well, we are studying the book of daniel in the meetings now, and this week was the reading about the four beasts and the goat etc.. i got suprised that the sources didn't include any page of the wt book pay attention to daniel's prophecy,.
my only guess is that they have already changed something too big to take the risk of a average witness go searching and start to make questions about their allegedly inspiration..
Ah the Daniel prophecy book. When I was finding out how the WT was doing a sleight of hand job with the prophecies found in daniel, it was this book that showed how they implied the coming of jesus (and doing nothing) and his taking action in the future.
I'm sure it is a quiet shuffle off to oblivion for Daniel's prophecy book.
didn't know exactly which subject area to put this under, but i was curious about what you guys do around this time for holidays, particularly halloween.
my view on halloween in particular has always been as this pagan, demonic celebration.
even now that i discovered ttatt i still feel the same way i do about halloween, i don't ever think it's something i'd celebrate.
When I was a kid, our track had every house decorated and there was a steady parade of kids getting candy. Not us of course.
Now days younger kids go to their school and get candy from different classrooms. I don't really care for all the gruesomeness that seems popular with the teens.
But I don't have any desire to do the holidays because we never did it. It has no meaning for me. The closet "holiday" for me is thanksgiving. Mainly because turkey was cheap and my grandma loved eating it. She wasn't a witness and she never made a big fuss about it being a "holiday" So I'd cook it at her house and we'd get stuffed.
a christian at work has been after me for more than a year to go to his church and be saved.
i like the guy and consider him a friend and have been politely trying to avoid the subject.
i have recently decided that enough is enough and i told him i would discuss religion with him.
Does the person you are going to speak to, like a lot of data? I would find it difficult to listen to but then, I am a more visual person. I would sum it up as, putting the cart before the horse. The light before the sun. Haha I think it is too late at night for me to give a proper answer.
Hope it works out for you.
how many times have you heard that trope?.
i found it more irritating than a dose of farmers on the bum.
i've even said it when i was a brainwashed jobo drone.
Yes I said that a few times. The thing is, except for one or two friends, I didn't do anything with people after the meetings or service. Sundays were wrecked if you had the second meeting at 12 or 1:00. Saturday - after forcing yourself out in service, you barely had half a day to recover.
The majority of the people you knew in the "truth" were only encountered at the meetings. A strange life indeed.
was talking with a family member today and they said that there is something special going on at the kh this weekend.
any idea what it is?
they said that some kind of broadcast from bethel for everyone..
My mother said the same thing, but her's is on Sunday. Since she doesn't want to mention JW stuff now, (we are taking care of some things for her, us faders you know) I was surprised when she said that specifically. Sounds like it is several hours worth.
She's all nervous and said it with that "SOMETHING IMPORTANT WILL BE ANNOUNCED" voice.
i was baptized as one of jehovah witnesses in 1986. then in 2003, i disassociated myself officially with a letter.
but i did not stop reading the bible or believing in god.
but i have noticed everyone’s reaction here is very different to the great wickedness of the watchtower society.. some of us do not believe in god anymore, and threw their bibles away completely.
Well I've slowly given up on belief in the bible but, one thing I said to my exfriend jw is - if it was God's organization he would have sent out a prophet to warn them to change their ways. I said this because she had admitted there were teachings that weren't right etc.
One of things that showed me that they weren't chosen by God in 1918-1919 was a thorough study of Daniel and Revelation against the WT's Daniels book of prophesies and Revelation the Grand Climax book. Not only did it show that they got it wrong, but that they knew it. They know they are not the "two witnesses" (at least those who had a hand in writing the two WT books)
I say that as background to my next answer. Being that they are no different than any other religion that claims they got it right, or country or government that claim that they are for people when they in fact just use and abuse them - you might say "Who will save mankind from other humans?"
theme scripture , james 5 v 8 abbreviated to " you too, exercise patience".
(i guess we know what to expect now) .
" how long?
The check is in the mail..... multiply that by a hundred years. How many would still believe it is coming in real life after 2 months? The check I mean...
if you take the red pill, you'll have knowledge, you'll be awakened, aware of reality, you'll have freedom.. if you take the blue pill, you stay in your bubble, wearing rose colored glasses, and feel security in an illusion.. taking the red pill isn't something that's easy to do.
to accept that everything around you is an illusion built up on lies or half truths.
but hey, it might feel good to be aware and break free from this illusion.
When I think of the Matrix, Neo was unsatisfied by the life he had in the Matrix. But when he left, it was hard. A whole way of life gone - Replaced with crummy food and uncomfortable living conditions. But once he found people he could rely on and trust, he got his life going again.
I haven't found friends in the world and that is because I haven't pushed myself. I hate that I'm old and out of shape and have crummy coping skills.
But I would never go back to the lies. I hate how they use people. They are worse than parasites because it is a thinking choice to take advantage of others.
And like a previous poster said, I also mourn all of the dead in history that will never get another chance. Even if I didn't expect to be in paradise, I wanted my grandma who was the nicest sweetest person and was disabled most of her adult life, to be young and healthy again.
i want to know the latest trend in jw land.
after i have disassociated from jw land last year, now my father has forced me to write a reinstatement letter.
and i will soon be reinstated back very soon because those cult elders will meet with me.
Well I can't really help you in what is new in JW land because they keep changing so fast but, Sorry you have to go back.
Do you have to live at home still? I hope that you'll be able to leave sooner rather than later because life is for living and you can't really do that if you are having to fake being a JW.
greetings brothers,.
the branch committee has prepared an encouraging video meant to encourage and reassure those affected by the recent storm.
please note that this link or any images from the video are not to be posted to the internet or any social media.. irma message - english.
A politician couldn't have given a better speech. It gives no specifics as to what help they will receive and they repeat it at least three times about help now and in the future. The only specific action spoken of, is what a JW should do. Keep your spiritual routine. Give emotional and spiritual support to others.
I remember reading about how witnesses in Japan came to the meetings in slippers and sleepware because that is all they had. I'm sure we will hear of similar stories from this. Probably heroic CO's braving the devastation to give a talk. I bet they ask for donations too.
