Posts by Diogenesister

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A deeper examination of The New World Translation

by Terry in

shorturl.at/ouakr.

Diogenesister

e: "their coming to know you: Or “their taking in knowledge of you; their continuing to know you.” The Greek verb gi·noʹsko basically means “to know,” and here the verb is used in the present tense to express continuous action. It may denote a process of “taking in knowledge about someone; getting to know someone; becoming better acquainted with someone.” It may also include the thought of making an ongoing effort to get better acquainted with someone who is already known. In this context, it refers to a deepening personal relationship with God brought about by ever-increasing knowledge of God and Christ and a growing trust in them. Clearly, this necessitates more than knowing who a person is or knowing his name. It would also involve knowing what that person likes and dislikes and knowing his values and standards. —1Jo 2:3;4:8.

Learning ABOUT someone (taking in knowledge of) and knowing or getting to know someone are completely different things.

I can “take in knowledge’ of Lady GaGa but it doesn’t mean I “know” her or I’m “getting to know” her.

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The only thing Jehovah gives Hurricane Dorian survivors is.....''the strength to cope with their difficulty and distress.''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

this article is from jw.org newsroom.

audioaudio download options historic hurricane dorian pummels bahamas.

hurricane dorian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic ocean, made landfall as a category 5 storm on great abaco island in the northern bahamas on sunday morning, september 1, 2019. dorian is especially dangerous due to its slow movement, high wind speeds, and heavy rains.

Diogenesister

The only Kingdom Hall was destroyed (publishers all ok}

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 BWa ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

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In Honor of Jimmy Olson October 31, 1973

by sparky1 in

in memory of jimmy olson, i have provided a link to his story below.

many who now post here are new to the forum and i felt it was necessary to honor his memory.

although i never knew him, his brother was my roommate for a time at watchtower farms.

Diogenesister

In memory of Jimmy 💐 My condolences to everyone who was a friend to him sparky , I know you always think of him on this day.

And all victims of suicide and the isolation this religion engenders still in

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Russian raid on 50 Jehovahs witnesses

by Diogenesister in

there has been a raid on a large jehovahs witness gathering in norilsk, above the arctic circle, according to the moscow times.. a building with 50 jws inside was surrounded by masked, armed special forces forces who burst into the building and demanded they surrender all electronic devices.. i'll link the article but it's obviously going to drive these witnesses deeper into the religion.

not to mention the images conjured up in the report are likely to be used by watchtower as more fear mongering, since its very much like last year's terrifying assembly videos where witnesses were huddled in a field and surrounded with similarly masked, armed men.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/22/russian-special-agents-raid-jehovahs-witnesses-resort-as-crackdown-intensifies-a67855.

Diogenesister

Apparently they are pushing for one JW to get over 7 years in prison.

I mean this is exactly what Watchtower needs to up the levels of F.O.G.

One dictatorship riding roughshod over the human rights of the victims of another dictatorship.

And the poor sheep in the middle getting shorn by both sides.

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A deeper examination of The New World Translation

by Terry in

shorturl.at/ouakr.

Diogenesister

Scholar Your point? I did my undergraduate degree majoring in Religious Studies and Philosophy at Deakin University and a postgraduate Masters degree in Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney and i do live in Australia.

Your degrees in no way gives you expertise in either of the Biblical languages. Indeed your courses it dont even seem to require any Greek, let alone Koine or New Testament Greek. Im sorry I’m not being pedantic for the sake of it, it’s just you are dismissing the views of someone with specific expertise in Koine Greek on the basis of your scholarship.

However I do accept your point that this gentlemen’s religious beliefs may colour his understanding.

I recommend the you tube channel “Digital Hammurabi” with Dr. Josh, Megan and guests who, incidentally, state that Paul certainly had no conception of the Trinity and that it was a concept of the 3rd century on.

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Russian raid on 50 Jehovahs witnesses

by Diogenesister in

there has been a raid on a large jehovahs witness gathering in norilsk, above the arctic circle, according to the moscow times.. a building with 50 jws inside was surrounded by masked, armed special forces forces who burst into the building and demanded they surrender all electronic devices.. i'll link the article but it's obviously going to drive these witnesses deeper into the religion.

not to mention the images conjured up in the report are likely to be used by watchtower as more fear mongering, since its very much like last year's terrifying assembly videos where witnesses were huddled in a field and surrounded with similarly masked, armed men.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/22/russian-special-agents-raid-jehovahs-witnesses-resort-as-crackdown-intensifies-a67855.

Diogenesister

There has been a raid on a large Jehovahs witness gathering in Norilsk, above the Arctic circle, according to the Moscow Times.

A building with 50 JWs inside was surrounded by masked, armed special forces forces who burst into the building and demanded they surrender all electronic devices.

I'll link the article but it's obviously going to drive these witnesses deeper into the religion. Not to mention the images conjured up in the report are likely to be used by Watchtower as more fear mongering, since its very much like last year's terrifying assembly videos where witnesses were huddled in a field and surrounded with similarly masked, armed men.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/22/russian-special-agents-raid-jehovahs-witnesses-resort-as-crackdown-intensifies-a67855

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Very weird "orb" experience last night....and i don't believe in paranormal

by Bad_Wolf in

jw
friends

so i got this night vision/security camera.

wyze is the brand.

this only happened once last night.

Diogenesister

Bad Wolf -- could be coincidence since today is National Frankenstein Day/lol - or so I heard on the radio today. The novel was written by English author, Mary Shelley when she was only 17-18 yrs. old.

Oh wow I didn't know about that.

Frankenstein is probably my favourite book. Mary Shelly was a genius.

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Very weird "orb" experience last night....and i don't believe in paranormal

by Bad_Wolf in

jw
friends

so i got this night vision/security camera.

wyze is the brand.

this only happened once last night.

Diogenesister

😂😂😂 It's very odd that's for sure.

(Stan: Man in underwear😂😭)

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What happens to Bethelites?

by rickroll in

so if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?

.

Diogenesister

This is another legal loophole Watchtower has piggy backed off of.

This is the reason Bethelites are members of "The worldwide Order of Special Servants". They must take the "vow of poverty" in the same manner Catholic nuns and monks do which excuses the church from making employer national insurance contributions. However it is assumed that the church and the monastic community will care for the ministers in their old age, which has always been the case for mainstream churches. In other words those in regular cloistered communities will neither be a burden to the state NOR left to fend for themselves.

Watchtower has no such scruples, however!!!

They do not want to pay employer contributions yet screw every ounce of work out of the bethelites. Then, if they get old or sick or are surplus to requirements, they will be unceremoniously dumped with no unemployment benefit, health insurance or pension.

Disgusting, like the Federal, local, property and income tax laws they evade (501c 3)by pretending to be a religion that does good works, watchtower yet again sneaks by the government on the coat tails of the mainstream church.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Announce Plans to Build Giant Media Center

by iwantoutnow in

omg!

this has to be more of "keeping the flock busy and excited" so as not to notice whats going on.. how did i miss this?????

the jehovah's witnesses announced plans to build a 1.5 million-square-foot audio-visual production center in upstate new york, two miles away from the witnesses' headquarters in warwick.

Diogenesister

Hmmm....so if young JWs want to come work at Bethel they've got just about enough time to earn themselves a degree in media studies, film technique & production, coding, art and illustration etc etc

Put the word out they'll need a first class education to be valuable to Bethel. They don't need any more cleaners, box pushers and waiters anymore.