Posts by ezekiel3

The official WT policy is below. Notice mention of helping JWs only, not non-members. Also the Salvation Army is viewed as a religion by JWs. So shopping at the SA store or participating in SA charity would be akin to interfaith. See quote following.

Organized to Do Jehovah's Will page 131-133

CARING FOR THE POOR

One purpose of the money box maintained by Jesus and his disciples was to help the poor. (Mark 14:3-5; John 13:29) That Christian responsibility has continued, for Jesus said: "You always have the poor with you." (Mark 14:7) How do Jehovah's Witnesses discharge their responsibility in this regard today?

At times, faithful ones in the congregation may be in need of material assistance because of advanced age, infirmity, or some adversity beyond their control. Individuals in the congregation who become aware of such a need may feel moved to act in harmony with the words of the apostle John: "Whoever has this world's means for supporting life and beholds his brother having need and yet shuts the door of his tender compassions upon him, in what way does the love of God remain in him? Little children, let us love, neither in word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth." (1 John 3:17,18; 2 Thess. 3:6-12) True worship includes looking after faithful and loyal ones who may be in need of material assistance. —Jas. 1:27; 2:14-17.

In his first letter to Timothy, the apostle Paul explained how material assistance may be provided to deserving ones. You can read his counsel at 1 Timothy 5:3-21. The primary responsibility rests with each Christian to care for the needs of his own household. Older or infirm ones should receive assistance from their children, grandchildren, or other close relatives. At times, material assistance is available through governmental or social agencies, so relatives or others may show kindness in helping the needy one to make proper requests for such assistance. A situation may arise where it might become necessary for the congregation as a whole to consider providing some form of assistance to certain needy brothers and sisters who have a long history of faithful service. If there are no family members or other relatives to assist such ones and no adequate assistance from governmental or social agencies is available, the body of elders can make appropriate recommendations to provide some help. Faithful Christians consider it a privilege to share their material possessions with these ones in times of need.

Many of our brothers may come to be in need because of persecution, wars, earthquakes, floods, famines, or other calamitous occurrences that are common in these critical times. (Matt. 24:7-9) On such occasions, local congregations may not have anything to share with one another, so the Governing Body coordinates the efforts of brothers elsewhere to provide what is needed. This is similar to the way Christians in Asia Minor provided food for the brothers in Judea during a time of famine. (1 Cor. 16:1-4; 2 Cor. 9:1-5) By following their example, we confirm our love for our brothers and show ourselves to be genuine disciples of Jesus Christ. —John 13:35.

Watchtower 1962 9/1 pp. 537-541 Do You Know the Salvation Army?

DOCTRINES AND BELIEFS

The goal of the Salvationist is to win converts. "The belief in sudden conversion is ‘in his blood’—anywhere, any time, any person," a Salvation booklet explains. Even social and relief work is part of a program that keeps the Salvation Army religion before the minds of the public. But what are their doctrines and beliefs? Are they based upon the Bible?

The teachings of the Salvation Army are almost identical with those of most fundamental Protestant churches. The third of the eleven cardinal affirmations that every convert must sign to become a Salvationist, says: "We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and coequal in power and glory." And the eleventh affirms: "We believe in the immortality of the soul . . . and in the endless punishment of the wicked." The Faith of the Salvationist explains: "The Salvationist believes in Hell. His vocabulary contains the phrase ‘eternally lost’ though he may refrain from the vivid and imaginative language of his forbears when speaking on this subject."

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Although many who have supported it in various ways may have viewed the Salvation Army as merely a social-welfare organization, a closer look reveals that it is primarily a religious movement having its own set of doctrines and teachings. And even though many of its officers and soldiers may display exemplary zeal, the message they carry to the people concerning Christ and man’s hope for the future is not based on an accurate knowledge of God’s Word.

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"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."

by Scully in

yoda

: premonitions, premonitions.

hmmmm, these visions you have... .

ezekiel3

They are too much like JWs.

Or maybe Buddhists?

The JWs I see today are driving new cars and cashing in their second mortgages.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-12-05 WT Study (Resurrection 2)

by blondie in

hope of a resurrection.

sure hope of a better resurrection.

