have you ever wanted to have a witty comeback for a jw's thought stopping platitude or slogun, but couldn't think of one to plant a seed of doubt in a jw?
please share your witty comebacks and a bible verse(s) that contradicts watchtower thought stopping platitudes and slogans.. here are a couple of mine.. 1) watchtower thougnt-stopping platitude - "where else will we go?".
response - "don't you mean to whom?
Even so , Darth Rutherford has pointed out
Acts 4:12 - "Furthermore there is no salvation in anyone else for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved."
God has no need for an organisation for people to come to for salvation when he already gave that job to jesus not to "anyone else".
have you ever wanted to have a witty comeback for a jw's thought stopping platitude or slogun, but couldn't think of one to plant a seed of doubt in a jw?
please share your witty comebacks and a bible verse(s) that contradicts watchtower thought stopping platitudes and slogans.. here are a couple of mine.. 1) watchtower thougnt-stopping platitude - "where else will we go?".
response - "don't you mean to whom?
have you ever wanted to have a witty comeback for a jw's thought stopping platitude or slogun, but couldn't think of one to plant a seed of doubt in a jw?
please share your witty comebacks and a bible verse(s) that contradicts watchtower thought stopping platitudes and slogans.. here are a couple of mine.. 1) watchtower thougnt-stopping platitude - "where else will we go?".
response - "don't you mean to whom?
*** w90 11/1 p. 26 par. 16 Our Relative Subjection to the Superior Authorities ***
16 As Christians, we face up to similar challenges today. We cannot take part in any modern version of idolatry—be it worshipful gestures toward an image or symbol or the imputing of salvation to a person or an organization. (1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 John 5:21) And like the early Christians, we cannot compromise our Christian neutrality.—Compare 2 Corinthians 10:4.
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have you ever wanted to have a witty comeback for a jw's thought stopping platitude or slogun, but couldn't think of one to plant a seed of doubt in a jw?
please share your witty comebacks and a bible verse(s) that contradicts watchtower thought stopping platitudes and slogans.. here are a couple of mine.. 1) watchtower thougnt-stopping platitude - "where else will we go?".
response - "don't you mean to whom?
Darth Rutherford great points above, BOOM
Darth Rutherford
Simply point out that Watch Tower is an organization under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved. This is in direct conflict with the Holy Scriptures. A Witness may start squirming at this point or desparately say something to the effect that the name was divinely appointed or given; however, even so, it remains a name under heaven. No escaping that obvious point.
Try this verse:
NWT (Acts 11:26) 26 and, after he found him, he brought him to Antioch. It thus came about that for a whole year they gathered together with them in the congregation and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
They were not called The Way, Bible Students or Jehovah's Witnesses. By Divine providence 'they' were called Christians. Who told Rutherford to change our 'name'? was it also by Divine providence? if they say 'Yes' or 'possibly' , then, can you explain Beth Sarim?
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i can confirm that this is new direction for this service year here in the UK.
it has caused a mild surprise from the rank and file here simply because forever it has always been respectful observers. going back to the days when full meals were cooked for lunch on site, all the kitchen would come and stand at the back like it was holy event or something.
the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.
you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.
i always go to the beach like this!
the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.
you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.
i always go to the beach like this!
are they paid enough to pay any tax--and national insurance?.
we are only a few short months into the "no more announcements - let them read the notice board" at the meetings, and now the effects of that new directive are beginning to reveal themselves: no information being given out regarding someone's loss of a relative, no information about someone who is ill or been admitted to hospital, and definitely no information about families moving out of the area and going to other congregations!!.
however, announcements about "special" christmas day field service must be made!!.
the import of the apostle paul's words really seem to have gone over the "decision-makers'" heads - (galatians 6:10) really, then, as long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to [us] in the faith.. coupled with the removal of the weekly group book study, the detrimental consequences of eliminating fellow-feeling and closer contact with one another can only lead to one eventuality - alienating one another!.