berylblue

Joined

• started 165 topics
• posted 2,459 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by berylblue

• 
  85

  To Those With Ears to Hear...

  by AGuest in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to that he said, "the reply is not yours to make; it is mine.

  his reply was that, "have i not told them?

  so, then i asked how it was that i was speaking directly to the father, and not to the son, as i usually do.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Sorry, didn't meant to seem as though I was questioning you. I just couldn't resist.

  Rosemarie
• 
  85

  To Those With Ears to Hear...

  by AGuest in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to that he said, "the reply is not yours to make; it is mine.

  his reply was that, "have i not told them?

  so, then i asked how it was that i was speaking directly to the father, and not to the son, as i usually do.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Are you being serious or is your post a joke?

  Does it matter?
• 
  31

  Still waiting ... since 1975 !

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what have i done with my life since 1975?

  became a jw in the late 1960s ... looked forward to 1975 as early as 1968 ... so, out of a sense of duty and spirit inspired organizational hounding ... when 1974 arrived, i sold the house, sold the car, sold the wife and kids ... then moved to where the great are needed ... 1975 came and went ... .

  so did ... 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 walk away from the organization ... 1993, 1994 then it was 80 years of a special mighty generation since 1914 ... finally, 20 years later it was 1995 when i was forcibly disassociated by wts legal department ... 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 ... yikes!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  1975 was a date I never put stock into. I thought it was going against scripture. I was never disappointed by the false prophecies and wrong dates because"no one knows the day or the hour".....Seems very simple to me. Anyone that uses Bible examples to show why we should believe in false dates needs to re-read the Bible.

  Gotta agree with Mini. The failed prophecies never bothered me; I always thought,"Well, that's what you get for making them in the first place". However, I readily admit that not everyone feels this way, and that the constant promises of a New World soon to be have hurt those who did trust in them very deeply in many ways. Rosemarie
• 
  11

  I had thought I had gotten over all this crap.

  by pamkw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been a very bad couple of weeks for me.

  i thought i was having a fairly okay relationship with my mother, and even though she was not happy with me not being a jw anymore, she seemed to live with it.

  i have even recently been able to have conversations with my jw younger sister and not come away angry.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Oh, Pam. I am grieved that you are going through this. If I can help, let me know.

  Rosemarie
• 
  20

  "New Light" on the generation doctrine may have been too early yet?

  by reporter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in this thread, the generation doctrine was being discussed.

  i've thought about what the society wrote below.how long a time period would these last days prove to be?

  jesus said regarding the era that would experience the "beginning of pangs of distress" from 1914 onward: "this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Gary,

  OUTSTANDING!
• 
  39

  Dad flew home this morning

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my dad has been over from canada for the past month and staying at our house.

  it's been so good seeing him even though he's not in the best of health (he's not supposed to fly .

  the kids have loved him being here and i was really choked after we said goodbye lastnight and our youngest, dylan, started crying saying he didn't want grandad to go home and insisting on sitting on my shoulders waving till the car was well out of sight.. they are both asking when they can go visit again.. i hate goodbyes and being separated from family by such a long distance.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Oh, my mother's been dead for 23 years.
  
  I do miss her so much.

  Rosemarie
• 
  39

  Dad flew home this morning

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my dad has been over from canada for the past month and staying at our house.

  it's been so good seeing him even though he's not in the best of health (he's not supposed to fly .

  the kids have loved him being here and i was really choked after we said goodbye lastnight and our youngest, dylan, started crying saying he didn't want grandad to go home and insisting on sitting on my shoulders waving till the car was well out of sight.. they are both asking when they can go visit again.. i hate goodbyes and being separated from family by such a long distance.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  I love my (non-JW) father and my five sisters and one brother, but I don't think I'd be very upset at all if I didn't see them for a long, long time. In fact, three of them never answer my cards, phone calls or emails, so I've stopped writing and caring. That may change, but right now there's just been too much hurt for me to willingly expose myself to their conditional love (conditional on everything from the phase of the moon to what I'm doing for a living). My psychiatrist told me they are self-absorbed, self-protective, selfish, self-centered. I said that must mean I am, too. He said, no, you're not selfish.
• 
  7

  What happend to Covington

  by hippikon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what happend to covington.

  i understand he left to org after being told he couldnt be on the gb because he wasn't anointed.

  i'dd like to get some confirmation on that if anyone knows.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  I had a tape of his funeral talk. It lead me to believe that he was, or felt he was, annointed before he died. The speaker (I forget his name) said that some had said that he wouldn't receive his reward because he had once been disfellowshipped; I can't recall the exact words but they lead me to believe that he had been annointed. I later read that he was not, so I was confused.

  I no longer have the tape, but it was actually a very loving talk. The speaker likened those who try then fail, then try again, and do okay for a while, then try and fail, only to try and finally succeed, to an old football which, although ugly and beat up, had survived hundreds of games, as opposed to a new football, which was lovely to look at but never had been tested. He mused, "how do you know that new football isn't going to collapse the first time someone kicked it?" or something like that.

  I can't remember if the speaker was a Colin Quackenbush, or the man who said the prayer.

  Rosemarie
• 
  23

  Well It's time for me to leave.

  by outoftheorg in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at least i am giving it a try.. i have had some minor surgery.

  nothing to worry about, but it put me out of physical action for the last two weeks.

  this gave me lots of time to think and browse this forum.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  All the best to you.
• 
  38

  Encouragement for new members

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are alot of new members here, and i just wanted to say that although most here don't believe that the wt is "god's organization" there are many such as myself (i have never been a jw) that believe that the bible is inspired scripture*.

  loosing faith in a religious organization does not necessarily mean that you must also loose faith in god.

  i have a personal relationship withn the god of the bible and can tell you that he is real and wonderful.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  berylblue

  Wonderful post.

  But what about those of us who are honestly not certain any more?
  
  Rosemarie