i'm from the states.
i studied with witnesses a long time and have some dear friends who are witnesses.
i have some friends who are xjw also.
I would like to get to know everyone here.
I'm from the States. I studied with witnesses a long time and have some dear friends who are witnesses. I have some friends who are xjw also. I'm married to a JW, but he's inactive. I have two kids, two dogs, 3 cats and 3 rabbits. I also have some fish but I haven't counted them lately. I'm in my 30's, nondenominational, love God and I love the bible. Christ is my Savoir, and yes, you guessed it, I'm very religious.
You can just call me Bugs.
have you ever noticed that moderate to severe cases of mental conditions will keep you from getting baptized?
mental retardation, learning disabled or with disabilities, multiple personalities, old timers disease, these will keep you from being baptized and will get you disfellowshipped.
i told some people to look around at conventions and if any of these sick people were found, they were to go up and ask if they were publishers.
oh, there is another but I can't spell it....agoraphobic-the fear of people
have you ever noticed that moderate to severe cases of mental conditions will keep you from getting baptized?
mental retardation, learning disabled or with disabilities, multiple personalities, old timers disease, these will keep you from being baptized and will get you disfellowshipped.
i told some people to look around at conventions and if any of these sick people were found, they were to go up and ask if they were publishers.
Have you ever noticed that moderate to severe cases of mental conditions will keep you from getting baptized? Mental retardation, learning disabled or with disabilities, multiple personalities, old timers disease, these will keep you from being baptized and will get you disfellowshipped. Anyone know of any more?
I told some people to look around at conventions and if any of these sick people were found, they were to go up and ask if they were publishers. There were none that were publishers and the people with these sick ones would appologize and explain they were family members they could not leave at home. How sad! If this was really God's organization and people are to be baptized, where are they suppose to go? What about the early days when congregations were being started? People didn't have to learn the books to be baptized, their weren't requirements to be made.....etc.
did you notice in today's watchtower study article, paragraph 19, the following:
"the parties to the new covenant are god and anointed ones.
jesus is the mediator"
Oh happy day,
What happens if they dub you not of the annointed and you already claimed you were?
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did you notice in today's watchtower study article, paragraph 19, the following:
"the parties to the new covenant are god and anointed ones.
jesus is the mediator"
I don't have that study article. What WT is it in? page? Are they saying that the annointed are equal to God and Christ is between them and other people? I thought the belief was God, Christ, Annointed, Wt, Co, Elders, peons? Correct me if I'm wrong. Let me know of the beliefs. I only get this info from apostates.
:)
http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm
scroll down to #3 that says "where are jehovah's witnesses growing and shrinking in the world?
" now, on this board alone we see new members everyday that claim to be from the us and have claimed to be inactive, or are thinking about being inactive.
Hi Teenyuck! Great pic! I tried to get one on my profile but it says it can't update it or something like that. Oh well. Nice to meet ya!
SaintSatan, That is a likely story, isn't it? I am very curious to see the actual numbers. I meet more xjws, hiding jws, unsure/inactive jws, than any active jws. I'm not a jw, but I keep tabs on what is going on in the local KH. They have lost half their sheep in the last 5 years, nobody new has been baptized, some jws moved, some moved in, and nobody sees them around town anymore unless the CO is coming to visit. Then, they visit other inactive jws, not new people. Small towns! God love em!
My husband is a jw and so I'm the first to hear all the gossip and rumors they spread. Lately I'm the cause of him not going to meetings anymore and apparently he's been attending my church under my command. LOL I wanted so badly to ask him where the ball and chains were. LOL I did tell him of the rumors and he laughed. He hasn't been attending my church, and I never MADE him do anything in his life!
a questions that has been on my mind for 20+ years that i have been away.. and more recently - a friend of my sons was killed.
he ask me "mom where are you going when you die?
" i am worried because if you die, i don't know where you are going.
In layman's terms....
Ok, without spouting a bunch of scripture, here's my beliefs....
When you die you are judged. If you did the best you could as being righteous, believed Jesus died for the sins you could not control, the sins you did not know you were committing, and had faith in the love God has for you, you go to heaven to learn what you missed on earth. In heaven there is a mansion with many rooms that people called apostles teach in, there they are called priests and Kings. When all are taken up, and the earth is cleansed from wickedness, and all the wicked people and things are destroyed we are then put back on earth. This will be the new earth, only those people wanting to be under God's laws and not run by people, organizations, governments and so on. The same law Adam and Eve were given to start out with.
If you don't care what God thinks of what you do, if you do only what you want and go rebel against what is taught in the bible, then you die, are judged for the worst, and remain here until God destroys you. You roam the earth invisible, visible to only those who are going the same way you are. Some see these ones as ghosts. But really they are in a state that is the same hell as a dungeon. Stuck, chained, and you wait. I think there is also a hope for these ones too since God is so loving. If you don't want to be a poltergiest, or wicked evil ghost, but to help someone not to go in the same direction, you will be spared. But not until the last day before the earth is cleansed. We all chose what road we want to walk.
As Jesus ascended into heaven, he was in a body that we could see, we could touch, but he could "appear" anywhere at anytime. It says somewhere that we too will have this same body, a new body.
If I'm wrong, I lose nothing, if I'm right, I gain everlasting life!
http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm
scroll down to #3 that says "where are jehovah's witnesses growing and shrinking in the world?
" now, on this board alone we see new members everyday that claim to be from the us and have claimed to be inactive, or are thinking about being inactive.
scroll down to #3 that says "Where are Jehovah's Witnesses growing and shrinking in the world?" Now, on this board alone we see new members everyday that claim to be from the US and have claimed to be inactive, or are thinking about being inactive. Where are the stats of drop-outs in the US? We have the most converts in the US, duh, more people here, so there should be the highest rating of decreased publishers also, right? What's up with that?
it was inevitable.
after dodging the bullet for a few weeks, the elders finally made their way to our house today.
the reason i think this to be so, is because he asked me what he should write down for my report.
Jourles,
Hi, just read your post. My husband is a JW and I know how they work from him. When they are "in service" that is the only time show up to visit him. I make that point to him everytime they show up. For just an example: The last guy that showed up, is the guy that shows up right before someone quits their congregation. I couldn't help but give him a big smile when I asked him, "So...out in service today?" He immediately replied 'yes'. I turned to my husband and said, "Isn't that nice?"
If you want a bible study that you are allowed to ask any question you like, and get answers without persecution or fear, just email me.
hi, my name is shari ann pieske aguillon, i was a member of your cult.
i want my name off of your members list, or whatever it is you keep.
the last address you had on me was 7553 stoney hill rd wake forest nc, 27526. .
They do watch this site...they send people to find out what they are up against and make sure nobody in their kingdom halls go here to find out anything. And there are certain ones that look for lost sheep. (try this...get a new identity, post that you are jw but you are confused and watch how many emails you get to come back to the "truth".) I did. Wow!
They have to watch this board....they think their apostates are the only ones in the world that are against then. Wouldn't you watch your enemies if you were afraid of loosing your troops to them. Businesses watch other businesses. So we may need more threads like this one!
