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?
The slaughter at Armageddon is for a specific purpose: to quell the attack against the Christ, not to slaughter those who do not believe in God. Unless you decide to engage in that fight, you can feel confident of surviving Armageddon.
Acts? I think you should read revelation. Armageddon comes for the righteous and the depraved according to my bible
Nicolaou,could you provide an example of Jesus heading the WTS please?
Frankly, I don't see it.
Ironically, the bible speaks of the witnessing of Jesus, not Jehovah.
Also, isn't Jesus the name above every other name?
We should become Jesus's witnessess
"you don't go to church in a kingdom hall" was stated during the public talk yesterday.
the speaker then elaborated that "people who go to church, go to fulfill a spiritual obligation.
coming to the kingdom hall is coming to learn.
i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.
i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.
i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.
My first thought was delusional.
Then I read DOCs word sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people.
synonyms:self-righteous, holier-than-thou, pious, pietistic, churchy, moralizing, preachy, smug, superior, priggish, hypocritical,insincere;informalgoody-goodybut the winner [of my top three] might be orphancrows word in another thread
"otiose"
adj: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
adj: producing no result or effect
i find it curious why so many here on this site, in the face of factual evidence for things such as evolution and the impossibility for anyone to make a coherent interpretation for the bible, would still prefer faith to knowledge?.
can any believer attempt a defence of this position?.
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?
i have been reading about the early history of russelites/jws and in the beginning, it seems the organization was formed and headed by quite a few educated people.
lawyers, doctors, businessman.
you could buy voting rights within the organization for $1000, which by today's standard would be somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000, something most of us do not have on hand, unless you are highly educated and/or wealthy.
When did higher education become taboo?
When the WTS realized that educated people didn't fall for their lies
the organization has many problems.
certain doctrines are problematic.
the men who run the organizaion have issues.
Lies, lies, lies to everyone, not just those who ask tough questions, but everyone.
Theocratic warfare aka Lying for the truth is just plain lying
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?
