I would like to extend a big thankyou to those posting on the forum who are in fact helping to educate us all with explanations of the scriptures that we may not have previously considered. Channel C is also good for this.
A Christians life should be one of continual searching, testing, confirming as this leads to a deeper and firmer faith which can challenge firmly entrenched viewpoints.When I first started to study in 1966 I almost emptied my local library and spent ages in The British Museum confirming my new found beliefs, this approach may well be frowned on now.
Has anyone done independant research on Revelation and thrown in a few maverick comments at the group study, I found out some interesting info regarding the congregations and cities Jesus addressed and included them in my answers. My group OS just gave me an odd look but thanked me for my research, after the group others asked where I got my info from. I replied encyclopedias and historical sources on the net.
This attitude made me aware that generally the RF are not looking outside of the Org or confirming why they believe what they do for fear of not being obedient.This is so terribly sad as I love so many of these people so very much.
Lets hope all the undercurrent of growing dissension may change the attitudes at the top ???????????????????????????????
Further to my last post a good book or web site is Emotional Intelligence by D.Goleman