well, i went along to the memorial with mrs cedars.
it was my first since my "awakening" just less than a year ago.
apparently i made a lot of people happy by being there (even if it was only building up false hopes), the most important of which were my family.
My first since I 'awakened'... I just felt terribly sad. It was well organised, the talk was delivered extremely well by a very sincere brother and the prayers were heartfelt.
But the bread was already broken and the wine had a hair in it...
I just feel sad.
this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.
Biometrics.. here's something on this site:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/122538/1/Russells-Cancer-Cure
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/136464/1/Russell-and-the-Miracle-Wheat-Scandal
and this about the 'millenium bean'
The Watch Tower
January 1, 1912
PROLIFIC BEANS FOR SEED
Sister Smith of Nebraska recently discovered one stalk of beans which she declares yielded so prolifically that she calls it the Millennial Bean. She desires to get the beans into the hands of others, and at the same time to make a donation to our Tract Fund for the sending forth of free spiritual food to the hungry. Accordingly the beans have been sent to our office.
We believe the project quite a proper one, and if the beans be as prolific elsewhere as in Nebraska, we would be glad to purchase them at the rate of five beans for one dollar. (We have heard of seed wheat selling at one dollar per grain.) However, in view of unfriendly criticism of enemies, we think it best not to sell these beans, but to give them free to our subscribers who have gardens, and who will request them –five beans each.
Sister Smith writes that they should be planted one bean to the hill, and the hills six feet apart. They should be planted in April. They keep bearing right along for weeks, and five should supply a small family. They will be ready to ship in February.
From:
The Watch Tower
March 1, 1912
“MILLENNIAL BEAN” SEED SUPPLY EXHAUSTED
The requests for five of the prolific beans for seed by far exceed the supply donated by Sister Smith. We have filled the orders first received.
In reply to various inquiries from those who requested these seed beans, we are informed by Sister Smith that there are advantages in planting them in an onion bed or row– at a distance of six feet. An insect, which proves destructive to the bean plant, seems to dislike the onions, and is thus kept away. After the onions are harvested, the beans grow very fast, if the ground is kept loose on the surface. It is also suggested that great care should be exercised in gathering the pods, not to injure the bushes, by pulling, or breaking off the leaves. If the first crop of beans is allowed to remain on the bushes until fully ripened, there will be no additional yield and the bush will die. If they are to bear repeatedly, the pods must be removed as soon as large enough to eat, we are told, and then new blossoms take the place of the first crop
this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.
they got 1 thing wrong, it was't the return of jesus the jw's (bible students) were looking forward to in 1914, but the arrival of armageddon, jesus had already returned in the 1870s
You're right FSP, I missed that!
this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.
Interesting bit on 'how they make converts'. It screams 'cult' but they refrain from using the word...
and this is telling....
"Their sect operates no hospitals, sanitariums, orphanages, schools, colleges, or social welfare agencies. From their perspective it will all disappear in a few years anyway, so they don’t expend their energies in these areas"
this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.
This is a very concise and I would say accurate history of the WTS and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the Catholics have ever received from the WTS.
I'm impressed.
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses
I've got a pic like that.. my mum, me , my son+dil and grandchild.. that's 4 generations... OK I'm mentally diseased.. well I guessed it already.. :)
for those of you who had a moment like that from the matrix when you realised what you'd believed was fundamentally flawed or a lie - what caused that defining moment and how long was it before you could share your thoughts?.
mmxiv.
Actually, I guess that was the start.. my REAL Matrix moment was after reading CoC in 2 days 6 months ago.
for those of you who had a moment like that from the matrix when you realised what you'd believed was fundamentally flawed or a lie - what caused that defining moment and how long was it before you could share your thoughts?.
mmxiv.
At the 2010 summer convention when they said about the overlapping generation...
talking about europe and the western world....
Think it depends where, when and the culture. I held my dad's hand on my wedding day from the car to the front of the hall. And afterwards during some of the photos. Seemed perfectly natural to me.
33 c.e., jesus christ and his 12 apostles.
the apostles have understood these words?.
for sins that the israelites would.
Excellent as always Blondie! I was waiting for your comments.. you never let us down!!
I also found this extremely eye-opening and well researched. The way the NWT distorts the original Greek to put it's own slant on things...
http://jwstrugglehelpforjehovahswitnesses.yuku.com/topic/129/Did-Jesus-make-covenant-for-a-kingdom
