by BeelzeDub 17 Replies latest jw friends
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Jehovah's Witnesses avoid making rules and regulations beyond those provided in the Scriptures, and they do not follow traditions that contradict Bible teachings. Emphasis is placed on personal application of Bible principles and the value of a sound, Bible-based conscience.?Matthew 15:9; 2 Corinthians 1:24.
unadulterated fu----g horse---t - -how can they tell such bare faced lies
Emphasis is placed on personal application of Bible principles
So if I personally believe that the scripture to abstain from blood means I won't eat blood but I can have a transfusion, that is OK?
"Will you walk into my parlor?"
Said the Spider to the Fly;
"Tis the prettiest little parlor
That ever you did spy;
The way into my parlor
Is up a wnding stair,
And I have many curious things
To show when you are there."
"Oh, no, no" said the little Fly;
"To ask me is in vain;
For who goes up your winding stair
Can ne'er come down again."
by Mary Howitt
Heather
HOGWASH---
Jehovah's Witnesses avoid making rules and regulations beyond those provided in the Scriptures,
It's okay to celebrate birthdays? There's no rule or regulation in the Bible about it.
It's okay for a man to grow a beard? There's no rule or regulation in the Bible about it.
It's okay to go to college? There's no rule or regulation in the Bible about it.
It's okay to watch an R-rated movie? There's no rule or regulation in the Bible about it.
It's okay to read differing viewpoints from the WTS? There's no rule or regulation in the Bible about it.
This could go on all day.
Rules bad or Rules good
*** w96 9/1 20 Living by the Law of the Christ ***Nonetheless, true Christians do not allow their worship to become a meaningless structure of laws. They do not serve Jehovah merely because some individual or organization tells them to do so.
*** w92 8/15 12 Keep Building One Another Up ***
*** w88 9/15 29 Christians-Firm yet Flexible ***
*** w85 7/1 22 Jehovah's Goodness in "the Final Part of the Days" ***
18 This does not mean, however, that Jehovah?s people do not need to observe any rules. The apostle Paul reminds us: "Let all things take place decently and according to order." (1 Corinthians 14:40, NW Ref. Bi., footnote) A few rules may be needed at our Kingdom Halls, for example, to good now to become accustomed to obeying healthful rules that are made for orderliness and out of consideration for otherseconomize on the use of electricity or to prevent young children from using God?s house of worship as a playground after meetings. Family heads may need to make some orderly arrangements, such as providing for regular consideration of the daily Bible text in the home. In Bethel families there are rules, such as requiring that family members adorn the good news by modest dress and grooming. (1 Timothy 2:9) The "scrolls" to be opened during Jesus? Thousand Year Reign will no doubt contain rules that will benefit mankind. It is .?Revelation 20:12; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 2:3, 4.
From what I've read there were only 2 rules that jesus gave and that was to love God with all your heart and mind and to love your nieghbor as yourself.
2 rules, jesus said obey the fathers commandments. then the work of god was said to, "believe in the one that He sent forth". so i'm doing gods fine works by loving him and my neighbor, and beliving in the one who he sent forth. what part of those rules does it say we MUST go into field service?? preachign the good news of the kingdom is clearly defined in 1 corinthians 15 i think......
and to say that they make up rules based upon scripture is just BS. Sexual foreplay was a disfellowshipping offence (now its just a consience issue), where's the rule that says we have to go out into field service and spread watchtower magazines around?? where's the rule that you have to go confess to an elder every single detail about a sin (truly that is a model of catholicism)....piss on the WT website because its a blantent lie
God’s house of worship
Like any "worship" of God occurs there...little shop of horrors is more like it.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies....
