one of the ways to identify the true religion is consider its prosperity.
it is a handy line of argument...providing things go well!
and during the 70s things were going well.
I think it's more likely that the True religion would be known by the physical attributes of it's adherents - none would be grossly obese, the women would be beautiful with large firm breasts, and the men would be hung like TR. they alone would have the secrets of the Venus butterfly revealed to them by the Holy Spirit, and daily life would be punctuated by an endless series of world-shattering orgasms. That would be some Holy Rollin'!
Praise Bob!
quoted from the las vegas sun and review journal ,.
" many jehovah witnesses refuse blood transfusions because blood is viewed as scared and the bible mandates no transfusions, said al zaragoza, chairman of the hospital liaison committee for jehovah witness.
"cell-saver is an extention of one's circulatory system," zaragoza said.
As has been explained on this board in the past (I don't want to take credit when I should not), the WTS has taken the biblical symbol of life - blood - and made it the object of their veneration rather than the individual LIFE. In my opinion, that is the essence of idolatry, and so Jehovah's Witnesses can justifiably be called "Blood Worshippers."
jw are convinced that good people are only inside jw no one else is good and facing salvation.
jesus said that the wheat and the non-wheat were growing together to the end!
are true good persons a special area of human being or just individuals showing inner qualities?
I think that the people selling snake oil think that the best people are the ones buying snake oil.
I'm not "selling" anything anymore, and I find there are good people everywhere, and more importantly more good people than bad.
the gb grapevine news is that one of the older gb members conscientiously no longer feels he is one of the anointed (yeah i guess there's still one or two who still have a conscience) .
not a big news item but i found it very interesting, the "cracking" at the top continues!.
iw
Next we'll discover that the majority of them are atheists but lack the 'nads to say so.
Watchtower, January 2014:
"It's about power; the exercise of power. That is why we promoted and manipulated the jehovah sock puppet all these years. Some will claim that the sock-puppet is a reflection of a "higher reality" but if that is the case we are certainly unaware of it. As far as we know, sometimes a sock puppet is just a sock puppet.
Some will claim that the sock-puppet gave meaning and direction to their lives; we'll let them speak for themselves. As for us, all we can say now is that the puppet show is over, folks. We're tired, and we're going to take the fortunes you've given us and live out the rest of our days in relative luxury at our secret retreat at Rockaway Beach."
uzbekistan has allowed the us a share in its oil production and a pipeline had been agreed to be built that would pass through afghanistan.
the present problems threaten that.
uzbekistan is land-locked and cannot sell its oil through any other means.
I think that the US is primarily "interested" in Afghanistan because that is where bin Laden gets his mail. If UBL sought refuge at the North Pole, we'd be at the North Pole.
undoing years of damage caused by the deceit of watchtower ideology.
isn't easy.
i'm still adapting to "seeing the world anew" and.
Good advice, Metatron. I wish I had such advice available to me 25 years ago.
holy spirit!
who is it resting upon today?.
does it support the idea that the various publications of this particular religious body are needed to teach the bible?
No, no, sorry gentlemen, but you're wrong; the Holy Spirit is the Rabid Monkey on >MY< back.
Ouch!
the fight for what is right.
as i reviewed the events of last year, it brought me to the simple comment above.
the thirty first of december will mark my one-year anniversary of no longer serving as an elder.
Bill -
You are indeed a man of Honor and Integrity; many other good virtues as well.
Isn't it odd that you can have the respect and admiration of a secular humanist atheist like myself while the Grand Spirit-Annointed Theocrats at the Watchtower revile you beneath their breath?
i once saw princess diana.
it was in a nunawading street when her and charlie came here in 83 after the bushfires.
i was stood in the middle of a roundabout, away from the crowds, and she looked into my eyes, smiled and waved.
Farkel, thanks for the picture! Boy, that brought back memories! Aparently the RefinersFire has been consulting the Holy Spirit, for how else could he have known the circumstances of that photo? Yes, it was at that moment that the Bethel proctologist and my very good friend Dr. Hans Fister conducted an unscheduled examination of my lower gastrointestinal tract. I love that guy, he was such a kidder!
I'll continue to use my more formal Bethel portrait, though, because i think it projects the dignity I like to think was mine.
Tell our friend "Maximus" I said, "Howdy, stranger!"
first of all id like to say hello to everyone on this website, and to thank and acknowledge each and every one of you for your individuality, personal experience, and in some cases, commitment to truth.. having read some of the heartfelt topics and posts here have served to be a great encouragement to me, more than some could imagine.
my name is jason, and i am a recovering ex-jw.. i guess this would be an ideal time to tell my life story as an abbreviated version, so here goes.. i was "born into, or raised" in the organization.
my grandfather was an elder for 45 years, and served as one of the very first jw in the south chicagoland suburbs.
Welcome Reborn!
What a roller-coaster you've been on - and not a "holy-roller" coaster either, I think you'll agree!
You're on the right track now, best wishes!
