If the sight of a birthday cake makes you freeze in terror.
if you hide in the bedroom with the lights off during Halloween.
if you reach for your "Reasoning" book first when someone asks you a bible question.
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
If the sight of a birthday cake makes you freeze in terror.
if you hide in the bedroom with the lights off during Halloween.
if you reach for your "Reasoning" book first when someone asks you a bible question.
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuqzhnx7xma.
the bible does say that the "day of jehovah" (armageddon) would be associated with the sun becoming dark followed by the moon turning to blood.
but the moon turning to blood is specific to a total lunar eclipse.
CS1975: May I respectfully suggest that you might be better off enjoying and getting a more fulfilling life instead if worrying about the end times.
In other words: get a life.😉
on monday evening, feb. 16th, on the pbs newshour, there will be a segment discussing jehovah's witnesses.
generally, the newshour airs at 6 p.m. in different time zones across the united states..
please don't miss it.
divining liability.
kimberlee norris began evaluating these cases in july 2002. with some 2000 cases to choose from, norris and partner gregory love came up with a rigid profile of what kind of case and where.
love and norris decided only to take cases where they could prove the church knew its member was a perpetrator and placed him in a position of authority anyway.
1 chronicles 28:9 "and you, my son solomon, acknowledge the god of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought.
if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
is the word "forever" literal or figurative?
our family just lost someone dear and very close, a faithful jw.
as we went through the entire funeral services and meeting long time brothers and sisters, who in general have been very kind and warm towards us, we realize that the hope of resurrection is a meaningless utopia for us, like a fairytale for little children.
we don't have faith in it anymore, and serves us of no comfort.
Great thoughtful replies. I think this is a very important topic to keep on top for awhile.
This is something all of us will have to face.
Eden,
Im so sorry for your loss.
Miss Fit
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
If you are too ashamed to mention that your child won a scholarship and is going to college or university.Â
If  a great job promotion or offer is considered a trial or test from Satan Â
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
If your idea of charity work is handing out WT publications and starting studies...
If it takes you 5 min. to walk up a drive way or you feel a compulsion to tie your shoes before knocking at a door...
If you start to panic if you are left alone with a member of the opposite sex because there is no chaperone
if when referring to "where the need is greater", Â you are not talking about Helping people in "physical" need.
If you know the locations of all the gas stations and laundry mats from your house to the Kingdom Hall.Â
If part of your meeting supplies include a wooden spoon
i was expecting you, but not so early in the day.. i saw you walk up to my neighbor fred's house last week while i was out getting the newspaper, once again tossed into the bushes by a careless newspaper boy.
today, it's the usual routine of rising at dawn, fetching the paper from the bushes -- where else?
-- and settling into my comfy, tattered wing back with the first of several cups of coffee.