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.
regarding the poster from jw headquarters, who claimed that the gb would eventually loosen the rules regarding sex.
the question is, is there really a bible rule explicitly prohibiting sex without marriage?
because this would be the only possible reason why loosening those rules would even come up in a discussion.
Not only that; there is also a biblical rule against marriage without sex!
do jehovahs witnesses believe eccl.
10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?
money is the answer for everything - eccl.
Looks like they limited the application of this verse to purchasing bread and wine.
Why then don't they limit Eccl 9: 5 - "But the dead know nothing" to just the body?
do jehovahs witnesses believe eccl.
10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?
money is the answer for everything - eccl.
Do Jehovahs Witnesses believe Eccl. 10: 19 is literal or is limited in application in some way?
Money Is The Answer For Everything - Eccl. 10: 19 (NASB)
i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.
the org.
has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?
I think the powers that be realized that the doctrinal heresies have worked far better than imagined and the asceticism is mostly unnecessary.
