so where does the cult stand on marijuana.
my wife just visited her parents who are jws and her dad who knows nothing about it said it was a gateway drug.
he may have heard it on the news but i doubt it.
A sister used to smoke it before being in the truth, for migraines. Once in, she had to stop. She suffered a lot but wouldn't do it again.
I guess it worked for her for that particular reason. My nephew takes the drops for his back. Gives him a lot of relief. Haha his dog has bone spurs in his back and it works for him too.
someone may have already noted this.
the current assemblies are be strong, be bold.
how about be fooled, be misled, be bullied.
Haha They also want you to be:
Be Listening
Be Obeying
So you can Be Less !
watctower has posted a $40,000,000 bond following montana's upholding of the nunez v watchtower verdict of 2018. punitive damages have been upheld, and wt has purchased the bond from travelers insurance (35m+ interest)-montana sc will rule later this year on the appeal..
What does that mean? They posted a bond in case they run away or what? I'm totally ignorant.
did anyone else have really lazy people in their congregation when it came to the field circus.
people where i live are shamelessly lazy, they drive door to door even when the houses are 3 feet apart!
yes even in town houses they drive door to door.
In my part of town, the spanish congregation is who I see the most out in service. But they only have one or two on the list to contact. So they walk veerrrryyy ssloooowwlyy from one end of the street back to their car. I mean not even a normal walking pace. Strolling might be the word. Punctuated with conversation and looking around.
this is for those who are interested in bible study.. the jehovah's witnesses claim that only the father is god, and thus teach he was the saviour in the old testament.
the bible teaches that god says "there is no saviour beside me".
therefore how is it, that the lord jesus christ is called the saviour of the world?.
Whether they are one, three or an amalgamation - the actions that they take, are very different. While Jesus promoted compassion and forgiveness, God was pretty merciless and vacillating. Let's forgive David for having sex with a married woman but we will kill the child. Forgive him for murdering the husband - kill thousands because David went ahead and made a tally of the people but do nothing to him. And don't forget, David had a lot of wives. I guess God had his favorites. Too bad if you're not.
It reminds me of the multiple hindu gods. There are many, but there is just one.
this is for those who are interested in bible study.. the jehovah's witnesses claim that only the father is god, and thus teach he was the saviour in the old testament.
the bible teaches that god says "there is no saviour beside me".
therefore how is it, that the lord jesus christ is called the saviour of the world?.
It is a little bit silly to assume an infinite, all knowing & omnipresent God and then to imply that he cannot be manifest in the person of Jesus if he wanted to.
If people exist in three parts spirit, soul and body; and if we are created in his image, why can't God have three manifestations of the same essence?
Why does God have so much trouble making it absolutely clear that he's a threesome, in a book he supposedly inspired? Couldn't he foresee these problems beforehand? Maybe he likes to be mysterious.
this is for those who are interested in bible study.. the jehovah's witnesses claim that only the father is god, and thus teach he was the saviour in the old testament.
the bible teaches that god says "there is no saviour beside me".
therefore how is it, that the lord jesus christ is called the saviour of the world?.
You could also say - God is the savior of the world, because he provided a savior.
i was just reminiscing about the last thing i did as an elder.
after a painful awakening due to family matters,,deleted as an elder due to what i now have come to realize is normal children trying to be more than just zombie tag alongs who don't make problems for their parents and want to explore their talents and intellect.
mistakes and difficulties arise in families but real families do not resort to draconian measures when hormonally influenced children want to take a different path.
Yeah once you lose your "innocence" or naivety about this religion, you cannot support it or stomach it.
as stated in the title, i have been raised an atheist, and while i have a relatively open mind, i do not currently believe in a god.
my best friend, who i met six years ago, is a jehovah's witness.
i believe the reason he has been allowed to be friends with me is because he didn't have many at the time we met, and his parents wanted him to be more social, but we've kept in contact ever since.. over the last year or so, i've done some research into the organisation he is part of, and i have been lead to believe that it is generally quite hypocritical and has many cultish (using hassan's definition) tendencies.
It's always different for people what will get them thinking. Certainly posing questions that require research is a good route to go. Have you found JW facts? They have a lot of info on this religion that might be helpful.
I haven't had much success with the jw's at work. Although I've tried to at least make their lives a little better by getting them hooked on Craigslist goodies and garage sales. That doesn't seem like much, but garage sales to a JW is a gamble cause they might get a demon infested item. That goes for Craigslist too. So I'm just trying to get them to enjoy life and hopefully, they spend more time enjoying than thinking about the religion.
so ubm here.
i have a jw wife who in 10 years of marriage i have never seen actually read the bible, never given a witness to me, never had a biblical discussion.
for a number of years now hardly even reads the magazines.
I would say that the WT religion is partially responsible for the split personality/life going on. My mother would make us go to meetings, out in service and assemblies. But as soon as we got home from all of this, it was as if it didn't exist. Unless of course my mom and dad got into a fight. Then it became that she was a righteous person and he wasn't.
My dad was a "worldly" person and never became a witness. I don't remember my mother ever really discussing bible things or using Jesus or god as an example for us. She left that up to the meetings to do. So she believed that the meetings and literature would educate us and she didn't have to. I don't think the religion ever made her a better person because she still is as she was..
