this is the scenario there's a guy who is df and being shunned big time.
we'll he needs a place to stay since he can't stay with his family you know the shunning thing well another jw in good standing says he can stay with him .the df guy is delighted but a little problem the elders are going to find out the df guy car parked at jw house.
no one in the area knows he's df because it's 90 miles from the cong he was df in so i told him he's takeing a risk but he says i'm going to show love to this person no matter what..
It's a business arrangement between a landlord and his tenant - if anybody asks.
Further information is nobody's business - especially J.W's!
Truth only needs to be told to those deserving to hear it. :) (I can't remember who said that)
The "landlord" is a decent & loving human being.
hi everyone , how ya'll doin' ?
please could someone with a copy of the nwt help me out ?
and by extension help someone else out .
It's interesting that regardless of the fact that every Bible translation (including the NWT) has translated the Greek word proskyneō as "worship" in various scriptures, Strong's Concordance describes it simply as obeisance, homage, or reverence - but not worship. The NWT has opted to use both interpretations.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G4352&t=KJV
many of you don't know me or won't remember me.
i left the jw's and my husband and my home last september - forging a new life in a new town.
i haven't posted here for many months, but have been reading most days.
Celebrating the 71st anniversary of your birth? Congratulations! I wish you many more anniversaries! :)
i'm not killing myself lol i just wanted to say a short goodbye.
i'm not leaving forever, i'm sure i'll pop in here and there but for the most part i haven't felt the need to check in here as often as i used to so i thought i'd say so long.
this journey we're all on (life) and trying to make sense of it all is a very personal one.
Best wishes Freeandclear. Enjoy the rest of your journey.
As I am still connected by a fraying thread to this despicable & demon-inspired cult, I'll continue to discuss and post topics which I hope will help someone to see that the WTBTS/CCJW is nothing more than a modern-day combine - the equivalent of the Pharisees in Bible times, who existed purely for power, control, & money.
does this make any sense whatsoever ?
isnt jesus christ the king ?why the need for 144000 king priests to help him ?.
is he not up for the job?
Good point, Smiddy!
hp chap. 16 p. 158 pars. 23-24 A Government to Bring Earth-wide Peace - "However, those who will rule in God’s kingdom are very different from worldly rulers...........Under all sorts of trials and temptations, they have adhered to what is right and just. (and Christ didn't?) They gain God’s confidence, so can we not have confidence in them? (nope - on both counts) Also, their having been humans will enable them to understand and sympathize with us. (Wasn't Christ a human??????) They know what it means to be tired, worried, discouraged. They know the effort needed to become more patient, kind and merciful. (and Christ didn't????) And some of them were women; they understand the feelings and special needs of women on earth."
(Hebrews 4:15,16) "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tested in all respects as we have, but without sin. Let us, then, approach the throne (not 'thrones') of undeserved kindness with freeness of speech, so that we may receive mercy and find undeserved kindness to help us at the right time."
hi everyone , how ya'll doin' ?
please could someone with a copy of the nwt help me out ?
and by extension help someone else out .
(Hebrews 1:1-9) "Long ago God spoke to our forefathers by means of the prophets on many occasions and in many ways. 2 Now at the end of these days he has spoken to us by means of a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the systems of things. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact representation of his very being, and he sustains all things by the word of his power. And after he had made a purification for our sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4 So he has become better than the angels to the extent that he has inherited a name more excellent than theirs. 5 For example, to which one of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; today I have become your father”? And again: “I will become his father, and he will become my son”? 6 But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: “And let all of God’s angels do obeisance to him.” 7 Also, he says about the angels: “He makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.” 8 But about the Son, he says: “God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the scepter of uprightness. 9 You loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness. That is why God, your God, anointed you with the oil of exultation more than your companions.”
8 months df'd.
loving a life of freedom.
however, my family are all shunning me.
So sorry to hear about your mother's evil treatment of you. In reality, she needs a lot more pity, because she has lost all sense of what it means to be a human being - let alone a mother.
from the latest watchtower, may 2017, page 6, paragraph 15 - "more than material assistance, refugees need spiritual and emotional support.".
that makes sense doesn't it!
isn't that what the good samaritan did, he preached to the injured man who was in dire need of physical assistance?
From the latest Watchtower, May 2017, page 6, paragraph 15 - "More than material assistance, refugees need spiritual and emotional support."
That makes sense doesn't it! Isn't that what the Good Samaritan did, he preached to the injured man who was in dire need of physical assistance? (in other words, the org needs your material assistance. Don't waste it on destitute refugees - or anyone else for that matter!)
i'm interested in finding out what it was that finally enabled you to open your eyes to the real truth of watchtower.
what started me thinking, was the societys very own book...' 'revelation..it's grand climax at hand'.
i found that book farcicle.
The "new" scrolls fallacy, quickly followed by the anti-Christ teaching that Romans 6:7 is literal and means that a person's own death wipes out their sins.
I've groaned as I've listened to seemingly intelligent J.W.'s try to explain how 'acquitted' doesn't actually mean totally free & guiltless!
hi everyone i don't even know where to begin.
i recently saw leah remini's series on scientology thanks to my husband (semi-active jw) and i felt like my eyes were being opened for the 1st time in my adult life.
i felt shaken almost sick to my stomach with each episode i watched.
Welcome Confusedandangry. The feelings you have are shared by many of us here, especially, "How could I have been so blind and not see through the scam?"
The good news is that you have awakened. Your task now is to take things slowly and learn to be "cautious & innocent." Don't give the "executioners" any information which they could/would use against you.
As "mature faders" ourselves, my wife and I have established our own set of rules, and the elders cannot cross the lines drawn. Take time to do some research, and carefully prepare your answers when others attempt to get information out of you. Here are a couple things which I hope will help you on your journey.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5734981074681856/how-fade-basics
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5748999109738496/what-org-teaches-1-dealing-sinners
Keep researching and try to stay restrained when you feel that the J.W.'s around you should know the truth. It's hard to keep quiet, but it will save you a lot of grief if you do!
