hope springs eternal, when the subject is the ethical reform.
of the watchtower.
scandals arise - and expectations develop.
It never ceases to amaze me that so many decisions are made on the basis of not providing ammunition to opposers. Always looking over their backyard fence, as it were.
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
theres little else in life that is more ludicrous than a pompous jw.. correction.
there is little else in life that is more ludicrous than a pompous male jw.
especially one of the elder variety, one of those guys what tell people what to do.. think about it, it just isnt natural for a man to be the head of the house .
s'ok Englishman, it's natural to protect the better half.
I've always gone by this saying;
The man might be the head of the house; but the missus is the neck; and the neck controls the head!
The pompous elders are just heads with broken necks because they swung too far to their extremes!
here is a little "pep talk" for those who may feel they are in danger of losing their spirituality.. .
safeguard your spirituality by training your perceptive powers.
by: brother guy pierce of governing body .
1. Listen to Jehovah. Many think they know the answers, but they don't even know the questions.
2. Study regularly, study deeply. We can be
desensitized by what we see and hear, thinking it isn't bad, i.e., x-mas songs. We hear them; next thing we know the tune is running around in our head. In a short time we are humming them just as Satan wants.
3. Do we spend pioneer time in front of the TV or computer, and token time in service? Psalms 119:37, "Make my eyes pass on from seeing what is worthless."
4. Jesus is countless billions of years old and one day we will be as old as Jesus is now, and he'll only be twice our age.
5. The Bible is inspired of the Sovereign of the Universe. It's a masterpiece, give it careful attention.
6. The reasons some give for not being at the meetings is the very reason why they need to be there.
7. Too busy because of the high cost of living, or living high. You can' put enough money in the bank to get through Armageddon.
8. A couple of young brothers are going to a movie. When asked if it has bad language, they reply, "yes, but we hear it all the time in school." Do we want to pay to hear more? It should hurt our ears.
9. Every meeting is a holy, sacred occasion. Never be absent by choice.
10. Some are slowly losing the sense of urgency. We are in the heart and heat of a universal emergency. All in heaven have their attention focused on earth and what we are doing.
11. If we had the cure for cancer we would tell everyone. We DO have the cure for cancer, AIDS, and even death. People desperately need to hear. Our ministry is an extension of God's love. When you talk with someone they are face to face with a representative of Jehovah God.
The Anti-Pep talk
1: Only mindless people don't have good questions. Then we can hope to listen for the answers.
2: Christmas (not x-mas) songs are GOOD. LISTEN to the lyrics, bozo. Just because you're told it's evil doesn't make it so. Being different does not equate being right.
3: Much is worthless wherever you go; but the internet is a treasure of WORTHWHILE information of which useful info can be filtered out.
4: Right. At that time then the WTS can be even haughtier and more know-it-all because their age ratio to Jesus is closer.
5: Give the Bible careful attention -- be especially wary of "scholarly" versions like the NWT.
6: You can't be at the meetings for the reason you can't be there. Catch-22.
7: You need to be high to keep living high in the slavery a-la WTS. Not to mention who's lived high off my cumulative donations and hard work.
8: More bad language is heard at the doors than at many movies. And it's free!
9: Actually, many who are there are UNholy, unclean, and SCARED, not sacred.
10: Nobody can keep up an 87-years-running sense of emergency. We'd go nuts.
11: If the cure for death and disease involves mental, emotional and spiritual disease, no thanks. The "representatives" of Jehovah carry many dirty utensils and bloodguilt.
Nutshell: yup, that's a good term for the meetings.
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
contributed by a "charles stanley".
"dear randy, .
there is a weekly discussion programme over here called "question time" the audience poses the questions and a panel answers them.
And, all it takes for evil to flourish is for one to stand idly by and watch it happen.
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
contributed by a "charles stanley".
"dear randy, .
there is a weekly discussion programme over here called "question time" the audience poses the questions and a panel answers them.
