some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.
marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.
he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.
sparrowdown30 minutes ago30 minutes ago30 minutes agoAny halfway useful illustration that was part of any JW talk I ever heard was usually stolen from pop psychology.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
There have been so many bad or false ones used. Or totally made up and presented as fact.
That's because 99% of speakers are HACKS!
I took it very seriously and actually got professional training to be very good at it.
That turned out to be a waste of time and money now.
some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.
marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.
he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.
By the way on PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Even though there is a 'so-called school' for JW to learn how to speak, I found that not more than 1 or 2% were actually good at it.
Imagine if that was the success rate for say Harvard or Princeton?
some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.
marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.
he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.
Nothing you could have learned that is beneficial from being a JW that could not have been picked up in a 100 other places, books, TV show...
If you go to college, by the way, you learn public speaking as well.
thats somthing i see thats asked in my kingdom hall if you want to go get more than 2 years in collage.thing in some one asking that to me or etc i cant say any thing or that would show that i dont believe.. i hate when some one askes me that when i try to plan ahead when it comes to what job i want.what job would help me hold my own but no god will give if you put him first.i dont believe in god even when i did i never buyed into that.. it seems you cant get away from the question im only 13 and i get that question theres no getting away from it..
Advice:
On CO told us ( a long time ago ) Plan like the end isn't coming, but live like its coming tomorrow.
“october 1, 1914, on taking his place at the breakfast table in the brooklyn bethel dining-room, he in a strong voice denoting conviction announced: “the gentile times have ended!” “ – watchtower july 15, 1950 page 216 paragraph 1. .
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Yea my father-in-law when giving us tours at Bethel would love to take us to the room where that happened and tell us.
"the kings have had their day"
So sad - so many wasted lives:(
not all scripture is god-breathed.
there are verses that also dishonor god.
for example, subject of preaching seems to be too illogical even though it is the very basis of many sects [especially of jw organization which defines itself as the preaching organization].
God is a bad Marketing Agent, and cant get his message out effectively.
how many times have you heard that trope?.
i found it more irritating than a dose of farmers on the bum.
i've even said it when i was a brainwashed jobo drone.
Anytime I run into a JW who doesn't try to pretend they didn't see m.
I have told people -"well I still live in the same house have the same phone and email. If you miss me, just come and see me."
my jw wife, like all of us, was saddened by the senseless killings in nevada.
she said, "the shootings just shows how much we need god's kingdom.
" i replied, "yes if it was armageddon, jehovah wouldn't have left any survivors.
Oh, that why!!!
I thought it was because of Porn.
some people believe that stealing, lying and killing, is not moral.
some people don't.. does morality exist?
if so, prove it..
It is in the eye of the beholder.
“october 1, 1914, on taking his place at the breakfast table in the brooklyn bethel dining-room, he in a strong voice denoting conviction announced: “the gentile times have ended!” “ – watchtower july 15, 1950 page 216 paragraph 1. .
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I always want to ask the people in the congregation I left...
"So how old would your grandkids have to be before it was OK to wonder if the WT is right?"
