now don't get mad or even upset with me and make me feel bad for asking..but how come you do not use your name?
i know you want to be "unknown or incognito" but will someone really know its you if you are debbie from texas?
or mary from ohio?
I gave up caring what others think about me, the only one who cares in my book is the Lord! I use the same e-mail address and name for all my forums, except for those forums that don't allow two characters, then I use RR144.
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
earlier, i had asked about changes under the thread, "new truth".
your replies were interesting and informative, or should i say it was meat in due season and i found it upbuilding.
i have another question: is the new world view still the same.
Isn't it strange how people look at pictures to see new light? lol
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
hello everyone, especially from witnet.
as long as i have been on the net, i hadn't used it for anything remotely related to jw until earlier this year.. i was looking into bb software for our company's site, and on the infopop site i saw a link for witnet!
since witnet closed, i have seen so much online, it's been a little overwhelming, lol.. i really enjoyed my time there, and i'll stop in here from time to time, if you can handle it.
Speaking of time, I wonder how many actually put in correct time?
Towards the end of my time there, I remember asking my wife and the end of the month, "Hon, how much time do you want to report?" Mind you we Pioneered ... lol
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
those of you familar with witnesses.net may have seen me around the site, i've been posting there since early last year, and recently i was a moderator for a short time, before its sudden closure.. i was raised in the truth, daughter of a one-time elder and am a third generation jw.
i have seen a lot of changes in the society, some for the better, many for the worse.. i am now inactive, have not been to a meeting since the memorial earlier this year and not been in active witnessing since january 99.. so i am more out than in, though i have a few family members that are still witnesses, so i try not to put myself in the situation where i could be df'd.
(easy, avoid the elders!
Hi Prisca AND Lisa, I use to post on WitNet as 'KingdomLeast'.
Nice to have you two aboard!
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
i am currently df'd but seriously considering returning to the meetings with a view to reinstatement.
i am looking for honest, open minded discussion.
if i offend you all by being here, please let me know and i wont come back again.. thanks for reading this!
Hi WS, welcome to the hood! pull up a chair, sit back and be yourself!
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
for i do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to israel until the fullness of the gentiles has come in.
- romans 11:25. .
i wonder how many of you having read the 11 chapter of romans, see that the jews have not been rejected of god forever.. seems to me from the above verse that they were blinded to the truth, and that this blindness is temporary ... until the fullness of the gentiles, the gentiles, of course being those who would make up the church class, the bride of christ, the 144,000.. what say ye?.
Hello Scorpion,
Christian greetings.
As I have admitted to in previous postings, I was a JW convert for some ten years, then became inactive after growing spiritually stagnant, I have been inactive for some 8 years now.
During that time, I have since affiliated myself with a small Bible study group known as the Associated Bible Students, of which the Jehovah's Witnesses are a hybrid offshoot.
Lord bless!
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
hi there, i am a mother of three, and am baptised, i would love to make new friend from where ever in the world.
i like to go out with my huband and children on days out, among many other things.
Hi guys,
I'm in the USA, am married and have one child, a daughter who will be four in February, and she is a handful. We're working on baby number 2, and decided to have three kids all together, so if the Lord doesn't bless us with twins, the next two will have to be back to back. Twins run on both sides of the family.
It's good to be here!
since many of you seem to be negative about the society,.
and refer to the society as "they" instead of "we":.
"who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord.
There are two thoughts about the "faithful and wise slave," as you know some believe it to be one individual. I know of several groups who have their own "faithful slave."
Years ago, it was thought to be Br. Russell, although contrary to populat opinion, he never claimed such a title, then it became what is today taught by the Society that it refers to the anointed ones.
Most commentaries teach that this "slave" is the Christian congregation, however the word slave is singular and not plural.
I believe the "slave" is a special messenger whether [animate or inanimate] his "fellow slaves" are [his] helpers and the domestics or "household," as the King James renders it are Christians in general.
Thus the Scriptures indicate a chief servant of the truth and his fellow servants, assisting in serving spiritual food to the household of faith [Christians in general]. If neither the "household" or "fellows servants" were mentioned, it might be questionable whether the expression "that servant" referred to one or all faithful servants.
Each one of the household is to prove all things he accepts as spiritual food, whether he gets it from the Bible himself or from That servant of fellows servants.
It is interesting that if "that servant" is unfaithful" he will become the evil servant. There are some who believe Jesus is referring to two groups, "that faithful slave" and "that evil slave." But looking carefully, one sees that it should be rendered "and if that servant should say with evil in his heart, the lord delays."
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
simply respond to each question with a yes or no answer (or '?
' if unsure):.
before answering, please see my comments on general/main - "how about a survey?"..
in terms of cold, hard, non-partisan evidence, (and i realize that will eliminate some of yours' ability to respond) what are the arguments for how much or how little emphasis jesus, primarily, and secondarily the early christians, put on using and promulgating the divine name?.
jesus words "let your name be sanctified" come to mind immediatly, but what did that seem to mean to jesus, and how often did he seem to use the divine name?.
i am vaguely aware of the arguements that the nwt went overboard in "reinserting" the divine name.. edited by - sixofnine on 17 december 2000 15:18:58
It is interesting to note that the Society for years has been stating thatr the theme of the scriptures is Jehovah's soverignty. That he has taken 6,000 years to do so.
Yet, all God had to do was sit back and let man destroy himself, which would have been inevitable ... and a lot sooner, and he would have been vindicated.
On another note ... There are other groups who make as much a stink about God having a name and using it as the Society. these usually go undre the banner of "Scared Name groups." These groups vary on the name, JAH, YAH, Yahweh, etc. One group has their own Bible and it has Yahweh in it more than the NWT has Jehovah.
Edited by - RR on 18 December 2000 17:21:58
