interesting comment on the talk page of the wikipedia article on the governing body here:.
one dopey jw (wandering-teacher) who complained that the article was "biased" against the jws was supported in a comment by another assumed jw (galik) who whined that the article was "peppered with quotes from known opposers of jehovah's witnesses in order to use this article as a propaganda vehicle".. wandering-teacher replied: "thanks for the support, galik.
the difficulty of having a neutral point of view in the ... article strengthens my faith that i have made the correct religious choice for me.".
Yep it shows spiritual insecurity that they need someone to back them up so to speak. They can't defend bs and it makes them feel alone . I so much wish I could get my brothers to see the circular logic.
I like the way you put that!! Spiritual Insecurity!! Beautiful!! That's one of the best descriptions I've heard in a long time, Spiritual Insecurity. That's exactly what it is too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13649381.
"jack kevorkian, the controversial american doctor who claimed to have assisted more than 100 suicides, has died aged 83.".
to my mind, the guy is a hero for having the courage to open up debate and put himself on the line to end the suffering of others.
The irony right. Dr.Death........died....... I respected him, and agreed with him. If something really messed up happens to me, pull the plug, and to b honest with you, I wouldn't mind if someone put a pillow over my head and then shot me. Better than suffering with Lung Cancer and METS. I'll pass on that.
By the way Al Pacino nailed Kevorkian's character.
i have been looking for the perfect athletic laceless shoes.
i owned 3 perfect ones in the past and they are now worn out pretty much.
i bought reebok instant pump shoes not long ago, i ordered them online, they are laceless, but i am not comfortable wearing them.
This is what I thought you meant at first. Ahh, you were bringing back memories although this wasn't what you intended.
live with jehovah's day in mind (pub 2006) pg 135. beware of bad associations!.
20 what can you young ones learn from the 12 prophets?
one of the most-quoted scriptures in discussions between you and your parents may be 1 corinthians 15:33 about avoiding bad associations.
The funny thing to me about that verse at 1 Cor 15:33 is when you take in context. That verse is strictly applied to young people and whom they choose to become friends with in the JW world. However, that letter was written primarily to adults, adult Christians who started entertaining thoughts contrary to what the apostle Paul had taught that congregation in Corninth, and also contrary to eye-witness reports given from those still alive at the time who witnessed the events surrounding Jesus Christ. Certain individuals in Corinth started denying the resurrection, and started influencing the congregation. These verses had nothing to do with the typical problems associated with young people making appropriate friends. Matter fact, if you really want to apply these verses in the appropriate context, ask yourself whether or not what the WT teaches regarding Biblicle truths in their literature and what's enforced doctrinally to the point of shunning, ask yourself whether or not that coincides and corroborates with what's actually found in the Bible. At that point, you may very well find that the bad association is the WT itself.
my mother was a hippy who kept a pile of erica jong and germaine greer books beside her bed.
(like every other avowed feminist in those days).
needless to say, she didn't feel the need to do the cleaning and we lived in an unkempt home.
LOL, wow. We've got some nuts on this forum.
my mother was a hippy who kept a pile of erica jong and germaine greer books beside her bed.
(like every other avowed feminist in those days).
needless to say, she didn't feel the need to do the cleaning and we lived in an unkempt home.
She's bang out of order.
my mother was a hippy who kept a pile of erica jong and germaine greer books beside her bed.
(like every other avowed feminist in those days).
needless to say, she didn't feel the need to do the cleaning and we lived in an unkempt home.
Whoa Outlaw, what're you talking about? LOL, hyperlink that post!! I love watching these folks lie and get caught in the lie. Her and Eggnog need to get together LOL
my mother was a hippy who kept a pile of erica jong and germaine greer books beside her bed.
(like every other avowed feminist in those days).
needless to say, she didn't feel the need to do the cleaning and we lived in an unkempt home.
BOTR, I'd like to see that list. I'm looking forward to that.
i recently began a wonderful relationship with a guy who also happened to be a jw.
i have learned alot about him and how the religion effects his life and now i am interested in learning more about the religion - but from a beginners' point of view.
could anyone give me an idea of the basic beliefs and practices of jws?.
For illustration purposes to summarize in a nutshell, the JW's beliefs about nonJWs. If you don't recognize the authority given to these men, in this picture, you're toast at Armageddon. Your children are toast, your parents if they don't recognize the authority of the men in this picture, are toast. Countries where people have never seen or heard of these men in this picture, are toast. Recognizing the authority of these men entails quite a lot as Rebel8 highlighted in her post. If a JW marries a nonJW, and the nonJW doesn't eventually become a JW, its been said that the JW is married to a corpse. That has been stated from platforms by men such as the ones in this picture to audiences where JWs attend assemblies for encouragement.
Jackal, I hope you know what you're doing getting involved with a JW. By the way, and JW that gets involved with a nonJW is setting him or herself ont he road to being toast because they've disobeyed the direction as given by the men in the picture.
i recently began a wonderful relationship with a guy who also happened to be a jw.
i have learned alot about him and how the religion effects his life and now i am interested in learning more about the religion - but from a beginners' point of view.
could anyone give me an idea of the basic beliefs and practices of jws?.
Black Sheep, almost all religions have apocalyptic teachings of one kind or another and let us not forget the infamous Hellfire doctrine that punishes the unrighteous. Are you really saying Jehovah's Witnesses clarify and give new meaning to Armageddon? If not, what are you saying?
Or the infamous teaching that all NonJWs regardless of their works being more loving than the average JW, are still going to be destroyed forever at Armageddon, unless they recognized the Watchtower and several old men of European descent and one token black as God's annointed mouthpiece here on the earth.
