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unique1
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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?
by Fisherman inalthough, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.
i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.
how about you?
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REALLY FUNNY A DUB SENT ME THIS
by Cordelia inmr really long comment.
giver<http://www.aquitania.co.uk/audio/reallylongcommentgiver.mp3>.
mr really bad microphone.
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Have you let go of waiting for Armageddon?
by Fisherman inalthough, after experiencing many disappointments and failed dates, i cannot let go and i cannot dismiss the expectation that god will intervene somehow.
i still hold on, hoping that maybe i will not experience sheol and neither will some of my loved ones.
how about you?
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Cover Your Head!!!
by prophecor inladies and or anyone else, i guess i'm just ignorant of much religious tradition, practice and policy.
can someone explain the issue regarding sisters needing a head covering while praying.
in the church it's taken to an entirely different level.
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unique1
THE JW reason for headcoverings Reasoning Book
Why
doChristianwomenwearheadcoveringsoncertainoccasions?1 Cor. 11:3-10: "The head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God. . . . Every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered shames her head . . . For a man ought not to have his head covered, as he is God’s image and glory; but the woman is man’s glory. For man is not out of woman, but woman out of man; and, what is more, man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man. That is why the woman ought to have a sign of authority upon her head because of the angels." (When a Christian woman wears a head covering on appropriate occasions, this is an evidence of her respect for the headship arrangement that was instituted by God. Christ respects theocratic headship; man and woman are also obligated to do so. The first man, Adam, was not produced by birth from a woman but was created by God. When creating Eve, God used a rib from Adam as a foundation, and God stated that she was to be a helper for Adam. Thus to man, who was produced first, was assigned the position of head. The man does not wear a head covering when ‘praying or prophesying’ because, inregardtoheadship, man is "God’s image," having no earthly head in matters relating to his family. However, for a woman to ‘pray or prophesy’ without a head covering would show disrespect for man’s God-assigned position and would shame him. Even the angels, who are members of Jehovah’s wifelike heavenly organization, observe the "sign of authority" worn by faithful Christian women and are reminded of their own subjection to Jehovah.)
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isitnecessaryforawomantowearaheadcovering?When she "prays or prophesies," as stated at 1 Corinthians 11:5. This does not mean that a head covering is needed when she prays privately or when she converses with others about Bible prophecy. However, she should wear such a head covering as an outward sign of her respect for man’s headship when she cares for matterspertainingtoworshipthatwouldordinarilybecaredforbyherhusbandorbyanotherman. If she prays aloud on behalf of herself and others or conducts a formal Bible study, thus doing the teaching, inthepresenceofherhusband, she should wear a head covering, even if he does not share her faith. But since she is divinely authorized to teach her children, no head covering is needed when praying or studying with her undedicated young ones at times when her husband is not present. If, in an exceptional circumstance, adedicatedmalememberofthecongregationispresent or when she is accompanied by a visiting traveling overseer, then, when she conducts a prearranged Bible study, she should cover her head, but he should offer the prayer.
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Cover Your Head!!!
by prophecor inladies and or anyone else, i guess i'm just ignorant of much religious tradition, practice and policy.
can someone explain the issue regarding sisters needing a head covering while praying.
in the church it's taken to an entirely different level.
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64 WT - this is probably the angel reference you are thinking of
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Certainly a woman with a shaved head would not be very attractive, would she? Likewise, if a woman showed no respect for theocratic order, such as prophesying without a head covering in the early congregation, she would be most unattractive to Jehovah and to the other members of the congregation, because of her lack of humility. A faithful woman recognizes her assignment in Jehovah’s arrangement. As Paul writes in verses 8 to 10: "For man is not out of woman, but woman out of man; and, what is more, man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man. That is why the woman ought to have a sign of authority upon her head because of the angels."18
Why "because of the angels"? This could not be in order to show subjection to them. At 1 Corinthians 11:3, Paul makes no mention of the angels as having headship over women on earth. Angels have not been assigned to take the leadership in the Christian congregation or to preach the good news of the Kingdom. So there is no question of the woman’s having to wear a head covering out of respect for some angel for whom she might be substituting. But both dedicated men and women are "a theatrical spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men." (1 Cor. 4:9) For example, a faithful woman can set an excellent example for the angels. In her loyally conforming to Jehovah’s theocratic pattern of subjection to her husbandly head and also in her showing respect for the male members of the congregation, she sets a right example for the angels in heaven in their continued faithful subjection to Jehovah and his reigning King, Jesus Christ. -
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My wife has finally seen the light.
by Ironhead infor 18 months i have been at loggerheads with my wife over the wts.
she has been the perfect watchtower slave even declaring that she'll never leave the truth.
i decided not to interfere in her life, attacking the society, and the idiots in the hall, but recently things have changed for the best.
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A newbie's post...reposted since it got buried...Welcome!! Melly!
by megsmomma inthis is from unique1....... (i made it into paragraphs for easy reading).
i have used up my postings for today and think this one needs to be put up.
mellybean left her first post on my most recent post.
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Need Help!
by LibraLady ini really need some advice for a problem that is really bothering me and that is why i signed on to this site.
i have become estranged completely from my dear sister who has become a dedicated jw.
i am sure that many of you have heard stories like this before but it really hurts me.
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WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would say most of us here have experienced this to one degree or another. Some have successfully gotten people out. You could anonomously mail her a copy of Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz ( a former Governing Body member) Or send her info on vaccination theory that I am sure she is unaware of. http://www.gotriad.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070322/GTCOM0190/61005009/-1/
Ask her if she would have put her children at risk for the Governing body. She could have been disfellowshipped at that time for vaccinating her children. Look how long it went on. Until 39 and with no apology, just an Oh, we aren't Dr's nearly 15 years later. Think of all the children that suffered and possibly died needlessly because those faithful witnesses back then. Maybe that will wake her up.
BEST WISHES
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My cousin has left the morons... all on his own!
by dawg inmy cousin has left the borg, all on his own and he sounds like a recording of me!
i'm no longer alone after 17 years; now i have someone to talk to and his experiences are alot like mine.
to think, he refused to talk to me for over 17 years!
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A former "Bethelite" JW's friend of mine wants to "Disassociate".
by booker-t ina friend of mine that was at bethel when the "change" came out about the "generation of 1914" in 1995 wants to "disassociate" himself but is terrified that his family especially his mother(who is of the annoited) will totally shun him.
his whole family are jw's his uncle an elder, his sisters pioneers, etc; any advice i could give him?
i know what it is like since my mom has been a devout jw's since 1967.
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