it is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
WT - At first, we may not have told our family about our association with Jehovah’s Witnesses. As our faith grew, though, we saw the need to be open about our beliefs.
That description fits me down to a tee 59 years ago when i was 19 years old and converted to the JW`s and indoctrinated that I would be persecuted by members of my own family for learning the "truth" and I withheld that information from my then GF { now my wife} until I was stronger in the faith.
it`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .. the wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when i noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a se/nw (?
) direction { i hope that`s right }.
anyhow i thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the iss from time to time.. by the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg c.
HaHAHA Morpheus
it`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .. the wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when i noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a se/nw (?
) direction { i hope that`s right }.
anyhow i thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the iss from time to time.. by the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg c.
It`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .
The wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when I noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a SE/NW (?) direction { i hope that`s right }
Anyhow I thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the ISS from time to time.
By the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg C
i'd like share why i went from being a teenager determined to work in full time service for jehovah my entire life, to now being on here commiserating with you all.
i use to be an atheist but i now believe in god.
but i'm not preachy about god.
Once I took a critical look at what was actually printed in the Bible saw the discrep`ancy`s ,the absurdities ,contradictions etc,etc.I came to the conclusion it was a book made up by man of many manuscripts that suited there purpose and rejected many other manuscripts that didn`t suit there purpose and even today their are many Christian religions that have different views as to what books are in their particular Bible.Look at Europe.
And in any case it is not any God who determined what was acceptable and what was not it was imperfect humans who had their own agenda.
now that it is 1)easy to make edits in dna, 2) the invention of the quantum computer, 3)advanced algorhyms, 4)mass collection of dna code we should be able to change homo sapiens to homo evolutis.
i see a singularity coming.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nimj6snpq-o.
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WOW this post went up 3 days ago and nobody apart from me now has made a comment about it ?
I have only just come across it and haven`t been able to view all the videos or even one yet only to read the definition of Homo Evolutis
And if nothing else it all sounds very interesting science fiction bordering on the reality ?
Where are all the science buffs ?
i'm really biting my tongue at the moment with a certain witness.
he said he hates how the churches have lied to people, misled them, controlled them, got money out of them.
gouge can he noht see the wts has done that, i really wanted to say something so badly.
I have this picture in my mind with people like that of the three monkeys one with his paws over his ears the other with his paws over his eyes and the last one with his paws over his mouth .
And then I think of Jehovah`s Witnesses hear no truth ,see no truth and speak no truth.
Think of the movie "Planet Of The Apes" Charlton Heston (Taylor) standing before a judicial committee of Apes as described above.
only stumbled upon this letter today:.
http://jw-wayback.org/jw-wb/english/letters/to%20congregations/1916-2006/1968-07-09%20to%20all%20congregations%20in%20the%20usa%20(jw%20involved%20in%20assassination%20of%20kennedy).pdf.
apparently, the father of bobby kennedy's killer was accused of being a jw.
Thanks P.E and H.M. for those links very interesting stuff some of which I had forgotten about.
greetings, dreamers:.
i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.
last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.
I often have dreams about JW`s and I wonder if those still in ever have dreams about me ? My wife also has those experiences about people we were associated with for many years .
The last one I recall was that I was asked to give a talk at the KH and I was puzzled by it as I don` believe any of it anymore however I was still going ahead and preparing the talk .
Weired eh ?
i have lived in sedona arizona for over five years.
we own the largest wine tour company here and take out more people to the vineyards in this area then anyone less.
so my new years present to anyone (governing body members excluded) here that reads this thread is 2 free wine tours if you visit sedona.
That`s very generous of you Keith I wish I lived near enough to take up the offer I`m in OZ
it's a cold 13 degrees fahrenheit in tennessee this morning where i live.
glad i'm retired and don't have to work outside today.
what about where you live.
Its now saturday 06/01/2018 around 4:00 pm and the temp is 40.2 deg.C I have a fan blowing on me while I`m downing a coldie or 2 or 3 here in East Gippsland Vic OZ
( bloody air conditioner has packed it in )
