My mind boggles as to why anybody can still believe in the Bible with stories like these and many other mind boggling scriptures.
I became a JW with having a reverence for the Bible but not knowing much about it (my up bringing)
I thought I was learning about the Bible with JW`s ,how wrong was I.
I have learnt more about the Bible since leaving the JW`s and coming on this site than my 33 years as a JW.
i'm thinking if these nuclear powers work together for a common interest lots of progress will have been made.
a total end of the cold war with russia is a good thing for the world.
once you get the burden of war with each other off the table i think a lot of good can be accomplished in bumping heads in how solve common goals best..
Trump is a business man and he didnt get where he is by being stupid ,OK he may be a bit uncouth at times but I dont think he will be a pushover either.
And of course he has his advisers who are more experienced in politics .
I think his main worry will not be Russia but China.
How he deals with China an emerging superpower in the not so distant future is what interests me.
it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.
i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?
... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?
Why arent women in the west protesting against nations like Saudia Arabia,Somalia,Afghanistan,and many other parts of the world where females are victims of systematic brutal and unrelenting subjugation.?
Female genital mutilation is rife among Muslim nations and is practiced in wesern nations or the girls are sent back to their own land where the procedure is performed and they come back to the western nation they reside in.
Some girls subjected to this procedure are ony 5 months old.
Maybe these protesting women need to get their priorities right.
gorby went to the kh for family reasons today.. and landed right away middle in a pseudo history watchtower article.
just that aspect of the jw belief he is so sensative about.. so 1918 and 1919 are changed with one mark of a pencil.
the argument of change was in the past the argument of the doctrine.
What other organization is there that is either embarrassed or ashamed of their past history that they feel they need to change it .
Surely that should tell us something about that organization.
Genuine legtitamit organizations are proud of their past history and want the world to know about it.
saw the news story on jw.org this morning about all the help they are sending to congo after flooding there.
yay for them!
oh wait!.
LTPF , I think the churches of christendom would more likely be of help to 75% if not more people that are in need , many of which would not even practice any brand of religion.
And JW`s only help those they consider worthy ,only those who are in good standing within the congregation and who have proved themselves by hours in service or by position in the organization .
And even then its minimal .
i'm having a hard time with this.
what does the bible say what happens when you die?
when jesus was on the cross he said to the man that when he dies he will be with jesus in heaven.
Tirisilex
Take your pick their are over 40,000 different Christian sects in the world today and the vast majority disagree in one form or another with what the other sects say
Does the Bible say what it means ? or does it mean what it says.
It`s true that the bible is like a musical instrument that you can play any tune on.
hey folks.
i have been looking for the latest on shunning of those who have drifted.
i recall the 2016 convention had a part, and i believe there was a video.
Vincent Toole the JW legal representative when asked about shunning at the Australin Royal Commission stated" I have heard of it but I dont know what it means" or words to that effect.
He lied under oath at the ARC
january 19, 2017 to all bodies of elders in wales re: prerecorded memorial and special talk 2017 - welsh.
"The property has 5 double bedrooms ,four en-suites and a family bathroom"
I can just see a couple of single mothers with a couple of kids ,JW`s widows & orphans being looked after by the G.B.housed their .
Yeah right.
jws are known to have an obsession and preoccupation with demons.. this obsession and preoccupation is not without merit given that jesus, his disciples/apostles, and the general public of 1st century ce judea and galilee are reported as believing in the existence of demonic spirits and in the possibility of demon possession of an individual.. exorcism formed a large part of jesus' ministry on earth.
the gospels and the book of acts describe many exorcisms where jesus and his disciples release people from demonic possession.. ___ .
but how do demons get inside a person's brain or body?
The Old Testament covers about 4000 years of human history .How often is demon posession of humans covered their ? How many exorcisms were performed by the Priests ?
Why is their so much about demons and demon posession in the New Testament and it only covers approximately 100 years and very little in the Old Testament ?
Just wondering.
my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.
i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.
they gave me the compassion i have today.
LisaRose , I was going by the knoweledge that about 40% of americans failed to vote and I assumed rightly or wrongly that a good number of these would be the ones protesting. it was just my call.
I just wonder why a duly elected president by the system that has been in place and served the american people all these years is now something to be protested against because you dont like the result
Thanks for clarifying that azor
