never become enraged against jehovah.
(watchtower study 7-13 october).
paragraph 4.
I didn't like this when it was a talk at the 2010 convention.
I don't understand why people defend God. Why does God need defending?
He has the power to fix things but does not.
Witnesses say that man's governments can't solve the problems, but at least man is trying.
God has the power but he is not trying.
does anyone know where i can find a recording of this.
i found recordings of everthing else and need a copy of this one.
i found a youtube video but if i try to record it the quality is really poor..
The Watchtower Summary was Loche's part.
now i want all to add whatever they want to.
i was just reading the bible reading for tonights meeting and started 2 cor 12...and what i noticed was that paul here is revealing something, a revelation or vision of sorts, here it says (and its from the nwt for lurkers).
12 i have to boast.
Why does it matter what Paul said?
He was not a prophet. He was a Jewish historian.
That is what turned me off to religion. It is all about, Paul said, Peter said, James, John, Jesus, etc.
They said something 2 thousand years ago. now what?
i really hate it when kids on interviews on meetings or assemblies and they state with pride that they turned down the piece of cake or brownie or other birthday treat at school.
is that something to really be proud of?
it is not as if the teacher is tempting them.
I really hate it when kids on interviews on meetings or assemblies and they state with pride that they turned down the piece of cake or brownie or other birthday treat at school. Is that something to really be proud of? It is not as if the teacher is tempting them. If you give up loyalty to your God, you can have this cake. Teacher is not focusing on God at all. It is a case of parents telling them something and they follow it.
from 1967 to early 1980, the watchtower stated that organ transplants were tantamount to "cannibalism.
" then, suddenly, the position was changed to organ transplants being a "conscience matter.
" so, my question, why the change?
Because there was never a change. What was written in 1967 was Fred Franz' personal pet project, not official doctrine (though some believe it to have been. That got published because everyone rubber stamped what Fred wrote. But notice that it never got taught again because after that in 1970, the governing body was formulated and expanded, so it was more that Fred Franz.
i would have to say that ray franz was the biggest influence for me.. when i first got on this board, a poster by the name of james, a former bethelite and organization heavy, helped me understand a lot of the inner workings in the upper echelons of the society.. .
and of course, farkel's common sense approach was (usually) helpful..
It is the self-centeredness of the organization that did it or me and also the cult following mentality of the people.
i remembered the name of a pioneer sister i knew from the mid 80s.. i looked her up on facebook.
i found her under her maiden name as she was married when i knew her.. however she is now married to a patricia and is a lesbian and has exjw links on her page.. an expioneer,exjw now lesbian.
that's just great.
I remembered the name of a pioneer sister I knew from the mid 80s.
I looked her up on Facebook. I found her under her maiden name as she was married when I knew her.
However she is now married to a Patricia and is a lesbian and has exjw links on her page.
An expioneer,exJW now lesbian. That's just great. One less pioneer Witness out there.
aguest, jehovah-jirah, lars58, rick fearon, finkle, or another scholars on jwn.
what reason does the governing body have for telling.
seven million jehovah's witnesses, "jesus is not your man dude!
Because the fact is that he is not the mediator for all. Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant for the 144,00 only. Not a GB doctrine, but a biblical one.
Prologos said "The new covenant mediated by Jesus covers all Christians, not just the 144 ooo sealed ones that COME OUT OF the twelve tribes."
Well, yes, the new covenant covers all Christians, but that does not mean Jesus mediates it with all Christians.
What does that mean "cheated on me"? You were playing cards and she had one hidden up her sleeve?
when i believed in god i tried not to pray for anything selfish.. after a while i began to think that a lot of things i was asking my imaginary friend in the sky for were selfish for some reason.. i do not ever remember a single thing i prayed for ever being answered.
if there was the appearance of an answer it was because i did mental gymnastics to make it fit the delusion that god had actually answered me.
there was never an obvious message/answer from god.
I needed postage stamps. prayed and prayed for them.
My wife wanted me to mail some memorial invitations to not at homes. When I got to the post office, I didn't put the stamps she gave me on the letters, but kept them and took off as many stamps as I could without messing them up and recycled the letters.
Jehovah provided me with stamps that I needed for something useful.
