at least that's the rumor.. rub a dub.
Oh great scott, I can see it now!
There is going to be some brouhaha about this is one of the bibles prophecy's and a deffinate sign that The Big A is very very near. It wont be too long before Christendom has completely fallen and Babylon the Great will start going after Jah's chosen people.
Ya know, shit happens. why does every little thing that happens in the world have to confirm their stupid beliefs?
why not come visit a new exhibition and see human art as old as 40,000 years......oooh... wait a minute!
that would make the bible false...woops.. ok..... maybe you can visit and show the academics, historians, chemists, archeologists, scolars where they are going wrong!
give them your own opinion on a science they have dedicated all their life too and take a wild stab at why they are wrong.
yearbook 2013 :letter from the governing body.
dear brothers and sisters :our heavenly father,jehovah, is the personification of love.hence the bible states :"god is love".
(1 john 4:8) even though jehovah is almighty ,his word never says ,"god is power" or , "god is might".he bases his rule primarily on love.how this attracts us to him!.
How satisfying it is to do something because we want to do it instead of being forced to do it ! Jehovah invites us to do what is good out of love.The importance of that is seen in Paul's inspired words:"If I give all my belongings to feed others, and if I hand over my body, that I my boast, but do not have love,I'm not profited at all".1 Cor. 13:3.
give us your money out of love
yearbook 2013 :letter from the governing body.
dear brothers and sisters :our heavenly father,jehovah, is the personification of love.hence the bible states :"god is love".
(1 john 4:8) even though jehovah is almighty ,his word never says ,"god is power" or , "god is might".he bases his rule primarily on love.how this attracts us to him!.
This letter was in the front of the yearbook. You can find it @ jw.org
for example, the type of job you have, what take place.
in the bedroom, college, blood, marriage mate and etc.. and is it a truly conscious matter with out any repercussion?.
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I agree with likeabird,
The idea behind making the once forbidden choices is to avoid legal woes. A religion can't tell you what to do, but it can guilt you into doing what they want. They are covering their asses, but what it boils down to is that people are going to mark and shun those that are in the gray area. Medicinal Cannabis is a "conscience matter". So is; watching a R rated movie, going to a bar, riding in elevators with the opposite sex, missing a meeting, not going out in saturday service, getting a car with 2 doors or a sporty car, working at a place that promotes christianity, taking someone to a non-jw church, associating with a faded family member. I am sure there are loads more stupid guilt trips they lay on people.
so giving your fertilized egg to a surrogate is pornia.
yep. My husband told me that getting artificial insemination would be considered adultery. They have a doctrine on EVERYTHING
i have friends in very cool jobs.
my world interacts quite often with music stars, and i have interesting conversations.
for instance, i was talking with the members of animal kingdom, and asked the lead singer about the lyrics i picked up while listening them perform for the group a few minutes earlier... i felt stupid because i hadn't realized the name of the song, and only had caught a few lyrics... he wrote of mephistopheles.
philip philips- know your not alone
so i was working at my 2nd job today in a store and i was the cashier for most of the day.
it's been about 2 weeks since i've been to a meeting & i hadn't shaved so i had a somewhat hipster-ish stubbly beard going on.
also my hair has gotten slightly longer, nothing noticeable to the world but something that would turn a few heads at the kingdom hall.
That sounds like someone I know. What state you in. down to a t, words, outfit, paying with change. we all probably know someone like that. After all, this religion encourages poverty!
you guys don't know me, i'm new here.
i'm typing on an iphone (pardon any random weird iphone auto-spell corrections) and could walk home to get to my laptop but i might lose the courage to post what comes to my heart to share right now.
worse and more likely, i'll simply not be able to express what i felt right now... if i wait until i have a proper keyboard.
Its nice to meet you. I enjoyed your post. I can tell it came straight from the heart. I think most people are where you are, being captive by someone elses rules. We aren't willing to walk away from our mothers, fathers, sibling. These people aren't replacable, yet the organization wants them to replace you. No matter where we go in life, or who we have become, there is still a yearning for kinship with those that are our kin.
I'm sorry, my heart breaks with yours. Here there are kind people who will listen to you. We are so very accepting, no matter what your views are.
Welcome
HoneyBucket
"those worldy people are so lost" - utterence of any sort of familial hardship; divorce, ect.. .
(df'ed person is seen in a public setting) "they look so sad, they don't have jehovah's blessing".
how do you know if they're sad or not?
I think I better go have sex with the hubby after reading that post...deffinately a mental image
