just got the news.
a very close classmate of mine met an accident and died last nite.... just 4 months after i da'd from the borg.. if i am still in, i wouldn't be so sad.
he has the hope of resurrection.. but now that i am out, i realise that resurrection in paradise is all bullshit.. so what's next?
I'm sorry your friend has died. I can't say whether he is exists now, or in the future. I'm not sure myself.
Realizing that the resurrection is no longer a sure thing, is hard to deal with. It made me sad when I thought of my Grandma and all the other nice people that have died, may never get another chance. I still leave a small possibility that there is something else, but I figure I will not know until I die.
For now, my grandma lives in my memories and all the happy times we had.
ok, so hot on the heels of the announcement at the agm, we have been told that there are probably only 12 magazines left!.
yes, there will be only 3 wt each year, and 3 awakes.... and that they will do this for two years, then reprint those issues.... so yes, the "abundance of spiritual food" is limited to 12 more magazines..... surely, this is proof of the end coming so soon!?!
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Don't you wonder what will be in those few magazines? "Coming Soon - An Armaggedon Event You Won't Miss" "What Can Make You Happy? Donate Now the WT." "Why you Should Join Us"
The Great Tribulation started for JW's when Russell made this religion.
the purpose of this thread is to share some history with the community.
i am an active jw.
the reason i picked this forum is due to the openness and ease with which information can be accessed.
A hit and run poster.
the purpose of this thread is to share some history with the community.
i am an active jw.
the reason i picked this forum is due to the openness and ease with which information can be accessed.
Jehovah jiggling the tree of Christendom at that time and pieces of fruit fell out of the tree.
That just made me laugh like crazy. You go Jehovah and jig that tree....
this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.
1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.
6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.
Won't they be charging for downloads soon, or have they already done that?
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.
