hi friends, feel free to correct me where i`m wrong with this post.after all it`s just my observation of jw`s and the bible.. in the beginning of gods dealings with adam it was on a personal level , god to man so to speak.. god then dealt with humans via the patriarchs , then with the levi priesthood ,then judges ,( and a woman was a judge ) then kings ,somewhere in between all of this prophets played a major part ,and then came jesus christ the messiah.. and to my knowledge god has not validated a successor to him with any evidence i`ve seen .. jehovah`s witnesses claim to be christians but have with no new testament backing usurped jesus with jehovah.. this period of time ,until god says otherwise ,christians are to give honour and glory to none other than jesus christ .. that is the name that is above any other name until god says otherwise.
phil.2:9-11. not the name jehovah .the bible never says anything about a kingdom of jehovah ,the coming kingdom is the kingdom of jesus christ with his associate 144,000 earthly subjects.. this is just my understanding of what the bible actually says .. whether i believe it or not is another matter..
how about if they changed the name to tetragrammaton witnesses ?
Not a bad idea stan livedeath!
Or maybe...YHWH's Witnesses or put another way...Witnesses for YHWH!
This way WT can finally truly say that they have gotten rid of any and all vestiges or traces of false religion. After all the name 'Jehovah' did indeed originate with the Catholic Church who JWs in their literature have often referred the C. C. to The Mother of Harlots!
hi friends, feel free to correct me where i`m wrong with this post.after all it`s just my observation of jw`s and the bible.. in the beginning of gods dealings with adam it was on a personal level , god to man so to speak.. god then dealt with humans via the patriarchs , then with the levi priesthood ,then judges ,( and a woman was a judge ) then kings ,somewhere in between all of this prophets played a major part ,and then came jesus christ the messiah.. and to my knowledge god has not validated a successor to him with any evidence i`ve seen .. jehovah`s witnesses claim to be christians but have with no new testament backing usurped jesus with jehovah.. this period of time ,until god says otherwise ,christians are to give honour and glory to none other than jesus christ .. that is the name that is above any other name until god says otherwise.
phil.2:9-11. not the name jehovah .the bible never says anything about a kingdom of jehovah ,the coming kingdom is the kingdom of jesus christ with his associate 144,000 earthly subjects.. this is just my understanding of what the bible actually says .. whether i believe it or not is another matter..
Are any of these names made up from the 12th or 13th century
Hey Johnamos...I just invented a few names of my own using 'Jeho':
Jehorad
Jehono
Jehovick
Jehoben
Raymundo Martini, the Catholic Spanish Monk of the 13th century did the same damn thing late one night after drinking a pitcher of Sangria...He came up with the name 'Jehovah'!
it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.
i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.
they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.
One things' for certain...this cult has a ton of baggage. I'm speaking in terms of the general publics' view of WT due to their weird doctrines, teachings & negativity. The chances of WT ever gaining a steady flow of new converts is next to nothing with the exception of very young born-ins. There is also a ton of older ones dieing off right & left which is where most of this cult's past earnings came from.
In terms of selling off Kingdom Halls...a good many of these are in areas zoned only for churches...so the market is quite limited. I guess WT could let these buildings sit idle & empty for a while & maybe take out a mortgage on these properties...but how many banks are going to want to lend money on such risky collateral.
I'm happy to see this cult sweatin bullets...the worst and best is yet to come...Yay!
today's article prods active jws to participate in the effort to reactivate us backsliders.. unfortunately, it fails to prepare the participants to adequately address the real reasons so many have left and want nothing frtherethan to be left alone: the un and child abuse scandals, prophetic failures; dumbed-down, increasingly specious and simplistic verbiage in literature and talks, the cult of personality and unwarranted veneration of those 8 singularly unremarkable members of the gb, etc., etc..
jp1692: It's very, very sad. I keep trying to reach out, but get no response. One of my children had blocked my phone number. When I tried contacting him with an app that hid my number, he changed his phone number. That's the one that lives 2 blocks from me.
I welled-up inside with mixed emotions when I read the above. May God-Speed my friend...my fellow sufferer!
today's article prods active jws to participate in the effort to reactivate us backsliders.. unfortunately, it fails to prepare the participants to adequately address the real reasons so many have left and want nothing frtherethan to be left alone: the un and child abuse scandals, prophetic failures; dumbed-down, increasingly specious and simplistic verbiage in literature and talks, the cult of personality and unwarranted veneration of those 8 singularly unremarkable members of the gb, etc., etc..
My adult children have shunned me for eleven years simply because I don't go to the kingdom hall.
That is sad...soo sorry to hear that. jp1692...are there grandchildren that you're not allowed to have a relationship with?
what is the watchtower's current study book?.
is it what does the bible really teach?.
is it what can the bible teach us?.
Besides the two mentioned above + the 'Truth' book...what other main study books has this cult had?
today's article prods active jws to participate in the effort to reactivate us backsliders.. unfortunately, it fails to prepare the participants to adequately address the real reasons so many have left and want nothing frtherethan to be left alone: the un and child abuse scandals, prophetic failures; dumbed-down, increasingly specious and simplistic verbiage in literature and talks, the cult of personality and unwarranted veneration of those 8 singularly unremarkable members of the gb, etc., etc..
One doesn't stray from an abusive relationship...one escapes...skedaddles...flees...runs away!
https://www.xome.com/commercial-for-sale/7758-maple-road-van-buren-ny-13027-319162381.
i was just looking around, this one i've been involved in renovating with the rbc.
apparently it sold for $500k..
Unity of Sedona is a New Age spiritual center, New Thought church, and energy vortex featuring sacred services, workshops, a labyrinth, psychics...spiritual gatherings, and a metaphysical bookstore....
This spiritual center that purchased WT's Sedona property is all about spiritistic practices that WT & Jehovah's Witnesses in general teach against. As the scripture says: 'The love of money is the root of all sorts of injurious things'. (1Timothy 6:10)
WTs' love of money knows no bounds!
It would be a real hoot if a Kingdom Hall someday soon gets sold & turned into a brothel somewhere in Nevada!🤣
this is part of splane's lecture in the final part of the final day of the 2020 convention.
now speaking of broadcasting.
do you think jehovah has been preparing us for something like this pandemic?
And here's another thing, when the theme for this convention was being chosen, there was no Coronovirus on the horizon. Yet, can you think of a better theme for a convention than this one? Joy.
Yet, can you think of a better theme for a convention than this one?
Yah...now that you mention it...the 2018 Convention theme would of been way more appropriate...'Be Courageous' or the 2017 Convention theme...'Don't Give Up'!
Me thinks that either God or WT or someone was a bit off on their timing!
the subject is searching for lost sheep.
how do the congregation view the inactive ones who no longer associate?
not with disdain, we are told but as lost sheep “still our brothers “ it is said that god loves them and they too must do what they can to help them.. why have we strayed ?
One thing's for certain...WT should have put a smile on the woman in the bus...that would have given the impression she had pleasant old memories of being in this religion. Instead they put what appears more to be a frown/scowl-look as though she has a loathing for this cult which is why she faded & became inactive in the first place!
