Why become a Jehovah's Witness?

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
Now now Robbie, that's not nice.
Be a good Christian and tell the lad how it is interpreted.

We don't need to feel the sharp end of your tongue.

Love your neighbour as yourself.
Do good to those who hate you.
You will be persecuted for my name's sake.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the peacemakers for th ...[text shortened]... Why has your countenance fallen? If you do well will not you also be acceptable to the Lord?

do we really need to play the Caro Kann again and again and again and again?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
indeed, there is no other organisation on earth like Jehovahs Witnesses, we are awesome.

The first part of that sentence is correct. One big homogenous mass programmed to think and do exactly what eight men who they've never met tell them. Kind of frightening ending really.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
The first part of that sentence is correct. One big homogenous mass programmed to think and do exactly what eight men who they've never met tell them. Kind of frightening ending really.

its a matter of perspective, one worldwide brother and sister hood, you cant touch this, we have solved problems that plague mankind through the application of Biblical principles. There is no national, educational, ethnic, cultural, economic, ideological, religious or political divide, the major causes of conflict throughout the earth. We are beautiful and you should at last acknowledge the fact. Who has managed to bring Arab and Jew together? Former Republicans and Loyalists, once bitter enemies? Serb, Croat and Albanian? Greeks and Turks?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
its a matter of perspective, one worldwide brother and sister hood, you cant touch this, we have solved problems that plague mankind through the application of Biblical principles. There is no national, educational, ethnic, cultural, economic, ideological, religious or political divide, the major causes of conflict throughout the earth. We are beau ...[text shortened]... er Republicans and Loyalists, once bitter enemies? Serb, Croat and Albanian? Greeks and Turks?

I acknowledge that, yet how many families have been broken through the implementation of shunning simply because someone decides to leave the organisation?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
I acknowledge that, yet how many families have been broken through the implementation of shunning simply because someone decides to leave the organisation?

how many families have we brought together who were on the brink of collapse, through alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, materialism? once again its a matter of perspective.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
how many families have we brought together who were on the brink of collapse, through alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, materialism? once again its a matter of perspective.

It's not a matter of perspective, it's a matter of acknowledging that there are two sides to every coin. You can claim how 'awesome' you are and how people 'can't touch us', but that's not the full picture.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
how many families have we brought together who were on the brink of collapse, through alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, materialism? once again its a matter of perspective.

How many people during your 15+ years public ministry have you brought together who were blighted by the afflictions you listed?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
It's not a matter of perspective, it's a matter of acknowledging that there are two sides to every coin. You can claim how 'awesome' you are and how people 'can't touch us', but that's not the full picture.

yes it is a matter of perspective, light can make anything look artistic depending on the perspective of the viewer. A poem, sent to me by a friend,


Distance and a Certain Light

by May Swenson

Distance
and a certain light
makes anything artistic—
it doesn't matter what.

From an airplane, all
that rigid splatter of the Bronx
becomes organic, logical
as web or beehive. Chunks

of decayed cars in junkyards,
garbage scows (nimble roaches
on the Harlem), herds of stalled
manure-yellow boxes on twisting reaches

of rails, are punched clean and sharp
as ingots in the ignition of the sun.
Rubbish becomes engaging shape—
you only have to get a bead on it,

the right light filling the corridor
of your view—a gob of spit
under a microscope, fastidious
in structure as a crystal. No contortion

without intention, and nothing ugly.
In any random, sprawling, decomposing thing
is the charming string
of its history—and what it will be next.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
How many people during your 15+ years public ministry have you brought together who were blighted by the afflictions you listed?

at least one person I know of, but that is not the point, it happens and its worth it.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
its a matter of perspective, one worldwide brother and sister hood, you cant touch this, we have solved problems that plague mankind through the application of Biblical principles. There is no national, educational, ethnic, cultural, economic, ideological, religious or political divide, the major causes of conflict throughout the earth. We are beau ...[text shortened]... er Republicans and Loyalists, once bitter enemies? Serb, Croat and Albanian? Greeks and Turks?

a scientologist could say pretty much the same thing.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
a scientologist could say pretty much the same thing.

really? what proof do you have.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
really? what proof do you have.

which claim do you think they cannot make?

Originally posted by stellspalfie
which claim do you think they cannot make?

all of them.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
all of them.

an arab and a jew can become scientologists. once they do they cease to be enemies. same for any ethnic group or religion.

with dianetics scientology believes they have revolutionized the way we look at mental health. they believe that it is the cutting edge of psychology.

theres two for you.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
an arab and a jew can become scientologists. once they do they cease to be enemies. same for any ethnic group or religion.

with dianetics scientology believes they have revolutionized the way we look at mental health. they believe that it is the cutting edge of psychology.

theres two for you.

evidence nil

Have you read Hubbards book, I have, i found it in a laundrette when i was a student and it was slightly more interesting than watching the washing go round.

visit jw.org and see the real thing, my beautiful brothers and sisters from Zambia, from Greenland, from Bali, from Germany, we are one!