jehovah's witnesses accept jesus as christ, the son of god.
they try, in their own way, to live by his teachings and imitate him.
they pray, read the bible and meet together regularly for worship.. i won't minimise any of the harm and damage they cause but for the life of me, i can't see how anyone can credibly deny that they are christians.. why do so many former jws have a problem with this?
Jehovah's Witnesses accept Jesus as Christ, the Son of God.
just wanted everyone who knows me to know i am alive and well.
we just sold our house in pa and are about to buy a house on one acre just outside jamestown ny.
our health has been good and we both have good part time jobs.
Our gardening teaching is becoming more popular in this area and we have bought a 20 ft. X 30 ft. Green house. Mrs. ADD has also published a small book called "Ten Weeds You Should Love".
You might want to get into the cannabis business.
i was at my assembly when this was discussed last week.
of course i hadn't prepared and i heard "no rules about limits", or at least i thought i did.. here's the direct quote from the watchtower study article.. "although the bible does not provide specific rules about the kinds and limits of love play that might be associated with natural sexual intimacy, it mentions displays of affection.
the watchtower (study edition) august 2016 : making christian marriage a success, paragraph 8.. what say you?.
the wt teaches that there's no part of a human being that survives the death of the body.
if the anointed do not have an immortal soul/ some immaterial part of them that survives death, then whoever will be in heaven won't be the original anointed person but their clone since once a person dies, according to wt theology, they cease to exist; so god will have to create a spirit body from nothing for that person and that created body by definition will therefore not be the original person but their clone.. so it will be a person's clone that will get to live forever in heaven and rule with christ, and not the original person.............one can now see why other religions teach the doctrine of the immortality of the soul..
As far as cloning is concerned it doesn't produce a person with your unique memories. Case in point, identical twins.
i discovered your website this morning as i was trying to find some information about 'marking'.
you see a very close friend of mine was 'marked' earlier this week and as i know the ins and outs of the situation (as we are close friends) i disregarded the talk immediately as i know my friend is obviously having issues but is no way a 'danger' to anybody else's spiritual health.
basically they are dating a non-believer- hence the talk.
Hi there! Welcome.
You can expect more of their "one dimensional" type of thinking. That should be a reason for you to fade out.
the wt teaches that there's no part of a human being that survives the death of the body.
if the anointed do not have an immortal soul/ some immaterial part of them that survives death, then whoever will be in heaven won't be the original anointed person but their clone since once a person dies, according to wt theology, they cease to exist; so god will have to create a spirit body from nothing for that person and that created body by definition will therefore not be the original person but their clone.. so it will be a person's clone that will get to live forever in heaven and rule with christ, and not the original person.............one can now see why other religions teach the doctrine of the immortality of the soul..
Adventists have the doctrine of soul sleep where they say that there is an immortal soul but it is unconscious until the resurrection. The Watchtower doctrine, while leaning heavily on Adventist doctrine, killed that doctrine and replaced it with a materialistic one where the soul (Nephesh) is the whole body. That includes the "spirit" (Ruach) which they refer to as an animating but impersonal force that disappears at death.
Your mother was probably thinking of this interpretation of "spirit" when she made - probably her personal analogy - a reference to electricity. In any case you can apply that same reasoning to those of the earthly resurrection (any resurrected ones for that matter.
By the way, your clone illustration has been used by sci-fi philosophers pondering whether Star Trek's transporter beam really transports you elsewhere or simply kills you while recreating an identical you at the transport site.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465861-155/woman-sues-utah-jehovahs-witnesses-church.
utah jehovah’s witnesses church forced woman to listen to audio of her rape, lawsuit says.
a woman is suing a jehovah's witnesses church in weber county after, she says, one of its instructors repeatedly raped her when she was a minor and the organization's leadership forced her to listen to an audio recording of one of the assaults.. the woman filed the lawsuit wednesday in 2nd district court, accusing the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses church in roy — as well as naming the alleged perpetrator, several church leaders and the watchtower bible and tract society (the religion's headquarters located in new york) — of knowingly allowing the "unfit" instructor to rise to a position of authority without warning members of his "dangerous propensities" and past sexual transgressions.. read more: http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465861-155/woman-sues-utah-jehovahs-witnesses-church.
recovering,
I am wondering if child porn laws also apply to audio recordings? If so elders are guilty.
Would there be a statute of limitations for that?
She also might be able to sue them for psychological abuse.
seriously, you can't make this shit up.
and these same people will accuse hillary of rigging the election after she wins:.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-supporters-repeal-19th-amendment-article-1.2828571.
nonjwspouse,
VI- why is it I keep hearing a form of this:
...we might have to emigrate north; if we can make it over Canada's wall that is.
Why north instead of emigrating south?
Should this be called racism? If not, why not?
In my years I have really disliked come candidates that won, but yet I don't claim to pack my little bag and run away from home if I don't get my way. I deal with it, speak up about what happens that I consider wrong. I live in a free country that I love. To claim to plan to emigrate if your candidate loses, is to lose credibility as a emotionally mature citizen. Put on your big boy pants and learn, debate, engage in political races, run for an office if you believe you have better solutions. THAT is what American freedom is about, not running away.
I don't get your comparison of emigrating to Canada as being somehow racist.
As to putting on my "big boy pants", "be emotionally mature" and "run for office" what's the point of that if psychopaths like Trump win? Remember, Adolf Hitler's Nazi party was elected into office. It was the fools who did not leave.
seriously, you can't make this shit up.
and these same people will accuse hillary of rigging the election after she wins:.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-supporters-repeal-19th-amendment-article-1.2828571.
Simon,
He's given insanity a voice and I almost wonder if America needs someone like Trump to win and make an utter mess of things to shut the idiots up for good.
Four years of Trump might equal forty years of Democrats. Otherwise, we might have to emigrate north; if we can make it over Canada's wall that is.
seriously, you can't make this shit up.
and these same people will accuse hillary of rigging the election after she wins:.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-supporters-repeal-19th-amendment-article-1.2828571.
nonjwspouse,
...a republican candidate you obviously despise.
What's there not to despise?
