at a recent meeting there was a watchtower article about life in paradise.
they were saying that even when witnesses finally get there they will still be under the strict instructions from the elders and gb.
they may be given jobs that they will find unpleasant, also the preaching work will be ongoing because of all the resurrected people who need to learn about why they are given another chance.
I really don't understand it. Kill everyone, then resurrect them and convert them. If they don't want to listen to JW's now, why should they afterwards? They like the lives they have now.
Then, if they are to live on earth for ever and have children, what happens when the earth is full of people and can't support any more?
and they start delivering their message of judgment?
what do you think will happen when they start knocking on doors and telling people that their families will be killed in armageddon because they did not believed in jehovah.
i'm curious how people will react.
People will think they are mad.
Have they decided when it is going to happen?
situation is, i'll never return to the wt.
my family with never leave the wt.. depending on who you ask you'll get the following answers when you ask about me:.
my family: he's confused.
you could ask her how your daughter will feel when she is a couple of years older and notices how you are treated.
if all life was truly random, then what happened that allowed humans to it's current intelligent state, do you think non humans could and will reach that in the future?
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I think they are already very intelligent. Could you build a nest just using your mouth? They don't have the option of discussing techniques or reading up on the subject.
it seems that when i ask witnesses questions about 1914, they really don't understand the relevance to their message today.
i am told that they preach about the coming kingdom and that they don't preach a message of 1914. if a person doesn't understand 1914 then i can clearly see how showing them the inaccuracies of the doctrine wouldn't matter.
can we compile a list of ties 1914 has to their current beliefs?.
The last time I mentioned 1914 to a JW (in relation to 607) they asked what happened in 1934? Actually something significant did happen in 1934. Hitler came to power and was the main reason the state of Israel came to be in existence. The surviving Jews wanted somewhere to feel safe.
I believe that the Isaiah 43 references apply to the Jews not JW's
ezekiel 28 talks about the "king of tyre" and in chap 28 starting vs 13 what he is made of.
it calls him a cherub and also lists these stones he was adorned with (here is something interesting....), "every precious stone adorned you:.
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Well spotted, EndofMysteries. You are clearly observant and a thinker. The king of Tyre must have been king of a violent and superstitious nation. Perhaps the priestly stones suggest that he was a good ruler at first but lost his way.
have you received the same thing on your door?
i wish that i am still at the gated community where i lived there for more than 6 years, i received zero jw garbage!
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Thanks, NeverKnew
You said:
It was explained to me that Satans rulership began in 1914. The world just didn't notice.
They told me that Jesus was enthroned in 1914... The plot thickens.
The last chapter of Matthew says that Jesus was given authority in heaven and on earth from that point in time. That sounds like enthronement to me.
have you received the same thing on your door?
i wish that i am still at the gated community where i lived there for more than 6 years, i received zero jw garbage!
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I love the way they quote the Scripture about "the whole world being under the control of the wicked one [Satan]" and then add, "except for us".
Have they read Daniel chapter 4? It says that God rules. It makes me wonder who is their God.
today my wife showed me the new medical directive and power of attorney form she got at the meeting.
surprisingly she asked if i wanted to fill mine!
i have been inactive for 6 years and i don't go close to any jw gatherings because i don't want friends who only care for me unless i share their beliefs.
NVR2L8 quote:
ALCOHOL YOU DRINK IS NOT THE SAME AS ALCOHOL YOU USE TO DISINFECT A WOUND.
Blood put directly into a vein is not the same as blood eaten..
For a start, nothing has died by transfusing blood given voluntarily.
i'm thinking of printing a tract with some simple but thought-provoking questions for people to use when jw's come to their doors.
questions from christians.
bible-believing christians appreciate the moral values of jehovah’s witnesses in their communities but have several questions that somehow seem to escape us when we are caught unexpectedly at our doors.
Thanks for this, Perry. I am always looking for questions to ask the JW's who come to my door.
I also have a question:
Jesus said that we were to take the bread and wine in memory of him until he returns.
If he returned in 1914, then why do some JW's still take the bread and wine now?
If he did not return, then when and how will he return to stop the need for remembering?
