I agree Mickey, while I have lost faith in religion, I still have my beliefs intact and those beliefs include a creator of all things!
RR
i opened another thread with a similar title and thought it was going to be a discussion about belief in god but it wasn't.
so i started my own.. although i'm not sure of much at the moment (since i had my beliefs whipped out from under me like the floor under my feet) i feel fairly certain about one thing.
there is evidence of intelligent design and beauty in the universe and i don't logically think this is accidental.
I agree Mickey, while I have lost faith in religion, I still have my beliefs intact and those beliefs include a creator of all things!
RR
someone had a thread about "smart people" in their congregations.
while i readily admit there were some "good," and "kind" jws in the congregation i grew up in.
and maybe it was the location -- my dad was asked to move there -- but for the most part it was an intellectual sahara.. yet i've noticed that on this forum there are some incredibly "smart" people.
The problem is JW's were NEVER taught to think!
we did for many years it was great becouse we had small children.
however you are expected to have a supper now and then after having food droped then ground into the carpet a few times i called it quites on the suppers although i'd invite some for beers after.
one bookstdy conducter announced there was going to be a supper next bookstudy so i announced no there wasen't he spoke to me after something about unwritten rules i said '' the phraseas call it oral trditions"
We lived with my mother-in-law, who served with the French Congregation, so we had two boostudies in our home, English and French!
someone had a thread about "smart people" in their congregations.
while i readily admit there were some "good," and "kind" jws in the congregation i grew up in.
and maybe it was the location -- my dad was asked to move there -- but for the most part it was an intellectual sahara.. yet i've noticed that on this forum there are some incredibly "smart" people.
I would think everyone here is intelligent, after all, you've all been intelligent enough to leave the WTS.
RR
was he a jw or something?
he says the end is starting now in 2008 and the usa will be going down into destruction along with the other english speaking nations and also jews and islam.
he wrote a book and says he is the prophet of god for the last days before the kingdom of god is established in the earth.
Yep, he was a member of Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God, when the Church fell apart after Armstrong died, there were about 350 splinter groups that were formed, Weiland was one of them. he wrote a latter to all the leasders of the various splinters and told them they were all going to doe at armageddon unless they accepted him as their prophet!
RR
many of us i'm sure experienced embarrassing or comical moments as a witness.
some things we'd rather just forget , i'm sure, but some things helped us think on our feet, quickly in helping others .
here are a few of mine.
I recall one Sunday while the P.O. was giving a talk, there was a baby crying, and he stopped in the middle of his talk and yelled "shut that baby up!"
RR