What makes a person worldly?
What Makes a Person "Worldly"?
by cameo-d 20 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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blondie
They weren't baptzed under the authority of the WTS and managed to not get caught breaking their rules.
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mrsjones5
They're not jws
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snowbird
What Blondie and Jonesy said.
Sylvia
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cameo-d
What are the characteristics of a worldy person?
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blondie
Even if a person had all the qualities of Christ but were not baptized by jws/wts and following their rules, they would be considered "worldly."
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yknot
- world, worldly
- Organized human society outside the Christian congregation. As such, it is in a state of alienation from God and his purposes. In {NW}, world translates forms of the Greek word ko'smos. (Jam 4:4; 1Jo 2:15-17)Thus worldly is used to describe an attitude of conformance to the world in appearance, thinking, and actions, and is in contrast to {spiritual}. <<Since slacking off on his study and meeting attendance, Brother Slide has begun to display some worldly speech and habits.>>
~Lynn David Newton, 2000, Glossary of American English Hacker Theocratese
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Dismembered
A persons unwillingness to warm a KH chair with ones keister.
Dismembered
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loosie
I have been told it's ankle bracelets and denim skirts that make one worldly.
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undercover
There's the JW definition of "worldly" and there's the normal definition of "worldly"...
Dictionary definition: of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
Definition of 'worldly-wise' which is listed under 'worldly': possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs
The second definition is closer to what I think of when someone not influenced by JWthink uses the term 'worldly'
Under JW definition, anyone who isn't a JW is "worldly". Even baptized JWs who act without regard to JW standards will be called "worldly acting"...basically an insult. "Worldly" is a buzzword with the JW crowd so as to set everyone not part of the JW system as bad or evil.
I think to be called 'worldly' is a compliment...once you're free of the JW influence.