here is the latest about the chicago archdiocese documents....i can't help but wondering if the wt will send out a letter to all congregations to destroy all documents for child abuse cases.
watchtower-gate?.
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/chicago-archdiocese-hid-decades-of-child-sex-abuse.
Here is the latest about the Chicago archdiocese documents....I can't help but wondering if the WT will send out a letter to all congregations to destroy all documents for child abuse cases. Watchtower-gate?
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/chicago-archdiocese-hid-decades-of-child-sex-abuse
will the wts be issuing one (or has issued onne already?
) or will the www.jw.org online library be the future?.
Wasblind:
Yes, I remember a few years ago, my COBE who was 80+ was downsizing and moving. He felt very 'up to date' when hey chose to get rid of their old bound volumes and rely only on the CD. He told me that many of his friends were doing the same thing. At the time, I felt a little sad, because I love books, but I couldn't blame him. Who would have known where all this was to lead? Maybe that was the WT's plans all along...encourage streaminglineing to get some to dump the printed page.
one of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
Ding, Now THAT"S something to celebrate!
one of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
Nah, too much self glorifcation, I expect. Anything that would detract, (even for a day), from the popularity GB would not be welcome.
i don't know how many others have gotten this question that i got recently.
i wonder if it was the co that thought this would be a great question to try to reactivate someone like me:.
at the time, i was kinda blindsided by the question and gave just an okay response.
Good work, Billy!
Yes, I also was a willing victom to the "Responsible Chilbearing in the Time of the End" talk at the District Convention and article, too. What a dope, I was! I swallowed it hook-line-and-sinker! And to think, I wore my childlessness as a badge of honor of my devotion to God! STUPID....
(Sarcasm): How could they possibly have removed such a timely article? And to think the young people of today cannot read such sage advise:
*** w88 3/1 p. 27 Responsible Childbearing in This Time of the End ***
Children During the "Great Tribulation"
20 Ahead of us is the "great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again." (Matthew 24:21) It will be a difficult time for adults and children alike. In his prophecy on the conclusion of the present system of things, Jesus foretold that Christian truth would divide families. He stated: "Furthermore, brother will deliver brother over to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death." (Mark 13:12) Obviously, rearing children in the time of the end would not always be a pure joy. It could bring heartbreak, disappointment, and even danger, as Jesus’ words quoted above show.
i thought this quote on msn regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.. "figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though.
the jehovah's witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack.
".
How many other of these predictions were mentioned in the Watchtower and Awake, proving how wrong the other religions were?
when i was a kid in the early 90's there always seemed to be a mention of how demons posessing people or how if you saw a demon or something supernatural occuring mearly calling jehovah's name would rid you of the situation.
rarely now a days do you hear anything of the sort.
that got me to thinking, what are some other topics the society has backed off of?
Smurfs come off the wallpaper and will fly around the room and taunt your children
Blood in McDonalds French fries
Used items being posessed and demons entering your home
Androgynous dress and hair styles
Turning off your pager during the meeting
Colored panti-hose for women
Free parking
White shirts only for men on the platform
Make sure you renew your Watchtower and Awake! subscription
Wide ties are too trendy for the platform
Let's make our back-calls
Hour talk
To be considerate of those who open their homes for the book-study
The dance called 'the twist' will lead you into immoral behavor
To remember that the High School Gym is now a place of sacred worship
Culottes are not fitting for meetings or service
Do not get in line during the song for your hoggies and McMuffin Eggs
Disco is evil
And my personal favorite: The internet is **BAD**
murder suicide tragedy by jw couple.
very terrible.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540809/jehovahs-witness-couple-young-children-shot-dead-two-story-home-grandmother-grim-murder-suicide.html.
It is very tragic on all levels. Especially for the children. So very sad.
It was written that he partook last year. I wonder if the idea that he was demoted and not part of the Faithful and Discrete Slave Class came into play. I suppose we will never know.
warning!
awesome!
so thankful for all the amazing provisions jehovah has given us.
The old phrases "Gag me with a spoon" comes to mind.
Just a few years past, you were halled in the back room, if you dared to have the Bible on PDA!
I wonder if that former council on the KM is avaiable to be pulled up on the ap. Oh probably not, becuase they can change everything they ever wrote with with one click of a button! Lunacy!
what tools does a duped person have?
intellectual damage is done once you are indoctrinated.. your emotional ties to your "spiritual family" form a bias to free thinking.. .
why should you make your life better by first making it worse?.
Terry, Well said. The steps for recovering from Spiritual Abuse are similar to those from other types of abuses. People that are in abusive relationships are always counseled not to jump into another relationship until they take the time to come to grips with their own issues that lead them into that first bad relationship. A feeling of desperation and loneliness may drive a person into another abusive relationship before they give themselves time to heal. They cycle will repeat itself until it is addressed and dealt with.
