i was thinking about some of the old jw urban legends that we grew up with and believed in as jws.
most of the ones i remember revolved around stories about demons, and jws being "attacked" when they would do something wrong.
some of these legends scared the crap outta me when i was little.
Here is one I heard.
Chris de Burgh giving a concert and apparently there was a piece he wanted to do where the drums would play themselves, apparently the daemons would play the drums. The didn't play because there were some JWs in the audience, so Chris de Burgh asked that if there were any JWs in the audience that they should leave the auditorium, otherwise the daemons would not play the drums.
arguing with my husband again, i asked where is the proof that jesus looked down on earth in 1919 and chose a small group of bible students in america apart from them saying it in their magazines.
also where is the proof that satan and his demons were cast down in 1914 just because first world war started.
neither of these things are in the bible only in their magazines.
what would have happen if i was not home when jehovahs witnesses knocked on my door?.
there was a group of us living in a small trailer in the mid 60s when and old pioneer brother knocked on our door and placed all kinds of books and magazines with us.
all of us took it seriously and studied and started attending the kingdom hall.
I partially agree with what Pete Zahut says about those who were more or less destitute, but is there any moral justification about taking over the mind of such people.
i saw a rumor a few weeks ago on reddit that the new imitate jesus convention is supposed to present new light and clarified understandings on the disfellowshipping/disassociation practices.. supposedly, if this rumor has any truth to it, there will be a talk given at the convention about how we should not be strict like the pharisees in how we shun people, loosening up some of the jw rules about this practice.. has anyone here heard anything about this or have more info on it?.
New Light and Clarified Understandings on the Disfellowshipping/Disassociation practices.
I was reading through the thread and everybody seems to think if this new light comes it will be positive in that they will weaken the stance on Disfellowshipping/Disassociation. Well how about them tightening it up even further, by including faders. They could have some arbitrary limit for being inactive, and after lets say 6 months these persons will automatically be disassociated. This would be more like the bOrg.
this is a recording of a gb meeting, i am not sure what they are talking about.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/syqkn95etlvtx0n/governbody.m4a?dl=0.
This is a recording of a GB meeting, I am not sure what they are talking about.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/syqkn95etlvtx0n/GovernBody.m4a?dl=0
if youve followed the news lately there are more and more child abuse cases popping up.
one lawyer said he has over 28 cases in the pipeline that are going to be coming out soon.
on december 1 st a new one just popped up.
if youve followed the news lately there are more and more child abuse cases popping up.
one lawyer said he has over 28 cases in the pipeline that are going to be coming out soon.
on december 1 st a new one just popped up.
parents are turning their children in for such offences as stealing from the cookie jar, not cleaning their room and worst of all, not eating their vegetables!
many parents are writing the org.
if they should shun their 8 year old.
i remember tons of young ones getting counseled for being too young to date and for marriage.
the elders said, "marriage is the 2nd biggest dedication of your life (baptism being 1st), at 20 you still don't know who you are or what you want.
you can't possibly make a decision like that, that young!
Morpheus
Good link.
Shit, can they not up it to 50s, this will give me the chance to develop my brain away from cult indoctrination.
which bible translation is the best, according to biblical scholars, anybody knows?
please chime in.. i plan on getting it and doing comparison with the new world translation.
sl.
This is something I find very useful for study.
Greek / Hebrew interlinear Bible software
