what kind of questions would you use to get a child'scritical thinking skills going from a young age with regards to the bible/god/jesus/anything to do with the religion??.
my most hated answer jws gave to people when they said you can't see god so how do you know he exists was "well you can't see electricity or gravity but you know they exist".
sorry but that doesn't prove god exists.
If the animals were created to live in peace and the lion will eat straw just like the bull, why do the big predators have teeth for ripping and the instinct to hunt and chase their prey?
An Awake from the 1960's had the answer. It says animals such as lions had sharp teeth and claws to rip open fruits that have tough skins, such as pineapples.
LOL
i happen to be cruising around the net and stumbled upon this question on a different forum.
how do jw's answer jesus words in john 6:54 today?.
"whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and i will raise them up at the last day.
"Jesus said to them, 'Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.'" (John 6:53-58)
Yet the JWs make a ritualistic ceremony of publicly rejecting Jesus.
a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.
many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.
well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.
True story... there's even a video reenactment of the event at 4:58:
we’ve all heard them all our life.
my two biggest stupidest ones i think are, “ we can really tell the end is almost here with the way people drive on the highway.” and a girl who said she wants to hurry up and marry her boyfriend because she’s scared if the end comes before their married, she’ll have to wait 1000 years to marry him.
oh and also a poor old lady saying that she hopes jehovah wipes away the memory of her disfellowshipped sons that he will have to destroy.
"Sharks, crocodiles, lions, and wolves will all eat straw in the new system."
Then why do they all have sharp teeth, claws, etc.?
"The Awake says they were originally designed to help them eat tough fruits and vegetables. For example, a lion could use its claws and teeth to rip open a pineapple."
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
The Democrats and the Republicans are Both parties of WAR.
Hopefully one day we'll have a Libertarian in the White House.
what pranks could you/would you/ have you played in the kingdom hall?.
i have never but here's two i've thought of, 1) replace the liquid soap with glue 2) smear nutella everywhere in the bathroom!.
what's yours?.
I once put dry ice in the toilet. It was hilarious when an elder came in with a shocked looked on his face and started flushing it frantically!
during one of those meetings that took place before my jc, one of the elders, who was a good friend of mine back then and used to come up with a few outlandish personal views about some teachings, attempted to counter one of my arguments like this:.
eden - "well, if the truth doesn't change, why is it that what we teach as 'truth' has changed over the years (several examples given)?
how can we dogmatically claim at any given moment that we have 'the truth' if our teachings keep changing?".
Oh, I see.
So Jehovah wanted us to believe lies, and then go out and knock on people's doors and spread those lies.
Then, later, he used his holy spirit to let everybody know (through his earthly governing body) that he was just trolling.
Good times.
Works good for me.
yesterday, i got our credit card statement, and looked at the charges.
over $500 to itunes.
questioned everyone, and it's for "jewels" for a kim kardashian game my 13 year old charged.
iTunes may issue you a refund if you contact them.
http://lifehacker.com/refund-an-unauthorized-in-app-purchase-from-the-itunes-1567282233
...did you also toss your Faith as well?
I don't know. I was born into a strict JW family and never got baptized. Once I grew up, I realized that it was a cult. Did I ever have faith? I don't know.
