this is one question that trinitarians try to avoid because they have created a very embarrassing problem.
the bible is very clear when the angel tells mary that holy spirit will overshadow her and she will become pregnant.
the angel does not say the father will overshadow her but the holy spirit will and if the holy spirit is a person that would make him the father of jesus.
Jesus did not believe he was part of a triune god in the Bible and neither did his early followers. They were all Jews and we have only ONE God. The concept of a 3 in 1 god is not acceptible to Jewish people. Jesus was clear that he was the son of God and this is how his Jewish followers believed him to be.
I am not the same person as my father.
slick web site here http://www.templefarmdevelopment.co.uk/.
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Looks like it will be a nice complex. Thanks for the link!
I just realized the op was for the convention schedule, I was thinking the PROGRAM, sorry.
Yes, you do have to SEARCH for the dates and locations.
Yes, the convention is always to promote obedience & worship of the gb("Jehovah".)
It is on the jw.org site- has been there about 2 months. Its on the page for brochures, but also on the featured publications page too!
i definitely look like a worldly person by jw standards... however i went to my old hall because they are remodelling and they are in the final p[hase.
it was not on purpose.
i had bnusiness on the street and happened to drive past.
Phizzy- many years ago my brother & I were going door to door and met a man asking us interesting questions and who wanted to share a scripture with us. But my brother said to him "You are an apostate!' and walked away. I left too but asked my brother why he refused to look at the scripture. He insited he will not talk to any apostates.
So he was afraid as well. I thought we should have let the guy share the scripture with us after all we were going door to door looking for those interested in a Bible Study, weren't we?
Witnesses are truly afraid of "apostates'.
i definitely look like a worldly person by jw standards... however i went to my old hall because they are remodelling and they are in the final p[hase.
it was not on purpose.
i had bnusiness on the street and happened to drive past.
I'm sorry that happened to you too but that must have been so funny seeing that brother run away from you- "Oh no! an apostate! run for your life!"
one of them is nose rings/piercings.
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that is most likely the freakiest thing I have ever seen. I cannot imagine why anyone would do that to themselves, an extremly sick kid who needs much mental help. Gross and disgusting. I am glad I did not see him in person. I would never want to see something like that in person.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/04/24/ladies-home-journal-to-fold-as-monthly-magazine-july/8107837/.
read and weep, watchtower.
your day is coming.. think anyone will bother to read your 'dick-and-jane' magazines on jw.org - much less contribute for them?.
Since witnesses will be reading the w&g it will have a guarenteed readership.
But it is possible that the wts will make one or both of them bi-monthly in time, even quarterly and use tracts on the non magazine months or just keep using the mags for several months.
been lurking for years, but couldn't log on.
for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.
abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.
Hi Mikado-welcome!
the governing body has everything in place so that they can start liquidating their properties owned through dummy incorporations with bylaws that give complete authority to the governing body.. i'm thinking be prepared to see many leave the organization when the shit finally hits the fan over these child molestation lawsuits hanging in the balance.
truley a time of the end if you will for an outdated religion based soley on ignorance and gulibilty.. it(watchtower corp) is basically a printing business that prints it's own stuff which gradually dupes the reader into selling their product door to door in order to please god and not be killed by god for being so bad that you could sell this product door to door.
only people who beleive what is written in the magazines will be saved was the motto and now it has been refined to; listen obey and be blessed by the corporation's deity jehovah over which they have exclusive claim being his earthly corporation and all and run by the governing body of self proclaimed holy men.. they are selling all their printing equipment and trying to raise cash from the proceeds which may be eaten away by these lawsuits so another alturnative is to start liquidating halls now gradually while proclaiming great increases and the need for more kingdom halls to be built while selling them in other parts of the country.
Why do you say they are selling all their printing equipment? It seems that when they sell presses they replace them with faster ones, but yes this saves money. They run them on double shifts but they are not selling ALL of their printing equipment. They still print about 3 billion publications a year if you include memorial & convention invitations.
Yes, they act like they own Jehovah. They created him and control him. If you do not obey the gb they will instruct Jehovah to destroy you at armageddon and he will, or they will disfellowship him!
But they will survive, the wts will be around is some form long after we are all gone, unfortunatly.
