Personality.
IMO personality clash is the greatest wrecker of ANY relationship.
many of us have had our ups and downs in relationships.
that being said, from what i've noticed people tend to put more effort and emphasis in picking a career or employment and being choosy about that - than putting the time into meeting and getting to know what kind of person they would like to have a relationship with.
so many people leave it up to random selection - not much thought - then they wonder down the road why they are getting burned !
Personality.
IMO personality clash is the greatest wrecker of ANY relationship.
if there is anyone here with some heavy bible knowledge, i would like to throw this nugget up in the air.
in 2 timothy 3:16, paul reminds us that "all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching...." nwt (because that was the version that was sitting nearby).
my question is: did paul consider the personal letters he wrote to the various churches and to timothy, titus, and philemon as scripture?
If it is true that God wants to bring man to tolerance and love, and that Satan opposes that, then Jesus is Gods agent and Paul is Satan’s.
sorry, don't know the original source for this.
thoughts?.
a painter and decorator who received a 30 fine for smoking in his own van has warned that british civil liberties are "going up in smoke".. .
Its all about the money, notice the fines are instant.
3) what will happen to mankind when god's will is done on earth?
" (rev.
" however, "those hoping in jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth."--ps.
Oh, and if wars, famine, pestilence etc is worse now than at any other time, who is going to cry 'Peace and Security' at such a time?
So how can the end be 'soon'?
3) what will happen to mankind when god's will is done on earth?
" (rev.
" however, "those hoping in jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth."--ps.
Great review as always Blondie.
No wonder the Scriptures counsel us not to put our trust in man, "to whom no salvation belongs"! (Ps. 146:3)
And the Governing Body is made up of?
when i got home today i noticed another stack of stuff on the kitchen table, more wt garbage, including the english version of reasoning from the scriptures as well as a copy of insight in the scriptures that sister gave my wife.
my wife said she wanted to 'read the bible', i asked a simple question why she needed all the other books to accomplish that...she said just to provide her some assistance.
she was also stating today how it really does not matter how people interpret the scriptures, because there is only one correct interpretation....i wanted to get sick...... is there anything in these books, since they are from 1988, that i can use to my benefit....for example does it talk about the annointed and the generation where i could ask her to look it up as compared to the new light..... just wondering, may be reaching here, but anything would help!
You may find something useful here http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/category/watchtower_quotes
i created a video on youtube that some may like to watch and forward to others.
link is below:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlitipy0khq.
Nice one
i've been reconnecting with all my worldly relatives.
i confided in my grandmother about how i felt.
my mom told me before calling her that my grandmother basically abandoned us because we became jws.
All they can really do is just make up other excuses
Jehovahs Witnesses (all the ones I ever met anyhow) are so good at making excuses for the WT.
Seems to me that no excuses should be necessary for the 'truth™'.
last night my youngest kid was playing.
at the local bandshell with a "city band".... the theme, of course, 4th of july...... all the kids, and a g/f besides, were there.
and their papa and me..... on the lakeshore with an amazing sunset..... they played a medley of the armed services anthems.
Nice one chickpea.
I can never understand the WT's attitude toward this as they write so much about Jehovah of armies.
i actually went to the service meeting last night and low and behold the announcement was about the wtbts not charging interest on the loans on kingdom halls anymore but they still had to pay back the principle balance , i never knew they charged interest but think that it was a very dishonest thing for them to do to begin with .
you have to borrow money to pay for a building that the wtbts owns?
to charge interest is a very worldly practice since it was against mosaic law to do so and clearly jesus would never have asked anything of the sort .
Possible reason?
“I’m seeing dozens of separate problems united by a theme,” Grassley said. “The theme is
some individuals are exploiting vagueness or silence in or a lack of enforcement of the laws
governing tax-exempt groups to enrich themselves rather than serve the public. It’s unseemly for
tax-exempt groups to function this way. It’s also unfair to the taxpayers who subsidize that behavior.
That’s why I continue to try to tighten the laws governing tax-exempt groups and encourage the IRS
to step up enforcement of the existing laws and go after bad actors.”
Source: http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2005/prg060106.pdf