yes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.
for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.
in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.
For me, like others have also said, the fact the WTS teaches that Jesus isn't the Mediator between God and men, only some men... that was the big lie that I just can't stomach.
By saying Jesus isn't the Mediator for all men they deny the message of the Gospel as found in Scripture.
so yesterday, my husband gets out of bed and eats breakfast.
then, he comes back over to me and at this point, he doesn't even tell me to get out of bed and get ready for the meeting anymore.
instead, he asked me if i wanted to go.
That is what my wife does when she wants something from me!
(And that's probably why your username is HappyGuy! :-)
yesterday, my wife and i was going for a walk in the neighborhood.
she was carrying my niece and commenting on how heavy she is.
i told her that apparently her sister has to carry her child, diaper bag, and her things to the bus stop every morning.
Thanks for the ZWT quote bennyk, notice how many times Russell uses the "we" pronoun (quite "imperial" sounding).
why don`t i get a nice 8x10 picture of a smurf and print on the bottem jw welcome and post it on my front door..
I got it, I got it... Make it a sign with a smurf saying "No koookies for you!!! Now go away!"
i live north of new york city in pawling ny.
so i get a copy of the sunday daily new.
it comes with a copy of tv magazine call the veu and on the cover is a picture of thanks given parade and the is a big flote of a blue and white smurf..
gang accused of killing to sell human fat fri nov 20, 11:03 am etlima (reuters) peruvian police said on thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.. four peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat.. the group stored the fat it collected in used soda and water bottles, which police showed reporters.. "we have people detained who have declared and stated how they murdered people with the aim being to extract their fat in rudimentary labs and sell it," said police commander angel toldeo.. in addition to those taken into custody, police said they were searching for others who bought fat from the gang or might have worked with it.. remains from some of the victims were found at a rural house in the region of huanuco where the group worked, according police video.. police said they were investigating 60 disappearances in the area that might be linked to the gang.. the investigation started this month after police heard about a shipment of fat that arrived in lima by bus from peru's mountains.. (reporting by carlos valdez and terry wade; editing by todd eastham).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_nm/us_peru_crime_odds
This is just so gross! Human fat? How sick can you get? They should send them to life imprisonment on bread and water.
i asked myself if this was cruel.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9kdr5-teio.
the koolaid wt issue for february has an interesting article about when your baptism can be considered invalid.but the main thrust of the article is aimed at making it super clear that if you were present at your bapt.
talk and answered the two questions then forget about it, elders are put on notice to not let anyone off the hook.but... if you were committing a serious sin and hid it at the time of your baptism, then it was invalid, and point is, they'd still announce you not being "one of j.w.s" so if you plead your case to walk away from the wt saying you didn't know what you were getting into, it will do no good, but it will be grounds for an announcement.just ol' mother wt tightening up loose ends.
How do they know how you answered the 2 questions? What if you claim you said "no"? What would the legal consequences be?
---and minimus added---
So if you were never a JW in the first place, you shouldn't be shunned.
Well the counsel from the QFR is that elders should go ahead as if the
person understood what he/she was getting into... that is the baptismal pool,
if the candidates went ahead and took the dip then they were confirming this as their
publicly shown decision for everyone to see... so if it's invalid they're announced
as not being one of JW's and that gets you shunned just the same.
i hope this doesn't sound too strange.
the first wtbts book that i read was the studies in the scriptures.
my grandfather gave my favorite cousin the entire set when we were both around 12. we read these books cover to cover like they were comic books.
Snarky is all I get in conversing with them
the koolaid wt issue for february has an interesting article about when your baptism can be considered invalid.but the main thrust of the article is aimed at making it super clear that if you were present at your bapt.
talk and answered the two questions then forget about it, elders are put on notice to not let anyone off the hook.but... if you were committing a serious sin and hid it at the time of your baptism, then it was invalid, and point is, they'd still announce you not being "one of j.w.s" so if you plead your case to walk away from the wt saying you didn't know what you were getting into, it will do no good, but it will be grounds for an announcement.just ol' mother wt tightening up loose ends.