16. who at death went to gehenna, and why did they go there?.

ezekiel3

Okay...

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w84 3/15 pp. 30-31 Questions From Readers ***

Questions

From Readers

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My friend had a miscarriage. As a woman I sympathize with her, but would it be proper to encourage her to hope in a resurrection?

You certainly can do much good by giving her comfort and loving Christian help. But the Bible does not provide a basis to expect a resurrection of the embryo. Consider why:

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This accords with our knowledge of resurrection in Biblical examples. Those who were resurrected evidently were brought back to life as the individuals they had been at death. That is, children who died were resurrected as children, adults as adults. (2 Kings 4:17-20, 32-37; Luke 7:12-15; 8:40-42, 49-55; John 11:38-44) Would it be reasonable to think that if a "hidden miscarriage" had occurred in Job’s case, in the New Order that microscopic embryo would be restored to his mother’s womb to continue a pregnancy of which she might have been unaware? That does not conform to what the Bible shows about the resurrection, which always involved persons who had been born and existed as separate individuals before God.—John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15.

But what if the embryo was more developed, had become a fetus or even was close to full term? There are many possible situations. However, there is no point in speculating, for there are countless sad consequences of imperfection suffered today. In the restored Paradise our loving heavenly Father will reverse man’s sinful condition and bring marvelous blessings. Many people will be resurrected. The decision as to how the resurrection will be carried out, and to what extent, rests with Jehovah and Jesus. We can be sure that the decision will reflect Jehovah’s perfect wisdom and justice.

Elihu assured Job: "Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly! For according to the way earthling man acts he will reward him . . . Yes, for a fact, God himself does not act wickedly." (Job 34:10-12) All of us, including couples who have had the very sad experience of a miscarriage or stillbirth, can take comfort in knowing that "good and upright is Jehovah."—Psalm 25:8.

Ahh, the ressurection "hope" JW style. Not so reassuring as you thought.

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Does The GB Assign Someone To Make Believe They Are An XJW On This Forum?

by frankiespeakin in

jw
friends

i think from time to time we have posters here that may be assigned by the gb to speak xjw speak and try to discourage posters from attacking the organization, or to just give up our internet fight to expose them, to just give up our efforts and forget about the wt.

if they did this they would have to keep close tabs on whoever they assign because they know that there is a great possiblity they may turn on them.

or perhaps they would trust no one except themselves and so you might even have a member of the gb actually posting in disguise.

ezekiel3

If they are, Rich is a sitting duck.

But IMO if they take action against him, they will find they just created a hell of an apostate.

It might be too late for that.

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The Watchtower Preaches Failure ... and Heartache

by metatron in

jw
friends

driven by panic, the governing body's current theme continues to dominate their magazines.

and assemblies: the next generation of young witnesses are "leaving the truth" and must be.

stopped!

ezekiel3

If child baptism is wrong, why is baptism of teenagers right?

Thank you. Say this over and over again.

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More District Convention ApostaKits

by ezekiel3 in

let your voice be heard!.

the primary goal is to wake the wts up to the fact that both active and ex-jws know the truth about the truth.

internet links and brief statements are printed on each check in the chance that someone may take interest as well.. .

ezekiel3

Thanks Randy and Danny!

I "checked" out the page, but it seems the pics are low-res, so that you can't read the disclaimers, etc. Any chance you can increase the file quality?

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More District Convention ApostaKits

by ezekiel3 in

let your voice be heard!.

the primary goal is to wake the wts up to the fact that both active and ex-jws know the truth about the truth.

internet links and brief statements are printed on each check in the chance that someone may take interest as well.. .

ezekiel3

If any polyglots out there are interested, we would be happy to provide translation if possible. All we need is direct translation of each line of text. Also any suggestions as to the format of non-US checks would be appreciated.

I am very interested in Spanish, German and French.

Let's circle the globe with this!

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More District Convention ApostaKits

by ezekiel3 in

let your voice be heard!.

the primary goal is to wake the wts up to the fact that both active and ex-jws know the truth about the truth.

internet links and brief statements are printed on each check in the chance that someone may take interest as well.. .

ezekiel3

But wait there's more!

Protest the waffling on blood transfusions while children die