so many christians highlight love and mercy as the main point of their religion.. that's undeniably appealing.. but is it true to christianity?.
in the end, isn't the belief all about escaping god's violent wrath?
aren't those that are unable to accept the system's contradictions and absurdities promised suffering and eventual destruction as punishment for their disbelief?.
I'm so nauseated by the fearmongering Christianity that I experienced first-hand as a JW and that I've seen in other churches that are prominent where I live that even if I could find something appealing in Christianity, I could never ever call myself a Christian.
Fair enough, but are you sure you experienced Christianity as a JW?
november 11, 1990 in japan.. a "special meeting" of jehovah's witnesses.. a speaker is daniel sydlik.. the theme of a talk is "keep your faith and hope alive".. it was the surprising talk that faith and a hope healed sickness.. i like this talk.. i exhibit a part of this talk.. those who want to listen to the whole of this talk need to send me e-mail.. the talk of the woman of leukemia.
http://www.mediafire.com/?djbgoqtlfy8.
the talk of the woman of cancer, and a 200-pounds woman.
G'day possible-san:
This thought is not new. It's known as psychosomatic healing i.e. mind over matter. In the 'old' "Life everlasting" book, it discusses this in the first or second chapter. It goes this way: after armageddon, as the survivoirs become more obedient, they will also become more perfect, seeing their bodies restored, etc. In other words, as they become more perfectly obedient, they'll see their bodies become also more perfect. so some would attain perfection before others.
To my knowledge, this idea wasn't repeated in the publications, but it's interesting that Sydlik should be discussing it in a talk.
Chweers, Ozzie
november 11, 1990 in japan.. a "special meeting" of jehovah's witnesses.. a speaker is daniel sydlik.. the theme of a talk is "keep your faith and hope alive".. it was the surprising talk that faith and a hope healed sickness.. i like this talk.. i exhibit a part of this talk.. those who want to listen to the whole of this talk need to send me e-mail.. the talk of the woman of leukemia.
http://www.mediafire.com/?djbgoqtlfy8.
the talk of the woman of cancer, and a 200-pounds woman.
Thank you.
Ozziepost (from downunder in Australia)
i samuel 17:54 - "and david took the head of the philistine and brought it to jerusalem".
why did david do this, especially when the city of jerusalem was over 20 miles away and also under jebusite control at the time?.
VM44: I was wondering whether to press the delete button on the off topic posts but let's hope the children stay away now, eh?
You get whores drinking too much over your way, eh?
Things must be different on top of the world!
cheers, Ozzie (underneath youse lot class)
monring all,.
i have decided to go back to basics and just read the bible alone, trying to eliminate wt influence from my mind as i read.
it's amazing what you see in the scriptures when you just look at the scriptures.. can anyone shed some light on the following - in particular verse 13:.
G'day S-8,
Just popping in to your thread to offer a very belated welcome aboard.
Love your name! Ahhh, those S 8's!! I remember them well.
Cheers from downunder,
Ozzie
if you make friends here, keep posting here and keep following the forum for a while, you might reach 10,000 posts.
i've found this place a really good outlet and place to learn and share for quite a while.
the number of posts doesn't really matter... but the freedom to speak one's mind and to perhaps share ideas that might help others get past the jw experience .. that does matter!.
So what kept you?
Glad you decided to go-pher it and stick around.
keep on posting, mate!
Cheers, ozzie
i got an email from her daughter lisa this morning regarding "queenie", who used to post on this forum as well as others, such as my yahoo groups.
many of you long timers on this forum probably remember queenie.
she had multiple health problems and took a turn for the worse last month after a fall and died yesterday.
My condolences from downunder.
Ozzie
hi all, i logged off jwd for a few hours and have just come back.
wasn't there a thread here about a 'kicker email' by a disfellowman or jason999 or something?
it's gone or moved or whatever and my inbox says i have an unread message when there isn't one.
whitman:
The final post by this person read (in part):
whitman knows how to get in contact with me, not that it matters. i hate using a proxy so i wont be coming back, and violating MORE rules. i have been deceptive and evasive since the beginning,
I think this had a misguided reference to the use of pms to him?
Anyway, an end to this now.
hi all, i logged off jwd for a few hours and have just come back.
wasn't there a thread here about a 'kicker email' by a disfellowman or jason999 or something?
it's gone or moved or whatever and my inbox says i have an unread message when there isn't one.
whitman:
It was our daily dose of madness which we've sent to the laundry. We get them from time to time - you'll get used to it, I hope. We do.
It takes all sorts, eh?
