Posts by Quandary

7

World Progress and the Imaginary Watchtower World

by metatron in

jw
friends

i read today about three new scientific developments: british scientists are going to try to restore damaged hearts with the patients own.

stem cells, blind mice regained sight when treated with retina cell implants and the natural chemical resveratrol showed anti-aging.

in a mammal ( mice) for the first time.

BBC story about JW

by Norm in

jw
friends

anyone seen this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/onelife_series7prog4.shtml

norm

Quandary

Another brain washed victim to EVIL religious policy which has no scriptural backing whatsoever!! It sickens me to read stories such as these. What a waste of life.

Q

45

What is your favorite Bible Translation?

by Lo-ru-hamah in

do you have a favorite translation?

king james, niv, or others that i might not of heard of that are perhaps more poetically written.

or a style/version that you particularly like?.

Quandary

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures......NOT!!! I have been doing all of my Bible reading in the American Standard Version

Q

28

Ever met a CO's wife who was healthy and happy?

by Nellie in

jw
friends

i just read another topic about cos and it got me thinking .

almost every single co's wife was sick and terribly unhappy.

i remember listening to them complain about not having a home, not having children, the accomodations of the friends, etc.

I have known wives of COs who have had problems with depression and alcohol abuse. Of all the traveling overseers' wives that I have met and come to know, as many have stayed in my home while I was growing up, I can honestly say that I can think of only one who really enjoyed her role, she is in her 70s and she and her husband are still traveling. I just saw them a few weeks ago, she is still the "ball of fire" she has always been. She LOVES the ministry, especially working business territory. In my opinion, she does see her assignment as her "calling" I'd dare to say that women like her are few and far between!

Q

60

Give yourself a JW nickname

by JH in

jw
friends

at the meetings, i didn't make many comments so i'll call myself:.

brother mute.

give yourself a jw nickname.

Quandary

Brother makeseverybodybuthimselfhappy!

28

What are some personal truths you now believe in after leaving the WT?

by lovelylil in

these are things i hold as personally true for me:.

1) there is no religion today that has the only truth about god.

2) the bible contains truths for christians but other religions have books that contain truth for them.

Quandary

Lovely- Your list was excellent. I agree with each point.

Q

28

What are some personal truths you now believe in after leaving the WT?

by lovelylil in

these are things i hold as personally true for me:.

1) there is no religion today that has the only truth about god.

2) the bible contains truths for christians but other religions have books that contain truth for them.

Quandary

All humans are God's children and just as normal human parents don't kill their children because they are disobedient so too the Almighty is not going to anhilate 6.5 billion people because wacky religion says they are being disobedient to Him.

22

Has anyone ever met any members of the Governing Body?

by *jeremiah* in

has anyone ever met any members of the governing body?.

when i was 11 my family and i took a trip to new york and visited bethel or whatever.

we took a tour through the, i think it was called the home office or something.

Quandary

Nathan Knorr, Grant Suiter, Raymond Franz, George Gangas, Carey Barber, and Lloyd Barry. I must say that Lloyd Barry really seemed like a normal fun loving guy with a great sense of humor Barber too was pretty down to earth. Knorr and Suiter were rather arrogant and self assuming. George Gangas seemed by far to be the most humble and seemed to sincerely believe everything he was preaching.

13

Are family heads regular with their family study?

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

what percentage of family heads do you think actually have a weekly bible study with their family?.

the wt is keen to say that if you're not holding/participating in a family study, you're spiritually weak.. is having a family study a benchmark of whether or not you stay in the faith?.

.

Quandary

I always had my study on Saturdays after field service. I have fond memories of those times not so much because of the material we studied but because it was quality time spent with my dad, which I believe played a major role in cementing the great relationship we have. My dad did make the study interesting though, it was not just question and answer but more of a real discussion in which any question was entertained and logically discussed. After our study we would do something fun such as go swimming, to the park to hit some balls, the zoo, sledding etc... then we would come home and the three of us would go out for dinner. My father really was the perfect role model. I love him dearly and equally so my lovely mother. The ONLY obstacle in my exiting this God forsaken religion are these two exceptional people. It will be so hard to not openly asscoiate with them. Now I'm getting off topic. To answer the question posed, our family head when I was growing up was regular with the family study.

Q

28

How can twelve years olds get baptized? it is crazy!

by happehanna in

jw
friends

my daughter's step child is getting baptized at the ripe old age of 12.. my sil is angry and i feel he should try and stop it through the courts, but they feel that would make his ex more determined for baptism to go ahead.. this child has no idea of the mistake they are making .

would she get married at 12?.

it is so sad and irresponsible for a child to take this step.. .

Quandary

I was baptized at 13! We were "privleged" to have Fred Franz at our DA that year he gave the closing prayer (talk) which lasted over 10 minutes on Sunday! What horrific memories-

Q