what do you fear most?.
when a witness i was afraid of dying at the big a. now i just fear dying.
Becoming mentally unable to function and my kids having to care for me. I can already detect some problems and hope it's not alzheimers working it's way into my brain. I can't recall names of people or things like normal and at times I can't remember directions to places that I was familiar with. I think I would end my life if I knew I would become unable to function mentally.
Ken P.
in the 2-15-02 body of elders letter a paragraph is dedicated to child abuse issues.
many have claimed this an adjustment for the better with regard to wt policy.
sadly this could not be further from the truth.
Hi Path,
I think you have made a good point, each family or individual should have the freedom to make his/her own decision to report a case of molestation to the law authorities.
I also think the past record of the WT society's coverup should be exposed. They have clearly neglected the victims of child abuse in favor of protecting their image(Jehovah's in their view)as if God was dependant on them for this. I think their real motives were self serving and it will prove to be more damaging to their God's name than if they had dealt with it properly, as it has done to the Catholics. If God's spirit was really directing things I would think it would have known this.
I'm sure Bill Bowen's work will have a very good effect on this problem in the future.
Ken P.
beginning over a hundred years ago with the sincerely misguided (albeit egotistical) pastor russell on down to todays corporate incarnation of jehovahs mouthpiece otherwise known as the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, all of the leaderships crimes can be traced to a single kernel of untruth that lies at the very heart of this ungodly organization.
a typical expression of this single but immense seed of falsehood is clearly seen in the following quote, typical of thousands made in the watchtower over the years:... if we fall into the habit of ... ignoring counsel from jehovah through .
his faithful slave class, it will not be long before our hearts become callous, .
Hi Teejay,
Very good observation. I agree 100%. Just because I beleive something doesn't make me right or vise versa, but I do enjoy other's views and only sometimes like to disagree and argue, just for the fun of it.
Ken P.
quick question: .
they say 1914 is the date when the end begins or something like that?
they also say that within the lifetime of that generation armageddon will come.
Hi Realist,
I stopped in to get a beer at a JMart and saw a caption on one of those far out Enquirers and it said in bold print,"Armageddon Has Started". It referred to the middle east crisis. Another one said,"Noah's Ark Found On Mars". I don't know which one to believe.
Ken P.
i think it's about time to set the record str, yes again .
i believe about 95% of the world believes they are going to heaven.. which is very sad, cause again i tell you, small & young & older children, that "this life" that we are living in, in not the life that we are suppose to be living in, it was not jehovah's plan for his children to die... in the beginning god gave adam & eve a choice, they refuse, and they died, from adam to all men, brought death .
the paradise is not lost, if the paradise was lost, then the creator who created us, is gone, if jehovah is gone, the sun would'nt rise, neither will man... the 144,000 who goes to heaven, is not going there to have fun, they will be the ones(little flock/ in the new system, to judge the unjust & just...billions of god's children are in their graves(she'ohl) and are waiting to hear the messiah voice and they shall indeed rise up.... .
You will die like the rest of us, get used to the idea. Nature has determined our fate no mater how many dreams we make up.
Ken P.
i've always been curious about the process they use to appoint someone as a minsterial servant, elder or pioneer.
do they claim these appointments are made by holy spirit?
i am aware that the elder body has to first approve it and then send it through bethel or the circuit overseer, but i'm not sure what happens next.
It's sort of like reading the manuel that came with your GM car. You can say General Motors fixed it after you did the work.
Ken P.
todays newspapers are full of the le pen story.
much concern is being voiced that right-wing organisations will ride on this story to make their own agendas more widely known, ie, send all the immigrants back home, britain for the british, sod off everyone else!.
now i personally love different cultures.
Hi Lilacs,
Your comment:
Besides, most that come here take jobs that no one else wants to do anyway.Isn't always true. My wife was laid off and a mexican was kept, who wasn't nearly as qualified as my wife for the job, but could speak spanish and worked for less money. My wife's brother is laid off as a brick layer because the mexican's will work for much less money. Just some real life examples.
Ken P.
a while back there were some postings asking if miracles still happen today, so i thought this latest story from my life would be appropriate.. my husband's friend from work lost his father to cancer, shortly after that he lost his wife, also to cancer.
a few months ago his teenage son was diagnosed with bone cancer and not given a very good chance of survival.. i don't know this man, only met him once, and i never met his son.
but something inside me just made me so angry, and my heart so heavy -this could not happen.
If God was involved why did he have to have an operation at all. Couldn't God have healed him without the operation??
Ken P.
did you ever stop feeling constantly guilty while you were in the org?
i never did, no matter how much i was doing as far as field service & meeting attendance it never felt like enough.
i never felt like i was doing enough, ever; even though we were at all of the meetings faithfully, with three young children, which was no easy task.. .
Amen, MoeJoJoJo.
Ken P.
the june 1, 2002 wt has an interesting discussion of whether genetics and our biology have any influence on "alcoholism, homosexuality, promiscuity, violence, other aberrant behavior and..." .
their conclusion?
essentially, they say no.
Hi Seeker4,
I just read that last night and I felt the same way. There was no real thought given to the situation as it exist in reality. They always revert back to the Genesis story for all the answers to life's problems.
Ken P.