How do you distinguish the liars from the truth-tellers? The point is, that you don't: they both are wrong. Why? Because they peacefully co-exist. The liars are clearly wrong and the ritual truth-tellers are also wrong because they condone the liars."
All I need to do is include my sig for this one...
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
i heard an announcement was made at another congregations meeting.. the "brother", was publicly reproved.. no biggie.. heres what i'm having a tough time with..... they announced exactly what his restrictions were.
i thought just an anouncement and thats it, why start naming restrictions ?
next, they'll be stating reasons for df'ing and stuff.. can i get former or present elderr thoughts?
Actually I know of one case where the elder's wife told other wives and sisters and well...now you know the rest of the story.
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
hi gang,.
man, what a brouhaha we have going on now, eh?
i wonder if all could please reply to this post with your list of log-on names.
I'm sunscapes from now on...lurked for a while before deciding to come "out of retirement" this week (see my new I'm back topic)... I was Theocracy Rules Again as a loyal hardcore dub for a long time (that's why I changed my handle now lol) back on the old H20 back when Cyg was BITT and I REALLY got on most people's nerves! (Maybe except You Know & co.)
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
after seeker's hard-edged reply to my post (maybe deservedly so; but i'm still reeling from it), i've decided to repost this and say hi to you all out there who remembered me from h20!!!.
holy!!
touchy!!
After seeker's hard-edged reply to my post (maybe deservedly so; but I'm still reeling from it), I've decided to repost this and say hi to you all out there who remembered me from H20!!!
Holy!! touchy!! What is is with you jumping onto my post out of nowhere other than to irritate me? You're wearing Clinton's shoe. Nobody's perfect already, but, on average, Bush is giving it his best shot with people coming at him at both ears on all levels. The world's politicians usually make the best of what was given them, however my opinion of Clinton vs. Bush differs from yours. I don't wan't to enter into that cesspool.
My point was, however, that the WTBTS uses the same political spin doctoring, even to an excess, in order to cover up blatant misdeeds. Everything has to be "filtered" through their media spokespeople and ranks. The end product is seldom other than pure distortion.
A nice "welcome back" from any of you long-time members here would be refreshing; those of you who remember me -- Jan does and acknowledged that yesterday...Cyg, Rick, Tina, Marilyn, bx, and COMF and a whole bunch of others I forgot to mention. A great big hug to you all; and let's continue to respect each other for our differences and embrace for all we have in common!
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
a new program just started on itv1 (for us ukers) with john mcarthy of beiruit hostage 'fame'.
examining the stories and archeology of the bible.
this episode seems to be about the walls of jericho.. the question he asked a curator at the british museum made me think:.
Holy!! touchy!! What is is with you jumping onto my post out of nowhere other than to irritate me? You're wearing Clinton's shoe. Nobody's perfect already, but, on average, Bush is giving it his best shot with people coming at him at both ears on all levels. The world's politicians usually make the best of what was given them, however my opinion of Clinton vs. Bush differs from yours. I don't wan't to enter into that cesspool.
My point was, however, that the WTBTS uses the same political spin doctoring, even to an excess, in order to cover up blatant misdeeds. Everything has to be "filtered" through their media spokespeople and ranks. The end product is seldom other than pure distortion.
A nice "welcome back" from any of you long-time members here would have been refreshing; those of you who remember me -- Jan does and acknowledged that yesterday...Cyg, Rick, Tina, Marilyn, bx, and COMF and a whole bunch of others I forgot to mention. A great big hug to you all; and let's continue to respect each other for our differences and rejoice for all we have in common!
When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers ... we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations.
formerly "Theocracy Rules Again"
circa 1996-1999
well we just got back from seeing the movie 'spy games' i loved it!!!!
i'm a big espionage fan though.
it's a great movie and robert redford and brad pitt both did excellent jobs.
yummy, i love vintage Christmas cookin'....
