If feeling hurt/angry and sad is and indication of love
Then I must really love my brother.
The pain and frustration in my body after each letter I send him takes days to get rid of. Sometimes I just feel like screaming my head of. And even if I don´t know what will come from this, I know I wanna do it, have to do it.
I will not put my head down in the sand and ignoring this. He´s my brother, this is my family. I must do what i can
The pain and frustration in my body after each letter I send him takes days to get rid of. Sometimes I just feel like screaming my head of. And even if I don´t know what will come from this, I know I wanna do it, have to do it.
I will not put my head down in the sand and ignoring this. He´s my brother, this is my family. I must do what i can
A screaming-room
Sometimes I feel it would be rather nice to be allowed to go inside a sound-proof room and scream until you have no more air to scream with
I had a brother
And we were close friends. Many things changed and now I don´t know anymore
Rhodos, here we come
Within the week me and my girfriend will be sitting in Rhodos, drinking beer and enyoing the wam sun.
8 days of relaxation, bath and a whole lot of drinks. Ah, this will be good :)
Why hate apostasy so much?
Apostasy leads to disfelloshipping and shunning of the indivdual. A reccomendation to hate the individual and proclame him/her as dead is the only just approach to these people, according to the Organisation of JW.
Fun part is that the founder of the JW Charles Taze Russel was himself an apostate. His parents was a part of the "presbyterianska kyrkan" and at the age of 13 charles turned to the "Kongregationalistkyrkan" He also did a whole lot of "soulsearching" during his younger years before deciding to create his own religion. So, according to the rulings of apostasty, he himself should have been hated and shunned?
So apostasy must only be true in the eye of the beholder. If you think you have the truth, all who opposes you are apostates? Then all that don´t belive what the witnesses teach, has to be regarded as apostates and therefore shunned.
Fun part is that the founder of the JW Charles Taze Russel was himself an apostate. His parents was a part of the "presbyterianska kyrkan" and at the age of 13 charles turned to the "Kongregationalistkyrkan" He also did a whole lot of "soulsearching" during his younger years before deciding to create his own religion. So, according to the rulings of apostasty, he himself should have been hated and shunned?
So apostasy must only be true in the eye of the beholder. If you think you have the truth, all who opposes you are apostates? Then all that don´t belive what the witnesses teach, has to be regarded as apostates and therefore shunned.
Why do many oppose Jehovah's Witnesses and tell me not to study with them?
See the article here.
I love the psycological work beeing done here.
The first paragraf refers to the preachings of Jesus and how he told that people following would be opposed beacuse of this. This they take in direct relevance to their own teachings.
The fact that the preach to people of other religions actually allowes them to turn people they meet to apostasy, something the Witnesses hate when it happens to their own members. Why convert people to apostasy, when not allowing it themselfs?
But this is my favorite: "Witnesses believe that they have found it. Otherwise, they would look for another religion.-Matthew 7:14."
Oh, if it was so easy. The social and mental implications of changing religion, all in one simple sentance
Or the question about who will survive the end of this world? They start with saying: No. Millions that have lived in centuries past and who were not Jehovah's Witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity for life.
Witch actually only states that people alredy dead might have a chance. They then continue with:Many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness before the "great tribulation," and they will gain salvation
So, all who do not take a stand together with the witnesses will die in the burning flames of Armaggeddon..
The question actually goes unanswered. The only answer they give is that Jesus was opposed, and therefore the witness will be to. Thats the only explanation to the whole question.... Interesting
I love the psycological work beeing done here.
The first paragraf refers to the preachings of Jesus and how he told that people following would be opposed beacuse of this. This they take in direct relevance to their own teachings.
The fact that the preach to people of other religions actually allowes them to turn people they meet to apostasy, something the Witnesses hate when it happens to their own members. Why convert people to apostasy, when not allowing it themselfs?
But this is my favorite: "Witnesses believe that they have found it. Otherwise, they would look for another religion.-Matthew 7:14."
Oh, if it was so easy. The social and mental implications of changing religion, all in one simple sentance
Or the question about who will survive the end of this world? They start with saying: No. Millions that have lived in centuries past and who were not Jehovah's Witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity for life.
Witch actually only states that people alredy dead might have a chance. They then continue with:Many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness before the "great tribulation," and they will gain salvation
So, all who do not take a stand together with the witnesses will die in the burning flames of Armaggeddon..
The question actually goes unanswered. The only answer they give is that Jesus was opposed, and therefore the witness will be to. Thats the only explanation to the whole question.... Interesting
What is wrong with premaritual sex?
A note taken from the watchtower,look here
An authoritative answer to these questions can come only from our Creator-Jehovah God. And in his Word he tells us to "flee from fornication." (1 Corinthians 6:18) Just what does that mean? The Greek word translated "fornication" is not restricted to sexual intercourse but includes a variety of lewd acts. So if two unmarried people engage in oral sex or in fondling each others' reproductive organs, they are guilty of fornication
One quick note. The greek word translated fornication is not restricted to sexual intercourse but includes a variety of lewd acts... The fun part is that the article doesn´t tell the reader how they came up with theese facts,
According to this site, fornication come from the latin language and speaks what is done in the archway, meaning what prostitues did. This in itself doesn´t tell if they conducted oral sex, mutual masturbation or/and anal-sex, only that fornication is based on the acts of the prostitue
This site, gives the same explanation.
I can´t see any real evidence that tell what is included in the word fonication...
Or this: from the same article:
Then there are the spiritual and emotional aftereffects. King David's sexual sin endangered his friendship with God and nearly led to his spiritual ruin. (Psalm 51) And while David recovered spiritually, he suffered the consequences of his sin for the rest of his life
But wasnt David married? and the women he slept with was alredy married? That can hardly relate to premaritual sex, can it?
Im not saying that the organisation of witnesses is wrong in their interpetation of the bible that says that it is wrong to have sex before you´r married, I just wanted to state som wierd explanitory problems in the article
An authoritative answer to these questions can come only from our Creator-Jehovah God. And in his Word he tells us to "flee from fornication." (1 Corinthians 6:18) Just what does that mean? The Greek word translated "fornication" is not restricted to sexual intercourse but includes a variety of lewd acts. So if two unmarried people engage in oral sex or in fondling each others' reproductive organs, they are guilty of fornication
One quick note. The greek word translated fornication is not restricted to sexual intercourse but includes a variety of lewd acts... The fun part is that the article doesn´t tell the reader how they came up with theese facts,
According to this site, fornication come from the latin language and speaks what is done in the archway, meaning what prostitues did. This in itself doesn´t tell if they conducted oral sex, mutual masturbation or/and anal-sex, only that fornication is based on the acts of the prostitue
This site, gives the same explanation.
I can´t see any real evidence that tell what is included in the word fonication...
Or this: from the same article:
Then there are the spiritual and emotional aftereffects. King David's sexual sin endangered his friendship with God and nearly led to his spiritual ruin. (Psalm 51) And while David recovered spiritually, he suffered the consequences of his sin for the rest of his life
But wasnt David married? and the women he slept with was alredy married? That can hardly relate to premaritual sex, can it?
Im not saying that the organisation of witnesses is wrong in their interpetation of the bible that says that it is wrong to have sex before you´r married, I just wanted to state som wierd explanitory problems in the article
