That's so true, Phizzy.it's all about what Jesus would have done.
That was a great experience promotion.I hope you got him thinking.
my story in brief..... after being a born-in, getting baptized at 15, and seeking to excel based on the approval of elders and my parents, i hit a bump in the road.
i moved to a new congregation, and was a little more than disheartened by the lack of love.
with all my responsibilities removed from the recent move and being told that i no longer qualified for responsibilities due to my declining activity, i sat down to do some long overdue research to appreciate our spiritual heritage.
That's so true, Phizzy.it's all about what Jesus would have done.
That was a great experience promotion.I hope you got him thinking.
i saw this at the kingdom hall after the meeting.
"advertise, advertise, advertise!- christendom style".
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Hey, doesn't that count as idol worship??
i saw this at the kingdom hall after the meeting.
"advertise, advertise, advertise!- christendom style".
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How embarrassing.
i know for me it was soon after lurking here for awhile and reading some threads on the issue.
i remenber when i tore it into little tiny pieces.
it felt so liberating..
I never had one.just laziness, I think.
No.
maybe you remember my post about my experience 3 weeks ago, waking up crying loud because i was dreaming about my mentaly disabled brother.. i am sure it was a warning sign.
my brother is now hospialized and in a half coma situation.. my parents are broken and on dinial, thinking he will be the same as before the incident.. they are praying for armageddon, so he will be a normal healthy person.. today i visited them all and did see the effect of the watchtower unrealistic predictions and how this mentally effect my parents.. i pray for my brother he will have no pain during this stage of his life.. so, the dream seems a signal, an alarm signal for me.
maybe my brother, who can not speak at all, sended it out to me, living 100 km away.. gorby.
I am very sad in my heart for you and yours.I also suffer from vivid dreams due to anti depression drugs.keep telling us how you are feeling and what is happening.
Take care now.
X
i heard my witness friend that if the name jehovah is the incorrect pronounciation from the hebrew scriptures, then jeremiah is the incorrect way to say jeremiah's name.
i wonder if this is true, because if it is, that would make jws the true religion.
right?.
Hey Phizzy, my hubby told me the exact same thing this weekend, which I never knew.
Thanks for that.
so i happened to peruse jw.org this morning.
considering the rabid way that the jw's are shamelessly promoting a web site i found it telling that when i, out of curiousity, clicked on the "request a home bible study" link i got this meesage:.
request a free bible studywould you like to learn more about the bible?
My sentiments exactly.
i believe it is mostly guilt.
many witnesses pioneer or "reach out" in the religion because they feel guilty.. they may feel they aren't doing enough.
they may have secretly "sinned" against rules imposed by the organization.
Guilt is a huge factor.as well, I think it's the"what if" scenario, if the dubs are right about the Armageddon and all that.shunning is also something to think about.
No mention of love, is there?
so during the serve-us meeting last night an elder says something really dumb..as usual.
it was the km part about doing better in field serve-us.
they are discussing how to reach people, and how to be nice, blah, blah.. the eldub says, "we want to be kind to our neighbors, and talk to them and take an interest.
The word "frenemy" comes to mind.