was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
My impression from talking to men who were JW's in the Viet Nam era, wished
they had served. It was like sitting by the camp fire and relating my experience in
Nam , they would ask how was it did you shoot anyone, were you shot at and etc.
One brother flat out lied, it wasn't until I told him I served and ask where was he station.
He finally admitted he never served, it was a joke.
dear friends:.
i imagine by now we old timers have adjusted to the fact that we are getting older and, one day, will make our exit.
are your "senior moments" ever a cause for worry to you?
The worst is not remembering your grand kids name. Josh, bring grandpa the Tv control.
Grandpa I'm Terry not Josh. I have 8 Grand kids, and when they are all around at the same time
it can be confusing.
dear friends:.
i imagine by now we old timers have adjusted to the fact that we are getting older and, one day, will make our exit.
are your "senior moments" ever a cause for worry to you?
I went out to start my car and I forgot where I was going. The worst, forget what you are
looking for in your home, you no what a mean.
here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.
here is my list:.
local needs.
Bat shit crazy.
Buttholes
Diarrhea
Strange cheese.
in the last few weeks it seems that instead of one or two new posters a week we seem to be getting several every day.
many seem to be long time jw's who are troubled by the path of the organisation.
this is really encouraging to those of us who have been here sometime.. welcome!
I'm confused, in the 60's and 70's the great crowd. We filled the KH, we couldn't build
enough KH, a sign of the end. Now the numbers are dropping and this is a sign of the end.
I thought the separation work (weeds) were people coming out of false religion, not those in
Jehovahs organization. I did a little drugs when I was young(before JW world), and nothing
compare to the mind trip that this organization send you on.
so... bro flodin puts poison onto the first loaf of bread and says that this pictures someone "sinning against the holy spirit".
he then puts the bread into the trash can stating that jehovah completely discards anyone "sinning against the holy spirit"... meaning they cannot ever be forgiven...he says that the pharisees "sinned against the holy spirit" because they denied indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit displayed by jesus... therefore jehovah would completely discard them... no way back for them.. fast forward a little... we have the bible character stephen...acts 6:8 says: now stephen, full of divine favor and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.so stephen was showing indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit.now we come to the bible character paul (saul)... he was a pharisee.paul would have seen stephen in action... witnessing the indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit first hand!yet paul not only waged war against all christians but he personally approved the killing (stoning) of stephen.according to the bread illustration paul should have been discarded by jehovah at this point for "sinning against the holy spirit"... he would have been put in the trash can... no way back at all...but what happened according to the bible?
jesus appeared to him on the road to damascus... he became one of the most zealous apostles in bible history with jehovah's full support!so what on earth is the bread illustration all about?
So who today blaspheme the Holy spirit.
We have the Jews who do not accept Jesus as the Messiah.
Hindus say the teenage Jesus traveled across southeast Asia, learning yogic traditions
and returning home to be a guru to the Jews.
Muslims: Jesus was not crucified but instead, he was raised up by God into the heavens.
In other words it seems every one besides JW's are speaking "against the Holy spirit".
How many Holy spirits are out there, and which one do you listen too?
demons cannot occupy the same place as the holy spirit, satan knows this, and that is why.
he tries so hard to get to people first and his demons or demonic influence control or affect.
that person.. i cannot believe this in still being taught today.
"Smoking is associated with spiritism", but drinking spirits is different, even if you
fall on your face with shots of Gin and Juice.
a jw made the claim "no christian [jw] has ever murdered anyone".. when i showed examples of such, the goalposts moved a bit with "was he a baptized, dedicated witness?".
can anyone provide examples of murders committed by "baptized, dedicated" jws?.
thanks.
Deuteronomy 17 .. The Bible commands Christians to kill nonbelievers.
We must remember all those people in the OT were JW, according to JW's today.
So I guess nonbelievers are no body.
on a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.
i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.
the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.
The friends in the 60's and 70's that became JW's, teachers, doctor, salesmen, city supervisor,
professional athlete yes professional people in my congregation. What is interesting most
of those folks are still JW's today and struggling financially.
That's what I realized the mind set. Even though I had walked a way I still had the
JW mind set. I defended the shunning policy for years, it was a act of love I told
people. I was one who believe it was the best religion out there, but not for me.
OH boy , when I saw the light I became the true Apostate, ISIS in reverse.
