yes the god of the bible has done his share of being a murderous bully(according to the mythology found in the book), his holly motto seems to be through out: "do what i say or i will kill you".
of coarse cringing christian's because of their fear of the deity will proclaim that all these acts of slaughter that the bible ascribes to god as an act of love, and chime in with approval and superlatives when 1john 4:8* is read.
and i atribute it mainly to god being a bully in the bible and threatening to kill every one not having faith in him.. 8 l anyone who does not love does not know god, because m god is love.. .
His holly motto seems to be through out: "Do What I Say Or I Will Kill You"
What should he do instead...what do you think would be the best way to keep order?
If he makes people obey the rules, he's a bully. If he lets everyone exercise their free will, there's chaos.
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/ .
"those who were baptized as jehovahs witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned.
in fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest.".
"Those who were baptized as Jehovah’s Witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned. In fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest."
I don't think it's a lie. In my experience if you truly drift away from the preaching activity or meetings becacause you get busy or bored or distracted for any number of reasons, they do continue talking to you and encouraging you to come back. If you walk or fade away after raising objections to beliefs, policies or the actions of others, they do keep you at arms length and even go as far as to eliminate you from their life if you don't come around to their way of thinking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnhq2vge7ym.
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very professionaly done!.
is there any way we can try to start a crowd-fund to help terry get some wheels quicker than he currently can?
with craigslist and a couple of bucks from a few members we can help terry get moving.
does anyone have any ideas how we can do a "theists for terry" bike fund raiser and challenge the atheists to a bucket-head challenge?
Anyone ever use this site? I've heard good things.
Somebody could set up a fund, then we could all contribute and the money would go directly to Terry.
ok, at the risk of getting flamed, i have been out for over 20 years, and still love kingdom melodies.
i remember them for the good times, the conventions and assemblies, hearing the orchestral versions, imagining the orchestra playing.
some pieces were really nice.
The new Sing to Jehovah doesn't hold a candle to the versions of the 80s and 90
I understand what you're saying but any music from memorable events of the past (especially ones youth) can conjur up nostalgic sentiments even when we weren't having such a nice time....it doesn't mean there was anything significant about that music in itself, it just happened to be the sound track that someone decided to lay down at that time. The younger 20 and 30 something JW's of today will in a decade of so (if they aren't already) be saying the kingdom songs of the 80's and 90's was the best and are the ones they love the most. It's the same reason why older folks always think the music from their youth is so much better than the music that is currently popular.
Glen Hyde was a 'mans man'
What does that even mean?? (I know what it means but it almost sounds worse than being a Mamma's boy LOL !)
I knew Knorr in the last year of his life. He did seem pretty bland and no nonsense...very stuffed shirt like and his wife was just sort of...there....not much to say, but who wouldn't be that way after living most of ones life in a religious institution and having everyones eyes on you at all times looking for any hint of a flaw ? Can't imagine it....very sad.
three months ago i had to stop driving my car.
it wouldn't pass inspection and it would cost about $3k to get it up to par.. well, it's a 98 honda accord with about 179 thousand miles on it, what did i expect?.
.. i decided i would switch to riding a bicycle instead.. it has worked out fairly well.. i put about 10 miles a day on it.
Sounds like the theif needed a bike at that moment and likely dumped it as soon as he got where he wanted. Keep an eye out for it in the vacinity, in parks, alleys or even at garage sales. Check at the police station or put up missing bike signs in the area. See if your town has some kind of social media where you can ask for people's help to find it. Keep your sales receipt and that photo with you so you can prove it's yours.
Apparently she married a guy named Glen Hyde after Knorr passed away. Here's a link with her photo and a second link that tells her story.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/510384570243180501/
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/126989/1/Knorr-Was-He-Married-Any-Info#.VAh53ueOK2w
some may remember the time when the private study edition of the wt wasn't to be made available to outsiders, and the df'd.. now, with the recent boe letter, sept 1, 2014, it specifically states that jw.org is making the km available even for df'd individuals.. do you sense a new trend developing?.
No....I think DF'd people are all pretty much treated crapily in equal measures for the most part..
I do think that there are differences in how people end up D.F.'d, depending upon who they know and what congregation they wind up in.
the watchtower has been making cunning and calculated changes in the organization to gain more money, power and control.
jwn has a multitude of posts on the rapid metamorphosis of the watchtower into jw.org.
please feel free to comment and interject your thoughts.
I'm sure every one of the items listed has a perfectly logical JW explaination as to why they came about. Most of them make complete sense from a business standpoint if you don't suspect an ulterior motive. (and I'm pretty sure there is one)
