i went to the last day of the dc here in west palm beach, just to make my mother company.
wow, what a difference can a year outside the lie can do to perception.
it was the same crap as you'd expect but there is a plot twist: the speaker was so into the talk he was actually starting to shout and wound up mentioning that they now know how many angels will be needed to destroy everyone at armaggeddon.
How just plaind stupid of them. If you take their logic an apply it to "today's" number of people on the planet is one thing but since we have no idea of when their Armageddon is coming then we have no idea of how many people will be on the planet when that time comes. Just silly drivel! lol
The more numbers they throw out there the more obvious their false teachings become.
this may be an elementary question but i was never a jw.. i wonder if such a person can actually exist.. i assume a born-in knows basically all about jehovah's-witnesses by the time he is, say, 16. if he were to postpone baptism, this person would not be in the same situation as a worldly who doesn't know an iota of anything, but would not be a brother, either.
what would be his real standing?.
This is exactly where I fit in when I was a witness. The older you get, the more people seem to think you might be bad association even if you are doing anything wrong. You also aren't allowed to be in your own family members weddings.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/jehovahs-witnesses-charged-with-extremism/462887.html.
enjoy!.
I just don't want them to get hurt. If anyone incites the Russian government to some type of action they may feel motivated to harm witnesses. Then it could escalate to much, much more. Don't forget about what happened with the concentration camps. Russia is moving steadily towards an Authoritarian Government and we need to tread lightly no matter how we feel about the teachings of witnesses.
so here's the latest in my pathetic saga.
i've tried to fly under the radar for the past year, but it isn't working so well.
i've learned not to engage my wife in debates but rather to ask questions.
It sounds like a good way to begin. I'm sorry thought that you're going through this. As for your kids, definitely make sure they have other friends. This will be one of the most important things that you can do. (BTW, I also listened to Kingdom Melodies when I was a kid. Mostly because those were the only records I had and I wanted to use my new record player but I did like them) Are your kids interested in sports or playing an instrument? If they are I'd suggest they try out for something, anything! Or get involved with community theatre, etc. That way they are having positive influences in their social lives. Just a suggestion.
With all the studying and prep work you've done I think you'll have success in irritating the heck out of the elders, just no matter what try to handle it with love and try not to attack them too much. Lay out the facts but keep emotions in check if possible. Otherwise you'll spook them!
I hope it all goes smoothly and that your wife and kids do decide to leave the org.
this accomplish?
the situation which surround the soul.
change with each life, therefore how does this allow.
I've found comfort in the belief that we are all one. One with everything in the universe. Our lives here in the physical are an illusion created by Life (God) to learn more about Life (God). If you consider that every single being on the planet whether it's a human, animal, tree we all see life from a different point of view. Even if we were all in the same room witnessing the same event, we will see it and understand it from our view point. It may trigger a memory in me and make you have a completely different experience. When I think of the scripture that says "you are my witnesses" this is what I think of. So in the end we are individual aspects of God. Since everything is energy, and energy never ceases to exist, then we must all be energetically one.
This is something that always bothered me when I was a witness. I remember hearing after Hurricane Katrina that winesses in the area had set up a place to give water to people. But of course there were Watchtowers and Awakes on hand as well.
when someone is reprimanded by a judicial commitee there is usually a talk given to the congregation about issues that leads to serious sins.
sometimes that talk takes you by surprise because the reproof was private and no announcement was made to the congregation.
other times you figure out why an individual was the object of a judicial commitee...i heard talks on the usage of drugs, cigarettes, pornography, bad forms of intertainment, fornication, adultery, fraud, gambling, disapproved medical treatments...but never on child abusers and mostly how to protect your children against this terrible crime.. do you think the reason there is never mention of child abuse is that if many knew there is a child molester in their midst they would pressure the elders to go to the autorities?
That is just so wrong. It's like letting the fox in the hen house because he said he won't take a bite.
ive had a few discussions both here and in real life and often find people excuse the ot with all its vile, violence and only concentrate on jesus because he was good.
i try and assk them to show me an example and they of course they quickly tell us about the miracles, and thats fine.
however when you ask them about slavery, violence, women and so on they make excuses.
One of my problems with it (aside from having so many other prophets that had the exact same story or very close to the same story as Jesus did many years before his time) was that he never wrote anything down himself or even dictated to a scribe. Why would he not have done this? If you are "The" Son then you would know that it would be best to put your own words down rather than others writing things many years later. I always thought that was weird and totally overlooked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cooy7egs0mw.
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cedars.
That's just funny
after reading this internet link below about the profoundly shocking, sadening and traumatic account of mary aguilar, an ex-jw woman's systematic treatment and abuse, what do you think regarding the action her jw abusive husband, the congregational elders, and finally, the wts attitude when she finally reported the accident to them?
is there any related experienes that you might have come across?.
http://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/blogs/view/306.
