do you think the wts is behaving like a religion or like a commercial enterprise (operation) that is aping religion in order to derive profit out of it?
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i see them as a business whose imitation of religion is so inept that it can easily be detected.
In France they realised what they are really up to and slammed them hard after reports that they were breaking up families and letting children die by denying them blood in emergencies. They have to pay lots of taxes and are denied the status of religion altogether. They are labelled as a cult and they went to the European court over these issues but lost.
I heard about this. But the WT take on it was that it was "religous persecution"
i was reading coc last night and i started pondering over minimus' post of how the dubs are saying this is the last memorial and the end is finally here.
then i remembered the teaching that the first setoff to the big a. any thoughts on this?.
luv, jojo
The Jehovah's Witnesses deny that God has established different covenants or testaments for His people. Thus, they oppose the idea of an "old" covenant (testament) and a "new" one. Much of their teachings are still based in the writings which we call the "Old Testament," for the simple reason that they do not believe it has been replaced (or fulfilled) by a new covenant (testament). For this reason, they refuse to designate the two sections of the Bible as the "Old Testament" and the "New Testament." Instead, they refer to them as "The Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures" and "The Christian Greek Scriptures." It's interesting to note, however, that they have failed to be consistent in this stand even in their own translation. In II Corinthians 3:14 the NWT speaks of "reading the old covenant." "New covenant" and "former covenant" both appear in Hebrews 9:15, and "mediator of a new covenant" appears in Hebrews 12:24, just to cite a few examples.
Do you have the WT info on this so I can look it up?
hello again from sunny north carolina!!!.
our state lotto started today, and i won 15 dollars, and only bought 1 $1 card.
so whoop whoop for gambling.. i was in miami florida last week for the photoshop world conference, but i also got to tour the everglades, where i took some beautiful pictures.
Don't worry I cut off your face. I can just imagine the look of the secretary's face when he finds a pic of a middle finger up at the precious elders manual HEEE HEE HEEE
hello again from sunny north carolina!!!.
our state lotto started today, and i won 15 dollars, and only bought 1 $1 card.
so whoop whoop for gambling.. i was in miami florida last week for the photoshop world conference, but i also got to tour the everglades, where i took some beautiful pictures.
Oh Richie..your're my hero!
Good stuff. I printed out the pic to put in the contribution box this tuesday night
i need some input on how to proceed with a scheduled meeting with elders i haven't seen in 18mo.
i have not attended a meeting in over 2yrs.
they sent a letter requesting my presents at 8:00 pm tonight.
Come on by - me and my lawyer look forward to talking to you.
in not...how do they get them permanent residency?
My dad has been living in the U.S for about 30 years now and just recently received his U.S citizenship. He was just too lazy to fill out all the paperwork he always said.
jehovah's witnesses: eclipses are natural happenings
ghanaweb.com - 2 minutes ago comment box join in accra, march 27, gna - eclipses are natural happenings that occur with regularity and do not represent a threat nor carry some prediction of calamity, jehovah's witnesses said on monday.
jehovah's witnesses: eclipses are natural happeningsaccra, march 27, gna - eclipses are natural happenings that occur with regularity and do not represent a threat nor carry some prediction of calamity, jehovah's witnesses said on monday.. .
When ya think ya heard it all on JWD.
has anyone read or heard anything about a book titled "jehovah unmasked!
" i read some reviews on amazon and it looked pretty interesting so i just ordered it.
it is a 5 star book and here is one of the reviewers that caught my eye.
Hey, come on guys! I thought we liked it when mainstream anti-JW books come out. This is a good thing.
Wether its a bestseller or not-its still a "witness".
for those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, which is ten years old now.
the freeman brothers of allentown pennsylvania lashed out against their strict upbringing by killing their loyal jw parents and even their younger brother.. the story made national headlines because these two had tattoos on their foreheads.
"berzerker" and "sieg heil.".
This is the first time I am hearing about this story. How terrible! Where are the boys now? Jail? Mental Hospital?
single review: prince - "black sweat"
(comment box join in).
blogcritics.org, oh - 4 hours ago.
