Really brilliant.
so sad to remember that we were doing it before!
picture the following.
( remember the convention showed its now ok to speculate / fantasize about these sort of things!).
the 'new world' / 'paradise' is up and running...all ressurected ones are back, and pandas and lions are getting patted until they can't take it anymore.
Really brilliant.
so sad to remember that we were doing it before!
if a persons final judgment (from the appeal court) of ratifying his imprisonment came late, and if he had already spent equal or more time in judicial custody than the originally decreed term, he is released from jail immediately.
similarly, the very fact that jws depend on the bible (which is actually a babel causing confusion) itself is a punishment which they are serving from 1876longest ever served!.
here is the worth of the bible:.
If a person’s final judgment (from the Appeal Court) of ratifying his imprisonment came late, and if he had already spent equal or more time in Judicial Custody than the originally decreed term, he is released from jail immediately. Similarly, the very fact that JWs depend on the Bible (which is actually a BABEL causing confusion) itself is a punishment which they are serving from 1876—longest ever served!
Here is the worth of the Bible:
1. In one place it says all the sacrifices foreshadow Jesus’s great sacrifice, and in another place it says: God has not given any commandment regarding “offerings and sacrifices.” (Jeremiah 7:22)
2. In one place it says Jesus ascended into heaven after the completion of his earthly ministry, yet in another place it says he ascended into heaven at the very beginning of his ministry, immediately after his baptism: “No one has ever GONE INTO HEAVEN except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.” (John 3:13)
3. In one place it says nothing survives after one dies, yet in other places it says: “His spirit returns to God;” he is “living to God.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 20:38)
The list goes endlessly, hence the Bible has the credit of creating over 41,000 warring sects! After knowing this, if an organization bases itself on Bible (rather BABEL) idolizing it and throwing themselves into its bondage....
it only means they are here on earth to ENTERTAIN us, hence EXONERATE them!
this ticks me off!
last sundays watchtower talked about how organised the heavens are.
how it works so acuratley.
"Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing." (Isaiah 40:26) What Isaiah wrote is not scientific, for stars have their natural death at some point!
If the Bible writer himself can go wrong, why not WT?
here's an interesting excerpt from forged by bart ehrman (pay particular attention to the last sentence):.
"a number of the books of the new testament were disputed already in early christianity, among the christian scholars of the second to the fourth centuries, who were arguing over which books should be included in scripture.. the most famous instance is the book of revelation.
a third-century christian scholar of alexandria, egypt, named dionysius, argued that the book was not actually written by jesuss disciple john, the son of zebedee.
Very interesting!
so i was watching shark week a little while ago and i got to the episode on prehistoric sharks.
they, of course, discussed megalodon, but they also talked about other sharks that were vicious, precise hunters.
then i started thinking about other prehistoric creatures..... t-rex, raptors, etc...... all vicious animals.
To prove Genesis account is wrong, why go externally searching among the fossil record? Bible itself says from Genesis to Deuteronomy are simply fabricated by the priestly class: “‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law [TORAH] of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?”—Jeremiah 8:8
king saul was rejected for going beyond what is instructed.
he started preparing for the battle by offering sacrifices as prophet samuel did not turn up even after the stated one week time (1 samuel 10:8 & 13:8); he also did not fully carried out to kill all the amalekites).. would not same principle apply in the case of jws also when they have gone, many times, beyond what is written?
whenever they made changes in their teachings (even in many of their core-teachings), they did go beyond what is written, or acted at lease without having full knowledge!.
King Saul was rejected for going beyond what is instructed. (eg. He started preparing for the battle by offering sacrifices as Prophet Samuel did not turn up even after the stated one week time (1 Samuel 10:8 & 13:8); He also did not FULLY carried out to kill ALL the Amalekites).
Would not same principle apply in the case of JWs also when they have gone, many times, beyond what is written? Whenever they made changes in their teachings (even in many of their core-teachings), they did go beyond what is written, or acted at lease without having FULL knowledge!
Ironically, constantly changing teaching and a God who “never changes” can never be reconciled! (James 1:17)
please follow the sequence of events connected with a bethel and see what you can conclude!.
1) when brach committee took a decision like a money-minded corporation, a conscientious bethelite (who is my close friend) wrote to the gb.. 2) gb took the bc into task, and directed bc to reverse its decision in that particular case.. 3) in time bc took revenge on the bethelite and removed his bethel-eldership on fabricated charges.. 4) gb withdraws the very arrangement of bethel eldership from all its branches!.
5) after one year, bc felt that their revenge was neutralized because of the unexpected withdrawal of bethel-eldership itself, again fabricated charges with the help of false witnesses and dismissed and disfellowshipped that bethelite.. 6) after two years the two bc members who orchestrated all the above events were sent out of bethel in great dishonor, virtually into wilderness ordinary publishers!.
Please follow the sequence of events connected with a Bethel and see what you can conclude!
1) When Brach Committee took a decision like a money-minded Corporation, a conscientious Bethelite (who is my close friend) wrote to the GB.
2) GB took the BC into task, and directed BC to reverse its decision in that particular case.
3) In time BC took revenge on the Bethelite and removed his Bethel-Eldership on fabricated charges.
4) GB withdraws the very arrangement of Bethel Eldership from all its Branches!
5) After one year, BC felt that their revenge was neutralized because of the unexpected withdrawal of Bethel-eldership itself, again fabricated charges with the help of false witnesses and dismissed and disfellowshipped that Bethelite.
6) After two years the two BC Members who orchestrated all the above events were sent out of Bethel in great dishonor, virtually into wilderness ordinary publishers!
7) In another two years, all those bethelites who acted as false-witness were also dismissed from Bethel
The above sequence of events proves that occasionally there is spirit-guidance in the JW organization (though there is no spirit-guidance in teaching that is constantly changing—something that is not possible with a God who “never changes.”—James 1:17)
consider an example i often hear.
youre sitting at a dinner table.
the topic of conversation is regarding your mother.
Terry,
That is a wonderful thought--" Jesus advocated embracing the stray sheep and not shunning it (Leave the 99 for the 1 stray)"!
If JWs were correct, Jesus would have said: "when you meet a stray sheep, don't even look at it, rather return immediately to the 99!"
Shunning is wring from God's view, but right in my view--because it helps me to reinforce my resolve not to be a JW again!
the other night, i was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them.
the bible study asked: "if jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?
" this friend does not know how to answer this question.
Not only this, the whole notion on which all religions are built makes no sense, is on cross-purpose. For example, the very purpose of religion (from religare, Latin, meaning REUNITE) is to reunite people with God. However, through the prayers and rituals they help the believers to seek MATERIAL benefits from God, thus reconnect them with materialism!
my witnesses friends are excited as they sense emergence of a north king in putin.
many witnesses feel that ukrain crisis will lead into a 3rd world war that will climax in armageddon, and people like me are lost forever!.
My Witnesses friends are excited as they sense emergence of a NORTH KING in PUTIN. Many Witnesses feel that Ukrain crisis will lead into a 3 rd World War that will climax in Armageddon, and people like me are “lost forever”!