"Maintain a Threefold Cord in Marriage,"

by Will Power 9 Replies latest jw friends

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    "Maintain a Threefold Cord in Marriage,"
    Can anyone give me some info about this talk
    Day 2 of Assembly @ 3:45 (lol)

    As an WTunbelieving wifemate (obviously not a lifemate) - I'd like to know in case the topic comes up in therapy.
    since another title is "Staggering to the Slaughter" - wouldn't mind a few comments on this one either

    Thanks
    WillPower

  • blondie
    blondie

    "staggering to the slaughter" Interesting that the WTS only has this on the CD 3 times. Basically, it has to do with the destruction of the wicked in the "near" future.

    As to the other, divorce and "unscriptural" separations are rampant in the WTS. I think they will concentrate more on marriages where both parties are JWs.

    Blondie

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    Blondie - thanks for the reply
    I was looking for the meat of the "three cord"
    concentrating on both JWs is what irks me.
    I remember reading a paper (was it by Gary Buss?)
    The Eclectic Marriage
    the WT knows a husband & wife NEED the spirituality between for a successful union, but forbid a witness mate to relate on that level with a UBM.
    Like my husband says "he'll talk about God & stuff with a stranger - but not with ME his WIFE"

    Is this Third seen as God? or the Org? (I know they can't tell the diff, but I sure as heck do)
    sounds kind of like a trinity thing - husband & wife are one + one more?

    and the slaughter is on CD?
    like would it be at re-examine.org? - I'll check there. Would it really be the same thing? LOL. sorry - can you tell I'm not a JW?
    LOL

    wp

  • garybuss
    garybuss


    10 years old and no new light:-)

    http://www.freeminds.org/buss/eclectic.htm

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    Thanks Gary - I thought it was you!
    I just finished printing it out again.
    Hubby tore up the last copy. (but kept it hmmmm)
    maybe to check context of the quotes LOL

    anyone heard the Threefold Cord talk???

    wp

  • garybuss
    garybuss

    My friends associating with the Catholic Church and those practicing Judaism seem to focus on keeping families together. I comment on those two because those are the Jehovah's Witnesses' ark enemies according to what I was taught by the Jehovah's Witness people and they have a much better membership roster and business history. They're doing better that the Witness group.
    Those groups have programs and counselors to help families resolve difficulties and they promote traditions like the holidays and the festivals that bring families together. I have a reverent respect for both groups and all others that help families.
    I have nothing but contempt for the family fracturing practices used by the Jehovah's Witnesses. I advocate to the detriment of the people using and promoting practices like those being experienced by my family. No one who uses or promotes those practices is allowed anywhere near me or the remnant of my family.

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    anyone heard the Threefold Cord talk???

    I'm also interested in the "Staggering to Slaughter" talk.

    both in the program posted by Blondie (thanks)
    Also - would the Canadian version be the same?
    Assembly today in Kitchener, Ontario

    I would really appreciate hearing any comments.
    Thanks

    WP

    Gary: I agree with the way JWs use holidays & special family time. They know the power of a simple card, or phone call. They wouldn't want any sentimental feelings to re-activate a love or bond that used to exist between family members.

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    Gary: I didnt' mean to say I agree with the WT ways. I agree with you - that the way the WT works destroys families, their ties, and their ability to mend.

  • blondie
    blondie

    Threefold cord............not much on the WT-CD

    J (ehovah)

    O (ther person)

    Y (you)

    = JOY (barf)

    (Ecclesiastes 4:12) 12

    And if somebody could overpower one alone, two together could make a stand against him. And a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn in two.

    ***

    w88 11/1 p. 16 par. 7 Is Your Home a Place of Rest and Peace? ***

    Emotional needs can be met and spiritual things can be shared in the marriage of two dedicated Christians. This results in the closest possible human bond. Christian men and women surely desire a close bond with their marriage mates. Humans were created with an urge to worship, and our greatest happiness results when we take proper steps to satisfy our spiritual need. (Matthew 5:3) Realizing this, surely we would not want to disobey Jehovah by marrying an unbeliever and thus robbing ourselves of this spiritual unity that enhances marriage. (Deuteronomy 7:3, 4) Yes, for the greatest happiness in wedlock, make sure that God is in your marriage. Such a figurative "threefold cord cannot quickly be torn in two." (Ecclesiastes 4:12) Indeed, having Jehovah God in your marriage will make it strong and will help to make your home a place of rest and peace.

    Does someone have the marriage talk outline....reexamine?

    Blondie

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    thank you blondie.

    commenting on highlighted quote......so after 15 yrs of marriage the WT now uses this interpretation (as coming from god)
    to wedge itself between my newly converted husband & I and as an adultress becoming the "Other Person".
    Completing the trinity - jehovah - husband - Borg and using what they call holy spirit to bind them together.

    spiritual fornication

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