a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".
some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.
mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.
Isnt marking a person in the congregation a form of shunning anyway ? and thats been going on for decades so I dont see anything really new about it.
Then again confusion about how to apply counsel JW`s are given has also been around for a long time it makes a mockery of "they all speak in agreement" BS.
One person is stumbled by some action or dress on your part but another one isnt one will mark you the other one wont.
Marking one is similar to shunning one., whats the difference.
so jesus said in acts 1:8 .... you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you,+ and you will be witnesses+ of me in jerusalem,+ in all ju·deʹa and sa·marʹi·a,+ and to the most distant part* of the earth.. .
witnesses of jesus and not jehovah.
so i was a witness for years.
Did the Jews in Isaiah`s day Isa.43:10-12 have any idea about a spiritual Israel ? Wouldnt they have understood naturally that scripture applied to them as a people ?
Yet they never took on the name Jehovah`s Witnesses or called themselves such
And Jesus never rebuked them for not doing so .
Their is not one scripture in the New Testament that says Jesus Disciples are to be witnesses of Jehovah yet their are about 30 that state his disciples are to be witnesses of Jesus.
Note : the name Jehovah didnt exist before the 13th Century it was represented by 4 Hebrew letters YHWH
and nowhere in the New Testament do these four Hebrew letters exist,so no "Jehovah" in the New Testament
i don't think for one moment i will ever be other than the person i am.
by that i mean i will be me, a kind person who has chosen a vocation as a nurse to help others, to comfort relatives, hold dying ones and just, well carry on as me.. now i'm 46. i love my mum, and even my dad.
he isn't all that bad nowadays.
Good for you bro.the world needs more compassionate caring people who do good for other people
You are fortunate that mom & dad didnt disown you as many others have done for not believing.
Take care S.R.
Edit to add: Watching that clip all I could see was the bethelites singing and dancing through Bethel with mops and toilet brushes and brooms. LOL
i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.
i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.
it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.
ioo6 cases of child sexual abuse handled by Jehovahs Witness judicial committe`s conducted by 3 Elders on each sitting equates to 3018 Elders who never reported them to any appropiate authority.
Child protection Authorities or the police
Thats the problem here not how many were JW`s in responsible positions or not who committed the acts ,the problem is 3018 Elders sought to cover up these crimes from the appropiate authorities.
Do you understand that R.O.?
we all know that one of the major advantages the society now has with everything being on its official website, is the ability to quickly change content when they desire.. so older articles that show them to have made mistakes, are simply re-written or edited...or even just deleted!
simple!
"nothing to see here...carry on".
So true anders A sometimes I too forget how insignificant they really are.
we all know that one of the major advantages the society now has with everything being on its official website, is the ability to quickly change content when they desire.. so older articles that show them to have made mistakes, are simply re-written or edited...or even just deleted!
simple!
"nothing to see here...carry on".
I wonder sometimes why other religious organizations dont call out the JW`s on their obvious backflips ,revising of their history and so forth and exposing them as frauds.
this post may be disturbing and i apologize, but i'm just trying to find out if this is a practice the jw teaches.
i was taken advantage of by a guy claiming to be a jw preacher.
he took me to his house supposedly so i could give his daughter piano lessons, and then he basically forced himself on me while telling me he was in love with me and wanted to marry me.
Sequoia has replied to my post saying it happened (then 5 days ago ) she has told a few people close to her and also the police. She hasnt pressed charges and she doesnt even know his last name .And she is 30 years old and she has known him for 18 months. And then she comes out she is disabled .
She says she has a hard time talking about it but comes on to a Discussion forum speaking to a lot of strangers ,opening up about personal details
She hasnt answered questions about what her friends or family have done regarding these allegations nor has she answered questions about what the police have done with her allegations.
Seeing she is disabled surely they would be taking it seriously ?
But even her initial question "Is This Normal JW Practice ?" beggars belief she is genuine
Prove me wrong Sequoia ,and I will be the first to apologise to you.
beardless jesus in watchtower publications between 1930s and 1960s.
a simple detail 'deliberately' left out.
the question is why?.
Appreciating the fact that Rutherford was against beards and the later appearnce of rebels/hippies against western society was attributed to many young people wearing beards coupled with revolutionaries of the 60`s-70`s ,the society came down hard on men wearing beards as if that was what they were supporting.
However what they are overlooking or playing down is the fact that the faithful men of old in the" Old Testament" were instructed by GOD to wear a beard and that it should be well trimmed/groomed.
If GOD ALMIGHTY instructed his male subjects/servants to wear a beard who are humans to go against his wishes ?
Their is no scripture in the New Testament to nullify that decree.
to show respects for the older bro who died.. first thing i noticed.
the noise!..
jw never learn to sit and do so quietly.
You walk into a "worldly" Church it has a solemn atomosphere , reverence and respect,children are quiet and respectful as they regard it as a "Holy"place.
You walk into a Kingdom Hall and its no different than if you walk into a K-Mart store.noisy adults and undisciplined children running around.
Zeb , if their is an afterlife your attendance would be much more appreciated than any JW who would have attended,
my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.
many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.
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The GB /F&DS have no qualms about selling properties bros and sisters have spent countless hours in volunteering free labour to provide these facilities to the congregations only to be sold to Babylon The Great .
What hypocrites how many JW`s have been hauled over the coals for having the smallest business dealings with a church on a one off basis while they the GB/F&DS sell to churches/Babylon The Great on a regular basis .
