- if you have a problem with someone in the congregation -it's your fault.
- only brothers have the immorality problem.
- brothers have 4 main vices on his mental shelf.
'...jehovah doesn't cause trials..but he allows satan to do so..'.. really?
Let me see..if I allowed a dangerous man into my house and allowed him to harm my wife and family then that's ok as my hands are clean?...come off it!! It would disqualify me as a husband and father surely?!...Jehovah is the original absent father as far as I can make out.
midweek meetings critical for them as a way of controlling/restraining the younger ones. It prevents any individualism and chokes doubts by reinforcing doctrinal propaganda...and with the ministry school it gives them a platform to 'shine'....good for self esteem..
disgusted by waves of scandal, irelands catholics are boycotting mass and .
turning their backs on the church.
http://theweek.com/article/index/263824/everything-you-need-to-know-about-irelands-disaffected-catholics.
there are some ticking timebombs.........child abuse scandal....elders ( not just one but entire body of) concealing evidence from police.....money grabbing exercises ....duff prophecies...fading light....monotonous routines.....boring meetings..youngsters being warned off higher education and careers.....internet age with masses of info for the doubting...it all adds up to a decline sooner or later. The whole elder arrangement is nothing more than an exclusive men's club......it surprises me that women put up with their neglible roles in the cong. Even cults run out of puff....eventually.
a witness couple just called on me.
they know i have'nt been to the hall for a few months but have no idea that i am "off reservation" in more ways than one.. they called by to tell me they that due to the "unloving spirit" in our.
congregation they will be going to another hall from now on.. the husband has been having ongoing "issues" with the cobe for some time ( iow,he hates his guts).. they feel that if they move to another cong where the people are nicer everything will be ok. (yeah, right).
rotten apples?...whole orchard is rotten. Here in uk the recent/current abuse cover up scandal has shown me and others that far from being 'gifts in men' and 'big trees of refreshment' and 'shepherds of the flock' elders etc are not fit for purpose and by extension the congregational arangement stinks. Love?..Justice?...if you're hoping to find such qualities in the congregation be prepared to be disappointed. Sure, there are genuinely nice people...but they would be equally nice if they were out in world too... Personally I have known some very peculiar elders with really distorted views of what life is about.
when...... 1) we follow christ example not the gb.
2) stop df'ing those for challenging current or past doctrine and allow us to use our god given gift of reason and free wil.
sure kick out the scumbags even the lions club have rules for membership, but not those who just use their brains and consience.. 3) get rid of the nonsensical blood teaching that has cost the lives of thousands and beg god for forgiveness.
what's the point of it?..what's the message if any?...pointless..I'm getting fed up of religion generally..it leads to conflict....judgmental individuals...it can't just live and let live...it's got to seek recruits..more and more recruits....
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/im-relieved-everybody-now-knows-7357125.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-28127683.
cover ups....shredding of evidence....denials....conspiring to pervert the course of justice....seems to me that the whole elder set up is not fit for purpose and not worthy of any respect from within or outside the org.
how's these comments in this weeks study?.
i understood that i had neglected my children when they most needed my guidance and affection, admits eduardo.
i had not been there to read them bible stories, to pray with them, to cuddle them, and to play with them.
Funny isn't it that when out of it these sham accounts are exposed as utter nonsense with no basis in reality....and to think that for many years we swallowed such tripe hook line and sinker when we were in...
a new "fly-on-the-wall" documentary about the life of young mormon missionaries goes out this evening on channel 4.. .
very similar to the jws....controlling....conditioning....indoctrination....regulation....isolation...very scary on a larger scale. what a waste of youth....
how did noah or (russell crowe) fit all the animals on the ark?
how about throwing on the dinosaurs as well!!!.
watchtower 1973 july 15p.7 question from readers.
..I'm actually laughing out loud at the previous post!..very funny..!!..love this..!
one of my smart ass friends gave me the public copy of the watchtower for june 1st, 2014 and the main article.
is about "god's view on smoking.
" okay it goes on and on about how we need to keep our body "clean" and.
...I suspect many biblical figures would have smoked if smoking option had been available in their time....tobacco wasn't an option was it back then..
