today's text:.
thursday, october 20. assist those who are weak.—acts 20:35.. you may know from personal experience that it can take time to recover from a debilitating physical illness.
similarly, a christian who has been weakened by personal difficulties or very trying circumstances may need time to regain spiritual strength.
Yes, yes.....the JW's just have to keep telling themselves that they are "Strong" and everyone else is "weak."
Saying the same thing over and over again doesn't make it true.....unless you're in a mind-controlling cult. Then it's repetition for emphasis.
the british library has a copy of this important historical work (dated to may 868 ce), and has been working to conserve its copy.
this film made by the international dunhuang project (formed to conserve relics from the silk road (the east-west trading network) backgrounds the sutra's story:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn5hqxtlmc.
Wow! Just watched that documentary on the Diamond Sutra; very interesting history and restoration process! I loved seeing the end result of it being stored in that nice custom wood box to be preserved for future generations. Very nice!
have any of you heard of anything like this.
i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.
apparently the society sold it to the church.
Haven't you heard? One of the motto's the Governing Body lives by is:
"Do as we say, not as we do."
saturday, october 15. we are members belonging to one another.—eph.
4:25.. are you a young person?
if so, be assured that you, as a part of jehovah’s worldwide congregation, are really appreciated.
Youth to Tight Pants TOMO III and Rubber-faced Lett the Clown:
"Go F**k yourselves, you money-grubbing poseurs!"
so our congregation is full of hardliner elders, 3 of them, who are not gentle, kind or loving.. people have either moved away or quit trying because one elder inparticular was going to drive them crazy with all his rules and nit picking and being righteous over much.
(and he is pissed that he hasn't been accepted to the school.
hmmm, i wonder why!).
Send him an anonymous email praising him for his efforts, and with a link to this forum and JWfacts. That should help him out!
i just wanted to share a perspective related to my experience with leaving the jw.
at this point, i have been df'd since i was 18. i'm 25, happily married with 2 fantastic children.
after being miserably at odds with my parents and extended family, i've come to some realizations as follows.. i struggled with the conditional nature of my parent's love- talking to me until it bothered their conscience, then cutting me off.
So you've decided to open your life and the lives of your children, up to emotional and spiritual abuse? Good luck with that shit! Please, tell us how that works out for you?
just wanted everyone who knows me to know i am alive and well.
we just sold our house in pa and are about to buy a house on one acre just outside jamestown ny.
our health has been good and we both have good part time jobs.
Getting out of PA is a GOOD thing. I'm in south-central PA, and my god was a depressing lot it is around here. I couldn't move to NY though, because anywhere near Walkill / Warwick and it's just as bad.
i can't tell you how many times i have heard this while growing up as a witness.
every time i questioned hypocrisy in the org i was told " well we are imperfect" and its was beyond annoying.
at what point does "imperfect" turn into just not christian?
Scully above totally nailed it and said about what I was going to say. The "Org" is run by imperfect men, but YOU as a rank-n-file are expected to be perfect, under threat of direct punishment in the form of reprove, privileges revokes, disfellowshipping, and shunning, and eventually eternal death. So much for forgiveness, aye?
hello all.... i am new here so i figured i'd make a quick post introducing myself and giving a brief intro as to who i am and what i'm here for... as well as to hopefully meet others.. so, i made a profile and in it i gave a pretty detailed explanation as to my intent here and exactly why i decided to participate in the boards.
in case you don't read it, i'll give a brief summary.
the name is robert.
Looking into a highly controlling, manipulative, Pharisaical CULT like JW's, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, or Scientology?
Good luck with that sh*t!!!!!
the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".
i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.
she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.
Call me silly (but DON'T call me Shirley, that's another poster), but you don't sound that enthusiastic or happy for your daughter? I'm guessing "Mr. Wonderful" isn't all he's made out to be?
