i just finished his book "combatting cult mind control", and was very inspired.
he is the world's premiere "exit counselor", or someone who helps others get out of destructive groups.
his web site here:.
Has anyone ever taken the briggs meyer personality tests?
They come out with personality identifiers like ISTN or ENFP and stuff like that.
What could be presented as a fun 'party game' to learn about yourselves and friends could actually be useful in determining core personality.
1 thessalonians 2:15 tells about the jews that they "killed the lord jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not god, and are contrary to all men" (kjv; other versions translate "oppose everyone", "are hostile to all men", "oppose all mankind" etc.)..
doesn't this statement reflect an anti-semitic attitude on the part of the writer?
we shouldn't forget that such a view about the jews was commonplace among the pagans.
When I read it in context it doesn't appear prejudicial. The writer (Paul) isn't saying every Jew is guilty of those things and is to be adversely judged for them.
He is saying that the gentiles suffered from other non-christian gentiles just like christian jews suffered from non-christian jews.
I will say that as usual JosephMalik, you've given me something to think about. I've never quite put together that the first part of verse 16 was referring to James and the circumcision group. I'll have to think on that awhile but it seems plausible and even likely. Especially if you tie this in with Romans 14:2 where Paul talks about those who eat only vegetables as having weak faith.
hmmm...
can anyone tell me which book will be considered at the next bookstudy and when it will start.
i believe revelation is almost done.. thanks..
everyone is thrilled that the revelation book is done and that the next two books are light reading.
My wife can't wait for Jan 09 when she doesn't have two mid-week meetings anymore.
told me this morning that after work she would be going to a union meeting with her co-worker.. she came home with piercings in fun place!.
mind you, she knows i go on this website, and always makes me feel guilty, and she does a whopper!.
When you say "fun place" you don't mean the belly button area do you...
What's up with that?? even most "worldly" people aren't too quick to get piercings in "fun places"
Man, I'm so jealous right now.
Unless I've misunderstood; then I'm just embarrassed.
my wife and i split from the witnesses about 2 years now....and now she says we need a divorce asap!
she doesn't want to work thru it.
lately and for awhile she has been amazingly aggressive to me.....and pretty much everyone else she knows.
I wish you the best Witness007
I haven't been through a divorce so my advice would be useless but I can keep you in my thoughts and give you this big man hug ((((((((((hug))))))))))
Keep posting and remember, we're all here for you.
Good luck.
i never thought we'd be here.
after a long discussion last night, my wife now wants to know the 'other side of the story'.
what made me leave.
10p, this thread gives me a lot of hope. Thank you and I wish you and your wife the best.
this thread has probably been 'done' a million times before but as i am fairly new to the forum i would like to ask (quite seriously)......... if you still beleive in god do you also still believe in paradise on earth?.
my friend has realised that it's not the truth.....not sure whether her belief in the above will change though.. thenks bbinkss.
My dub years have messed me up on this issue as well. I ask a lot of people this question and I usually get weird stares in return. One person asked me why I care? I am always tryng to find out what other religions teach regarding a paradise earth.
i've been away to visit my sister and her "worldly" husband after many years of not seeing her...i don't even have her phone number as she lives overseas.
we just had a first family get together.
when she met me at the door i was ready for anything!
Congratulations Witness007
You've taken a big step for yourself and your sister. Keep up the good work.
Go visit her in London.
I reconnected with a long lost friend after years of shunning and I felt the same way you did. I apologized and the friend let me have it for a minute or so - then we hugged and laughed. It all becomes water under the bridge.
I love this discussion forum.
i can not remember if i ever mention this before but this happend to me a while back and it was something that contributed to my final exit.. before my final fade i faded for about a year and felt remorse (i was still under the"spell") so i did the necessary to go back.
a few weeks after my return it was our co visit and this co i really liked.
he wanted to go out in service with me because he was curious as to why i left and came back and also he wanted to do his co duty and help this lost sheep.
If he does he better bring a copy of the no education outline with him :)
so, my husband and i are 'faders/inactive' and have been for some time.
we live in another city about 60 miles from both sides our family.
his parents and my mom are very active in the congregation in their area (they live in the same city).
The WTS has said that you can call on a house with a no trespassing sign but it's your responsibility if anything negative happens. Mosts publishers don't go - the ones that do are zealous nuts.
Anyone can encourage an inactive or irregular person. Only the elders can call on a disfellowshipped person.
