i'm honestly in awe about this particular scripture (and honestly i can't keep thanking jwfacts enough for providing biblical contradictions to the jw doctrine!).
"john said to him: "teacher, we saw a certain man expelling demons by the use of your name and we tried to prevent him, because he was not accompanying us.
" but jesus said: "do not try to prevent him, for there is no one that will do a powerful work on the basis of my name that will quickly be able to revile me; for he that is not against us is for us.
That text means to me that there is NO such thing as an 'exclusive' religious group that is approved by God.
The man Job wasn't of the chosen Israelis, Cornelious wasn't even a baptized Christian and he received Holy Spirit. There are people that serve and please God in every org.
Moderate/progressive JWs have always known this.
DY
the supreme court of russia has rejected the jehovah's witnesses' appeal.. https://jw-russia.org/news/17071719-195.html.
july 17, 2017 the supreme court of russia has missed the last chance to restore law and justice for the 175,000 russian citizens professing the religion of jehovah's witnesses.
it took less than an hour of the meeting a panel of three supreme court judges, to leave unchanged the decision taken earlier by the judge yuri ivanenko, the liquidation and ban any and all registered organizations of the religion.since there is no more effective domestic remedies, the believers will appeal to the european court of human rights and other international organizations.. *note: as reported by the jworg source, jw-russia.org.
Sad. I am for freedom of religion, whatever one may choose.
This happened before, then with administration changes liberty came. It's just a matter of time and patience.
DY
i have a very xjw type problem, i am invited to my cousin's 70th birthday party, and really don't know what to buy him.. i only met him a couple of months ago, as my jw parents never encouraged the non-jw side of the family, so i don't know much about him, except that he is retired and his hobby is sailing his boat.. i don't have contact details for his kids etc to ask them for ideas, so could you come up with something please ?
not too extravagant, i am a poor pensioner !
but, it is his 70th.. thanks in advance for any tips !.
Cash is king! Along with a humorous card, "hoping you'd use this cash to fuel your boat and continue enjoying life".
DY
https://www.facebook.com/jw.0027/videos/799049613609936/.
the video was posted directly to a pro-jw facebook page.
i cant believe what i'm hearing... actually, nothing surprises be about this cult anymore.. didn't they say to the judge in the arc that they dont discourage college?.
This is how I know many inside are on to the WTBTS' bull: In the Spanish side, all graduating from high school are moving on to college, even if online. Immigrant parents cannot afford to have kids as worse off as they are.
There are even a few elders that encourage kids to obtain a college education.
Any young lurker, please, as much as possible, get educated. At the very least, a bachelor's degree.
DY
create a superhuman character performing amazing feats, make him speak very good proverbs and parables which find easy acceptance among people, thus make him an authority on spirituality, and then make him speak business: become rich through improper means (luke 16:1-12) and avoid going into hell by sharing a portion of the ill-gotten wealth to the poor (mathew 25:31-46; contrast luke 16:19-31) which resulted in many orphanages and similar institutions coming into existence with the rich sponsoring them and the management living in luxury while working on behalf of the poor.
or make him provide basis for adoption of rituals that ensures a luxurious living for the management..
Please check out in YouTube: Philosophy of religion in a nutshell.
That's my belief exactly.
DY
i was born in the religion but why on earth do people join this religion?
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Born in. I see the newbies just buy into the 'end of days/paradise' promise.
Also, in a time of personal distress, the attention and love bombing works.
For me, dealing with non-JWs is just too stressful due to their practices and beliefs. So, the community I'm used to keeps me here.
Regardless of their imperfections and a couple of flawed policies, overall they're a peaceful, lovely bunch.
And in the Spanish side, oh, we have so much fun!!!
DY
it's been 9 years and it would be nice to get them off the internet.
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I tried that. Cannot do it!
If you're just trying to get back in the Org, well, God and all others will just have to forgive and forget.
DY
i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.
these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.
islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.
As Reza Aslan says, "cult + time = Religion".
And remember, not all 'cults' are of a religious nature, and not all 'cults' are bad.
DY
due to family reasons gorby was present today.. the watchtower study was about refugee's.. how to treat refugee's, jw and non believers, and help them spiritual, not financial.
nothing new.. what i mentioned is the juridical message underneath the whole story.
don't talk politics, listen to government regulations etc.. most bizar is that a whole congregation that normaly avoid giving any aid to people in need, this morning gave the best practice in word about what to do with refugee's.. if the subject was not that serious, this hypocracy could be funny.
Due to his screwy attitude, Gordy missed the point entirely.
In one paragraph, a couple actually, it did mention helping with physical needs.
The information can easily be mainly directed towards JWs who become refugees, although it can also be applied to others.
Yes, this is true, we mainly help our own and, coincidentally or by mere chance, others. We are very clicky that way because we're quite different in our practices to expect others to come to our aid.
DY
anything i should be aware of?
i am not sure i will go, since i just moved away from home a month ago.
it is not cheap to travel 250km and pay for hotel here in denmark, and i am not exactly rich.
Here's something new this year: Every dissertation has a video according to the topic. The videos are very good!
The Org is heavy duty into visual arts these days!
Also, the book presented is to be downloaded, no hard copy.
Actually, attending the assemblies is a great way to disconnect from all the horrible news around the world.
Be positive! Go and enjoy it!
DY
