i will happily answer this question if there can be some guarantees this thread won't be deleted..
This sort of bickering between to opposing egos...
I have never seen it as that. That is how Cedars has portrayed it, but is it really like that?
This wasn't the first time Cedars took criticism as a personal attack on his character and forgot we are all on the same side.
As for why the current public spat on this topic, you only have to read the OP.....
can we start over with new topics such as practical ones about how to format on jwn and posting problems and solutions.. historical posts such as those on rutherford and russell?.
doctrinal adjustments/changes.
reference sources.
Best of Topics has had buggy code for years. I used to have tricks to get around the code problems, but they don't work now.
i am sure nowhere is perfect but if we want to compare these two countries from different prospectives like racism, job, income/spending, quality of life, standard of living etc.
can you please give me a rough idea by sharing your experiences.. .
by the way, i am considering applying for a masters progrmme in any of the two countries.. .
LOL. Jesus was born in Australia. In his current incarnation he is A J Miller.
ha to funny.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/error-found-in-new-silver-sword-revised-new-world-translation.
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TD spotted it here earlier.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/265448/1/RNWT-Has-anybody-else-noticed-this#.UmM_SVPKE1I
picked up by a friend (not an appointed man) in his car, linked my phone to his bluetooth stereo for music, the big screen immediately showed what i'd been listening to previously.
a podcast from healing x outreach on jw's new light.
awkward much?
Murphy's Law isn't it?
Every time you forget to navigate your phone out of JWN, a Dub will be looking over your shoulder when you turn it on.
Cousin SuperDub walks in when you have your jukebox on random and it just happens that Brother Sir Nutcase is about to announce that you had better be alive in '75.
just recently i explained to my parents and my wife in detail, why i would accept blood or red, white blood cells, platelets or plasma in a medical emergency.
i showed them the inconsistencies and flaws about blood fractions and also the biblical reasons that show clearly that jehovah and jesus do not want a jehovah's witness to die because of that wrong doctrine.. my parents reacted surprised.
they are both about 50 years in the "truth.
Elders are not your friends. There are no good reasons to tell them anything cult related.
even in the united states, where religion still enjoys perhaps the greatest popularity, nearly three out of four persons polled said that it is losing influence.
one of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches.
yes, millions of persons have been shocked to learn that things they were taught as being vital for salvation are now considered by their church to be wrong.
They had aother bash at them in the 1984 April Fools Day WT
Page 23
At the beginning of 1973 I subscribed to a number of religious magazines, including some that criticized the Roman Catholic Church and its teachings. Now certain inconsistencies became ever more evident to me. For example, at one time eating meat on Friday was forbidden. When this church teaching was changed, I thought: ‘According to that teaching, those who ate meat on Friday committed a mortal sin. For a mortal sin, one can be punished with hellfire—an irreversible punishment. But if in hell there are some who did not repent for eating meat on Friday, what will they think now?’
ok so i have already been talked to about this and i always have difficulty finding a retort.
my friend/elder condtantly tells me to visit bethel to prove its gods org--efficient, obedient, loving place, yadda yadda.
and he also uses how many go out and preach the same message, how no matter where you go youll get the same loving treatment, follow the bible as best they can (ha), show lots of love, do t celebrate pagan holidays, etc etc.
What was the subject before he asked the questions? Was he looking for a diversion, a subject he is more comfortable with?
JWs do not want to talk about anything problematic, so if you let him sleaze his way out of every tricky topic, you'll never get him to confront anything worthwhile.
And you don't have to answer all his questions. He is the one claiming to belong to a church that can save your sorry arse from his killer god, so make him answer your question (note: singular).
for me it was the book!
it opened my eyes.
i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.
Bought a copy online. Still waiting for my wife to want to read it.
so i've been sharing some a little at a time with my sister.
she is married and very scared of actually learning too much.
she doesn't want to ruin her marriage.
Ask her questions then let her do the research to find the answers.
Read Jeremiah 25:12 and think of what questions you could ask that could make her realise that it contradicts WT chronology and the KJV/NWT versions of 29:10
Ask her to draw up a king list from Nebuchadnessar to Nabonidus showing which king reigned in each year and recording her sources so that it is easy to go back and check for any mistakes.
