wow lepers could at least cry out unclean unclean
In ancient times, if a person was afflicted with something terrible, they were deemed to be 'unclean' or 'unworthy' as clearly, God had smote them for some trespass.
We now know that conditions such as leprosy are not from God being angry with the person but have very specific causes.
Leprosy specifically is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis and is curable using antibiotics.
atheists, deists, or believer.....basic philosophic ground .
either good exist, or has never been, or is dead.
those are he the three basic premises that we all humans must take a stand to.
The ancients thought God to be all things, both good and evil. Christians are the ones who separated the 2 because logic dictates if you are good, doing evil negates this.
I can supply personal experiences that good does exist. As for God, this was the ancients way of defining the undefinable. Even present day believers who do not understand how something wonderful has happened conclude 'God did it'.
"Every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic." -- Tim Minchin 'Storm'
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
And welcome JSO.
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
Woodstock?
What's with the random lion placement in the middle of the pic?
just wanted to post here real quick, as many have joked about it.
we had an announcement in our cong last week about the upcoming one day assembly.
the title of the assembly is "imitate jehovah".
How does one imitate nothing?
thats it really.
uk channel 5 at pm mon 24th.. maybe its already been posted but sounds interesting.
i've finally got round to joining the site (after over 2 years lurking!
i was born into jws, pioneered for 10 years (met my husband at pioneer school).
had health issues that saw me catapulted away from 'the centre of the cong' and wow what a different place that was!
Welcome Peony! I do like your user name. I am very glad you were able to break free and no longer need depression medication. Amazing isn't it how miserable 'the happiest people on Earth' can become.
I wondered why my Mom was so unhappy if 'having hope in Jehovah' was supposed to be so wonderful. Guess it isn't.
i've been fading for about 9 months.
the elders know exactly why.
i received a phone call a couple of days ago.
I love it when you can use their own literature or the Bible against them. Awesome job vinman.
Have you considered sending your compilation to the Australian Royal Commission?
here is another jackson's misleading answer, from the transcript of august 14 :.
25 q. do you accept corporal punishment?
29 a. not not personally, no, and not as an organisation 30 we don't encourage it.
I feel that this line of questioning from the ARC was very important as it shows the Watchtower is not always willing to follow, literally, the scriptures in the Bible.
Which negates a lot of what they say about 'oh we have to follow the Bible' and their bull shite answer of 'We need you to make reporting of child sex abuse mandatory' because of this scripture here (quotes Proverbs 25:8-10) that says don't take your neighbour to court because if you lose you'll be shamed. I feel this is such a lame ass defense, personally.
