http://www.jwstruggle.com/2013/07/bethel-layoffs-reveal-a-kingdom-without-clothes/.
despite everything, i still have a lingering admiration toward those who serve or have served in bethel.
it is not that i believe it is gods organization in any way, shape, or form.
When I was a dub, a young couple who had both been Bethelites and got married in New York came to my congregation in the South to serve "where the 'need' was great." The young man had learned a skilled trade (sheet metal work, I believe) at Bethel and was very employable. Unfortunately, this case is the exception rather than the rule.
Before dumping people onto the mean streets of the real world, Bethel could at least teach them a marketable skill so they can earn a living.
for the past 4 1/2 years i have heard everything said about president obama and now the lastest "obama being the anti-christ" just have me laughing my head off.
where do people get nonsense like this?
do they just sit around the kitchen table and say "what are we going to say next about obama and michelle?
When discussing people and their problems, it is much more useful to describe behavior than to call names. Name calling gives no information about what the person did that is perceived as wrong or hurtful.
Obama is one of the most intellectually gifted presidents of my lifetime, IMHO.
Mitch McConnell and some of his cronies set out from the beginning to discredit everything Obama has tried to do. Recently, I heard Obama express frustration about how everything in Washington is ruled by politics (therefore, not what is best for the American people).
My biggest complaint about Obama is that he is too willing to compromise and allows his opponents to get the better of him.
All of that having been said, freedom to criticize the president and other public officials is one of the radical freedoms that make America a great country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vjlssg3xi.
you can't help but feel sympathy for these guys.
some of the things they did will have been horrendous, but they are paying their dues to society through their incarceration.. what they don't deserve is to become mentally imprisoned to a damaging cult.. .
"Jehovah's witnesses are all about education and improving oneself."
Huh? Something has changed or somebody's lying!
as many know reopened mind and i have had a very angry letter sent to us by our oldest son.
cult.
cult.
There is power in dreams sometimes. Don't dismiss it entirely. My heart goes out to you.
who is watching the watchtower?.
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2013/05/who-is-watching-the-watchtower/.
bangalore.
This is great publicity for victims of domestic violence. Thanks for posting it.
ok folks--for the fun of it--lets have nominations for our own apostate governing body.. .
please nominate who you would like on this aposta gb--and--importantly--why.
sorry--simon --you are excluded from this--wouldnt be fair otherwise.
I have no wish for a governing body except myself. I have entered into the joy of having no master.
on wednesday the 10th, i went to bally's casino for tryouts/auditions for who wants to be a millionaire.
i passed the written test!
then i had to fill out a questionnaire in which i had to try to sound like an interesting person.
Thanks, Sophie and Billy! I don't know for sure yet whether I'm going to be chosen to be on the show, but I did well with the preliminaries.
When (if I get chosen as a contestant and if I remember) I do a thumbs up, it's for you guys.
hilarious - made my day.
who could forget senior pu?.
https://sites.google.com/site/silence1492/facebook-youtube.
There are slanderous comments about some of these "apostates." I wonder if they know.
it seems we have a contradicition here:.
"determining whether someone has gone far enough to be guilty of gross uncleanness or loose conduct is a serious responsibility, for lives are involved.
those judging such cases should do so prayerfully, asking god for his holy spirit, discernment, and understanding.
The answer to your question is a matter of opinion, of course. I think those who claim to be the F&DS believe they have a free pass to judge or do anything else to ruin other people's lives.
I do not agree. And the "purity" nonsense needs to go! JW's are no more "pure" than anyone else.
No one but God has any right to judge anyone else. It is incumbent upon each of us to accept our fellow human beings, treat them all the same and respect them all the same, and leave the sifting and judging up to God or Jesus or whoever has that assignment (who is no human being or other earthly being).
i just got inspired by another thread i was just on.
just for fun, lets see how long of a list we can compile with nick names, scriptures, & sayings that the watchtower & jws use for apostates.
i'll start--.
They say we want people to follow us. I don't, and I don't think most people here are looking for "followers."
However, if you wish to send me your money, I am willing to accept it.
