This isn't the 1940's anymore fisherman . Finkelstein
I never said or implied that it was.
Call it an act of improbability
Again, I never suggested what the Communist Party in China would probably do to JW.
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Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks in8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.
the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.
chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.
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New Video Series On Courtship May Open Some Eyes
by JW_Rogue inso the wife was watching the latest installment of jw broadcasting and near the end there was a new segment on dating and courtship.
it starts at about the 39 minute mark:.
https://youtu.be/vuir-azsdm0?t=38m52s.
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Vid is not only about that choosing a spiritual mate is better but that one should choose a mate with same goals in life, in JW case, one that wants full time service- if that is also what you want to do. This vid shows that the first guy was into himself. When a man chooses a woman, she becomes the object of all of his attention (at least prior to the marriage) and he becomes devoted to her bringing her pleasure and joy and giving her all of his attention. The first guy was shown not to be like that. The second guy was shown to be taller (bigger and thus better!) The moral of the story is: do not settle for something that you may not want later on, wait and you could find a better catch -difficult in deed for some jw females to catch any mate at all.
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Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks in8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.
the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.
chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.
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Finkelstein
Over sensationalizing again Fisherman
Someone sure likes to twist facts and make up pretentiously false statements'given the choice of life or death' -Fisherman
Please," read what I wrote, not your conclusions about what I wrote." --Marvin Shilmer
The worse that would happened to JWS is they would be imprisoned if they didn't honor the communist party/regime. Nothing new or in practical sense a reversion of old political tactics.-Finklestein
How would you know? But, my commentary posted on this thread though, does not guess what the Chinese government will do to JW but only what JW would do given a life and death choice, thus your assertions and opinions about my post on this thread are not correct.
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Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks in8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.
the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.
chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.
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Very interesting post JWL. Thank you.
I think that the Chinese gov could take such action if they believe they are at risk of being challenged by the growing number of christian churches and followers --knowing the Chinese. But it would be a very bad move, economically, if they did. It is bad for business because they should expect sanctions and retaliation from Christianized western countries and they don't need that in the way of their monstrous economic growth and power. But then again, those in power would know if they are in danger from the christian masses and would have to take the actions they need in spite of the known consequences to China or be put in a position of loosing power. So, it is very possible that the Chinese government would take such action.
IT is hard to say exactly what Chinese Caesar will require from the churches and according to wt theology, the church is in bed with the wild beast anyway so it won't be so much of a problem for the church to comply unless Caesar goes too far and wants to dictate what pope to elect, for example. But if it comes down to survival, the Chinese gov can expect that the churches will compromise.
REgarding JW in this affair, if it comes down to it, it is probabel that wt will send delegates to China and assure the gov that they do not need to fear JW from challenging their government, but not to expect flag salutes, etc.
I think that Chinese JW are especially courageous and won't compromise, maybe under torture, maybe not ,but given the choice of life or death, there will be a great massacre of jw in china. I can't see wt making flag saluting ok, or military service, or political involvement. UNlike the Jews who have the Republic of Israel with nuclear weapons and many other political powers to help them, jws, in spite of their army of lawyers, are helpless because they don't have any military, they do not fight back or retaliate and they do not have any friends in government, specially because they refer to governments and the UN as beasts --God help them or they are doomed and won't survive as a religion.
Does anyone know how JW are getting around military service and flag saluting in China now?
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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write such drivel
You are not right, cofty. It's about what the rider rode, not what the writer wrote.
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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Writer means: them = garments -not horses
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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Imaginary, impotent, murder=nonsense
You are riding 3 horses at once!
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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Murder
The Bible states that God (the God of the Bible) is a killer; that is true, but according to the definition of murder below, the God of the Bible is not a murderer. Albeit anyone can be accused of murder, even GOD, but proving such accusation when applied to GOD requires the application of a standard, a trial and a judicial decree.
"Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice.".- Wiki
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How to Irritate JWs: The Catholic Way
by Hernandez inwhat's the greatest advantage in becoming a roman catholic after leaving the jehovah's witnesses some 17 years ago?
why, it's the way it totally irritates people and really pushes their buttons...that is, if you are one of the unfortunate jehovah's witnesses who happens across my door during field service.
i have developed several techniques to make it very frustrating to the unwary witness who hopes to make headway at my house.
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Never seen a JW become irritated because of Babylonianism. Imagine praying to the virgin Mary or mother Theresa or even some of the saints that the Pope debunked or removed many years ago or some statue or cross in a church. The Bible states that Jesus was resurrected to heaven but as far as all of these so called saints and virgins...who knows??? Maybe they ain't saints and maybe they have not been resurrected yet or maybe they are frauds.
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After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!
by new boy ini called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.
i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.
david b was known as the g job king back then.
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g-jobbing was shut down circa 77. It was not a rare practice. I knew a fo who did 40+ after bethel service. It was do-able and became easier from the changes that released the 76 Mayflower. Seems to me that the mayflower resulted from 1975 and also from the amended contract from 4 years to 1 year; whoever wanted to leave was free to go and they did. Then work hours were shortened and Sat was only 1/2 day. Depending on where you worked though, the only risk was, so late at night, getting mugged or killed on the street or riding the subway.
I have seen old men return to the org 40 years+ after leaving, some left to go to the army, etc., then they decided to return and it took a while to be accepted back but they did it.
