i copied this from wikipedia so i hope the pic of the chart shows up.
it is interesting to read things about the religion in a completely unbiased format.
it puts things/sheds light in a more simplified manor.
a group of anointed Christians from among the faithful and discreet slave class were chosen as its representatives.
That always cracked me up because they would have had their own personal Holy Spirit separate from the rest. That would leave what...143,99_? using Gods Holy Spirit and them using Gods Other Holy Spirit. There wasn't even 12 was there?
i copied this from wikipedia so i hope the pic of the chart shows up.
it is interesting to read things about the religion in a completely unbiased format.
it puts things/sheds light in a more simplified manor.
Sasha
:Oh, my gosh! This is exactly what I was looking for!!!!
cool
lately i`ve been in conflict with jw-apologists on wikipedia in my country.
the most annoying thing is when the jws are trying to rewrite doctrine to make it sound more humane than it really is.
everyone on this board, everyone who ever was a jw or were raised as a jw,knows what the real doctrine is on this issue.
We were taught to believe that only jws (in good standing) and their underaged, unbaptised children, would have any chanse of surviving Armageddon.
We just came home one evening from a meeting and my parents, looking pretty mentally tormented, approached me with their concerns that if I was not baptized before Armageddon arrives, any minute now, I was soon going to be old enough to be destroyed. I think the age mentioned at that particular meeting was 13? I was 11 or 12 at the time and almost old enough not to get trough Armageddon riding my parents.
yep...one HAD to be baptized in a swimming pool or no deal.
untitled document <!-- .style1 {font-family: verdana} .style2 {font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; } --> discoveries about the organization on the internet admittedly, had it not been for the internet, and all of the dis-.
coveries that were found on it; i would still be one of jehovah's .
witnesses.
I think it went something like:
"Hey dude check this out"
Gore answered: "That was MY idea!"
have joined in the past month or two?.
i can't keep up there seems to be so many so i wanted to start a welcome thread for new newbies.. sorry if this was already done recently.. note: the in-built search system is currently being redeveloped so i am not able to check for this topic without looking through tons of pages.. anyway...say hello!.
plm.
welcome
Genesis
Warlock
Grey matters
dido
Littledrummerboy
Onthewayout
Kitten Wiskers
exwitless
jaguarbass
wonderwoman
becca1
joe_black
That?s 12 so far out of ?
Welcome y?al!
Y I Man
Life is Grand
iamfreenow
Awesome that?s 15 now and counting??
Thanks folks!
ok the thread on thanking jehovah for keepping a purse safe while left in a shopping cart, got me to thinking.. if we are suppossed to thank god for the good things in life, why is it wrong to blame him for the bad things?.
now i am not saying i blame god for anything.
so please don't comment on this thread saying i am bad person for asking this question, because i don't buy that.. i am just asking why does he only get the praise and none of the blame?.
If we are suppossed to thank God for the good things in life, why is it wrong to blame him for the bad things?
It's ok to blame him just don't cuss at him while you're doin' it.
I get angry at him a lot lately...why not?
is it just me or do jw elders seem to parallel the pharisses of christs day?
certainly, the excessive laws (written and oral), are a heavy burden for all jws, impossible to keep, leading to feelings of guilt.
the elders enforce these laws , and, just like the pharisees of christs day, render these laws as having greater importance than mercy/love.
:do you think these similarities are real?
yep
i came accross this today, and am shocked by it, has anyone got any views about it, as can`t believe that this has gone on?
http://www.bigwig.net/knots/nightmares/occult.htm.
I won't click on the link I'm too suspicious it may infect my computer
have joined in the past month or two?.
i can't keep up there seems to be so many so i wanted to start a welcome thread for new newbies.. sorry if this was already done recently.. note: the in-built search system is currently being redeveloped so i am not able to check for this topic without looking through tons of pages.. anyway...say hello!.
plm.
I came here mainly for research
Y I Man
I was without my computer, still am?only use my laptop now, and only posted when I went to the library so I had to choose carefully where I spent my time allotted. I posted here because there was simply more real information available. The other sites only offered war games and I found them boring after awhile. Time was too valuble to waste on that.
Welcome aboard!
untitled document <!-- .style1 {font-family: verdana} .style2 {font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; } --> discoveries about the organization on the internet admittedly, had it not been for the internet, and all of the dis-.
coveries that were found on it; i would still be one of jehovah's .
witnesses.
I already left once before so it didn't really have any influence on me leaving but it did keep me from going back. I almost went back until I started researching on the Internet.
