i met a bunch of witnesses from my old congregation on a ferry to seattle a month ago.
i tried avoiding them but they spotted me and their was no escape.
they all seemed to be very jovial and asked me if i was going to the meetings.
I am sorry that the JWs acted so heartless. That is not the spirit that they should have.
Here in our congregation we were devastated over the whole mess. We knew several of the victims. Our hearts went out to them and their families. We help as much as possible and when we can.
Pureheart
sorry for duplicating this post.
i made a mistake and posted on the wrong forum.. my question is, can we rely on the observer to give us accurate information on the jws.
i ask this question because i have read many disturbing things about the society in its early beginnings.
Sorry for duplicating this post. I made a mistake and posted on the wrong forum.
My question is, can we rely on the Observer to give us accurate information on the JWs. I ask this question because I have read many disturbing things about the Society in its early beginnings. Before I make my own conclusions I would like to know that this information is exactly accurate.
due to your abuse of the privelege, all fun has been forbidden until further notice.
that is all..
It seems as though all of you have allowed people to make you turn anti-god. That is so sad.
The Bible in living english says at PSalms 14:1, "A rascal has said to himself "There is no God." They behave viciously, abominably; there is nobody that does what is good.
It is an offensive thing to make jokes about the Creator of us all.
i read justhumans response on one of the threads, and he mentioned that jeruselum was not destroyed in 607 bce.
i would like to have more information on this.. pureheart
Thankyou all for your replies. Because of the change in the board I could not find this thread. I found it tonight, finally.
I will study each reply carefully.
Purheart
i haven't been to a "worldly" funeral...well ever that i can remember.
all the funerals i have been to have been jw ones where they use it as another opportunity to preach to everyone in sight.
they usually make a token mention of the dead loved one and then begin with the resurrection and earthly paradise and how you have to be a jw to get there.. today i went to my aunts funeral.
Sorry about you aunt Xena.
Pureheart
hi folks!.
do we have any non-biblical evidence that would show how criminals were executed during jesus' day?
i beleive the cross was used for our saviour.
The instrument that Jesus died on, be it a one beam or two beam piece of wood, was used to put him to death as a criminal. The two evildoers that were killed alongside him were also given the death penalty. Remember Jesus was accused of sedition against the government, even though it was not true. As far as the Romans were concerned they thought that they were killing a criminal. They were using the instrument of death.
We are told by Jesus to keep his death as a memorial to him, not the instrument that he died on. So it really doesn't matter if the instrument was one or two beamed.
Pureheart
on whtv upn 18 (channel 5) they aired the commercial put out by the congregation of jehovah's witnesses (12:38 am on monday night).
it is only airing in the north east us.. a brother who saw the commercial last friday said it was really nicely done.
it talks about family life and plays the kingdom songs in the background.. a telephone call to the society confirmed it was a trial, and it was a bonafide jw advertisement.. .
Sounds like the new blood in the Society is at work.
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the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
edmund burke
Jehovahs Witnesses first response before becoming such is based on, "living in a world of peace and security, amoung a true brotherhood". They agree to become worshippers of Jehovah based on that premise. They fully beleive that they are in a spiritual paradise. They are repelled by ones in the organization that does not reflect those loving qualities. Even though they are gradually trained to obey men, they are still repelled by wickedness.
You are absolutely wrong in your veiw that they would kill if they were told to.
Pureheart
how the wts grows rich!!!
principle loan: $200,000 to congregation buy land and build hall.. interest rate: 3%.
loan term: 30 years.. the total paid back over 30 year: $303,555.
1) Local congregations donate money into this fund.
2) The WT loans this money and charges interest.
3) The building is built with free volunteer labour.
4) The local congregation pays back the loan and interest
5) The local congregation sells their old hall and forwards the proceeds to the WT
6) The WT owns the property, and receives interest on the funds which these same people had a part in contributing.
Each point is correct except #5. If the local hall sold its old building then they would use the proceeds to pay off the existing loan and utilize the rest if there were any to deposit in their own account for further needs.
Pureheart
this has taken a lot of courage to post.
my life with the jws has been one hardship after another.
i am sharing this to help others see that jws claim to be loving and forgiving people while they are not.
Hello Cassiline,
when you first posted your story I tryed to read it but stopped because it sounded exaggerated. I can follow some of your story but not all. It seems that you have increased or enlarged your story to an abnormal degree. God forgive me if I am wrong.
Whatever part that has not been exaggerated (if any part has), I am sorry for your pain.
Pureheart
