@ Pieta
I had no idea you can put the nwt in that program....
do you have to torrent link or name?
I downloaded e-sword a few weeks ago but did not learn how to use it, yet
hi folks.
new here, and growing weary of finding an e-text version of one of the earlier releases of the new world translation.
i have searched high and low, and for some reason, it is as if it does not exist.. i'm catholic, but for research purposes and as a courtesy to jws, i've put the 1984 and the 2013 versions in a database format for e-sword (e-sword.net).
@ Pieta
I had no idea you can put the nwt in that program....
do you have to torrent link or name?
I downloaded e-sword a few weeks ago but did not learn how to use it, yet
today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.
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gorby.
Don't feel sad. God is not in an organization. God is alive and we can have a personal relationship with Him. We do not need any other mediator but Jesus, no organization, no group of people, no one else.
my jw boyfriend just ended a year and a half relationship with me.
it came out the blue and i'm deeply hurt by this because we were so compatible.
he did it right before the big annual gathering he is presently attending.
It is strictly forbitten for JW's to have sex without being married!
he is a fake, a gross sinner and a deceiver.
You should tell on him, he will do the same to other women.
paedophiles repeatedly promoted to positions of authority in jehovahs witness church royal commission told.
1 hour ago july 27, 2015 12:45pm.
counsel assisting the royal commission, angus stewart sc has told the royal commission that church elders could now face criminal charges.
They are so full of s#!t, pardon my french, but I feel sick when I hear / see phrases like:
‘embrace God’s Kingdom under Christ’ and to ‘love God with all your heart and your neighbour as yourself’
who do they love? no one, just numbers and titles
they do not even believe Jesus will return visibly, they want to rule the world by themselves
listening to the first survivor testify to the australian royal commission really brought back some feelings i had put aside.. the feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging jehovah's name through the mud" i guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!
it took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think jehovah would want this hidden.
the truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!!
The only reason why I am sorry this happens is Jehovah's name.
They shouldn't have used His name for their organization. It only shows how puffed and full of themselves they were and are.
a whole new watchtower society (governing body 3.0 / simplified society).
i'm not here to attack the governing body, watchtower society, or the jehovah's witnesses (jw) organization.
the bible says there is just "one hope" for christians (ephesians 4:4).
FusionTeist
You should read about dispensation theory.
They say we now live in the dispensation or administration of the church / of the grace / sacred sectret.
During this time, the only christian hope is heaven, and christians getting a glorified unperishable body (when they are resurrected or raptured) similar to Christ's body after resurrection.
This period ends with the rapture and is followed by the last week of Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy. During that time tribulation comes to earth, salvation will be through deeds not just faith, some of Israel will accept Jesus and it all ends with Jesus coming back, and the raptured church with Him, to administer and rule the earth for 1000 years. (I believe they will rule over all "unjust" people who will be resurrected as fleshly humans, who are resurrected but not saved yet, as they do not get "glorified" unperishable bodies)
You can check dispensation, premilenarism, pre tribulation rapture. (english is not my first language and I might have misspelled some terms)
how much was the ransom?
gods justice did not require an exact equivalent man-for-man sacrifice between the first adam and jesus, the second adam.
gods gift required more.
Do you think God enjoyed the sacrifice of Jesus? No He did not, He let it happen for us, so we may be purified and allowed to get close to Him again.
God is holy.
Without Jesus' sacrifice it wouldn't have been possible for us to get close to God again.
how much was the ransom?
gods justice did not require an exact equivalent man-for-man sacrifice between the first adam and jesus, the second adam.
gods gift required more.
God can not die!!! Never ever!
The last think Jewish people need is the trinity. They need to accept Jesus, not the trinity!
when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.
i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.
i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.
I would not call the first century Christians Catholic. They were simple christians.
I think Catholicism began when the roman empire adopted the christian religion as an official religion.
Maybe the Catholics claim that they started with Peter, but I am sure Peter had nothing to do with them and / or their believes.
I think the claim of the catholic church that they started with Peter or that Peter is their founder is similar with the claim that JW's make that Jesus is their head or that Jesus is guiding them from heaven.
there are a few jw's i know who believe that when the gb takes a decision this is what happens:.
each member goes into a separate room, prays about something.
after that, they get together and they all have the same thought about the issue.. what are the craziest ideas you heard about the way they are "guided".
@ pixel
Just read the article ... it is disgusting! so they got this "lightning" idea from communicating with the dead and they admit it!
Shouldn't a people ask his God and not the dead ones?