Posts by TTWSYF

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Was Jesus disrespectful to his mother?

by purrpurr in

the famous wedding/ water into wine scene where he basically tells me mother to hop it and that he's nothing to do with her is what i am referring to.. now the wt tries to claim that this is not disrespectful and that jesus says this in a kindly manner which somehow makes it all ok. but then the wt have never been big on respecting women so this probably would make sense to them.. but the fact is that in the ten commandments the jews were commanded to respect their parents, in fact if a child was disrespectful to the parents the parents were to stone the child and... if the parents didn't the tribe were to stone them too.. so by being disrespectful towards his mother jesus was breaking gods law, by not stoning him mary and joseph were breaking gods law and by not stoning them the tribe were breaking gods law.. what do you think?

the wt's explanation of jesus's behaviour never did sit well with me.

do you agree?

TTWSYF

Maybe it's a more dignified reference than you may think. In Genesis, God refers to The Woman as the one who will crush Satan's head.

Genesis 3;15.And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

So perhaps the title of 'Woman' is not as disrespectful as you think. Word meanings change thru time, but dead languages never change. The Hebrew of the old testament is a dead language.It does not change anymore. Just speculating of course. I wan't there either

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What is the alternative to JW?

by Formerbrother in

i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

the the bible is word?

TTWSYF

Really former brother??

You can not even name ONE good fruit from the JWs and you still try to say JWs do it better than everyone else?

Talk about being brain washed...Jeeesh,

ONE GOOD FRUIT PLEASE.

And a reminder that works are not fruits

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Loyalty? Today's WT The RC. It's a fix!

by Slidin Fast in

today's wt has the below scripture as it's theme.

friday of the rc has the same as it's theme.

the silver nwt is alone in using the word loyalty in this verse.

TTWSYF

I'm confused. Isn't the NWT the most accurate bible in the world. Isn't every other bible corrupted by Satan. Are they NOT the faithful and discrete slave?

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All lies are untruth. But not all untruths are lies.

by aintenoughwiskey in

if you speak an untruth that you believe to be true, is it a lie?

does it become a lie when you discover and then fail to admit, or obscure the untruth?

i would like to be a fly on the wall when the gb makes new doctrine.

TTWSYF

Lying for the Truth

is still a lie and the Truth

weird...

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Why are witnesses all so highly stressed?

by stuckinarut2 in

witnesses are so anxious, stressed, highly strung..... so much for ones who are supposed to be "the happiest people"..... thoughts?.

TTWSYF

I think there are many reasons why the ORG is Prozac Nation. Probably the biggest reason for anxiety and stress is that there is no rest.

I think something as simple as keeping the Sabbath would work wonders.

There is never a day of rest for JWs as I have heard JWs say 'isn't it even better to give ALL days to Jehovah?'

The day of rest was given to refresh your spirit and body from God, not the other way around.

There's not enough Prozac in the world to give rest when you NEED rest.

just my opinion

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converts from other faiths to JWs get blessings?

by TTWSYF in

i don't know about your experiences, but for my brother and his family, going from catholic to witness was [is] a disaster.

he's an elder and wouldn't admit it, but his health and portfolio have drastically declined since his conversion to the jw faith.

it is apparent to all who love him.

TTWSYF

Satan attacking him for 25 years?

No fruits whatsoever. That just doesn't make any sense

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converts from other faiths to JWs get blessings?

by TTWSYF in

i don't know about your experiences, but for my brother and his family, going from catholic to witness was [is] a disaster.

he's an elder and wouldn't admit it, but his health and portfolio have drastically declined since his conversion to the jw faith.

it is apparent to all who love him.

TTWSYF

I don't know about YOUR experiences, but for my brother and his family, going from Catholic to Witness was [is] a disaster. He's an elder and wouldn't admit it, but his health and portfolio have drastically declined since his conversion to the JW faith. It is apparent to all who love him. Now, this may just be a coincidence, but I am wondering if any other converts lost blessings [money, health, family, etc]

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