Listen to the leadings of the spirit!
Splash
i have to share this with you.. after leaving the borg i had to concentrate to solve so many personal problems (financial, child custody, etc.
) that it left me with a poor social life.
i just didn't have the nerve/time to make new friends.
Listen to the leadings of the spirit!
Splash
does a female kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher?.
in a questions from readers item published in the watchtower of july 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not.
further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.. if the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering.
This new teaching makes sense.
I always thought this was the case anyway.
Splash (anticipating the response of every JW)
why important: many that we meet in the.
ministry are polite.
however, jesus prophesied.
"May I show you from the Bible the basis for that teaching?”
Shouldn't that be "May I show you from the Bible that teaching" ?
Splash
to give a little background, my parents are in their late 50s.
around a year ago, my elder dad got laid off from his job.
he worked as a auto mechanic making ok money.
Maybe tell your dad that if he's been praying for a solution and he gets a job offer, why does he attribute that to Satan and not Jehovah?
Some were apostles, some teachers, some had other gifts. Maybe God doesn't want your Dad pioneering - there may be something else for him down the line.
But I agree. Watching people avidly pursuing hardship is difficult to do.
Splash
"it's the intent that counts not the result.".
i have been out of the jw organization for some 22 years now and i sometimes get a reminding jolt out the hoops that some will jump through to make their religion make sense to them.
the first line in this post is what a jw on the street here in salinas told me on saturday when trying to justify the society's history of false prophecies.
I would have loved to have heard one more question:
"Since you have been wrong so many times before because 'this is the way Jehovah works', why should I believe you now?"
Splash
i cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.
it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!
they are now in a special relationship.
Same here, we called the older ones Uncle and Auntie.
There was Uncle Tickle-Fingers, Auntie Turnablindeye and Uncle Whoops-Clumsy-Hands
I think they're all in prison now.
Splash
to give a little background, my parents are in their late 50s.
around a year ago, my elder dad got laid off from his job.
he worked as a auto mechanic making ok money.
When the cash has run out, BU2B, they will look to you to support them.
The CO's that have advised them will be long gone, and the congregation that applauded them will tell them they have family (you) and you should now pay for them.
You will become their "provisions from Jehovah".
Just to forewarn you about what the future holds.
Splash.
here they are straigt from the presses of bethel.
a new publication for those trying to date and get that young sister to pay attention to him.
here are the top 10:.
"Wanna come back to mine and help me do mimes to the Kingdom Melodies?
I'm up to Stay Awake, Stand Firm, Grow Mighty!"
im sure you all have heard at one point or read that being an elder or ms isnt a position higher up but rather that you work under the congregation.. anthony morris just threw that out the window!
i have privileges in the congregation and even i was offended and felt bad for anyone who was 23 or older and not a ms!.
he goes on to tell this story of how a sister wanted to marry a brother and that anthony morris discouraged it because he was 23 and not an ms yet.
thedepressedsoul Anthony Morris just put being a MS or higher up on a pedestal
By this logic, AM 3rd is super, duper, mega, uber spiritual, because he sits at the top of the tree!
It is his position, not his works, that make him sooooo spiritual.
It would be interesting to know if any of the GB, dead or alive, were unappointed at 23 years old.
Were any of these recently convicted pedo's elders or MS's?
If so, they were obviously very spiritual pedo's, since they had such a high position in the congregation.
Splash
when i am3 was going to speak i was ecstatic to hear this lunatic embarass himself.
after the propaganda indoctrination session, a relative asked me what my spiritual goals were, i told em i want to become a servant before i turn 23 so i could get laid.
lmfao.
Kudos to your Dad Punkster.
I'm excited to see that the GB are so public these days.
There's no man on earth they will listen to because THEY are the GB!
Long may their bizarre and offensive rantings continue.
Splash.