the london stock exchange up, every share index up, the pound up against the dollar.
where is the fire and brimstone?.
the rebel..
You mean, how does global politics fit in with a fairy story?
Answer - it doesn't.
To your average dub however any and all political shenanigans are evidence of the nearness of the end and fulfilment of prophecies like KOTN even though the WTS has no fecking clue who the KOTN is.
i've read here that inactives are the same as disfellowshipped, treatment wise.
is that correct or did i misread it??
thanks......
So while complaining there is no way out except being df'ed, you are complaining you are left alone and unbothered while not being df'ed?
There is a difference between being left alone and being actively shunned. Most people who no longer want to be involved with the religious aspect of being a Witness would like to keep family relationships and would like to keep some of the people in the congregation as friends or be able to feel comfortable bumping into them occasionally.
Countless people are having to hide behind subterfuge and lies so they can keep some kind of normal human relationships alive. The media friendly statements from HQ that no one is held a slave to the WT and can leave at anytime are bullshit. There is a high price to pay even for simply saying "I don't want to do this anymore".
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
Perhaps. Part of the reason for the vote gong the way it did is people feeling the political elite in Westminster were too detached from reality.
the degradation of the governing body members continues on.
mark sanderson gives a talk regarding his visit to belgium for the memorial this year and was travelling from korea to munich to brussels, belgium on the day of the belgium terrorist attacks.he cannot wipe the smirk on his face as he relates his experience, with no regard whatsoever of all those unfortunately affected by the attacks.
in fact, he personally found god's hand affecting him personally, allowing him to attend the memorial as planned and a kh dedication.he is that privileged during his flight travels that internet was available to him, enabling him to catch up on current news and to contact branch's.
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
So David Cameron could avoid pissing away votes to UKIP at the last general election.
so my 14 yr old son and i are sitting discussing the eu election vote, and joking around that the we could see a future with donald trump and boris johnson being the uk and us leaders.
we were swapping pictures and jokes from facebook.. but his dad is sitting there waiting until we leave, and comes out with "well daniel 2.44" which reads.......... "and in the days of those kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin.
and the kingdom itself will not be passed onto any other people.
Haha! I expect all of us would testify that Witnesses have been attaching speculative significance to local and global events as long as we can remember. I expect we've all done when we were mentally in as well. I remember when I was in my early twenties and seeing the first Gulf War thinking it could be the beginning of the end for example.
This is no different. It's all been talk about feet, toes of clay and iron. We must be at the scum on the end of a very scabby set of piggies by now!
As you say Kate - all these events but zero evidence of God's Kingdom of doing anything whatsoever.
the degradation of the governing body members continues on.
mark sanderson gives a talk regarding his visit to belgium for the memorial this year and was travelling from korea to munich to brussels, belgium on the day of the belgium terrorist attacks.he cannot wipe the smirk on his face as he relates his experience, with no regard whatsoever of all those unfortunately affected by the attacks.
in fact, he personally found god's hand affecting him personally, allowing him to attend the memorial as planned and a kh dedication.he is that privileged during his flight travels that internet was available to him, enabling him to catch up on current news and to contact branch's.
Thanks to Jehovah we were able to crack on with our lives even through many in the local area had had theirs' shattered.
recently susie, one of my co-workers mentioned that her husband's family were all jws.
the family converted after susie's husband left home, so he never joined the jws, nor does he intend to.
anyway another co-worker asked her: "what do the jws believe?".
As Wizzstick says, the world wide preaching work is the most ineffectual sales and marketing campaign ever.
it seems britain has voted to leave the eu in a move of total madness!
the markets are already in free fall and the moronic bigots who campaigned for this are celebrating the demise of our country .. i can't see how a 49-51% split can be democratic?
there is still the postal vote to come in, maybe there's hope in that?
Farage was crowing his triumphant victory speech before the result was certain as if he had an overwhelming majority.
He was then back tracking on the NHS commitment within a few hours of the count being over.
He is a ****.
it seems britain has voted to leave the eu in a move of total madness!
the markets are already in free fall and the moronic bigots who campaigned for this are celebrating the demise of our country .. i can't see how a 49-51% split can be democratic?
there is still the postal vote to come in, maybe there's hope in that?
They should have allowed 16 & 17 year olds to vote and capped the upper age limit to 55 so the result would have reflected the will of the people who actually are going to have to live with the consequences.
