we all know that the society promotes a culture of reporting on one another to the elders for any breach of wt policy (not actual crimes - just breaking of wt rules).
many here have been "caught" researching facts about the society on sites such as this one.. surely that should raise alarm bells??
only high control cult-like groups operate like that!.
I am always amazed at how easily people can be pressured to check their common sense at the door when engaged in religious beliefs.
I remember reading about a former Mormon who attended BYU [a very legit Mormon University] and incorporated laws of evidence during his studies, but totally disregarded these disciplined guidelines while engaged in his faith.
wt - july 15, 1960 p 443. again we can stay awake by our service and financial contributions to the watch tower society.
jehovah has done so much for us through this agency.
the least we can do to show our responding love and appreciation is to contribute our finances and time toward expanding the global preaching work.
Didn't AWAKE or the WATCHTOWER state that the 20th century would be the last for certain [even though they stopped giving End Of The World dates]?
this is a video on jw broadcasting to quit your full time career, sell your house and belongings and start a window washing career.
i agree with some of what is presented but not all.
it is good to live within your means as presented in this video.
I remember reading something like this in the late 60s.
Went something like this. I'll quote it, but this is about what it said
"We heard of some brothers selling their homes to be able to preach full time. Certainly this is a great way to mark these final days"
What a disgrace the WTS is. How it cannot stand up to truth, yet calls itself the Truth
taken from this article in the boston globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2016/06/29/what-makes-jehovah-witnesses-different-from-other-christians/hlwbp3fmll6dtepkhh7lwj/story.html.
what is the meaning of baptism?.
baptism is a choice witnesses make — as adults — to dedicate their lives to god.
A fluff article that seems to have been written by a JW as opposed to a journalist. Paints the JWs as they paint themselves.
recently susie, one of my co-workers mentioned that her husband's family were all jws.
the family converted after susie's husband left home, so he never joined the jws, nor does he intend to.
anyway another co-worker asked her: "what do the jws believe?".
The WTS teaches the rank and file JWs that they are going door to door restoring God's true name.
They believe these are their fruits.
I believe the WTS promotes the rank and file JWs to WORK going door to door and that work produces no fruits what so ever.
what is “the end of the world”?the phrase “the end of the world,” which appears in many bible translations, can also be rendered as “the conclusion of the system of things,” or “the close of the age.” (matthew 24:3;english standard version) it refers, not to the destruction of the earth or of all humanity, but to the end of the framework of human society.—1 john 2:17.. conveniently leaving out that according to current numbers and doctrine, 8.000.000 people will survive at max.. technically is not a destruction of all humanity....but it comes so close it deserves to be mentioned.. of course it isn't mentioned, because that would sound so extreme, cultish and unkind.
we wouldn't want people to get the right ideas about jw.organization now, would we?.
My personal pet peave is the term
'Lying for the Truth'
liar, liar, pants on fire. Lying to everyone. No one is entitled to the truth. Not prospective converts, rank and file or elders. Lying as a way of faith is what the WTS is all about.
Now, if you know that. How on earth could you make the decision to stay?
It truly does boggle the mind
what i'm looking for specifically is things that are "pagan" in the sense they predate christianity (or i guess judiasm to cover the ole mosaic code), that jw's allow or do.
the ones that come to mind are below.. rings - rings seem to originate in egypt.
for wedding ceremonies it became a symbol of "ownership" in rome.. pinatas - looks like possibly it originated in china as a part of the new year and a request for luck, and catholics later turned it into a beating of temptation type thing.. anything else?.
Very witty Richard!
what i'm looking for specifically is things that are "pagan" in the sense they predate christianity (or i guess judiasm to cover the ole mosaic code), that jw's allow or do.
the ones that come to mind are below.. rings - rings seem to originate in egypt.
for wedding ceremonies it became a symbol of "ownership" in rome.. pinatas - looks like possibly it originated in china as a part of the new year and a request for luck, and catholics later turned it into a beating of temptation type thing.. anything else?.
Calenders-every day and month is based or named after a Roman or Greek pagan god or goddess.
Planet names, no more saying Mars or Venus or Youranus
jws very much believe that there is an absolute truth and of course, they are the only ones who have it lol.
how about now though do you still believe that absolute truths exist?
or is everything subjective?
Yes, I believe in the concept of absolute truth.
I believe that is does not come from the organization that started 140 years ago and promotes 'lying for the Truth[tm]'
jw's want to begin a study through their new "what does the bible really teach?
" book.
should a non-jw study with them just to point out the contradictions and muddled thinking in the book?
What are you trying to accomplish by chatting with them? To open their eyes or just to harass them?
Ask one stumper question and then walk away.
Ask how they would know more about what a catholic book teaches then the catholics? The bible is a catholic book.
