the threads that might get locked thread.
it was very painful to me.
the anti american ones.
I once asked my English ex-husband, (perhaps ex-English ex-husband would be more accurate, 'cause he ain't never going back)an insufferable snob, why everyone hated Americans. In a rare moment of candor, he hesistated for a moment, then simply stated, "Jealousy".
Rosemarie
i've shared a bit about my experiences but i don't think i ever gone into much detail.
i'm setting this down as an example of what growing up a witness can be like for any lurkers who have doubts or questions.
i was born into a family of witnesses.
Oh, Aztec...so sad.
Rosemarie
does anyone else have trouble processing the logic behind the wts issue of universal sovreignty?
why empower satan to make claims and give him the time and circumstances to prove his claims?
why have a bet between 2 people decide the fate of the universe?
Just content to remain in your smug little deluded world of having written off Jehovah, his Christ, and his inspired word > then do so at your peril.I know what I believe. Good luck to the rest of the closet atheists and God haters on this thread...you're gonna need all the luck you can get.
I truly appreciate your loving, Christian sentiments.
You have clearly demonstrated who YOUR father is....
no, i'm not serious, just wanted to see if anyone would take the bait.. and yes, i'm bored.
rosemarie.
gosh, gotta wonder what his first name is since he apparently feels it's so bad he has to use an initial.
No, I'm not serious, just wanted to see if anyone would take the bait.
And yes, I'm bored. And no, I don't know anything about him.
Rosemarie
Gosh, gotta wonder what his first name is since he apparently feels it's so bad he has to use an initial.
does anyone else have trouble processing the logic behind the wts issue of universal sovreignty?
why empower satan to make claims and give him the time and circumstances to prove his claims?
why have a bet between 2 people decide the fate of the universe?
"Now, listen, kids, I know things have been hell since the next door neighbor's kid, Joe Angelo, has broken in here and has been teasing, torturing, raping and killing some of you, but you just have to put up with it. If I throw him out now, you might think I'm weak (by misusing my superior strength) and unfair. THEN what will my great-great-great-great grandchildren think of me?
Joe's saying I'm a tyrant, and that none of you love me, and I gotta prove he's wrong. What's a few months of hell in the scheme of things? Eventually this will be over, and none of you will think of it anymore.
Besides, what about the Angelo family next door? None of them have gone bad, and now they're watching to see how I handle this.
Just keep in mind, while Joe is beating the hell out of you, that this is for the good of the ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. For all time, I will be remembered as a just and loving father because I didn't kick Joe's butt at the first sign of his psychotic tendencies."
does anyone else have trouble processing the logic behind the wts issue of universal sovreignty?
why empower satan to make claims and give him the time and circumstances to prove his claims?
why have a bet between 2 people decide the fate of the universe?
Deut 24:16 "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.Ezek 18:20 "The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father"
But what about those scriptures where God talks about "getting even" (my words) with succeeding generations for a father's iniquity? (Please keep in mind that I never knew the Bible well, and I may well be wrong about the existence of any such scripture.) The reason I think there is such a scripture is that I remember thinking that the Bible was contradicting itself. Of course, I mentioned it to no one.
Rosemarie
does anyone else have trouble processing the logic behind the wts issue of universal sovreignty?
why empower satan to make claims and give him the time and circumstances to prove his claims?
why have a bet between 2 people decide the fate of the universe?
And remember after Armageddon and all of us have been destroyed, Satan will still be kicking, because he will be saved, and then let loose again to try again (after the 1000 year reign of Christ, then let loose again for a short time). So all of us get killed at Armageddon, and he already has his pass to get thru. That sounds fair, don't you think ???????
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This statement is, quite frankly, one of the most brilliant observations I have come across in a long time. I never thought of it like that. Truly mind boggling.
Rosemarie
in case nobody else has heard it, the swedish jw who was the "main personage" in the television program aired a month or so ago, was df'ed yesterday.
the branch hung up upon him in the program and asked him to write a letter, giving his story how he had been abused etc.
the branch overseer told the reporters how sorry he felt for him, and that he had been helped, and how they wanted to help him in the future, too.
, the very same branch overseer publicly thanked for all the flowers and greetings he had received because of "this tough case",
Funny how witnesses will send flowers to this "overseer", but can't even visit an elderly infirm sister in the congregation because they can't "count their time"
Rosemarie
in case nobody else has heard it, the swedish jw who was the "main personage" in the television program aired a month or so ago, was df'ed yesterday.
the branch hung up upon him in the program and asked him to write a letter, giving his story how he had been abused etc.
the branch overseer told the reporters how sorry he felt for him, and that he had been helped, and how they wanted to help him in the future, too.
they were only talking about two small children abused, not tens of them, as claimed by media.
I'd like to say that is the most callous thing I've ever heard from a JW, but it isn't
R
no instant messenger, no emails, nothing.
well... it is complicated.
the entire time i was married i went to a friends house one time.
Oh. Amanda. I will miss you. I'm so sorry your life has not gone "well", but I wish you all the best.
Rosemarie
