if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.
in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?
this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.
Acer215 hours ago
JW's can you confirm:
It is my understanding that JW's no longer baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Mt. 28:19), but now baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Spirit-directed Organization. Is this true?
No, not true. But they have removed the reference to "Gods spirit directed organization" in the baptism question. The name of the Father, Son, Holy spirit remain.
i`m just curious as to whether the corona beer sales have plummeted since this coronavirus has spread in different parts of the world .. it wouldn`t surprise me if sales had a nose dive since this outbreak and just wondered if anybody has any information concerning this ?.
word association plays a big part in many peoples lives..
Not thought about that till now...dont know.
my wife and i are not religious nor do we want to be.
we are very set in our spiritual beliefs.
we have worked with a jw who's family have been like a part of our family for 6 years.
you need to research “Jehovah’s Witnesses Child Sexual Abuse.”
Word of warning, if after researching you rise this issue with these people, they could start viewing you as oppositional and hence refuse to continue spending time with you, but that's after they try to convince you that you are learning lies.
we hear how the economy is much healthier now.
are you better off than you were before, or the same or worse?
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Yes
Agree totally.
just talked to my pimi mom about this special, of course she saw it advertised, but didn’t watch it.
she told me those programs are “ apostate lies.” i asked her if people magazine is apostate.
she said no, but the one who wrote the article is.
It's a convenient excuse to turn a blind eye on the embarrassing issues that WT do not want there followers to know about.
this week's, 2-10- 2020 jesus lesson 103, parables of the fig tree, prematurely spreading leafs, cursed because of raising false expectations.
what a perfectly fitting facsimile for the fruitless fiction that the wt corporation has produced during "christ's presence" .
!8xy, 1914, 1925, 1975, 2000, 2075. by their [prophetic] fruits you will know them, or the figurative fig leafs, not even covering the bare wt facts.
Jesus should have known not to expect figs growing out of season on a fig tree.
i just recently heard of another person (jws) taking their life by suicide, a woman in her 30's.. sheesh, reflecting back upon all the other past jws that unfortunately did this, it creates an unnerving acknowledgement, jws are more likely to die from suicide than from refusing a blood transfusion.
i remember going back to the 1970's there were occurrences of people who i knew who were associated with the jws in one way or another committing suicide.. at the time i thought well people will do that just like the rest of the general population, not taking notice about the association with the jws.
but now i do see a connection in knowing of how people are mentally entrapped by this religoius cult in their psychological mind set and sociological behavior.
I don't recall any JW I've know to die from not taking blood, unfortunately I cant say the same with suicide.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/02/08/jehovahs-witnesses-under-investigation-pennsylvania-attorney-generals-office/2425260001/.
If this turns out to be true, JW's will just dig their heels in even more to promote JW.org proclaiming that this just another lie from Satan, and how they have been warned from the GB that these satanic attacks will only get stronger has the end draws near. We must resist these lies and remain loyal to Jehovah.
so in this past week i came across a stash of my old elder stuff.
i've scanned a bunch of notes and agendas, and public talk outlines.. check out an agenda and my notes from the meeting here: https://imgur.com/gallery/qqmyczn.
i’ve put an explanatory note on each image in imgur.
Turn up with an open mind
" Four rows of Turnips" Since when have you been able to turn up with an open mind?
