........ really interested in preaching and teaching the "truth" they would divide themselves up and move to parts of the world where the truth is supposedly taking hold.
don't think it would help increase too much but just think what a motivation and inspiritation it would be to the witnesses in those places.
like jesus pounding dirt with his apostles.
Good observation.
I guess they have their fare share when they were CO and maybe some DO (I think all of them were CO at one point). Yeah, but still they should be really taking the lead.
I really like the episode in Acts when the apostles, instead of taking an admistrative job, took the lead in preaching.
New International Version (NIV)
4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
it was always stressed that the five weekly meetings were like the fingers on your hand.
each one was just as important as the next.
which of the meetings were the most boring,bothersome and difficult to listen to?
All of them. As posters are saying, we don't have 5 meetings, we have 2 meetings. Btw, I like a lot your "name" Rules and Regulation.
just discovered that the 'new light' regarding the the identity of the 'slave' is not so new.
in the brochure "who are doing jehovah's will today?
", (brought out months before the annual meeting) it clearly states in the first paragraph in section 19 that "jesus would appoint the slave - during the time of the end!!
What the heck with this new convoluted doctrine
from the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
" I have housebound relatives who are witnesses who routinely send out letters to families listed in obituaries."
I bet they count their time while at it.
"23when they persecute ?you?
in one city, flee to another; for truly i say to ?you, you?
will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of israel until the son of man arrives.".
Thanks. Very interesting.
"23when they persecute ?you?
in one city, flee to another; for truly i say to ?you, you?
will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of israel until the son of man arrives.".
"23 When they persecute ? YOU ? in one city, flee to another; for truly I say to ? YOU , Y OU ? will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives."
Sounds to me plain and simply. They where fleeing and fleeing and the Son of man never arrived.
What's your take?
here is some good advice:.
ask the jw you are studying with where the original manuscripts of the bible are kept.. see if they are even aware of the fact there are none in existence anywhere!.
their religious views are from men who assert that the bible is their foundation.
" GOD HAD THE POWER TO PRESERVE His Word"
This is something that always bothers me. If God has the power to preserve his word, why he didn't have the power to let us know how his name was pronounced back in the days?
if he let that happened (people erasing his name) what others changes in "his word" did he permited?
from the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
" Witness youths", I ask: are these two " Witness youths" batized?
my 86 year old mother stopped believing she was going into paradise earth without dying first, about 10 years ago.
my aunt used to think she was going to make it through the great tribulation.
even a week before she died, she clung on to this fairy tale.. do you think jws believe they will never die at all and will, in their lifetime, be on a paradise earth to live forever?.
They Witnesess don't talk anymore about living forever and having nice houses and a zoo. I think hope is passing away. Also, the WT doesn't promote it as in the past.
i've lurked on this site for about 18 months and read with interest.
nice to be able to see that there are others who have similar feelings to me.
i'm still in but feel a bit of a phoney given the way i think about things.
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