the watchtower is constantly pulling quotes out of context and distorting the original author's meaning.
why not give them a taste of their own poison?
here's a few to get you started: .
Some opponents of Jehovah's witnesses have..(shown) faithful obedience to Jesus Christ...Consider some examples..they have been...getting involved in disruptive demonstrations (and) political revolutions...They promote..peculiar challenges.
Observers of Jehovah's Witnesses have found no evidence that ...They behave toward other people with profound kindness, love and gentleness.
i was born into the "truth", so it is pretty much to only life i have known.
i have been studying the bible seriously since my teens, about 15+ years.
then it hit me about 6 months ago, i?m not really studying the bible, but rather the wt publications.
I’m not really studying the bible, but rather the WT publications
I realised this during a WT study that used Acts 2:31-32 to prove that Jesus was raised a spirit and to prove his body disolved. Its quite a gut feeling to be sitting there and seeing the WT for it for what it is.
Good to meet you, thanks for sharing.
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i've noticed there are a lot of jw's in good standing on here these days... i know its a small sample but it seems promising.. any current circuit overseers/district overseers post on here, that would be crazy.
i think its pretty cool actually
I once hit one of the annointed sharply in the mouth with the mic, it made a loud thud over the speakers and all heads turned. Do I get an extra cookie for this?
Brummie
you wake up one morning and see that the last few years of your life is nothing more than a vivid dream.
you check a desk calander and realise that it's your baptism date.
your mom is calling asking you to wake up and get ready for the assembly...... .
You wake up one morning and see that the last few years of your life is nothing more than a vivid dream. You check a desk calander and realise that it's your baptism date. Your mom is calling asking you to wake up and get ready for the assembly......
Wow, great imagination!
I'd be too confused to go, I'd wanna go back to dreaming real quick.
Brummie
yall... i just was talking with arrowstar... she is sans job right now... .
she told me that she is eating saltines and ranch dressing.. okay... i _know_ there's a boatload of ex-jws up there in dallas... yall think it might be possible to get her some real food?.
also - if anyone knows of a job opening that she might qualify for... could yall get in touch with her - and let her know?.
Arrow is one of my biatches, she gorra be helped, pleeeeeeeease help her. being 4000 or more miles away poses a problem for me.....darn.
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
Yep too many unanswered questions!
The husband should have moved on long ago and would have had it not been for his religious views on divorce. He'll kill her, but not divorce her.
Interesting obsevation J, ironical!
Brummie
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
Six, according to those who are letting her die, she has not suffered anything because for 15 yrs she has had no mental capacity and does not feel pain. She is not even aware that she is alive.
Mums the word, how could family keep her alive if they thought she did not have hope or if they thought she was in pain everyday. The fact that they are fighting for her suggests that they have seen a good side to all of this.
Brummie
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
End it now if it's "so right." End it now if you have no doubts. If it's so right load the syringe and get it done. It's obscene to allow this woman to die like this. Bastards!!
Applause.
Brummie
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
Christopher Reeves was our hero.. Superman till his last breath.. His physical capabilities were limited to little more than his ability to form words... What if his mouth had been muted?
A sobering thought huh.
NewL, I dont know how true or untrue the accusations against the husband are. The article posted by Captian is very interesting regards to the accusations. I have with-held any comments on him since the pressure he is under may be fogging his ability to make rational decisions.
Putting all of the controversail family issues aside, there exists a person who is alive and is currently being starved to death without being able to give verbal consent for the destroying treatment that is being forced upon her. A person whose is only able to smile every so many hours is being judged, they are saying she is "conscious" of nothing because her brain is damaged, yet they have no technology to weigh what she is conscious of or not consious of!
There is no solid definition of which part of the brain makes us "conscious" some meical proffesionals say "All the brain" is conscious! so they are carrying out their death judgments on the abstract ideas and believes a men who have not suffered from PVS.
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
Lying in a bed for fifteen years, unable to move, and possibly in a lot of pain
Tiger, If this was proven to be the case then I doubt there would be so much media coverage and a humane way of helping her out of the pain would be considered.
However, whether she feels pain or not is an argument that doesnt work well for either those who want her dead or those who want her alive. Those who want her dead are arguing that she doesnt feel anything at all, thats why she should be allowed to die, she is a vegetable with no sense of feeling, no awareness of pain etc! Her brain doesnt respond to anything.
Those who want her alive say she has emotions, can feel, is aware, her eyes reflect the smile she has for her mother..
However, having these feelings would also mean that she can feel pain but cant disclose it, this would be awful. However she also smiles (which would indicate she is relatively at peace in her relationships). So the death sayers say her smile is just a reflex, she doesnt know she is smiling.
So the argument goes on...
