the longer i’m out the more i feel that disfellowshipping is cruel.
i understand the organization tells parents to not even accept emails or texts from their disfellowshipped children.
while i was a witness they tried to discourage families from association but there was some leeway if it was considered necessary business to interact.
With so many evil policies and practices to chose from, I have narrowed down the most evil [in my mind].
It's their lying. Every other evil from the WTS comes from their continuing policy of lying. The sooner you realize that the Governing Body lies and lies and lies some more, the better. Then you can pull yourself away from their particular brand of evil... imho
TTWSYF
evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.
all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.
vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.
They used to believe in the worship of Jesus and even Christmas.
No more now as the light has gotten brighter....
before one who belongs to another religion can become a jw, one must officially resign from one’s former church in writing.
many who left their family religion to become a jw have been disowned by their families.
of course, jws consider this to be persecution.
So my brother and his family became JWs and got baptized and our family did not dis-own them. We initially respected their decision until we did our own homework. Then we were able to see their mistake, even if they didn't.
We patiently await their coming back to their senses, but we do not hold much hope because of the WTS teaching of going off to LALA land when presented with facts.
Please pray for my family and I will pray for all of your families.
The Truth Will Set You Free
horror is easily my favourite genre of movie so i just thought i'd start a thread on it.. horror can be done badly and there are plenty of crap horror movies, no doubt about that.
but horror can also be done very well, too - often on a low budget.. plus, there are quite a lot of subgenres - slasher, supernatural, monster movies, body horror, psychological horror, zombie, vampire, etc.. so, do you like horror?.
what's your favourite subgenre?.
the conjuring had some spooky parts
the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..
This is me holding my breath
You were expecting the description of a grotesque 3 headed monster God like pastor Russell taught?! LOL
he is the image of the invisible god,m the firstborn of all creation;n16 because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,owhether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities.
all other things have been created through himp and for him.17 also, he is before all other things,q and by means of him all other things were made to exist, .
the scriptures above are in nwt bible and are found in colossians 1:15-17. now take note of the following scriptures found in john 1:1-5.
What I noticed in those scriptures is that they are all speaking about Jesus but in Colossians it says he made all "Other" things (which JW will stand firm on that) but they also say in John chapter 1 that he made "all" things. When I studied with all their bibles it shows when the word "other" wasn't in there, when they added it and when they made it as though the word has always been there. Taking away or adding is wrong according to the word. specially since there's a difference between making all things and making all other things.
Yes Niknak, you're 100% correct. The WTS DID change the scriptures to fit their theology. Shame on them!
Unfortunately, that's just a drop in the bucket as there are many other examples of the deceitful traditions in translations and worship practices from the WTS.
Guess what though, It shows in their fruits. Notice how the WTS does not have any fruits?
Oh, sure. They talk about their fruits [going door to door restoring Gods name], but really those are works, not fruits. And what fruits do their works produce? Answer-NOTHING GOOD
i saw this on ex/jw reddit and searched here and found no post about this so let's discuss... i mean wtf?.
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In WTS theology Jesus is an angel. Servant of Jehovah and the WTS. What else do you need to know for real Christianity?
he is the image of the invisible god,m the firstborn of all creation;n16 because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,owhether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities.
all other things have been created through himp and for him.17 also, he is before all other things,q and by means of him all other things were made to exist, .
the scriptures above are in nwt bible and are found in colossians 1:15-17. now take note of the following scriptures found in john 1:1-5.
in the 40 years as a jehovah's witness, i never read the bible cover to cover.
the three meetings a week were broken up with book studies, awake and watchtower magazines,and ministry& field service meetings, all written by the watchtower society.
never did we read any chapters from genesis to revelation and discuss the true meaning of what we just read.
Simple answer is because the bible doesn't make sense. It's not reasonable, logical, nor believable.
when interpreted by the WTS
in rummaging through some of my old cd's i came across a 2011 jw library disk.. i have the most recent home release on my pc but was wondering if anyone knows if the gb has deleted or changed any embarrassing or outdated doctrine.
i was going to throw it out but thought twice.. any info is much appreciated.. thanks..
I remember their booklet "Should You Believe In The Trinity" , It sounded very scholarly and convincing as it listed many of the early church fathers, those even taught by the apostles themselves, and how they never considered Jesus equal to God. Then as people read these church fathers, people realized that the WTS's Should you Believe Booklet was a crock of BS. A publication of distortion trying to convince people that it has authority on Christian matters.
What, I wonder, ever became of that published booklet ?
