http://www.bible.ca/Jw-catholic.htm
-- great site in general check it out!
1. Centralized World-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes. The Pope and the Governing body.
2. A city where world headquarters permanently resides: Rome, Italy and Brooklyn, NY, USA
3. Authority of this "world organization" is not to be questioned.
4. Both consider God to be the head of the world organization.
5. Both the Pope and the Governing body both claim inspiration.
6. Both organizations are "spirit directed" by God.
7. A simple definition of both is as follows: "Definition of a Catholic/Jw: 'Someone who accepts Rome/Brooklyn as God's visible spirit-directed theocratic organization upon the earth.
8. Both have official yearly meetings of the world leaders.
9. The official doctrines that have changed dramatically over time.
10. Both claim "new light" or progressive revelation to explain doctrinal changes.
11. Both teach the organization is supreme over the Bible rather than the Bible being supreme over the organization.
12. The average members are told by the organization that they cannot understand the Bible without the help of the official organization.
13. Both discourage independent thinking from the world organization.
14. Both continue to blindly follow the organization in spite of major doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops.
15. Both "explain away" doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops by claiming "new light".
16. Both view every other church as heretical and false.
17. No salvation outside of their organization.
18. The word of the organization is unquestionably final.
19. Interpreting the Bible is the sole right of the organization.
20. Both make claims that because of their size, growth, activity, they must have the truth.
21. Both have authoritative writings in addition to the Bible. Creeds, catechisms and the watchtower.
22. Both teach that you cannot understand the Bible unless you compare the Bible with their official "authoritative writings" Creeds and Watchtower.
23. Both have an official clergy system with special privileges and rights the common member does not have. Priests and the Governing body.
24. Both have system of monasteries where "most holy and dedicated" selflessly pledge to do the "work for God" without any material rewards. No children are allowed in both. Catholic = monasteries; JW = Bethel
25. Both cover up sexual molestation between men and children. We know that pedophilia can happen anywhere, schools, sports teams and churches. Covering up such acts is wrong. The CBC program, "The Fifth Estate" aired a TV program on Sept 12, 2003 documenting how sexual abuse is routinely covered up in the Kingdom Hall’s of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Catholic church has a similar history of covering up sexual abuse cases.
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Similarities between Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses!
by inquirer inhttp://www.bible.ca/jw-catholic.htm .
-- great site in general check it out!
1. centralized world-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes.
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Who's the Pope of the Jehovah's Witnesses now?
by inquirer ini have seen on the 2nd page of the watchtower m. h. larson.... what's his first name?
is he the "pope?
i have forgotten a lot of things about jw structure.
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I have seen on the 2nd page of the Watchtower M. H. Larson.... what's his first name? Is he the "Pope?"
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Yup, that's Microsoft!
by Nosferatu ini was in need of some laughs, so i did a search for "microsoft crap".
i found something written about the blue screen of death, so i figured i'd click on that.
however, i couldn't read it.
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(Judging from the picture) Stop using INternet Explorer and use FIREFOX!
And... don't knock google! It works! It's quick! It's fast and does the job properly. I'd never use msn search... -
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Watchtower condemns other church for shunning ex-members
by Elsewhere in.
a few weeks ago someone posted a watchtower or awake!
article about some people who where shunned by their church after they started studying with jws.. does anyone know the link to that post?.
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Thanks for sharing that with us jgnat and elsewhere! :)
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New member of the Governing Body from Australia
by jwfacts injeff jackson has just been appointed to the gb.
he is a family friend from tasmania, a little island at the bottom of australia.
he is about 50 and claimed to be annointed when i think he was in his late 30's, as a great shock to everyone.
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Maybe he'll change it. He'll add a bit of Australiana to the the mostly US GB...
He'll go "she'll be right mate. Let me handle the R & F from now on." :)
I'll bet the Americans will ask him "Are there eny Kengarus thaeir?"
Aussie GB: "Yeah there's millions of them mate! We see them all the time in Hobart!" -
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APOSTATES Have RABIES??
by orangefatcat inwere any of you aware that in the mind of ct russell, apostates were considered this as stated in the october 1 wt .
"they seem inoculated with madness, satanic hydrophobia [rabies].
some of them smite us and then claim that we did the smiting.
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Orangefatcat,
Yeah, I just didn't understand why you were quoting me all that WTS stuff. Because I looked in the thread and it didn't say I asked you anything.
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Do you still use Jehovah's name in prayer assuming you still pray?
by JH in.
if you do pray, will you use the name that's above all other names....says the watchtower.. if not, what name do you use?.
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Littletoe,
Never thought about that one before. I mean, when you think about it, the main people (and spiritual beings) we hear about in the Greek Scriptures is: Jesus, The Father, Timothy, John the baptist (John the apostle), Pharisees, Saducess, Satan (not mentioned hardly at all in the Hebrew Scriptures!) Judas Mary Magdelene (there's 5 other Mary's in the Bible.)...And God's power (holy spirit) is mentioned a lot in it...
When you think about it, althought that may be true, there are a lot of nationalities dealt with, but not many main characters. Little is known of the 12 disciples of Jesus. But they were the ones with Jesus doing all these miracles too!
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How I am dealing with "The Bible says you have to go to all the meetings!!"
by Check_Your_Premises inhere is the basic approach i am going to use.
my wife is a newly dunked dub, and my kids have been hearing the propaganda for about 3 years now.
i figured out it was a cult about 6 months ago.
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garybuss --
It's possible to be regular AND infrequent. Once a year is "regular". Once a decade is "regular" if you do it every decade.
I hated having kids who were Witnesses. Monday he'd shun me. Tuesday he'd ask to borrow my tractor to mow the lot for the new hall. Wednesday he'd hand me his doctor bills. Thursday he'd shun me.
Inq --
LOL! That's terrible! I am laughing in hysteria! Farout you are a funny man gary! Where have you been bro!
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New member of the Governing Body from Australia
by jwfacts injeff jackson has just been appointed to the gb.
he is a family friend from tasmania, a little island at the bottom of australia.
he is about 50 and claimed to be annointed when i think he was in his late 30's, as a great shock to everyone.
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Gordy --
Also having recently had a chat with a JW Elder about the cross/stake issue. He said that they are not really bothered if it was a stake or cross. On what Jesus died was not important, but that he did die.
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REally!? this sounds like apostasy to me! LOOK OUT APOSTATES! Here's an ex-JW calling THEM apostates!
Well, I guess it's back to the cross & crown like with the Charles Taze Russell days! lol Just halarious!
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New member of the Governing Body from Australia
by jwfacts injeff jackson has just been appointed to the gb.
he is a family friend from tasmania, a little island at the bottom of australia.
he is about 50 and claimed to be annointed when i think he was in his late 30's, as a great shock to everyone.
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jwfacts,
You got to be dreaming! The JW's won't change!
Raymond Franz use to be on the GB and he knew all about it!
20 years is such a long time for it to change. I'll be middle aged by that time! :( WAY TOO LATE BY THEN!