yeah me too!
Toreador
this article was published by f18news on: 4 may 2004russia: sacked for being jehovah's witnesses
by geraldine fagan, moscow correspondent, forum 18 news service
sergei popov and aleksandr takhteyev, two of three jehovah's witnesses sacked on 1 april by a private firm on the russian pacific island of sakhalin, claimed to forum 18 news service that there was a direct link between the decision to sack them and the ban on the jehovah's witnesses in the russian capital imposed by a moscow court several days earlier.
yeah me too!
Toreador
witnesses believe it would be a transgression against jehovah's sanctity of blood to give your pet a blood transfusion....even though it's an animal, blood is to be poured out on the ground and not used in any manner.
one time, a notable brother who left the borg and was visiting with some friends to encourage them out of the cult, saw the wifes cat eating a bird out the window.
he said "maggie!
You know whats really absurd is the way the WTS changes its doctrine on blood like a woman trying to decide what dress to wear to a wedding.
Oops, maybe I should add, like a man trying to decide which fishing pole to use for crappie fishing this weekend.LOL
Shotgun maybe you could enlighten us on how the WTS policy on blood makes sense in that regard.
Toreador
famous people who were also atheists:.
simon bolivar, revolutionary of venezuela.
abraham lincoln, president.
If I were God I would dang sure people knew I existed instead of testing me as you are suggesting Dan.
Toreador
famous people who were also atheists:.
simon bolivar, revolutionary of venezuela.
abraham lincoln, president.
Pride is before a fall Dan.
Toreador
as jws we learned the utmost central watchtower doctrine that jesus returned "invisibly" in 1914 (well it was 1874, but then j. f. rutherford decided jesus really, really, really returned at a later date ... this is also known to jws as "jesus second presence" (greek: parousia = english: presence):.
ref.
related new thread at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/70098/1.ashx .
I noticed the same thing when I first attended some other churches to see what it was like there compared to the JW's. I was amazed at how much they got involved in their singing and praising the lord. Certainly a lot different than JW's.
Toreador
as jws we learned the utmost central watchtower doctrine that jesus returned "invisibly" in 1914 (well it was 1874, but then j. f. rutherford decided jesus really, really, really returned at a later date ... this is also known to jws as "jesus second presence" (greek: parousia = english: presence):.
ref.
related new thread at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/70098/1.ashx .
Alan, I would be interested to know how your discussion goes with the young earth creationists if you have time to post.
Toreador
as jws we learned the utmost central watchtower doctrine that jesus returned "invisibly" in 1914 (well it was 1874, but then j. f. rutherford decided jesus really, really, really returned at a later date ... this is also known to jws as "jesus second presence" (greek: parousia = english: presence):.
ref.
related new thread at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/70098/1.ashx .
This should be interesting Jim. Please keep us posted as soon as you hear from them.
Toreador
as jws we learned the utmost central watchtower doctrine that jesus returned "invisibly" in 1914 (well it was 1874, but then j. f. rutherford decided jesus really, really, really returned at a later date ... this is also known to jws as "jesus second presence" (greek: parousia = english: presence):.
ref.
related new thread at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/70098/1.ashx .
Even if you are right Scholar, it all seems unbelievably ridiculous that God would have things so convolutedly written in what some feel is his inspired word that we all need to be Einsteins to figure it out. Many of the WTS teachings are such that we need to tie half our brains behind our backs in order to get our head around them. Since according to the WTS we have to accept everything the WTS says as coming from God it seems quite ridiculous that if there is a God he will destroy us for conscientiously disagreeing with them, yet this is what they teach. Take for instance the ridiculous blood policy they now have in force.
What say you Scholar?
Toreador
come on buddy, you have some serious explaining to do regarding "presence" v coming.
what happened to ya, huh?
Its good to see you have a sense of humor Scholar and are still around! Many of us are waiting for any enlightenment you may have.
Toreador
how many religious people have done a critical examination on the bible/god/religion......more than an ex-dub has?
the mormons possibly.. one only has to read some of the over 1 million posts on this board, to notice how much re-search various ones have done on these subjects after leaving the dubs.
why do you suppose that is?.
Well, all I can say is that I for one looked into the bible a lot more after I started to question the Org than I ever did as an active dub. As soon as I realized I didnt know as much as I thought about the bible I looked at it from a whole other perspective.
Tor