religion is for people who are scared to go to hell.
spirituality is for people who have already been there.
- bonnie raitt .
Great quotes, thank you Oubliette.
"The idea of being spiritual — not religious — is increasingly popular among the scientific community as well as in American culture at large... Historically, there are no boundary disputes between spirituality and science, unlike religion and science" - Prof David Yamane.
why do the jw's report their field service hours each month, turning it in for recognition by an organization...??.
jw's love to brag about their preaching efforts.
their very claiming the recognition for this work, is cancelling out their reward from jehovah god, according to the words of jesus in matthew 6.
They claim to be "publishers of the Good News".
Yet they are unfamiliar with the "Good News" according to Paul, Moses, Isaiah and Psalms.
my wife has told her jw best friend and jw sister that she is givng up the religion!!
and there was i worrying about losing her when i left the cult.
and, to top it all, my 15 and 13 year old children are using their critical thinking skills and can see it all for what it is.
Awesome.
Welcome to JWN and best wishes for your new life as a family.
while doing some research in some old watchtowers, i came across this in the watchtower of jan 1st 1900 with the above title.
i thought some might find it amusing.. we specially request that no money be sent by mail.
altho this is mentioned in every issue quite a number fail to heed it.
So Watchtower pettiness also has a history...
but god has changed his mind?
according to the bible god can and does change his mind.
the example of jonah comes to mind.
The Watchtower being spiritually blind can only conceive of Armageddon in physical terms.
What if Armageddon is the spiritual battle between religion and the gospel, and has already been underway for sometime?
Checkmate for the harlotrous apostate Watchtower, their Sanhedrin (GB) and their "ruling religious clergy class"...
does anyone remember what year the word "servant" was replaced with "overseer" as in circuit servant overseer, district servant overseer ... and up the hierarchal lineage of the jws?.
much appreciated,.
satinka.
"the big switch --- from serving to being served"
Just another proof that God and his spirit does not dwell in the apostate Watchtower corporation.
my first grandson, and he is beautiful.
i remember so clearly thinking i would never graduate from high school in this "system of things".. .
this boy will play soccer/football/basketball/band/baseball/camp, whatever the h, e, double l, he is passionate about.. .
Congratulations watson and family.
a new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak.
after mass he asked the monsignor how he had done.
the monsignor replied, "when i am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, i put a glass of vodka next to the water glass.
Welcome back to JWN, Elders_Kid.
...and granted me strength, friends, a job, whatever...was all either through my own effort alone or sheer luck.. i wanted a government job so i prayed for one and went out looking for one every day for ages and made a heap of applications...and got one.
my own effort.. i wanted a friend and prayed for one, crying myself to sleep with loneliness.....and after 6 months in the new congregation someone reached out to me.
chance.. i prayed to be able to stand up to my family when they put pressure on me about christmas etc...my own cult conditioning so strong.. i prayed to find a nice husband...luck when i moved congregations and one of those sisters who just has to match make introduced us.
Sometimes it seems to me prayers are often answered once a person has forgotten about the prayer.
what is the watchtower bible and tract societys view on baptism?
is it absolutely essential that one be baptized to gain eternal life in gods kingdom?.
and can they tell you who you can and cant baptize?.
I would suggest that the apostate Watchtower ruling religious clergy class are totally blind to the spiritual dimensions (and therefore the reality) of baptism.
The physical ritual is merely a shadow (w52 7/15 pp. 437-445).
The apostate faction within the WBTS does promote the apostasies of "organisational salvation" and "baptismal salvation".
