if god is almighty, would he not have preserve the true church that jesus and the apostles build today?
instead of letting satan and apostates infiltrated the true church,so that its true teaching and the true church perished or was rejected by both jehovah and christ because of apostacy!if the true church survived and is with us today, where do the jehovah s witness organisation stand?.
Gosh! That's a hard question.
I'm gonna go get some coffee and think about it.
Okay, mythology seems to me constitutes generalizations about experience that hold among a culture of people.
But the mystical, to me, is multi-dimensional contact between Hell, Earth, Heaven and the Cosmos.
That's how I define those domains. And there are FEW FACTS demonstrable in those domains, mostly, opinions.
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i thought the topic of religion would be a great one for facebook.. wow, was i wrong about that.. http://www.facebook.com/pages/god-is-not-divided/112694992130588.
the only people are show any interest at all are catholics.. witnesses seem to avoid every venue where somebody else might show up.. zionists do likewise; but they have a different reason.. but, god yhvh is god of the whole earth, is my point.. anybody got any idea what i can do to stimulate godly conversation on my page?.
i'm tryin' to minister to the merely-confused as witnesses do out in service.. .
Wow, Jeff. Sounds like a lot of bitterness coming at me here. Sorry to see that.
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years (many decades) ago, most jws knew what their religion taught.
they could go toe to toe with a minister or priest and make some good points.. i believe today's witness knows little about most of the convoluted teachings and revisions of the "truth".
yesteryear's witnesses got a 9/10.
I was about an 8 and a half. I didn't get into the subtleties of it.
Acknowledging the Creator was just about as far as I ever got with people.
One girl in her 20s did get baptized after I studied with her.
I wonder what ever happened to her. Gosh! That was forty years ago!
Amazing.
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if god is almighty, would he not have preserve the true church that jesus and the apostles build today?
instead of letting satan and apostates infiltrated the true church,so that its true teaching and the true church perished or was rejected by both jehovah and christ because of apostacy!if the true church survived and is with us today, where do the jehovah s witness organisation stand?.
Yes, and all, false as well.
It's individual Souls who count themselves IN or count themselves OUT.
Right?
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this was some of the most blatant , aggressive , controlling information i've seen in awhile in the " witness only " version of the wt.
of course, it's always blatant, but the manner that was used in this article was so authoritative and demanding - it's apparent the wt society is losing members and they are amping up the control tactics to keep members trapped.
the article in discussion is on pg.
:hug: I love dophins for their playfulness.
You'll do, also.
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i thought the topic of religion would be a great one for facebook.. wow, was i wrong about that.. http://www.facebook.com/pages/god-is-not-divided/112694992130588.
the only people are show any interest at all are catholics.. witnesses seem to avoid every venue where somebody else might show up.. zionists do likewise; but they have a different reason.. but, god yhvh is god of the whole earth, is my point.. anybody got any idea what i can do to stimulate godly conversation on my page?.
i'm tryin' to minister to the merely-confused as witnesses do out in service.. .
Entirely Possible, you are entitled to YOUR opinion.
AND I am entitled to mine.
Can we get that straight?
Let our behavior mirror our intention to do only Good among the Friends.
Amen.
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if the gb are so obsessed with personal and interpersonal behavior, why aren't they looking to holy law, to set their priorities?.
the torah?
http://www.holyconservancy.org/2728.htm.
Well, I don't think YHVH is as A-sexual as He's depicted, frankly.
And I think what God wants for us to do is to DEVELOP LAW so it makes COMMUNITY and CIVIL sense, in terms of its outcomes.
Outcomes of Holy Law ought to be good, doncha think?
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if the gb are so obsessed with personal and interpersonal behavior, why aren't they looking to holy law, to set their priorities?.
the torah?
http://www.holyconservancy.org/2728.htm.
Nope, not at all.
Moses was simply willing to listen to Commonsense Laws against Harm and undue Costs.
Jesus stood up for Commonsense Laws against Harm and undue Costs; but He also included the MATTER OF INTENTION.
The WTBTS has no such inspiration. They want to CONTROL YOU AND ME in our very thoughts. And it's not going to happen.
Exodus 19:8: The people CONSENTED to Moses; the people CONSENTED to Jesus directing BEHAVIOR IN RELATIONSHIPS.
You and I do NOT CONSENT to the WTBTS telling us WHAT TO THINK. We never even GET to behavior.
They want to control us IN OUR MINDS, as if they had Dominion over our minds.
This is contrary to Free Will.
this was some of the most blatant , aggressive , controlling information i've seen in awhile in the " witness only " version of the wt.
of course, it's always blatant, but the manner that was used in this article was so authoritative and demanding - it's apparent the wt society is losing members and they are amping up the control tactics to keep members trapped.
the article in discussion is on pg.
I am beginning to feel comfortable here; and the Body here seems to be tolerating my strangeness.
This is a good sign.
Thank you. :)
if god is almighty, would he not have preserve the true church that jesus and the apostles build today?
instead of letting satan and apostates infiltrated the true church,so that its true teaching and the true church perished or was rejected by both jehovah and christ because of apostacy!if the true church survived and is with us today, where do the jehovah s witness organisation stand?.
Based on my experience in a multitude of churches, I think there are true AND false "Christians" in every Church,
and I think the doctrines and dogma of each Church has absolutely nothing to do with how they are to be judged (by God and His Angels),
because we are judged "by our fruit," not by "what we are thinking about fruit."
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