Posts by processor

“David was ‘a man agreeable to Jehovah’s heart.’” (The Watchtower, January 1, 1989, page 23) Nevertheless he considered himself a feckless “worm.” This was in compliance with the words of Bildad who had said centuries before: “Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in … [God’s] eyes, how much less so mortal man, who is a maggot, and a son of man, who is a worm!” – Job 25:5, 6.

God’s word emphasizes the worthlessness of us humans in many places. “The sons of mankind are a delusion. When laid together on the scales, they are lighter than a mere breath.” (Psalm 62:9) Indeed, “all men have turned aside, all of them have become worthless.” (Romans 3:12) Even whole “nations are like a drop from a bucket, and as the film of dust on the scales they are regarded” – how much less than a dust particle is then a single human? – Isaiah 40:15.

Does keeping God’s commandments and doing his will reduce our drossiness? No, Jesus clearly stated: “When you have done all the things assigned to you, say: ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves.’” (Luke 17:10) No doubt this is true. God would not even need Christians to proclaim his word; he could simply make the stones cry out. (Luke 19:40) So regardless how much we exert ourselves – in God’s eyes we will always be worthless, a worm, a mere breath, a tiny fraction of a dust particle.

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New songs coming

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

heard from an inside source that there are 3 new songs coming to the songbook.

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processor

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NEW 'Bible Teach' book... to be released at Annual Meeting?

by Calebs Airplane in

not sure if this has been mentioned on this board yet, but i just heard from a fairly reliable source that the annual meeting will discuss, among other things, major changes in the 'bible teach' book.

has anyone else heard this??.

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processor

This is the new book:

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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

by processor in

i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/then-two-she-bears-came-out-from-the-woods-and-went-tearing-to-pieces-forty-two-children/

“Then two she-bears came out from the woods and went tearing to pieces forty-two children.” (2 Kings 2:24)

Some boys had jeered Elisha, who was Jehovah’s prophet at that time. He “called down evil upon them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out from the woods and went tearing to pieces forty-two children.” Does this mean that we are not to mock Jehovah’s Witnesses and God’s “appointed channel of communication, ‘the faithful and discreet slave’?” – Matthew 24:45; Our Kingdom Ministry, September 2002, page 8.

No, this is not the case. Granted, Jehovah does not tolerate it when someone jeers his prophets. But Jehovah’s Witnesses “do not claim that … they are prophesying in Jehovah’s name.” (Awake!, March 22, 1993, page 3) Since “God’s people today are not prophets,” we can ridicule them without worry. –God’s Word for Us Through Jeremiah, page 167.

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Darwin and his theory about woman. Interesting.... who agrees with this?

by nonjwspouse in

https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/darwin-taught-male-superiority/?utm_source=aigsocial09092014darwinsuperior&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebooktwittergooglelinkedin.

there are more links on the page to further research reading onthis subject.. .

according to darwinian theory, women were less evolved than men, and because of their smaller brains, they were eternally primitive, childlike, less spiritual, more materialistic, and a real danger to contemporary civilization.. .

processor

I believe it was later Darwinists who introduced the idea of female inferiority.

Good that we have religion, especially the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish one, to uphold the concept of female equality.

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Darwin and his theory about woman. Interesting.... who agrees with this?

by nonjwspouse in

https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/darwin-taught-male-superiority/?utm_source=aigsocial09092014darwinsuperior&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebooktwittergooglelinkedin.

there are more links on the page to further research reading onthis subject.. .

according to darwinian theory, women were less evolved than men, and because of their smaller brains, they were eternally primitive, childlike, less spiritual, more materialistic, and a real danger to contemporary civilization.. .

processor

According to Darwinian theory

All sources that I could find say that "Darwinists," not "Darwin", had this attitude.