i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.
they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.
but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.
Finkelsteino
Thanks Berrygerry
One elder made a comment some time back "Why do JW's receive so much attention when we're only 1% of the earth's population?"
Wanted to jump in, it's 1/10 of 1 %.
But, the first part of his comment was actually more interestingly stupid.
i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.
they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.
but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.
Today's study - April 2016 WT - Extra-simple edition
Thousands of young Christian men and women are willing to sacrifice getting married or are choosing not to have children, at least for now. Why? Because they want to concentrate on serving Jehovah more. Also, many of our older ones sacrifice spending time with their children or grandchildren. Instead, they give their time and energy to Jehovah. Some of them work on construction projects or attend the School for Kingdom Evangelizers and move to a congregation that has a greater need for publishers.
What's old is new again.
i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.
they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.
but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.
The JWs make up for .8 % of the world's population of 7 billion, they have still lots to pick out from
My math is 0.117 %
i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.
they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.
but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.
Thought that this deserved its own thread.
https://jwvictims.org/2016/06/05/why-the-doomsday-underground-bunker-videos-of-jehovahs-witnesses-may-be-more-prophetic-than-you-think/.
international version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.
do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.
.how does one explain this scripture?.
WT shunning is the exact opposite of Corinthians.
Dude was sleeping with his step-mom, so was banned from meetings.
When he ceased boinking his step-mom, he was to be IMMEDIATELY welcomed back.
WT REQUIRES meeting attendance.
WT acts like the Prodigal's resentful brother, bullying those who return, even though no longer "sinning."
watching the world - awake june 22, 1977. during the first interhemispheric conference on adolescent fertility, held recently at arlington, virginia, the delegates representing thirty-nine nations concluded that childbearing among teen-agers has reached the proportions of a “worldwide epidemic.” as quoted in medical tribune, iranian journalist nalia kazemian said in the keynote speech: “[we must] face the fact that the world-wide trend towards pregnancy and childbearing [at an early age] is a physical, social, and demographic crisis.
damaging the whole fabric of society.”.
daily mail - june 2, 2016. us teen pregnancy rate falls to an historic low.
Watching the World - Awake June 22, 1977
During the First Interhemispheric Conference on Adolescent Fertility, held recently at Arlington, Virginia, the delegates representing thirty-nine nations concluded that childbearing among teen-agers has reached the proportions of a “worldwide epidemic.” As quoted in Medical Tribune, Iranian journalist Nalia Kazemian said in the keynote speech: “[We must] face the fact that the world-wide trend towards pregnancy and childbearing [at an early age] is a physical, social, and demographic crisis. . . damaging the whole fabric of society.”
. Daily Mail - June 2, 2016
US teen pregnancy rate falls to an historic low
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3620672/Teen-births-fall-drop-decades-decline.html
haven't noticed this posted:.
life is getting longer, reports world health organisation, at the fastest rate since the 1960s.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/19/global-life-expectancy-increases-by-five-years-to-71-who.
Haven't noticed this posted:
Life is getting longer, reports World Health Organisation, at the fastest rate since the 1960s
my initial pangs of unease and doubt led me to research some things.
well, a lot of things really.
i've never felt comfortable using the bible to try to calculate dates (1914).
in the awake!
of 8th jan 1947 it states that shunning is a pagan practice and is "all together foreign to bible teaching".. hope this helps some..
http://taxfundedabuse.ca/shunning.php
It should be noted that the "weapon" of RC excommunication was a "nothing-burger" (Kevin O'Leary speak).
An excommunicated RC was simply deprived of the sacraments. He was not shunned, nor even expelled from the church.
