Posts by NikL

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"jesus never said the spiritual food would be perfect"

by nowwhat? in

oh so it's jesus fault the spiritual food hasn't been perfect!

we your governing body are just responsible for serving it!

think about this people, they are saying it was jesus who told us the end was going to come in 1975. then before the 1914 generation passed away no later than the 1990's.

NikL

So basically, when Jesus says go right, the GB goes left. When he says step back, the GB steps forward. It's such a bizzarro, mirror image pantomime that it can't be due to ignorance. It's as if the GB have a perfect understanding of what Jesus taught and are deliberately going out if their way to teach the opposite.

You mean like when Jesus said eat and drink it means my body and blood shed on our behalf but we pass it along in effect saying no thanks mate?

There has been lots of claims over the years that JWs are Satanic and basically an antichrist organization and as time moves on I am starting to feel that may not be too far from the truth.

I see so many on here that are so soured by what they went through in the ORG that they lose all faith and become atheist. It really makes me wonder.

I mean, if the satanic conspiracy was true, it is working very well.

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If you were just visiting JW.org as an interested one, would articles like this impress you?

by NikL in

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friends

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/japan/volunteers-repair-over-300-homes-following-earthquakes/.

it made me fell like, la ti da!

you helped members of your own church..

NikL

He conveniently forgot to mention..
The WBT$ will ask JW victims of the earth quake..
For any disaster relief money they may receive from the Japanese Government..
It`s another WBT$ Scam..
The WBT$ uses JW donated, JW Labour and Supplies to help other JW`s..
The WBT$ collects any disaster relief money JW`s may receive..
None of this costs the WBT$ a dime..

I did not know that! Wow!

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If you were just visiting JW.org as an interested one, would articles like this impress you?

by NikL in

jw
friends

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/japan/volunteers-repair-over-300-homes-following-earthquakes/.

it made me fell like, la ti da!

you helped members of your own church..

NikL

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/japan/volunteers-repair-over-300-homes-following-earthquakes/

It made me fell like, la ti da! You helped members of your own church.

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JWs in Russia. This short article from TASS is very interesting. "Everything You Need To Know About JWs"

by NikL in

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remember tass is traditionally pretty much a spokesman for the government.

http://tass.com/world/939582.

NikL

Remember TASS is traditionally pretty much a spokesman for the government

http://tass.com/world/939582

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Bearded students on Ministry school?

by NikL in

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so at last nights ministry school we had 2...yes that's right two that had parts and gave them with beards.. i found it interesting.

i thought the consensus was that you couldn't have any extra privileges if you wore one.. maybe the school is different?.

anyway, anybody else seen this in the u.s.?.

NikL

So at last nights ministry school we had 2...yes that's right TWO that had parts and gave them with beards.

I found it interesting. I thought the consensus was that you couldn't have any extra privileges if you wore one.

Maybe the school is different?

Anyway, anybody else seen this in the U.S.?

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Jehovah Witnesses View on medical marijuana?

by Slade1224 in

i was wondering what the view jehovah witnesses and the bible and tract society had on medical cannabis?

i remember as a kid reading in the reasoning book that marijuana was bad and smoking it caused cancer and was worse then cigarettes.

as more reach comes out we are leaning marijuana can cure certain forms of cancer!

NikL

Actually I started a post on this a while back.

My wife, (a totally in JW sister) uses it as do several in our local congregation.

We are in California where it's been legal medically and now available recreation-ally.

We had a local needs talk on it a couple of years ago and basically it's up to your own conscience.

A brother wouldn't be eligible for extra privileges if he smokes it however.

We've even grown our own the past couple of years :-)

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during yesterday's public talk, i noted the speaker did not make a full reference to the first outline point following the second reference to romans 12:21 - "but keep conquering the evil with the good".this first outline point as i call it, is as follows: "be willing to forgive others whenever there is a basis for doing so".

interesting conditionality i thought!

it references the aw of june 8th 1995 page 10 paras 6-7. in part it says there... "what though, if others sin against us in a more serious way, deeply injuring us?

NikL

What about us? Insight on the Scriptures says: "Christians ae not required to forgive those who practice willful sin with no repentance. Such become God's enemies."

That never ceases to piss me off when they quote their own book as some sort of authority to argue their point.

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Special Public Talk - 2017

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

during yesterday's public talk, i noted the speaker did not make a full reference to the first outline point following the second reference to romans 12:21 - "but keep conquering the evil with the good".this first outline point as i call it, is as follows: "be willing to forgive others whenever there is a basis for doing so".

interesting conditionality i thought!

it references the aw of june 8th 1995 page 10 paras 6-7. in part it says there... "what though, if others sin against us in a more serious way, deeply injuring us?

NikL

Blondie...you are a trove of info! :-)

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Special Public Talk - 2017

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

during yesterday's public talk, i noted the speaker did not make a full reference to the first outline point following the second reference to romans 12:21 - "but keep conquering the evil with the good".this first outline point as i call it, is as follows: "be willing to forgive others whenever there is a basis for doing so".

interesting conditionality i thought!

it references the aw of june 8th 1995 page 10 paras 6-7. in part it says there... "what though, if others sin against us in a more serious way, deeply injuring us?

NikL

Our speaker did use the full point "Be willing to forgive others whenever there is a basis for doing so".

I was struck by that conditionality.

I failed to recall any scripture that makes such a distinction.

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Proper understanding of the Mediator & New Covenant

by Crazyguy in

mediator and the new covenant.

the society has taught that only the 144,000 are to par-take of the emblems and jesus only mediates and died for them.

"he is the mediator between his heavenly father, jehovah god, and the nation of spiritual israel, which is limited to only 144,000 members.

NikL

As I was reading through your lengthy and well researched post I was struck by a thought that kept running through my head over and over again Namely, how can it be so freaking complicated?

Surely God and Jesus didn't intend for the message to be that way. The apostles were uneducated for the most part. This mumbo jumbo of the WT society requires mental gymnastics of Olympic proportions!

When you simply read gods word the bible, you get a completely different message. No matter what the evil slave in New York says.

Jesus died for all men to believe and be saved.

The message is so clear really.