i am new here, excuse my english.
it seems that some of you are serving or have been serving as elders and have judical committee experience (stillajwexelder for example).
i want to know how i must behave in jc meeting to avoid disfellowshipping.
James 5:16 (NWT): "Therefore openly confess YOUR sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may get healed." No Clergy/Laity distinction there.
You confessed your sin to US. WE will pray for you. You will be healed.
Do NOT go to the Elders: that is a self-inflicted wound. Go your way and sin no more.
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does anyone know?.
i just want to find out if the wts has again cacked up a hairball and decided to do it on a day other than the full moon ...
Actually, under the system used in the first century, the month began with a VISIBLE sighting of the new moon crescent. If, on the day that the new moon SHOULD have been seen, cloud cover prevented such a sighting, the NEXT day was declared the first day of the month. Because we do not know whether or not there will be cloud cover that prevents a VISIBLE new moon in Jerusalem, we could not possibly calculate IN ADVANCE the first day of the month using their original method. Nor can we know what the actual lunation was on the day of the first Eucharist...
i have a 1985 edition of the kit and have heard that there are many places that the nwt was translated erroneously and that it can be proven by this.
john 14:14 is one of the places i have found to support this.
can you show me other others?
In 1 Thess. 4:17, the NWT leaves the Greek word "hama" ("at the same time") UNTRANSLATED.
from poppyr's thread on the new blood cards: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/104206/1.ashx.
section 4, "regarding autologous blood procedures" has an option "(b) i am prepared to accept any such procedure.".
new light????.
M.J.,
Re-read 4b.
im fading, and some of my family now realize we arent going to meetings.
everytime they phone or speak to me me, they keep reminding ( threatning) that the end is so close, dont give up now.. i just dont know how to respond, i know so much, but dont want to go into the un stuff yet ( dont want to sound apostate just yet) how can i say i dont believe the end is close !
that armageddon isnt iminent, what scripture can i use to back it up.
Vitty,
According to the QfR in the 01. April 1986 WT, disbelieving the end is "near" (whatever THAT means...) is a Disfellowshiping Offense. So don't actually say you don't believe it.
i recently had a discussion with a witness friend (i'm a secret) and she claimed that witnesses only get disfellowshipped for being unrepentant for immoral acts.
i am curious to know from those who have been disfellowshipped, what was it for?
Well, if they get around to announcing it -- apostasy.
Even though the announcement has NOT yet been made, the shunning has commenced...
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did you ever have a crush on a married brother or sister, and they probably knew about it, just by your actions?
Absolutely! But she's my wife, so it's okay...
so here is an update from a previous thread i posted about my parents, especially my mother.
last night, my husband and i were eating dinner at my parents house and all of sudden my mom whips out her bible and tells us to sit down because she wants to share some scriptures shes been researching.
come to find out about a month ago some elders stopped over at their house to talk to them about us, and how to deal with a disfellowshiped person.
Schnee-
Would this weekend be a good time to invite your parents over to have dinner with us?
ive had several people whom ive considered friends (jws) basically drop off the face of this earth.
not once have i really discussed with them my reasons for leaving... actually come to think of it, only one of them has even asked.
i just responded to her that i still love god, & kept it short and simple.
It wasn't a small part of your life; it is understandable that you grieve your loss.
Remember that it may well be that they don't really wish to act this way -- it's the indoctrination. You may wish to attempt to remain in some contact with them; maybe you'll be there for them when it's their turn to leave. In any event: don't invest too much heart -- you're only going to get hurt.
Hugs from my wife and myself.
hi, folks.
for those who may not remember my previous posts, i'm someone who has been studying with the jw's for about two years but didn't commit (i.e., get baptized) because, as i thought then, i was just too selfish and cowardly to join up with the jw's.
that's before i found this site and watched the dateline video on the child molestation problem.
Let's not forget our friends the 16th-century Anabaptists. I once asked an Elder why, according to JW doctrine, they've already been resurrected and are to reign with Christ in Heaven, DESPITE the fact that they believed in the Trinity, the doctrine of an immortal soul, and eternal Hellfire. (Of course, I didn't get a convincing answer: only 'they were true Christians, but still in darkness....')
