hey,.
i am not currently a jw but i really want to do some private study of your bible.... i live in a remote area of yorkshire and there are no kingdom halls about.
are there any websites (that deliver to the uk) where i can order a wt bible in the hope of becoming a jw in the future?.
Hey,
I am not currently a JW but i really want to do some private study of your bible...
I live in a remote area of Yorkshire and there are no kingdom halls about. Are there any websites (that deliver to the UK) where i can order a WT bible in the hope of becoming a JW in the future?
Thanx in advance!
Overseer xxx
hey,.
first, i'm not a witness so bare with me because i just need some answers.. i recently bought a book called 'the worlds greatest cults' by nigel cawthorne (an excellent read) an article on jw's was featured in it giving some basic facts-who founded it etc.. it stated that the 144,000 people were going to go to heaven-this number was selected as the gentleman who founded the religion never thought it would grow larger than that-nothing to do with anything mentioned in the bible.
when the number of members began to reach this number, the founder said that all other members would stay on earth.
Hey,
First, I'm not a witness so bare with me because I just need some answers.
I recently bought a book called 'The worlds greatest cults' by Nigel Cawthorne (an EXCELLENT read) an article on JW's was featured in it giving some basic facts-who founded it etc.
It stated that the 144,000 people were going to go to heaven-this number was selected as the gentleman who founded the religion never thought it would grow larger than that-nothing to do with anything mentioned in the bible. When the number of members began to reach this number, the founder said that all other members would stay on earth. Was the 144,000 just a random number like it states in this book? Is there any truth in it?
Thanx
Overseer xx
i'm going to a district assembly fri, sat and sun in leeds, uk in hope to understand some of this stuff-my girlfriend is a jw but i am not.. i don't get this 144,000 people thingy-why would only some people get to go to heaven and some stay on earth?
how are these people selected?.
walk on the left my brother as people walk on the right that come in the opposite direction-you will get knocked down my brother!!!.
Hehehe-thanks for the tip!
Not quite sure what to expect.
i know this story will throw up a lot of red flags for current and former jw's.... http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id={80658050-67de-4d1b-9af9-8af8cdfb3c1b}stabbing victim refuses blood transfusion.
matt hoekstrathe province.
thursday, june 13, 2002 .
Being a non-JW i dont understand why this person would rather die than commit a sin-is it likely he would be disfellowshipped if he accepted the blood?
i'm going to a district assembly fri, sat and sun in leeds, uk in hope to understand some of this stuff-my girlfriend is a jw but i am not.. i don't get this 144,000 people thingy-why would only some people get to go to heaven and some stay on earth?
how are these people selected?.
walk on the left my brother as people walk on the right that come in the opposite direction-you will get knocked down my brother!!!.
I'm going to a district assembly fri, sat and sun in Leeds, UK in hope to understand some of this stuff-my girlfriend is a JW but i am not.
I don't get this 144,000 people thingy-why would only some people get to go to heaven and some stay on earth? Which is better? How are these people selected?
Walk on the left my brother as people walk on the right that come in the opposite direction-you will get knocked down my brother!!!
Overseer!
which is more important-religion or family?.
which would you choose if you had to?
if a family member was going to be killed if you carried on 'participating' in the religion-what would you do?.
Which is more important-religion or family?
Which would you choose if you had to? If a family member was going to be killed if you carried on 'participating' in the religion-what would you do?
Love Overseer! x
i, myself are not a witness, i am 18, male and live in england.. six months ago i met a 17 year old jehovah's witness, became very attached to her and grew to love her.
her mother does not approve of the relationship at all and has resorted to threats to throw her out, grounding her, ignoring her, contacting elders, unless she discontinues seeing me.
first question: if her not seeing me makes her very unhappy and her seeing me makes her very happy-why is it wrong that we stay together?
Heh-by complete coincidence-i have been using this name on the web for years long before i met a JW.
i, myself are not a witness, i am 18, male and live in england.. six months ago i met a 17 year old jehovah's witness, became very attached to her and grew to love her.
her mother does not approve of the relationship at all and has resorted to threats to throw her out, grounding her, ignoring her, contacting elders, unless she discontinues seeing me.
first question: if her not seeing me makes her very unhappy and her seeing me makes her very happy-why is it wrong that we stay together?
Dungbeatle,
She isn't under age.
I have tried to break up with her, to try to make it easier for her-but she rings me back up crying and we make up, I dont want to lose her.
Why wont they accept me, we am I being punished like this? What did I do wrong?
i, myself are not a witness, i am 18, male and live in england.. six months ago i met a 17 year old jehovah's witness, became very attached to her and grew to love her.
her mother does not approve of the relationship at all and has resorted to threats to throw her out, grounding her, ignoring her, contacting elders, unless she discontinues seeing me.
first question: if her not seeing me makes her very unhappy and her seeing me makes her very happy-why is it wrong that we stay together?
RR, are you saying if I became a JW-I would be accepted?
A worldly person, I'm not sure what that means?
Thanks
i, myself are not a witness, i am 18, male and live in england.. six months ago i met a 17 year old jehovah's witness, became very attached to her and grew to love her.
her mother does not approve of the relationship at all and has resorted to threats to throw her out, grounding her, ignoring her, contacting elders, unless she discontinues seeing me.
first question: if her not seeing me makes her very unhappy and her seeing me makes her very happy-why is it wrong that we stay together?
I, myself are not a witness, I am 18, male and live in England.
Six months ago I met a 17 year old Jehovah's Witness, became very attached to her and grew to love her. Her mother does not approve of the relationship at all and has resorted to threats to throw her out, grounding her, ignoring her, contacting Elders, unless she discontinues seeing me. First question: if her not seeing me makes her very unhappy and her seeing me makes her very happy-why is it wrong that we stay together? Wouldn't God want his children to be happy-what does he have against us?
Next, her mother contacts the Elders. They visit her house and tell her to stop seeing me or she will be disfellowshipped. They bully her into breaking up with me. They ask her very personal questions about what we did when we were alone without anyone else present-is this right? Why can't Jehovah's Witnessess accept me and are all congregations this prejudice?
Next, she says she doesn't want to break up with me. Her mother has thrown her out-in all families is the religion more important than a daughters wellbeing or is this mother abnormal?
Are there any web sites (or bible/watchtower references) that state the rules clearly?
Thanks in advance for any help I may receive.
Good Luck!
Overseer.
