frequently asked question that is featured at moment on jw.org.
thought it was pretty funny.. .
do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?no.
big RUSH fan .. then they said their name means Ruled Under Satan's Hand.
Wow, just like KISS, aka. Knights in Satan's Service!
Let's not forget AC/DC - variously clamed to me Anti-Christ/Death to Christians or Anti-Christ/Devil's Child.
All of which are just as made up as your smurf thing.
so what is a jw's explanation on why animals grow old and die?.....
last time i checked, animals did not sin nor did they rebel against god.... so why do they have the same fate as humans?.
has anyone asked this question?.
And apparently God must have invented the sword.
I've always found that part rather amusing too.
frequently asked question that is featured at moment on jw.org.
thought it was pretty funny.. .
do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?no.
Reminds me of a certain C.O. *cough*Freedman*cough* and his personal crusade against Titanic.
so what is a jw's explanation on why animals grow old and die?.....
last time i checked, animals did not sin nor did they rebel against god.... so why do they have the same fate as humans?.
has anyone asked this question?.
bloodshed/death. God liked it.
You kinda get that impression throughout the whole OT. YHWH was not a nice fellow.
at the recent dc, we had the 1 hour drama on sunday that focused on trusting in jehovah, no matter what events come up.
in the opening scene, we see a father watching a news broadcast on tv, and he learns that jw's have been banned, overnight.. this got me thinking, again.
almost weekly, we hear about persecution coming, soon soon soon!
It is of note that the only governments (AFAIK) that have outright BANNED Jehovah's Witnesses wholesale (as opposed to, say, restricting preaching, saying it was commercial or whatnot) have been totalitarian regimes. (i.e. the Nazis, the USSR, etc.) Why? Because totalitarian governments know a good propaganda machine when they see one and they don't want competition.
so what is a jw's explanation on why animals grow old and die?.....
last time i checked, animals did not sin nor did they rebel against god.... so why do they have the same fate as humans?.
has anyone asked this question?.
The explanation I was given was that the animal creation was never intended to live forever. That even in the Garden, animals grew old and died. The reasoning was "how else would Adam have known what death was, when God told him he would die if he ate from the forbidden tree. Obviously, he saw animals die, so he knew what it meant."
Amazing what convoluted bunk you'll come up with when you try to treat myth like reality.
i purchased a condo late last year and due to my personal schedule, i wasn't able to redo it to my preferance until a few months ago.
all the heavy work is done.
now just replacing electrical outlets, fixtures and such.
On top of the boxes I attached a large piece of paper with the scripture from Eccl "to the making of many books there is no end....."
That's a great idea. I may just have to do that whenever I decide to leave...
i mean, it's so utterly ****ed up, it's unbelievable.. just think about the nitty gritty of it:.
people that they love & care for who don't share their religion deserve to be killed, left without a grave & eaten by wild animals.
one day, this will happen & they'll be surrounded by billion upon billion of decaying, rotting corpses.
I was out in field service with a couple and I actually heard them playing the "I think I want that house after armageddon"
I think there's a lot of class hatred among JWs. Remember most JWs come from the underpriviliged of the world, the poor and uneducated. A lot of them can't wait to see those "wicked" rich people get their comeuppance so they can take all their stuff.
so i haven't been to a meeting since last december.
the elders recently have come over to my house at random times of day and during the week and one weekends.
just to let you know, i have only had one visit since december.
If Jesus instructed the 144,000 class to "keep doing this as a rememberance of me", why do the "other sheep" need to attend?
Interesting fact. The congregation I am in serves a prison. In fact, I'm one of those who go there every weekend.
Despite the fact that there are baptized witnesses (not DFd, converted behind bars) in the prison, the elders have made no effort to try to organize the memorial there. When asked why, they said that there was no need to fuss with because the brothers at the prison were not annointed.
So why the hell do we hold it every year ourselves? After all, there are no annointed in our congregation.
simon's thread about making a will reminded me of this issue, and the fact that many of you may not have given it much thought.. .
this is something that occurred to me many years ago - and i have a good friend listed as my next of kin (nok).
a few years ago, i had a situation where i was hemmorhaging, not capable of giving consent because i was heavily sedated, and the permission had to be signed.
Thanks, Justitia.
Wow. So much more in-depth than that little piece of wallet debris.
