i was asked in a previous topic whether i thought the bible had continuity in its thought/teaching from start to finish, from old to new testament.
you can argue from specific passages taken apart and out of context that the bible contradicts itself, but, all in all, there is one message-that of love, a father's love.
the bible is the story of a father who creates a family (beginning with adam and eve), but they break their bond with him.
You are joking. Surely. The father's deep personal love for his people?
Because of Adam's mistake, you feel it really shows us God's great love for the human race when he allows billions of people to die, some in terrible ways over the past thousand of years.
Not to mention the mass slaughter that JWs expect in the near future.
You really feel this shows God's love for the human race.
I am speechless.
it is my opinion everyone has the choice to follow jw path if they choose.
what angers me is that half the time, people don't realise what they are getting themselves into.
my work college had been studying for quite a while.
Thanks for that artemis. It is common practice among witnesses not to talk about anything that might put the person off. So they always start with non confrontational topics.
If he had been very into the local church, they would hold back from telling them about how the JWs feel about them.
The hope is that all the positives about the religion outweigh the disadvantages.
i'v been letting my mom know how i feel about the wts-gb hints like generation changes, issues with higher ed, mind control methods of the watchtower, and the fact that thier own liturature prove them wrong.
so i said to mom after we went out to eat, i guess im respossable for putting dougts in your head?
she said nothing that wasnt even there in the first place an a cleared up a lot of things for her.
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The Bible shows that only man was given the prospect of living forever. Adam was to die only if he proved disobedient. (Gen. 2:16, 17) We, his descendants, are in a dying state due to inheriting sin from him, "for the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:23; 5:12) Other creatures,’ as "unreasoning animals," are not capable of conscious or willful sin against God.Hence their death is simply due to natural processes; the general life-span built into their genetic makeup from the beginning. Thus, while a rhinoceros may live as much as half a century, a short-tailed shrew has a life-span seldom passing two or three years. Some insects live only a few hours. This will continue to be true even in God’s promised new order by his Son’s righteous kingdom, when death inherited by humans from Adam "will be no more."—Rev. 21:4.
Hi love doctor, that is the societies view, so you better tell your mum not to get to attatched to her pet lion in the new system!
Hi Aussie, surely an unbaptised boy would not have any priveledges after all, he had not made up his mind to be a JWand that time. If he has already covered the books that are necessary for everyone before getting baptised, I would have thought he would just go through the baptism questions.
By the way I am sorry for your great loss. (In the ashes cricket he he)
any word or chance of a wikileaks watchtower leak?.
i would absolutely looooooooooooooveeee that!.
Since Ray wrote his books the internet has really taken off. There are now loads of sites that tell what goes on behind the scenes.
As every day goes by more district, circuit, or congregation elders are spilling the beans on the Watchtower. Things that were hushed up by the society are now available for anyone to see online.
Great isn't it!
concider this a follow up to the previous dinosaur thread.
i was interestd in what else might have been said and i found this:.
from *** g75 6/8 p. 5 a worldwide floodwhat does it mean to you?
It's a bit like asking the local mikman whether he thinks milk is good for us.
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'okm_february_2011_britain_ocrd.pdf'.
http://www.box.net/shared/4unc0o7ots.
Thanks Fokyc for the scans. I did pm you but this is in case you had not seen my message
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'okm_february_2011_britain_ocrd.pdf'.
http://www.box.net/shared/4unc0o7ots.
Gayle You are certainly correct about 2009 regular pioneers figure. As you say it is 638.
I'm wondering if the Feb 2011 KM figure is a misprint and should in fact be 654 This would make the 12% figure make more sense.
To be fair to the society, they don't often get their figures wrong, but maybe this time they did. I really can't see them fiddling these figures on purpose.
mp3's are great for someone to listen to on the way to work, why?
i can't imagine.
but why no pdf?
It's the 2010 service report that most of us want to see. Fokyc said the Yearbooks have not arrived in UK yet, but surely they are out in the USA by now.
If someone has one PLEASE can we have a scan of the worldwide report
.......they would merely give this guy a watchtower or awake!
magazine and tell him to, "keep warm, and well fed", and then be on their way to the next pedestrian.
one man, however, stopped to offer a lending hand and it has paid dividends.
What a great story. Thanks for posting
