Very good point. Add to that Cornelius, an active army officer who was baptized. There is absolutely nothing said about him resigning his position as a prerequisite to baptism, let alone doing so afterwards. As regards to government service in general the New Testament also says to go above and beyond when called into service, but it says nothing about this being only non-combat or being led only by civilian leadership, as WT now requires for any community service.
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Have JEHOVAH ever supported WARS between his WORSHIPPERS?
by Longlivetherenegades injehovah's witnesses used to state other christian denominations go to war and in fact that their religious leaders bless such wars.
they see this as one reason why all other christian denominations are not true christians since they kill one another at war and therefore they don't love one another as stated by jesus in john 13: 34,35.. for example when a roman catholic go to war, he/she is bound to kill a fellow roman catholic in the cause of the war.
therefore roman catholic can't be true christians since its member don't love one another and kill one another at war and as such god cannot be in support of such wars where his worshippers kill one another.. the question that comes for consideration is, has jehovah ever supported wars between his own worshippers?.
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Phone witnessing and the Year Book
by Diogenesister inwhen the “year book” is published online next year, and the number of new baptisms is roughly the same as it always is, how are they going to deny that their new “converts” are nothing more than born-in kids of witnesses or already “captive” family and friends?.
the “billions” of hours of service are at best pointless and ineffective and at worse often fabricated.. what say you?.
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neat blue dog
Good point. It's hard to say how the hours will be affected. I know that for some their service time has gone up with it being easier. But then again they recently announced that ALL publishers were eligible to only report 15 minutes, which would indicate some are slacking off. Maybe they'll balance each other out? We'll see.
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Witnessing letter that has gone viral
by drzhivago73 inhere’s a link to a really cool letter that no witness can dispute.. jw letter.
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neat blue dog
Obviously this letter is a joke and not written by any current JW but by an ex.
We've got a genius here
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What are the Society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwhat are the society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?.
are there specific rules or watchtower articles that must be followed?.
i have been to three different wakes/funerals where a disfellowshipped person attended with different results.. 1. ten years ago my first cousin passed away.
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neat blue dog
I've seen a little bit of shunning at funerals but it seems that most times disfellowshipping rules temporarily go out the window, even with elders. Hey, even Michael Jackson got a JW funeral talk.
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Witnessing letter that has gone viral
by drzhivago73 inhere’s a link to a really cool letter that no witness can dispute.. jw letter.
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neat blue dog
Nice 👏👍
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another Mormon similarity
by neat blue dog ini have said to many people that a person will come to be better informed regarding what's happening in the world today by reading the book of mormon than all the magazines and newspapers combined.. - ezra benson, lds president.
it has been said that the four parts (of the photo drama) are worth more than a year in college.. - charles russell, wt president.
the motives and results are the same: look at in-house information first and foremost, and distrust other sources..
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neat blue dog
I have said to many people that a person will come to be better informed regarding what's happening in the world today by reading The Book of Mormon than all the magazines and newspapers combined.
- Ezra Benson, LDS president
It has been said that the four parts (of the Photo Drama) are worth more than a year in college.
- Charles Russell, WT president
The motives and results are the same: Look at in-house information first and foremost, and distrust other sources.
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The violent "My book of bible stories" not for kids!
by Witness 007 ini once left a copy with the kids of my return visit.
the next time i came she returned it to me saying it was discusting and not something kids should be reading.
i was shocked since i learnt to read using this book.
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neat blue dog
If that were shown in a movie, with the blood pooling and all, I'm pretty sure in the US it would get an automatic R rating.
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The violent "My book of bible stories" not for kids!
by Witness 007 ini once left a copy with the kids of my return visit.
the next time i came she returned it to me saying it was discusting and not something kids should be reading.
i was shocked since i learnt to read using this book.
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neat blue dog
You don't question these things when you're raised in it, but wow 😳 it's unbelievable looking back
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Are the Canadian and US Kingdom Ministries different?
by HowTheBibleWasCreated ini was cleaning out some old photos etc.
from my mother's stuff and landed on a small box containing 1980-2000 km.
my first thought was to toss it.
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neat blue dog
Wow you are awesome Atlantis!
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Is dies irae used in the Kingdom melodies?
by greenhornet innot sure if this is the correct area.
but these music notes are in music we have heard for years.
i have never listened to the new wt music.
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neat blue dog
I thought I remembered it in the Moses drama, but it turns out it was a different set of four notes. In any case if you want a really creepy time listen to 51:30 - 51:50 in the link below.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/audio-bible-dramas/Jehovahs-Name-to-Be-Declared-in-All-the-Earth/