i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.
maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
The message is : we will throw you a bone now and then as long as you don't try to explore Christianity outside of the Kingdom Hall.
Families are still weaponized against accepting the new covenant "for the forgiveness of sins" (Mt. 26: 27-28)
Damn those apostates!
and as a reminder to all my atheist friends, here's a list of 12 facts on the resurrection most scholars (skeptic, jewish and otherwise) agree to.
2000 years ago a man announced that he would be killed and while he was dead, he would resurrect himself from the dead.
just wow!.
And as a reminder to all my atheist friends, here's a list of 12 facts on the Resurrection most scholars (skeptic, Jewish and otherwise) agree to.
2000 years ago a man announced that he would be killed and while he was dead, he would resurrect himself from the dead. Then, he did it. Just WOW!
Thank you Jesus for providing another option besides death for my destiny.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
Sorry to hear that Raymond.
Maybe the global number could reach 100K if you are correct that "thousands" were imprisoned in Greece alone from 1945 to 1995.
https://youtu.be/cefnvubzxce?si=edha3qmax4fxlwqq.
everyone who pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the christ does not have god.
the one who does remain in this teaching is the one who has both the father and the son.
Everyone who pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God.
Reminds me how even though Jesus told Nicodemas THREE TIMES that a person must be born again, WT says you can't be born again because the invitations (144K of them) ran out.
Very small little deceivers they are.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
If I had to guess. I would say..... 12K - 15K in the USA.
Anyone think the number should be lower or higher?
@ Bill Covert
So I guess you are admitting to being a convicted felon over the whole affair. That's big and is truly a loss. Glad you woke up.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
Hundreds?
Thousands?
Tens of Thousands?
My uncle went to prison on this issue. He died before they allowed community service. Too bad his incarceration was based on a whim from some jackass in a tower in NYC.
looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
How did you get to that complex concept of hell in your head Sea Breeze??
The scriptures are all there on the chart. You might have to google a bigger version to read. The chart is over 100 years old and was made by Rev. Clarence Larking. He was also an architect.
The chart represents the the view of hundreds of millions of Christians.
The english word "hell" is a broad term.... better thought of as the underworld.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
But I wonder: how many JW's went to prison during the years that the WT did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?
Anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?
looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
If that were a place of burning torment, why was he looking forward to going there?
Because there is more than one compartment in hell.
governing body members.
kenneth eugene cook, jr. (2018).
gage fleegle (2023).
Great photo Jeffro. One of their heads went up in smoke .... kinda like a match.
