so what do you all think , is the organistaion of jehovahs witnesses flawed due to corruption or just mistaken belief systems?.
i was thinking it could be a bit of both .. perhaps some people know what they are doing and others cant see the errors of there ways .. i though that maybee the governing body , do's , co's and elders are usally just following what they belive to be true.. but who is the society that is behind it all , who is it really run by .. each year when the members of the society hold their annual who attends and why.
is this metting all about finances or are other things discussed?.
If a JW is worshipping in spirit and truth, I believe that they are acceptable to God. The same would apply to persons of other denominations.
There are a few small details that could get them into trouble, such as not being born again, not partaking, etc. God might have to throw them into hell for those mistakes.
hi i've just come home from cleaning windows.what an absolutely soul destroying job.. when i think of the things i could have done.. i remmember how my teachers in school used to tell me i would surely go to university and get a good job.i remmember the shock on one teachers face a few years after i left school when i told her i was a window cleaner.. i was also intrested in art and quite good at it.my grandfather who wasn't a witness offered to help me and my brother get good jobs in the art world.. we turned him down.. arrmegeddon was so soon.. anyone else like me ?.
what do you do and what could you have done?
sleepy: The point is, it isn't really too late to change your life. Take courses or read books in what interests you, try to get a job doing it. Even if you have to start at the ground level and work up it surely would be better than something you describe as 'soul destroying' (I don't doubt that it is).. Or mentally frame your work differently; it is a period where your brain is basically idle. So view it as a time to think/plan/conceive for art or other creative outlets you can do at night.
I (like countless others) bypassed going to college but basically self trained myself in computer programming.. I have always been happy at my jobs. But I think I would have rather been a physicist..
what song do you want playing at your funeral?.
i'll be having "going underground" by the jam.
i was too far out... and not waving but drowning - stevie smith
slip: hehe that's an old joke, I thought it might be appropriate for this topic..
what song do you want playing at your funeral?.
i'll be having "going underground" by the jam.
i was too far out... and not waving but drowning - stevie smith
I am hoping to pass away peacefully sleeping like my grandfather, not screaming in horror like his passengers ..
check out this poor guy http://news.excite.com/news/r/010821/08/odd-testicle-dc
Wonder what he will do if his wife withholds sex?? Kill his boss?
check out this poor guy http://news.excite.com/news/r/010821/08/odd-testicle-dc
Check out this poor guy http://news.excite.com/news/r/010821/08/odd-testicle-dc
the fine art of wt-style deceptive writing.
the other day, i happened across this watchtower press release from june of last year, relating to the changes surrounding the blood transfusions df-ing policy.
so far, so good.. paragraph two: .
The picture in the Watchtower 10/15/00 QFR shows a couple with Bible in hand, supposedly making up their mind on the fractions issue. What do they have to think about?
Um, like, duh, they are reviewing the numerous passages that indicate which fractions of blood are acceptable, which ones God will kill you for, and which ones God wants you to 'guess' the right answer (ie conscience matter). Anytime you want to receive a blood fraction you had better check the list in the Bible to see what is OK.
some days ago i asked you if someone wrote to prof j. buduhn who is quoted in the watchtower 1 february 1998, p. 32. here's what i received from him.
as every translation does.
jesus one can say "my god.
I am not all that concerned about John 1:1, my feeling has always been that "the word was divine" or as you said "what God was the Word was" was probably close to the author's intended meaning. There are a lot of other places where bias seems to be present; however I suppose you could say the NWT is no worse than other translations in this regard. Of course when you have the JWs all claiming it is the most perfect translation you are going to see some ruffled feathers.
what song do you want playing at your funeral?.
i'll be having "going underground" by the jam.
i was too far out... and not waving but drowning - stevie smith
Kewl ballistic I used to have a Jam CD, that song was a favorite of mine. Most favorite was Bitterest Pill..
songs for funeral:
Solace - Scott Joplin
Spent Time - Durutti Column
The Oscar - Percy Faith
Sanvean - Lisa Gerrard
some days ago i asked you if someone wrote to prof j. buduhn who is quoted in the watchtower 1 february 1998, p. 32. here's what i received from him.
as every translation does.
jesus one can say "my god.
This thread is interesting to me. I have read quite a lot of criticism of the NWT in the past (including the book by Countess) and found a lot of it to be reasonable. Not to mention that there did seem to be a large number of Greek scholars who had made statements against the NWT, and the fact that the WTBTS's list of supporting scholars was pretty weak (in some cases misleading regarding their credentials). Now this one scholar pipes up and basically says that criticism is all wrong, those 20 people you mentioned are all wrong, really in fact there is no consensus against the NWT because scholars don't have time, in fact the NWT is fabulous, etc. Just seems very curious. I for one did not find Countess' book "mostly tendentious and disputable". Of course I am not a Greek scholar [tm].
While I agree that the NWT is quite literally acurate in 99% of the verses, it is the 1% of tweaking that is an issue IMHO.
