i thought it might be considerate to help the friends who have the #3 talk this week.
the subject is "true prophets did not always understand how and when things foretold would happen".
any modern day applications would be especially beneficial for the audience.
New Light = This lie isn't working for us anymore...we're going to get called on it soon!
That's right, call it "new light", claim a little human error while still maintaining your status as "Jehovah's human channel". Oh, and don't forget to reiterate time and time again that looking at any outside information pertaining to the history of your "organization" constitutes "apostasy"; wouldn't want anyone figuring out what you're REALLY doing now, would you?
notice the admonition to follow the fds.
you might think they would have said to follow the biblical counsel, but oh no, it's follow the counsel of the fds.
the cut and paste follows.
Yeah, the FDS already read and interpreted the Bible FOR you, so why bother?
a long time ago, well, 1992, hurricane andrew hit the homestead area of southern florida.
among the relief work, the witnesses jumped in to help, mainly their own.
before i was even baptized i headed down with a group of "brothers" to join in the relief work.
Freedom, have you tried www.classmates.com or www.reunion.com? When ladies sign up for those they let you put both your married AND maiden name (after all, none of your old school buddies would know you by your married name). Perhaps she is on one of those!
notice the admonition to follow the fds.
you might think they would have said to follow the biblical counsel, but oh no, it's follow the counsel of the fds.
the cut and paste follows.
(Just a side note on the last comment. I know of a brother that was inspired to accept a bible study because a brother decided to respond with kindness when the householder was very mean and insulting. After he demanded the brother to get off his porch he stopped the brother and invited him back. He apologized and told the brother he was looking for someone who really demonstrated the fruitages of God's "personality". He said he felt anyone who's religion taught them to return kindness for evil must be sticking to the Bible. Remember, you NEVER KNOW who is watching or who you are talking to. Follow the counsel of the FDS and you will never go wrong.)
What a load of CRAP. I'm what I guess you'd call "agnostic"...in the middle with regard to whether there is a God or not...and I myself practice the "kill them with kindness" technique when dealing with people who are mean/insulting. Does that mean this guy would have become agnostic had I stopped at his door to push my beliefs on him and met his meanness with kindness? And I love how it's the FDS's counsel that matters, not the Bible, with these people. Eyeopener!
notice the admonition to follow the fds.
you might think they would have said to follow the biblical counsel, but oh no, it's follow the counsel of the fds.
the cut and paste follows.
It's the part between the parenthesis ().
does anyone remember being a little kid and being forced to sit through those 2 hour meetings?
specifically being made to listen to graphic accounts of whatever country that was going through horrific persecution.
(or any other horrors you might remember).
Oh man...fingernails pulled off, bamboo being shoved up under the nails, branding irons, things being put in womanly parts (and the other end too), appendages being cut off, blood-sucking creatures attached to your flesh or put into fresh wounds, chemicals poured into fresh wounds, infection, eyeball torture techniques, gassing, beatings, rape, etc. etc. etc. All things I was scared to death would happen to me in "the end"...not to mention watching the same happen to my loved ones and fellow "brothers and sisters". I just KNEW I would cave and not make it to Paradise...that I'd end up fleeing to the hills, hiding in a cave, and having Jehovah know where I was no matter where I hid. I imagined being crushed by a mass of boulders being thrust upon me in his wrath.
does anyone remember being a little kid and being forced to sit through those 2 hour meetings?
specifically being made to listen to graphic accounts of whatever country that was going through horrific persecution.
(or any other horrors you might remember).
Yes, I remember the fear and nightmares...no fun whatsoever. Thinking back now, though, it's funny how we weren't allowed to watch horror movies or violent cartoons, yet the stories were were told through the meetings/materials created a far worse imaginative scenario in our heads than any Hollywood producer could make up. At least I can watch a horror movie and not have to think, "That's going to happen to me!" *shudder*
i want to find something i love....so i will never have to work another day in my life.....maybe mark twain said that....not sure...but a good idea.................oompa
Awww...I saw a moose with her baby one time when vacationing in NH. They were on the side of the road and a bunch of people had pulled over to get pictures. I WILL say she looked pretty pissed off, my parents made us kids stay in the car in case she suddenly decided to charge in protection of her young. Very cool sight to see, though!
i have a few which still either anger me, make me sad or just make me grateful that i am no longer one of them.
1 - "well, everyone is going to die anyway, so if it at armageddon then ce la vie" 2 - "the disater today at the world trade centre is sad, but exciting" 3 - (an elder) "when armageddon happens, i want to be at a window, watching it all".
sick, sick, sick!
Not sure if this was an organization-wide thing or not but I remember when clip-on ties were introduced and subsequently deemed "innappropriate" for the witness "brothers" to wear. Apparently you weren't a "good" witness if you didn't wear an actual NOOSE around your neck. Talk about getting nit-picky!
i have a few which still either anger me, make me sad or just make me grateful that i am no longer one of them.
1 - "well, everyone is going to die anyway, so if it at armageddon then ce la vie" 2 - "the disater today at the world trade centre is sad, but exciting" 3 - (an elder) "when armageddon happens, i want to be at a window, watching it all".
sick, sick, sick!
Mike...before everyone knew what was actually going on they probably thought it was the beginning of Armageddon at Bethel. Lock the doors and watch as Jehovah removes the wicked from the earth! Oops...no Armageddon and now they look like a bunch of asses...good job "brothers"!
