found these gems in this edition:.
- keep in expectation!- prepare now for life in the new worldthe passing of time should not cause us to lose hope thatkingdom blessings will be realized.
there are solid reasonsto keep our scriptural expectations alive.
Injusticesystem I just realized what your avatar is! Wow I haven't thought about that picture in a while. What the hell were they thinking to put that picture in a CHILDREN'S BOOK. I remember at the meeting (cuz that was the only 'acceptable' picture book to bring), my little kids looking at the babies about to drown, staring at them. I would try to turn the page and distract them.
Yep, the WTBTS, proudly giving kids nightmares for over 100 years.
found these gems in this edition:.
- keep in expectation!- prepare now for life in the new worldthe passing of time should not cause us to lose hope thatkingdom blessings will be realized.
there are solid reasonsto keep our scriptural expectations alive.
so, the latest "kids" kingdom melody video is out.. here are some screenshots:.
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yep, that's right, they showed a kid with a teddy bear getting baptized.. here's the video in full for documentation, if you can stomach it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellrtyj_maq.
allow me to begin with a clarification: when i say i am one of jehovah's witnesses, i don't mean that i am an advocate of the watchtower society or a devotee of some of its more controversial false teachings.
i mean that i am a christian, a disciple of jesus christ dedicated to jehovah god, and who remains in union with my brothers and sisters who make up the family of faith that globally refers to itself as jehovah's witnesses.
some totally understand the distinction between the family of brothers and sisters and the corporate organization known as the watchtower society (wts).
which bible translation is the best, according to biblical scholars, anybody knows?
please chime in.. i plan on getting it and doing comparison with the new world translation.
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I quite like my nelson's new King James study version. It's not portable tho, for that I use the Holman Christian standard bible. As a plus, the HCSB has Yahweh hundreds of times in the old test. But for study, I love the former.
all that i can say is....what a shame!
at work today a colleague was telling me how his church had purchased a van for the sole purpose of caring for their youth.
he was saying every friday / saturday night the church organizes some event for its youth outside it's church services.
they also have other services to that are provided free of charge for its members.
during the depression people committed suicide because everything they had invested in was gone overnight in an instant.
many people are very fragile creatures.
if by some freaking chance, (like enron, tiger woods, or the morning of august 1945 in hiroshima) the wts gets caught in a humongous scandal, say like links to human sex trafficking, (i can fantasize right) and the government steps in to investigate and finds them guilty and legally shuts them down permanently, will there be tons of suicides?
2015 april 28, boe!..
re: orchestral accompaniment for singing at congregation meetings.. .. click the green download button.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/mh6kxar.
.. .. petra!.
I don't think it costs them that much money. All their musicians fly out to bethel on their own dime to play music for them unpaid. Wow have they got a cushy set up!
as I said in a similar thread, these creative orchestral arrangements of theirs make for a real botched singing session. Another grandiose idea that doesn't go over so well in reality.
i know there are many posts discussing the may money requesting televangalism...er... broadcast i mean!
but i wanted to start one where anyone can put what they have heard any non-exjw, non-apostate witnesses say good or bad about the broadcast.
i don't see how it can't rattle followers... but then again i might be surprised how they can twist things (2+2=5).
My husband has done better out of the witness fold. He was really stressed out, tightly wound up, constantly yelling at the kids, throwing things. It was awful. I often considered leaving him because I didn't think it was a healthy environment. He followed me out of the religion and is much happier now and yells a lot less. He does more of what he wants and less of what he feels pressured to do, which has improved his happiness level and lowered his stress level. So, for him, leaving the religion has improved his personality!
Driving force, I'm really sorry it's turning out for you like this. I wish I knew what to say. She seems particularly bitter.
