below is my jw friend's "proof" that the wt is god's only organisation and mouthpiece on earth.
he has yet to reinforce his strange story by biblical text or the church fathers or any historical evidence.. please, suggest how i may respond to his assertion.
i believe that this is the fundamental doctrine of the 'borg' and the one on which wt credibility rests.. thank you.. .
If the JWs were "chosen" in 1919, then Jesus must have been very convinced by their message.
Get a copy of "The Finished Mystery" (1918).
Jesus loved it. What better recomendation could there be. If your friend can get through that book and not see that Russell/Rutherford were batshit crazy, then he's a lost cause.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jutihhsoou8.
"I'm not sad that my mother died. But I am sad that my organization got dissed."
I never saw a funeral full of fightin' words.
Who videotapes a funeral?
over the last 3 years i've gotten much faster at making a wt article look "studied".. .
how fast can you get one ready for inspection by snoopy elders and microphone handlers?.
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A pioneer friend of mine told me that they were told in Pioneer School that the rest of the congregation looks up to them as good examples. So, with their busy door-knocking schedules they may not always have time to prepare for the meetings. When this happens, they should at least take a highlighter and underline random sentences. It only takes a few seconds, but can prevent stumbling the "weaker ones" which could make them bloodguilty.
It's all about appearances. We had an elder that would have every single sentence highlighted (in different colours which represented something to him I guess). He would put that magazine in a leather binder and hold it up high in front of him during the meeting for everyone behind to get a good look at his thorough "studying". He actually thought he was "being a good example".
i don't wish to offend any that are teaching their kids at home, but today i was again confronted by a situation where a jw family were home schooling.
the kids had little structure to their routine and without putting the mum down, she was no teacher in an academic sense.. the subject is close to my heart because my parents who are witnesses, took my younger brothers out of school and home tutored them.
the were subjected to below standard education and limited in social skills, particularly as my parents are crap at these skills themselves.. i have grown to hate home schooling except in the situation of medical or logistical situations.. what are your comments good or bad and do you think the option to home school is abused by the witness community?.
Here we have a fantastic totally free public education system, but in our former congregation there were at least 3 families that home schooled their kids. In 2 cases this was specifically to keep them isolated from making "worldly" friends, and the 3rd case the parents were too lazy to drive their kids a half mile to school every morning.
Their "home schooling" amounts to an hour a day of school work, and the rest of the day knocking on doors and getting in the habit of making pioneer hours. It's really sad that these kids with such potential are having it thrown away by their parents. The one family finished a few years ago when the girls were 16 and were ready to begin their careers in the pioneer "work". These are no exaggeration the dumbest people I've ever met. And I've met some dumb people. Their parents completely avoided teaching any history to them. They even had no idea that the USA used to be British colonies (this was a British family). They're equally uneducated on just about any other topic as well (except for the JW bible).
many theists ask why atheists care about god or the bible.
the question deserves an answer.
below, former pastor, bruce gerencser, provides one.
Before you can say what "true" Christians are, you'd better take a look outside your little church and see what the majority of people who call themselves "Christians" are doing. Any small group can claim to be "true" Christians. This is a post about the majority of Christianity who win the title of "Christians" due to their numbers.
the cover article is "the bible-is it really god's inspired word?"..
this has got to be a new low in watchtower superficiality.
how do we know that isaiah and daniel were authentic despite the claims of critics?.
Soooo.... Many books refer to Sherlock Holmes, and these were written over a hundred years apart. Does this mean the stories about him are verified as true?
One fictional character can not validate another. I don't care if they are (supposedly) 2 thousand years apart.
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Thanks. My geeky little boy will probably appreciate this. He love yenka.
where do i look for actual documented proof that rutherford was an alcoholic, and that he got it in from canada during prohibition?.
cheers.
oz.
Maybe they were just happy to see him gone, and wanted to forget about him. Those stories would have "brought reproach on Jehovah's name".
many theists ask why atheists care about god or the bible.
the question deserves an answer.
below, former pastor, bruce gerencser, provides one.
Nicely put Pastor Bruce. I totally agree.
again..please do not ask for a pdf scan as the only copies i have are the interbranch electronic copies from the us branch to our local branch.. .
november 3, 2009 .
to all bodies of elders .
"genuinely repentant" = will do exactly what they are told: attend ALL meetings, be regular in the "field misery", conform to ALL dress and grooming "suggestions" that the local PO personally likes, and whatever else the elders feel would be an appropriate test of "genuine repentance". Maybe washing the elder's cars after the meeting?
