what are everyone's thoughts on this, how his legs weren't broken, he was pierced with a spear and he wore a thorny crown?.
i'm pimo and very much not wanting to believe, but like the daniel statue prophecies, these ones about jesus stick in my mind and give me "hmmm, maybe" moments..
Hanged Man
It's the story of the suns journey round the zodiac.....The sign of the zodiac that ends the suns "career" just before the winter solstice is Sagittarius.....the centaur/centurion who pierces the sun with his spear and brings sunny boy's journey to an end......The old "Lion King" dies and the new son/sun starts his trip around the circuit with the "twelve" signs of the zodiac.
Interesting. I have never heard this before.
i’ve been here for many years.
the tone seems to be different in this place.
not so many pissed off exjws .
Too busy enjoying life outside the organization to be mad. I am SO relieved to have no more meetings, be making real friends and to know the truth about the "truth".
some of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.
so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.
I would go.
It is not about me. It is about the person the service is for. I have honed the art of tuning out what is said from the platform and view Jws as just another religion among many.
I go when Catholic friends die too for the same reason.
Its true, I have personal history with JWs and the people there and the religion was personally not helpful and even hurtful in some ways to me but as I said, someones funeral/memorial isnt about me and I dont make it about me. I do it for them.
please would someone with more skills than me link to "knock!
knock!
" a section of the sept 2017 jborg broadcast at 44.00 mins to 53.00 mins approx.. please watch and add your thoughts.
Obviously they are worried about their timeline. Got to show the folks how happy these 2 old women are that they stayed the course.
At least the stuffed toy doesnt look any worse for wear...
i understand that cults and religious groups will always exist.
but why do jehovah’s witnesses continue as a religion that people will join?.
For me, I left because when I became aware of inept and corrupt elders and the leadership in New York failed to effectively address the matter. They wouldnt address it at all in fact.
I would probably not have left over the elders actions alone, it was seeing that no one is really concerned about what goes on, so much as they are just concerned with keeping the machine running.
That started me looking at the "machine" itself and well..........
I can only compare it to the wizard of Oz. In order to keep publishers in place, they must keep them from peeking behind the curtain like I did.
As for why they exist, people would love it if they could just hand over the big questions of life. Go to a few meetings a week, put some money in a box and bam! You are guaranteed God likes you AND all that goes with that...not the least of which is living forever someday in a better world.
On the surface, that seems a fair exchange and easier than picking your own path through life with no guaranteed outcomes.
As long as you dont scratch the veneer and see below the surface, it can still work for some.
since leaving the borg i jumped both feet first into classes i've always wanted to do but was never "allowed" to.
two of which are life drawing and photography.
i've been studying for almost two years now and have seen more nude men and women in our classes than i care to remember.. today in the photography studio i was working in with three others (two women, one man) we were told we had a new person modelling for us.
You are probably looking at a young woman who can think for herself - even if just a little. Lets hope that grows and grows until it leads her to a bigger and better life away from the Org.
Awesome that you are perusing your talents Pale!
i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.
she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.
good luck ms. winfrey.
are you watching dr phil with the df wife and still in husband?.
They better not DF him.
Dr Phil may do a follow up show!
maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.
for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.
for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.
Hi Citizen, do you have a reason or feel strongly that you need to go to this meeting with the elders?
"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
Isnt it one thing when people in the neighborhood do it and another when a man with a doctorate in counseling and who is on national television does it?
He should have been briefed better.
