the insight book volume 1 page 788 uses matthew 5:22 and acts 10:28 as biblical support for dfing and shunning.. thoughts?
hopefully someone upload the insight book page here.
i don't have the means.. i should have said that basically the top paragraph in the insight book is supporting shunning because the israelites shunned the man of the nations and tax collectors?
Many thanks Mary this is a keeper for sure! So nice to hear from you...your posts always amazed me since I first came on here 5 yrs ago.
Many on here have said they miss your presence and keen thinking, as I do too. Wishing you all the best this life has to offer.
clarity
hey guys,.
so, something amazing happened recently.
i recently met with an old and very good friend of mine.
So funny you guys ....... 7 misfits thinking they communicate with a made-up god .... pure rubbish!
my jw sister was over tonight for supper and after a couple of glasses of vino she told me that "today's watchtower study was bullshit" and that one of the 'elite elders' made a comment that bothered her a great deal.. he was apparently at bethel not too long ago and "one of the big-wigs" who was giving a talk said "don't be afraid of dying for the truth brothers" and this jackass was stupid enough to repeat this at the meeting.
it bothered my sister a great deal and i said to her: "soooo are they going to start passing out the kood-aid or what?
" she knew exactly what i was talking about and she said "ya, i wondered the same thing.
I miss Mary ......very cool lady!
clarity
new to the site.
currently i am a ministerial servant and was told i was appointed to be an elder.
i told the brothers i was not ready for that assignment.
Was it mentioned that Crisis of Conscience was written by GB member Ray Franz. He came to the realization that he had to stand up and be counted!
Huge welcome to you and all our new friends who are flooding into exjw forums and running out of watchtower!
clarity
i'm referring to the video that was uploaded where they finally mentioned the child abuse issue.
we all kinda guessed that if they ever addressed it they'd blame it on the media and apostates.
well, looks like we were spot on.
Excellent quotes guys, thanks for that. So easy to forget all the crap they print .......a reminder is so helpful.
Mike & Kim are talking about Lett's liars video, plse have a look. just a bit into the video.
it amazes me how much power mind control can have over your emotions, your behavior and thoughts.
let me explain, apathy has taken over a close family that my wife and i care about.
the cognitive dissonance within this family is huge.
Everyone reacts according to their own experience, just be so glad that you can see wt for what it is. The emotions seem to be like a block of ice that melts slowly slowly .......and then.... all that is left is just a faint indentation.
clarity
they're baaaack!!!
jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.
i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?
Isn't it strange how I never saw the jws audacity, to go right into the institutes of education ..........when beneath their phony smiles, they dismiss and repudiate education! The fricken nerve!
clarity
in the life story of am3 i just had to laugh about the following.
"i must confess, however, that when i first learned the truth, i was not very tactful...".
ha ha ha... as if he is tactful today..
Seems to have a 'John Wayne' affect to his voice, along with that cocky little lip sneer as he talks out of the side of his mouth! Tough guy I guess. The T Morris the Third thing is so pretentious!
which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?
rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .
field service.
GeeVee .....isn't that a freeing feeling! Just begin eating and loving it.
No more phoney ritual!
clarity
