a pet peeve (major) is that of the gb pressuring kids to be baptized.. checking the aid book today and the following under baptism, no infant baptism.. virtually word for word between the books, except for the deletion of this paragraph:.
"regarding the practice of infant baptism, the encyclopedia britannica, vol.
iii, ed.
Thanks, berrygerry. I've always been against that-got into a tit for tat at dinner with an elder over that one time. He just laughed as he is good-natured, but my goodness. I told him that if they want to baptize an 8 year old, they need to give him a glass of beer with his supper.
Thank you, yaddayadda2. So very, very true. And that goes for all religion.
according to both christian and jewish eschatology, the messiah will come to jerusalem, where he will deliver the jews from hostile nations "round about.
"since the jehovah's witnesses and other adventists don't believe his coming will be literally fulfilled, but figuratively fulfilled, they simply believe he will return to the earth, where he will slay the wicked and the righteous will be caught up to meet him in the air.. first we have a christian declaration:.
and when [jesus] had spoken these things, while [the apostles] beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
He never existed.
what are your thoughts?
accident or assassination?.
i still get upset over this.
She was a blood sacrifice.
the jazz crusaders were as big as any jazz group has ever been.. wayne henderson and wilton felder of the group were jws.. joe sample was the keyboardest and enjoyed a long and muscially fruitful life, a great creative force in jazz.. here is way back home performance live.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnsbudd8xi.
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Thanks, designs. That was when music was music. R.I.P. Joe Sample.
my professional life allowed me a bit of time off plus some breaks here and there to hang out here and have a little fun e-dropping my 2 cents worth more often than necessary.
however, i'm approaching quite a busy period ahead, so don't miss me too much, okay?.
look up all my previous posts and reflect on it; letting your ex-jw rut ruin your present life is such a waste.
Don't work too hard.
in this article gerrit talks about his father in the first and last paragraphs, what he says about him and his hope for him goes against all that witnesses have preached about the worldly for the last 100 years... as i recall aren't all the worldly supposed to be destroyed and never have a hope of everlasting life like jw's are, and isn't that the purpose of the preaching work to baptize and warn the worldly of this???
if not why do jws even preach, or even become jws in the first place if all have a hope of everlasting life, jw and non-jw, are they releasing a little hint at new light to come???
or am i just missing or over analyzing something?.
Obliette-exactly. Well said.
comments you will not hear at the 09-14-2014 wt study (july 15, 2014, pages 12-16 (renounce unrighteousness).
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=w&yearfilter=2014.
review comments will be headed outside the boxes.
Thank you, Blondie. You're a genius. And I admire your "stick-to-itiveness" as it almost makes me sick to read that stuff now.
WTWizard, not only is He enslaving, but he's a bonefide baby killer, and little animal killer. He's blood thirsty, what a God to follow. And WE'RE supposed to reject unrighteousness, even things that are natural to a human.
okay, so its no secret that many of us are hoping to see the downfall of the wtbts (or at least a mass exodous of jws away from them anyway).
i was wondering if you had any thoughts on what this might look like?.
we all know that most every jw has their doubts, large and small, but is afraid to speak due to the illusion of unanimity and self censorship .
I think the Watchtower will always have members-they just are too mentally controlled. Hopefully, many, many more will leave for one reason or another. That's why its up to us that are already here to keep up our good work in exposing the wts, exposing the bible, and actually for exposing the god they worship.
i've applied to be reinstatement in a new city after attending meetings for a bit.
i wrote my letter and they heard my case.
they were very helpful.
I feel like some of the others on this post, you're out now for Pete's sake, stay out! This is a mind-controlling cult. The Bible is not what it's been purported to be. Jehovah is not the creator of the earth and creation, nor you. He can't hear prayers because he's not the true god. As for true friends, they're not at the Kingdom Hall-heck, I'll bet none of them speak to you now, do they? Make some new one, some ones that stick by you thick or thin. And for gawds sake, don't put yourself through that mental stress.
from: business insider, australia.
beijing (afp) china and russia will build one of the largest ports in northeast asia on russias sea of japan coast, reports said, in a further sign of the powerhouses growing alliance.. the seaport is expected to be able to handle some 60 million tonnes of cargo a year, chinas state-run peoples daily online reported late wednesday comparable to britains busiest port immingham or le havre in france, according to european commission statistics.. the new facility will be located in far eastern russia, just 18 kilometres (11 miles) away from the chinese border.
the region is also close to north korea.. chinese and russian leaders inked a deal on the port at mays conference on interaction and confidence building measures in asia (cica) in shanghai, the report said.. the move represents the latest step by beijing and moscow to boost their energy and infrastructure ties.. resource-hungry china is seeking to diversify its sources of energy amid booming domestic consumption, while russia at odds with the west over its annexation of ukraines crimea peninsula is seeking to refocus its gas and oil exports towards asia.. the same report spoke of the commencement of construction of the gas pipeline from yakutsk to china.
Thank you very much, Full Time, for trying to educate me on this. It's the first time I've heard of it.
