and yet today's watchtower and indeed the bible condemns the israelites for moaning about having no water!
it's never occurred to me how unjust this is!
and how could a so called loving god not provide a basic human need?!.
1. Free Will...?
If I were married and told my wife each and every time I beat her for doing something "wrong" that I loved her, and she had the "free will" to leave me if she did not like the beatings...but that IF she left me I would kill her how the hell is that "free will"?
i personally have a very distinct sense of style and fashion which many of the fellow jdubs frown upon.
recently, i was told by a few specially self righteous ones that i looked like a prostitute in a pair of white boots!
a pair of 3 inch heeled, just a little taller than the ankle boots, with skirt that came down to my knees and a black long sleeve shirt that came up to my collarbone.
Not me...my mother back in the seventies got called an apostate by the P.O. for wearing a wool pantsuit under a long winter coat one -40 below winter day when she faithfully went to conduct some of her Bible studies.
Right before she died she said, "If Jehovah's Witnesses would have been in the forties what THIS religion is now I NEVER would have gotten baptized as one! They are no different than the rest of them now."
i personally have a very distinct sense of style and fashion which many of the fellow jdubs frown upon.
recently, i was told by a few specially self righteous ones that i looked like a prostitute in a pair of white boots!
a pair of 3 inch heeled, just a little taller than the ankle boots, with skirt that came down to my knees and a black long sleeve shirt that came up to my collarbone.
I got chastised, and "soft shunned" for wearing a pair of black denim dress pants with a snapped western shirt and western tie with boots (I do not own any other style of clothing) while out in rural ranch country when I still used to go in service. And horror of horrors I was driving my pickup!
I had more than one rancher who agreed to stop and visit, mostly about livestock though, because I did not come onto their ranch looking like an insurance salesman.
xanthippe what's this thing with really long dresses?
sometimes i see them on fs and i can't believe how long their dresses are now, almost down to the ground.. so i was reading some of xanthippe and phizzy's posts on the strangeness of jw dress and how much they stand out and i got to thinking.
so... at one point the amish dress code was current, right?
Xanthippe What's this thing with really long dresses? Sometimes I see them on FS and I can't believe how long their dresses are now, almost down to the ground.
I've noticed that too. At he risk of being thumbed down for refusing to be PC I have noticed that 99% of the JW females with the reeaally long dresses are pretty much in the morbidly obese range, and have very poor style sense or personal cleanliness/grooming. Just sayin'....
whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.
do you think he will be impeached?
?.
They'd rather the country burned if it meant they have control of the ashes.
Agreed! The leftists of the democrat party prefer to keep the general population of voters stupid and poor. Just like WT they know it is easier to control people who are both stupid and poor and therefore dependent on whatever B.S. snake oil you are selling at the time. The biggest trouble with the stupid and poor on the left is that they are willfully too stupid to know they are. IMO
jehovah`s witnesses do not respect the ,governments of any nation from my experience with "witnesses" over 33 years as a card carrying member.
the governments are to be exploited taking advantage of all the provisions govt`s, hand out to their citizens.after all the govts, are under the control of satan the devil ,he is the ruler of this world and is at enmity with god.. so they feel justified in practicing deception as they the gov`ts.
being opposer`s of truth have no right to know the real truth.. i personally knew of pioneers who had no intention of finding work but were happy to take unemployment benefits from the govt.
I’m glad I’m not there in my retirement years to have some moron come up to ME with an envelope looking for contributions for them!..I’m sure this is the new normal in JW land and not something I would tolerate.
I also was able to work hard, save money, invested pretty well, and now can live comfortably at an age when most are still doing the 9 - 5 grind. I am/was frequently tapped for contributions to assist those who are too stupid to save or invest wisely, and too lazy to work. I always tell them to piss off!
let the speculation begin!.
Perhaps it will be an "invisible" meeting seen only with eyes of discernment?
the september broadcast opens up with a story of 80 yr old brother geoff who gave up been in a band all them years ago.
fast forward to 2018 and we have a world renown tennis player and jw as far as we’re told.. so where some are encouraged to leave the world and it’s futile pursuits of fame and fortune, others are not.
or even punished for their behaviour on court or for been photographed with their country’s flag where others have been executed for refusing to salute flags.
JWs respect the flag more than others by following what it stands for, freedom.
And where pray tell does flipping the middle finger at the flag fall in the realm of showing more respect than others. I said nothing about FORCING a salute. But willful disrespect is another ballgame, and you know it!
I had to put up with the bullshit that resulted from a "good" JDub elder who did just that...flipped the bird at the U.S. flag, and made his children do so also as the colors passed in front of us during a community parade! BIG difference between that and showing simple respect, standing silently.
the september broadcast opens up with a story of 80 yr old brother geoff who gave up been in a band all them years ago.
fast forward to 2018 and we have a world renown tennis player and jw as far as we’re told.. so where some are encouraged to leave the world and it’s futile pursuits of fame and fortune, others are not.
or even punished for their behaviour on court or for been photographed with their country’s flag where others have been executed for refusing to salute flags.
I would have saluted... with my middle finger.
Is that you John? I would have broke that finger off and shoved it up your a/s/s, right beside your head! I don't give a damn if one is a JDub or not, RESPECT the flag of your country, unless of course you place yourself above Jesus himself and do not have to "pay back Caesars things to Caesar."
the september broadcast opens up with a story of 80 yr old brother geoff who gave up been in a band all them years ago.
fast forward to 2018 and we have a world renown tennis player and jw as far as we’re told.. so where some are encouraged to leave the world and it’s futile pursuits of fame and fortune, others are not.
or even punished for their behaviour on court or for been photographed with their country’s flag where others have been executed for refusing to salute flags.
Hey doubter...there is a perfect place for idiot JDubs like you...Go to JWTalk and join your own kind! They will no doubt love your kool-aid slurping comments!!
