this topic has been on my mind lately.
i have been looking around at jws and wondering how many truly believe the end is as near as they are told.
from my personal experience, i know that my parents fully believe the end is imminent and may come any time now.
I would ask my Pops, "How is a mostly bankrupt and ultimately powerless organization dedicated to tolerance and peace going to wage an all out war on religion?"
I'm sure that his response would be something like "Jehovah will put it in their mind to do so."
Then ask him "then isn't it Jehovah who's attacking religion?"
Sit back and watch the cognitive dissonance wash over his blank stare.
Sorry BU2B
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
you must see the musical video at the end of this month program (aprox.
at 1:04:30).... i don't like to use "must" but this is wow... if you think they couldn't get any lower... just be prepared...
just curious.
have any of you 'postates been accused of celebrating christmas?
how did/would you respond?.
just curious.
have any of you 'postates been accused of celebrating christmas?
how did/would you respond?.
Just curious. Have any of you 'postates been accused of celebrating Christmas? How did/would you respond?
I was paid a visit by the Christmas Police even though I've been inactive for 8 years. In true WT form I used the reasoning that the truth only needs to be told to those that deserve to know it.
i have heard this nonsense said by many believers, especially when science conflicts with their belief, they say:.
" well, science may tell us how we got here, religion tells us why we are here".
does religion tell us that ?
Upron Sinclair wrote, "In its true sense Religion is the most fundamental of the soul's impulses, the impassioned love of life, the feeling of its preciousness, the desire to foster and further it. In that sense every thinking man must be religious; in that sense Religion is a perpetually self-renewing force, the very nature of our being."
Or in other words, one doesn't need to be a part of a Religion to be religious or spiritual or moral. Love life and make it better for yourself, your loved ones and mankind in general.
we're all familiar with the organisations claims (and have seen the flow diagrams in books and mags) that the gb is "directed by god".
in turn, the local elders are "directed by god".
so, how exactly do they suppose this happens?
what a great read.
what's interesting is that this was written in 1917. right about the time when the wt was being born.
he doesn't mention jw's directly but does mention the millerites.
what a great read.
what's interesting is that this was written in 1917. right about the time when the wt was being born.
he doesn't mention jw's directly but does mention the millerites.
What a great read. What's interesting is that this was written in 1917. Right about the time when the WT was being born. He doesn't mention JW's directly but does mention the Millerites.
Sinclair leaves no doubt about how he feels about organized religion. For anyone waking up he gives a unique perspective inasmuch as he observes that all religions are basically the same. "institutions having fixed dogmas and "revelations", creeds and rituals, with an administering caste claiming supernatural sanction." (read GB)
He continues, "It is the thesis of this book that "religion" in this sense is a source of income to parasites, and the natural ally of every form of oppression and exploitation."
Didn't someone once write "religion is a snare and a racket?"
couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.
i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.
they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).
I was always a fan of the Auto-Three rule.
If you show up for meeting for service at 9AM you get the Auto-Three
