Posts by Vidqun

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JWs are attending the OSCE meeting in Warsaw as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) & giving presentations

by AndersonsInfo in

watchtower representatives (jehovahs christian witnesses) are once again attending the osce, organization for security and co-operation in europe,meeting in warsaw on september 24 - oct. 5, 2012. http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012to see jehovahs witnesses listed as a non-governmental organization, click on http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012?view=conference_documents&display=page_2&arg=92455.

please scroll down under non-governmental organization and click on administrative centre of jehovahs witnesses in russia as well as european association of jehovah's christian witnesses.

once you click on them, you will be brought to a page with a list of all of their presentations at the osce.

Vidqun

I think it's a big deal. According to their tenets, JWs are supposed to be strictly neutral and not get involved with politics or worldly affairs. But it is as the one elder told me, they do all these things to advance their brotherhood and do good. However, if an individual JW become involved with politics, he/she would face a JC. If unrepentant he/she would be disfellowshipped.

And remember, in their publications they refer to the UN as a "scarlet-colored wild beast" that ascends out of the abyss (Rev. 17:3, 8), and the "disgusting thing that causes desolation" (Matt. 24:15). One must practice what you preach. No, this is a case of double standards and hypocrisy to an extreme degree. Thanks Barbara for the info.

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Does the Watchtower really parallel 1st Century Christianity?

by Emery in

i wanted to get a list of arguments that illustrate how the watchtower society is or isn't following 1st century christianity today.

thanks again everyone!.

Vidqun

See writings of Tacitus, Suetonis, and Pliny the Younger. They wrote about the Christians without propaganda purposes. They were historians and reported the facts.

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Does the Watchtower really parallel 1st Century Christianity?

by Emery in

i wanted to get a list of arguments that illustrate how the watchtower society is or isn't following 1st century christianity today.

thanks again everyone!.

Vidqun

Christianity is an offshoot of the Jewish religion. A great percentage of early Christians were Jews. So, most Christian practices would have followed those of the Jews and not those of the Greeks. The Jews would not have tolerated the above, neither would the Christians for that matter. Just read what they thought of such practices in their writings. Early Christians did stand out for being exemplary, and that's why they were persecuted. That you can read in Roman historical works and letters. Here I give the Bible writers, especially those of the Christian Greek Scriptures or NT, the benefit of the doubt.

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I was HAPPY as a JW, how did I get here?

by MC RubberMallet in

some have figured out, but i am a poster that previously used another name.

but even then i did not give many details about myself.

i barely cracked 100 posts.. but i have never done a thread to explain why i am here.

Vidqun

Ignorance is bliss. I'd rather be in the know, than be ignorant and "happy."

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Does the Watchtower really parallel 1st Century Christianity?

by Emery in

i wanted to get a list of arguments that illustrate how the watchtower society is or isn't following 1st century christianity today.

thanks again everyone!.

Vidqun

O yes, they were allowed beards and could wear dresses!

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Does the Watchtower really parallel 1st Century Christianity?

by Emery in

i wanted to get a list of arguments that illustrate how the watchtower society is or isn't following 1st century christianity today.

thanks again everyone!.

Vidqun

I am sure First Century Christians would not have tolerated or protected pedophiles. They would not have taken out membership of a political organization in order to use its library.

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How do we get to 1914 and then 1919?

by God_Delusion in

okay, this might sound like a really stupid question, but after researching this matter for the last hour, i still have no idea why the watchtower society points to 1914 and 1919 using the 70 weeks theory.. don't get me wrong, i know all about 607 b.c.e., but i am having trouble understanding why the prophecy of the 70 weeks has been added.

whose idea was it to add the 70 week business into the mix?.

i've researched the following websites and jwn threads so far, yet i'm still hitting blanks:.

Vidqun

What I have not been able to figure out is how they know the first resurrection started in 1919?

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How do we get to 1914 and then 1919?

by God_Delusion in

okay, this might sound like a really stupid question, but after researching this matter for the last hour, i still have no idea why the watchtower society points to 1914 and 1919 using the 70 weeks theory.. don't get me wrong, i know all about 607 b.c.e., but i am having trouble understanding why the prophecy of the 70 weeks has been added.

whose idea was it to add the 70 week business into the mix?.

i've researched the following websites and jwn threads so far, yet i'm still hitting blanks:.

Vidqun

Allow me to try. It has to do with the 3 1/2 year period. If you want scriptures and references, I will have to look it up. The "seven times" end in the fall of 1914.

First line of evidence then is the "time, times, and half a time" of Dan. and Rev. This amounts to 3 1/2 years, which start at the end of the year 1914, concluding in 1919. Second line of evidence is Jesus' second inspection of the temple. He did this at the end of his earthly ministry. If he became king in 1914 he would have inspected the temple then for the first time. Second time would be in 1919, according to "time, times and half a time" = 3 1/2 years.

Here they also use the "two witnesses" in Revelation. problem with this is the "two witnesses" would be killed by the beast from the abyss, which they later identify as the League and the UN. However the League would only be created after the death of the "two witnesses." How can they be killed by an entity that did not exist?

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SAD news about OOMPA......

by redredrose in

jw
friends

our friend, oompa, has passed away.

just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

Vidqun

Sorry to hear. Condolences to his family and friends.

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I may have saved 1 person from joining this religion/ I'm going to do the unthinkable with my hair!

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

my younger cousin.

well,i was so worried about him and how he would feel/grow up if i stopped pushing the religion down his throat but i did.

since then, the boy seems so much happier and comfortable with me.

Vidqun

Glad it's going well and as expected. At least you knew what to expect. if anybody confronts you about it again, remind them that you want to be able to support yourself and your close family in line with 1 Tim. 5:8. In addition, people in the Bible that were well-educated were Moses, Daniel, Luke, Paul, and especially Jesus, who learnt from His Father all he knew. And about hairstyle, the Bible indicates that men must have shorter hair than women, that's all. If they have a problem with you hair, ask them to demonstrate by Scripture. Bible characters had beards, but they have a problem with that. That should tell you something.