you know how the org goes on and on about how the "preaching work" takes place in so many languages by the website?.
they also trumpet the fact that witnesses are in "sooooo many lands and nations"....... so what!.
just because the message is spread far and wide, does not mean the content of the message is correct or of value.. take the example of coca-cola or mcdonalds.... these products are in nearly every nation around the world....but does that mean they are beneficial or healthy?
As Steve 2 says. Its rather like the claim that so many Bible-believers constantly state, i.e., there are thousands of New Testament texts from the 4th century onwards.But just because a lie is repeated many thousands of times does not make it any less of a lie.
*Noteworthy is that there are no manuscripts of any complete New Testament writing from the 1st century so we have no idea of what changes were made to the origianl texts.
on page 13 of the december 15, 2014 watchtower (study edition), the first 2 sentences of paragraph 10 say:.
"the symbolic separating of fish does not refer to the final judgment during the great tribulation.
rather, it highlights what would happen during the last days of this wicked system.".
I keep hearing references to 'gnashing of teeth'. So what happens to people like me who have none of their own teeth? Will God supply some sort of indestructible dentures? And furthermore, will I have to pay for these?
Confused
google translation:.
condemned the perpetrators of the pyramid scam 700 jehovah's witnesses.
barcelona, february 6.
But WHY did these Witnesses even have any money to invest (and lose!). What about Luke 12:33, Acts 5;1-4, etc., etc.
this document is fascinating.it reveals the important role that magic played in the lives of early christians.. .
dated to the sixth century ce, the opening lines, written in coptic, read (as translated):.
"the gospel of the lots of mary, the mother of the lord jesus christ, she to whom gabriel the archangel brought the good news.
Christianity would be so different it it had not accepted what became the canonical writings but followed the Gnostic writings/teachings instead. Unlike the stock answer of Christianity to awkward questions - 'It's a mystery! 'or some disjointed ramblings - at least the Gnostics attempted to find coherent answers to the problems.of life and suffering.
jessica tidwell arrived in nairobi ready to heroically preach the gospel to destitute, half-naked peasants, living in mud huts and covered in "bug bites".. when she discovered that nairobi was in fact a prosperous, modern city with people in expensive clothes buying food and electronic goods in shopping malls, she was dejected and said so in her missionary blog.. the comments section below her blog entry is well worth a read.... here is bob marley's take on self-centred western christian missionaries.. "we're going to chase those crazy baldheads out of town".
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Poor, poor Christians. All dressed up and no place to go.
Indeed, this reminds me of how the Salvation Army began in the 19th century. Because of the lack of any enterainment, they found playing music got the poor out of their homes to listen when they could then be preached to (or at) As soon as the poor could afford their own radios, etc., this ploy became almosot worthless. I find it sad that religion takes advantage of those who have so little and use their situations as a weapon or form of.entrapment against them. Its much the same with JWs who use people's fear of crime, the uncertain future, etc as a means of drawing them into their web of lunacy.
jw.org is the fastest growing media outlet in the world, our local cobe said we are going to take the media from satan's wicked world!
repent before it's too late and come back to the kingdom hall with all your loving brothers and sisters!
you won't find happiness without jehovah's organization and you know it!
i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.
"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?
why did you miss a meeting!?".
'New Light' = Yet another scheme to try and salvage something of a crackpot idea introduced at an earlier time.
(How do Witnesses manage to keep a straight face when they use this term?)
i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.
"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?
why did you miss a meeting!?".
(I love this one).
'You need to adjust your thinking' = Stop thinking.
i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.
"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?
why did you miss a meeting!?".
'Jehovah's loving arrangement' = Some totally cockeyed scheme the GB have dreamt up and tried to get us all to believe.
so i have gotten into arguements with my wife in the past about this cult.
now a days after reading steve hassan books...i just try and avoid anything jdub with her.
try to keep her in authentic mode..(not sure she really has one).
It is in James where this statement occurs (which appears to contradict Paul's teachings about faith, e.g., Rom 3:28)
'So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead' (James 2:17).
It is obvious by what the author says that 'works' are deeds that are related to kind behaviour and not specifically with a 'religious' association (e.g., attending meetings, witnessing, etc) . This is made clear in say, 2:15-16 and certainly in 1:27: 'Visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world'. Also to oppose or at least ignore wealth and capitalism (2:2-6).
If all Bible-believers followed what James says, the world would be a happier place. Instead of all the religious preaching they would have to care for the afflicted (and not only their own, but those of different faiths and groups - Matt 5:46-47).
Just as note: Witnesses I have spoken to say that the demand that they dress up in smart suits (like insurance salesmen) for meetings is what Jehovah wants as they are his representatives and yet James 2:2-4 surely does not support this.
