O.P develops, maybe "gibberish" is the only point my O.P made?
Blondie, thanks for the post. You made an interesting point . Anyway what I intended with the O.P. was simply to say that Jesus COMMANDMENT to love was unreasonable.
Personally in my life, I am capable of loving only a few people, and I think that's true for all of us. However going off O.P I think I can care for many people in my life, fortunately that includes a few on the board.
But the O.P is about what I consider the unreasonableness of Jesus COMMANDMENT to love.
a new commadment to the posting guidelines.
we must love one another.. if i read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new commadment " we must love one another" i would feel very uneasy about registering.
it sounds more like a threat than an expression of love.
a new COMMADMENT to the posting guidelines. We must LOVE one another.
If I read the posting guidelines and saw the lurking presence of that new COMMADMENT " We must love one another" I would feel very uneasy about registering. It sounds more like a threat than an expression of love. In fact it's totally unreasonable to COMMAND someone to love each poster.
Yet John 13:34 Jesus gave a " A new COMMANDMENT: Love one another. As I have loved you, so YOU must love one another"
Anyway I will post this O.P under friends not " Bible study" because I think it reasonable to make a few friends here. However despite my enthusiasm I think if the posting guidelines COMMANDMED us to love each other it would be a little optimistic, arrogant and presumptuous.
So from the above you can draw your own conclusions on what I think of Jesus COMMANDMENT that we love each other. Strangely as a witness they talk about loving each other, and possibly because they interpret it as a COMMANDMENT, they can disfellowship so easily, and think it a loving arrangement.
has a profound influence on our life.
on the one hand we have the background of our childhood, our upbringing, but when we leave and become apart of society, our witness traits and their set of beliefs are not tailored to fit in.
however as i slowly learnt to know longer judge from the perspective of my witness life, i also learnt i am simply an ordinary person.
Thanks for the replies.
Rainbow-troll ( Q) I envy you ....I am keen to understand how you have such solidarity with mainstream society?"
A) Well mainstream society has its quirks, but the simple answer is I am now free to choose my friends not based on what they believe but on who they are as people. I am also reading " Cathcher in the Rye" a book I wouldn't have read governed by " Witness" mindset.
Or for greater clarification an acquaintance of mine has a son, the son likes to wear women's clothes, and the father is a tough muscle matcho man. Yet he loves his son so much, that not only does he support his son's life choice, he dressed up in drag on the towns community day and participated in a show with his son. I also saw how very embarrassed the father was participating in the event...and I thought what a great dad that man is, what a son that father has, they are both very courageous people to do what they did, and I am proud to be apart of that "mainstream society"
many of you don't know me or won't remember me.
i left the jw's and my husband and my home last september - forging a new life in a new town.
i haven't posted here for many months, but have been reading most days.
71 years young...many congratulations and thanks for your inspiring post...👍👍
i'm not killing myself lol i just wanted to say a short goodbye.
i'm not leaving forever, i'm sure i'll pop in here and there but for the most part i haven't felt the need to check in here as often as i used to so i thought i'd say so long.
this journey we're all on (life) and trying to make sense of it all is a very personal one.
I love the O.P title " Goodbye friends" hopfully more sincere than an interested person in the Kingdom Hall being referred to as "our friend" when they comment at a meeting.
