i used to post here many years ago, back then there was a chat room.
it was good to talk to others instantly.
why has the chat room gone?
crazy:
perhaps you should spend more time here!
Read your post where the link was removed and it clearly states who did it.
When I hit it, it took me straight to a mirror of JWD and changed my settings.
Guess what? Internet security is important to us.
So.... I acted quickly to protect JWD users. Seems fair to me.
my da announcement was last tuesday, so i have been on the official jw shun list for about a week now.... i am curious how you handle shunning.my situation:.
i have spoken with my family (my parents and 1 brother) and discussed whether they will shun me.
i explained that biblically they should not shun me since i am not an antichrist, and i have not rejected the teaching that jesus cam in the flesh.
Do you say "Hi how are you" in a friendly voice when they call your home? Do you visit sick JW friends or relatives in the hospital, and thus "turn the other cheek" and "heap fiery coals on their heads"?
Yep. Over many years now, Mrs Ozzie and I have adopted the view that 'they' may have DF us but we haven't DF 'them' !
For a while, it seemed that maybe it wasn't the right course since it only hurt all the more but these days we've seen it was the best policy. Nowadays relationships are much better - they've seen that we do 'mean it' (leaving the WT and attending churches) and that if they're to have company with us, it'll be on our terms, not theirs.
We grieve that our family are still blinded by the evil of the cult known as JWs but otherwise, things are fine. Why, I'm not even much interested in the Borg any more!
yep, on the "official" wt site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:.
bible accounts show that jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm.
Jesus is the Chief Agent
"Chief Agent" is a whole lot different to being the one who is spoken of as "resurrects". Note that the caption nowhere mentions "Chief Agent", nor "Jehovah"; it simply statesthat Jesus resurrects.
a very enjoyable part of my job these last few years has been entertaining clients with corporate hospitality at the rugby union international matches at twickenham.
i work for a software company, as finance director, and these events such as the six nations, or the annual barbarians tour - provide companies such as mine a valuable opportunity to spend time with customers and prospects and try to interest them in our products, or at least get them to be favourably disposed to the company.
sponsorship of rugby matches like this is actually quite a smart move marketing-wise.
Welcome aboard, four candles ! Enjoy.
i'm having a hard time figuring things out here.
the last few years it's become increasingly cultish - i.e.
the public & kool-aid editions, the infamous november(?
Will we see more changes for the better?
That depends on whether you think that changes like that make it "better". I hold to the view that it's rotten at the core i.e. it's basic teachings are wrong, so it wouldn't matter how much the outside packaging is presented, it's still a rotten apple!
yep, on the "official" wt site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:.
bible accounts show that jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm.
Jesus seems to be taking on a larger part of the theology of the Jw's nowadays.
That's an impression I have too.. I remember the days whenabsolutely everything (except the cross!) was attributed to Jehovah. I recall mentioning to people at our KH that Jesus is the creator and being looked at very warily! Yet that's what the NWT says. Colossians chapter 1, for example, states just that. Even the inserted word "other" in the NWT doesn't change the fact that Paul speaks of Jesus as having created..
So, I'm especially 'sensitive' to reading anything in their publications that reveals a change in their official stand on the nature of Christ; it was that that caused me to question the Dub teachings many years ago now.
yep, on the "official" wt site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:.
bible accounts show that jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm.
Yep, on the "official" WT site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:
Bible accounts show that Jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm
I wonder, is this a new slant on the resurrrection?
I find it interesting that in such an article, they don't say "Jehovah will resurrect".
Are they trying to appear more acceptable in their message, i wonder?
[edited: see duplicate thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/158726/1.ashx].
See duplicate thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/158726/2916299/post.ashx#2916299
i guess its time to throw my little story out there.
i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .
i only last august disassociated myself.
real one's in the cooler!
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Now let's get this thread back on topic.
i guess its time to throw my little story out there.
i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .
i only last august disassociated myself.
real one obviously is oblivious to the full implications of accepting every line in the old testament.
possibly but this thread has gone way off topic. If i recall, it was about personal experience and did not call for a judgment, let alone homophobic slurs.
Let's get back to topic.
Please.
Ta.
