i want to start by saying i will not participate in discussion here about my resignation as a moderator at jwn.. simon please consider this as my resignation from that position.. i have been posting on this board for almost 12 years.
i know some of you a lot, others a little and some not very well at all.
i have remained here for those of you who have needed support as you make the transition out of the wts, who needed someone to listen to your experiences of abuse at the hands of jehovah's witnesses, and to both laugh and cry with you as you progress out of the watchtower society.. we know that we have all experienced the cruelty of abuse of one kind or another.
Gee...I go off a while and come back to a hornets nest being worked over with a baseball bat...As a collective WE are viewed by many as a "Community".
What Lady Lee does, or doesn't do should have no impact to what the rest of us do, or don't do.
Good-by Lady Lee, watch out for pot holes.
this film was written by julius epstein who also wrote the script for casablanca.. if this scene doesn't grab you---you can't be grabbed!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o347nfr2lws.
you will need to magnify it to full size or you will miss the "payoff".. .
There are two ( now three ) that I can think of, two done by Sergio Leon. Eli Wallache's "introduction" in "The Good..The Bad and The Ugly". The better of his two was the opining scene for "Once Upon A Time In The West"Jack Elam, Woody Strode and an unknown actor [ for me ] are waiting at a train station for a man [ Charles Bronson ] they intend to kill.
"Return from the Ashes" pre-title sequence is riveting. You know SOMETHING is going to happen, when it does you are caught off guard. The child's bang-bang-banging of the door draws your attention away from what follows. Also, the movie itself was Hitchcock in mood and execution.
good afternoon jwn... .
i`ve spent the morning and part of my afternoon... getting to the bottom of... why names were added to the awaa fan page... it`s a dangerous thing to happen in our world... faders can be outed,we can lose,family,friends... the results can be an absolute disaster... .
aawa "did not" create the facebook awaa fan page.
I HATE facebook, there truly is on privacy....but, I don't expect to be included in anything...seceret or otherwise....
i was just wondering i have a friend who is getting divorced.
she is 32yrs old and has 4 children ranging from 10 yrs old to 18 mths old and i wonder if she can ever really date again?
she's a really pretty woman but still i wonder.
Never had a problem with someone having kids....I would say that for everyone put off by that, there will be any number of men who would not care...
http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/jehovahswitnesses.htm.
jehovah's witnesses.
the religion most analysed in investigator magazine is jehovah's witnesses.
BTTT
a cautionary tale.
(it is evening at the kingdom hall and a mom and her daughter arrive before the meeting is about to start.).
"hello sister richardson.".
Great story...what will 2014 bring for wbts/jw?
i live in abilene, texas, and i am seeking information on gary beard, formerly of fort worth, who spent time at bethel along with his sister and brother-in-law, pat and doug summers.
i believe pat and doug own summers properties in decatur, texas.
anyone knowing how i might contact gary beard cn email me at [email protected] ... thanks!.
Darth...we're QUICK in Texas........
things for jehovah's witnesses to think hard about.. .
1.you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. look at how you are feeling most of the time.
that sense of going nowhere and feeling down is not because you aren't spritual enough.
is jesus just not good enough as a mediator between god and man?.
is jehovah running a nightclub or something?
is that why we need a governing body as a gatekeeper?.
It is a good question. Gives rise to another question: Did Joe jw get stupid? This is what I remember from forty years ago. The "faithful and discrete slave" were "the little flock". We were taught this "little flock", also known as the "anontied" embraced the "144,000" [ no more than that had a heavenly hope ] and "faithful and discrete slave". Thus the "anointed", the"little flock", "faithful and discreet slave", "144,000" were one and the same. They would be in heaven to rule as "kings and priests" symbolized by the "twenty-four elders around the throne of Jehovah, Jesus being seated to the right of Jehovah. Clamoring and milling around Jehovah, Jesus and the twenty-four elders was a "great crowd" numbered in the millions who had NO heavenly hope. This "great crowd" had an earthly hope" and the privilege of being ruled over by the Great King and Priest Jesus who would be assisted by the lesser "king's and priest's" of the "little flock" aka "faithful and discrete slave" aka the "anointed" aka "twenty-four elders" aka the "144,000"..
The "great crowd" had VERY IMPORTANT work to complete in " this old system of things" [ the old world ] and in the "new system of things" [ new world ] to come. This "great crowd" was given busy work inclusive of five weekly meetings at the "kingdom hall", where they learned to be successful in the other half of their busy work, going from door to door selling books, "Bibles", magazines with the ultimate goal of recruiting and converting other's to swell the ranks of "the great crowd". All under the direction of our PARTNER "the anointed faithful and discrete slave/144,00", who received their orders through "holy spirit" from OUR MEDIATOR Christ Jesus.
No where was it ever suggested, nor was I ever taught by mouth or watchtower literature that Christ Jesus WAS NOT my mediator, or Saviour, whose blood was poured out on my behalf as a sacrifice to cover over and wash away my sins. It was to Him my prayers were addressed. He whom every second, every minute, every hour of every day advocated my worthless to the Father Jehovah God. It was understood and taught the "anointed faithful and discrete slave of 144,000", while alive on earth, were the earthly portion of Christ Jesus Kingdom.
I ask again: did Joe jw get stupid? Apparently he did as it is now taught that the gb is indeed a 2nd level mediator and the ONLY way to Jehovah God. When I was baptized at age 13 I publicly declared my fealty to Jehovah God AND Christ Jesus. Not so in this day and time. When you are baptized you make that public declaration of fealty to the "governing body" of the wtbts and through them the same to Jehovah God. Christ Jesus has been CAST aside, His Heavenly place usurped by an earthly publishing company of mortal men whose sins are as great as yours. Who advocates for them, eh? In answer to your question, as far as jw's are concerned, yes Jesus Christ is a failure since NO ONE inside the wtbts challenges them. The gb has not placed themselves in the seat of Moses. They have usurped the throne of Christ himself and within the Christian tradition have made Jesus sacrificial death for all irrelevant and worthless.
do you hold god accountable for the corruption of the borg?
i've noticed there seems to be a bitterness, by some, that includes "god" in the equation, when discussing the borg and their policies, the governing body, elders actions, etc.
do the borg's transgressions originate with god, or does he feel the same disgust as we do?
What Farkel said and everybody else for that matter.
We are the ones to blame because we are lazy, have no desire to led, even ourselves. Along comes some entity that says don't worry, we'll do it ALL for you. Yeah, stand in front of a mirror see the one to blame.
