"Room 215 , There is a petition with some "signatures." Every movement's got to start somewhere. "
Noted, Hermano, with thanks; noboby would be happier than I if proven wrong or overly pessimistic.
found this website this weekend by jws who recognize there are issues within the organization and are calling for change.
this is the type of forum moderate jws needs, imho.
glad to see moderate jws are out there and are doing something.. http://www.jwreform.org/.
"Room 215 , There is a petition with some "signatures." Every movement's got to start somewhere. "
Noted, Hermano, with thanks; noboby would be happier than I if proven wrong or overly pessimistic.
i am just curious about this because although i agree with many of the posters here that the wt society is guilty of many horrible deeds, i still believe they are right when it comes to doctrinal things as i mention.
especially hellfire.
i just don't see how anybody that has studied the bible for many years like many of the ex-jws here can make an about face and go back to believing hellfire.
" However there is an underlying hidden apostate message in the elusive pursuit of "perfect doctrine" by means of "doctrinal dissection". The false anti-Christ message is that we are put right with God based on finding and following the correct doctrine/s."
Bravo! Well said, Fernando (better than I ever could).....
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120622/news/306220009/woman-stabbed-outside-bible-study?odyssey=nav%7chead.
a man stabbed his wife outside her church thursday afternoon at kingdom hall on old spartanburg road, authorities said.. leonard edwards jr., 46, was being held thursday night in the greenville county detention center on charges of attempted murder and possession of a knife during commission of a violent crime, according to master deputy laura campbell of the sheriffs office and jail records.. the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, campbell said.
she said the woman was stabbed once in the back.. about 30 to 40 church members were present for the bible study, campbell said.. a man asked the woman to come out of the church, and she did, campbell said.. she then ran back into the church followed by a man armed with a knife, campbell said.. the man had knocked her to the ground and stabbed her, she said.. when deputies arrived, congregation members were holding a man in the sanctuary, campbell said.. .
does calling a "congregation" a "church" qualify as persecution? Geez
donny's heart-breaking posthttp://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/227658/1/just-venting-i-hate-the-societyabout his jw-elder son feeling he must abide by wt's latest crackdown on shunning df'ed family members reminded me about the following post at channel c forum that i "view" from time to time: .
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http://www.channelc.org/chcforum/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=10083.
anybody here looking to get reinstated?
found this website this weekend by jws who recognize there are issues within the organization and are calling for change.
this is the type of forum moderate jws needs, imho.
glad to see moderate jws are out there and are doing something.. http://www.jwreform.org/.
At first glance, it appears this is more of a one-man "soap box" initiative than a broad-based call for reform by a multitude of conscientious JWs.
what is the figurative heart?.
jehovah with a complete heart?.
following jesus or jehovah or wts?.
Nancy, bullseye; you hit it perfectly, dead-center! It's reminiscent of Breakfast of Champion's recent thread on the "Treacherous Heart" business at this year's District Convention.
lots of guys have a mechanical facination, be it cars or building things or one of a hundred other ways.
one area in particular is watches.
i have a few that i love.. a personal fav is my tissot sea star 1000. cant post a pic atm but its an awesome watch.... .
I have two Pateks, bought many years ago, when prices were within reach of my budget....
being a vietnam vet work out.
born in 1950 means he would have been right in the middle years of the conflict..
Cedars, that excerpt reeks of phoniness.
"The witnesses are totally spinning this news as a "sign" of the beginning of the end." ...... yeah, the beginning of THEIR end, maybe
are they asleep at the switch, or are we?
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Are they asleep at the switch, or are we?