yesterday i had an interesting visitor—my long-time school friend.
we both studied with jws together, and he progressed to dedication and baptism whereas i stopped before the final step and got transferred to another place.
after the routine conversations, he said: “you know how much your family members long to see you take up the truth ….. before it is too late, i would suggest you start tasting jehovah.”.
“I see religion as the science of children; and science as the religion of adults.”
That's where lost him..
JW`s can`t grasp that,they`d have to think..
It seems he did not want to get discouraged further, and said: “I do not want to engage in any sort of theological discussion.
Someone Wants Me To Think!..
RUN!!!..
at the meeting today, we were reading the watchtower and this elder apologetically said to such a degree in regards to romans 5:12 that "we humans are not worthy of any mercy from jehovah.
we shouldn't even have free will because we can't possibly do anything good enough to please jehovah.
we don't even deserve life because of sin.
We deserve to die..
Every WatchTard who has peddled that WBT$ Crap..
Has eventually died.....Bad Luck?..
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A CURSE?..
no doubt we have all heard that well used "illustration" in public talks etc over the years:.
"if you were handed a glass of water that looked pure, but were told it has just a tiny drop of poison in it, would you drink it?".
the society has used that illustration at length to say we should avoid all influences of every part of the world.. but, as we know, the society has had a track record of errors, false ideas and doctrines.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Beware of Greeks..
Geeks Bearing Gifts.
no doubt we have all heard that well used "illustration" in public talks etc over the years:.
"if you were handed a glass of water that looked pure, but were told it has just a tiny drop of poison in it, would you drink it?".
the society has used that illustration at length to say we should avoid all influences of every part of the world.. but, as we know, the society has had a track record of errors, false ideas and doctrines.
"would you drink a glass of water if it had just a tiny bit of poison in it?"
Would you drink a glass of water..
If it had just a tiny bit of poison WatchTower Crap in it?..
out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.
7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
WATCHTOWER NUMEROLOGY:
1914 x 1975 + 607 = How Could WatchTower Possibly Be Wrong?!!
this is the first time i've read through a watchtower magazine in about a year.
although i've been our only 8 months it really git me how crazy i must have sounded when i was a jw talking to non jws.. while other bible based religions talk about the 4 horsemen and back up their theories with other scriptures or historical evidence, the watchtower have taken so such steps.
1914 is thrown in there as if it's universally agreed that jesus started ruling since then.. even when i was a jw i never really understood why, if the pale horse represents jesus, why is he first?
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What ever happened to..
JW`s Knocking On Your Door..
Then Running Away?..
what i sense from the conversations of my family members and relatives who are jws is that at least some jws are not as zealous before with regard to the major subjects such as “sanctification of god’s name,” “vindication of his sovereignty” etc.
they begin to feel that such subjects are imaginary issues.. this is a good sign.
it shows people are worried about their own day-to-day worries.
JWs are not as zealous before with regard to the major subjects such as “sanctification of God’s name,” “vindication of His sovereignty” etc. They begin to feel that such subjects are imaginary issues.
Are You................................Nah..
Feeling Zealous?............This Sucks..
if you are particularly troubled over the course of a disfellowshipped relative, pour out your heart to Jehovah in prayer.....WatchTower
...........................................................Jehovah Bless Me For Being a..
................................................................... WBT$/JW ASSH*LE..
The Quote you didn`t post,is Self Explanatory..
my wife is still nominally in, but only because it "makes me (her) happy".
there is nothing academic about her beliefs and when i try, she interprets me as negative.. but then she cusses like a sailor and watches certain movies with me.
her birthday is coming up and it's also right around valentine's day.
