i like to collect admirable quotes from watchtower publications that i can then use back on jws to demonstrate their double standards.
for example, this appeared in the awake!, august 22, 1984, page 28;.
the catholic church occupies a very significant position in the world and claims to be the way of salvation for hundreds of millions of people.
Probably not this one, so I'll keep searching!
*** w87 9/15 pp. 17-18 par. 7 Keep Submitting to “the Spirit That Is Life-Giving” ***
We also need to be careful that we always tell the truth. Being devious or deliberately misleading others in order to avoid responsibility really amounts to lying. So be sure to heed Paul’s counsel: “Now that you have put away falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members belonging to one another.”—Ephesians 4:25; Proverbs 3:32.
i like to collect admirable quotes from watchtower publications that i can then use back on jws to demonstrate their double standards.
for example, this appeared in the awake!, august 22, 1984, page 28;.
the catholic church occupies a very significant position in the world and claims to be the way of salvation for hundreds of millions of people.
Thanks for the Awake '84 reference UA - I really loooooooooooove Favorites like this on my WT CD ROM!!
Such quotes must cause the demise of the WT CD ROM!
thedog1 said.............. hi sam.
i just listened to your jc hearing for re-instatement.
without knowing the details of what happened it is difficult to make a comment on it but here goes.
It's about power and control - nothing to do with love for the sheep.
The Kingdom Hall is their little kingdom, complete with all their fearful subjects. If you don't show fear, (aka respect) then that now gives them the "scriptural justification" to kick you out of their 'kingdom', because you are exhibiting 'brazen conduct' toward the 'glorious ones' - the 'princes'!
How can these men sleep at night or look at their own faces in the mirror? I genuinely shudder at what must go on in their minds!
the one question that is absolutely unanswerable by jehovah's witnesses that actually understand their own doctrines is this:.
can you show me even one new testament scripture that shows how a person can get their sins forgiven while outside of the new covenant?.
most of us are familiar with the one proof scripture that has all the necessary elements tied together into one neat doctrine - matther 26: 27,28:.
Hi Perry, here's the ONE Scripture you asked for - Romans 6:7! (This is what woke me up!)
Totally out of context, and it negates Christ's coming to earth and dying, because Witnesses are taught that Paul was referring to someone's literal death!!!
Romans 6:2 explains exactly what kind of "death" Paul was talking about - end of!
2014 in jwlandia has begun with a tired embrace of the hoary 1914 doctrine.
any speculation they'd 'ignore' the centenary of this doctrinal embarrassment is thus shown to be if not wrong, then premature.
the wind-up watchtower toy prattles the same old nonsense.. look at the public edition watchtower for february 2014:.
Be prepared for 2nd Peter 3:4 being rolled out regularly in 2014 to fight back; "Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death], all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning."
Thanks B in the B for the '74 WT reference. It's been logged as a Favorite on my WT Library!
a friend of mine called me yesterday and he told me about a special meeting up at the assembly hall in newburgh, ny regarding the warwick project this passed saturday that all elders and ministerial servants living within a 55 mile radius were invited to.
he told me a lot of stuff but the gist of it was:.
1. volunteer to work.
Sorry DOC, I think you're forgetting one little point from the July 15th 2013 WT - Russell, and all that he said and stood for, can now be treated with the contempt the Org feels he deserves, whenever it's convenient to do so.
In fact, my personal belief is that stronger 'requests' for donations will emerge during 2014, with the possibility of a new procedure to identify givers and non-givers - a bit like the Monthly Report! Make them feel guilty at not giving!
a few weeks ago i got a visit from a sister from the old congregation.
she was our uber pioneer, fearless, regular and often accompanied by her husband, a ministerial servant.
she didnt know i lived here so it was a brief visit after she found out i had disassociated myself.. i got a knock at the door a few minutes ago and it was her husband this time.
You dealt with the brother very lovingly - your kindness is beautiful. If I found myself in a similar situation with an elderly brother, I hope I would be as gentle, and encourage him to come and talk whenever he wanted to.
I would softly suggest that he works towards standing down/removed as an M.S., that way he won't have a bad conscience teaching falsehoods from the platform. Then going on F.S. just to use the Bible.
The poor man is going to need a helluva lot more support than most of us here needed, due to his fragile years.
He must be devastated - keep comforting him!
You could also inform him that there must be Bethelites, D.O.s & C.O.s all over the world feeling exactly the same as he does, but they are biding their time for personal reasons, so watch what he says in the cong.
the lead elder co of my hall said he was going to push for a jc meeting.
i could tell all along all hes interested in is protecting his god the org.. so i'm 90% sure now of going on the offesive and first having a family meeting telling them i'm offically quitting and how its going to play out and how i'll will be shunned even though i have commited no sin.
i also may explain a little of why and how i came to this decision with out bashing the org to much out of respect for my wife.
Are you stressed by all of this? Good!!
Use that as a justifiable reason for being "unable" to meet with a JC. Just tell them what terrible emotions you are going through just now and that you couldn't discuss anything so serious just with anyone. Tell them you are close to breaking point!
You know what they're up to - they want to get you into the Star Chamber. Don't go!!!
the other day an elder mentioned that not following the gb direction is the same as rebelling against god.
this in harmony with the ominous tone set forth in the respect jehovah's authority video.
in this thread i'll point out several gaping holes in that argument as time allows.. 1. the gb/fds does not speak "mouth to mouth" with god as did moses.. jehovah condemned and punished mariam for speaking against moses.
Pretty sure the apparent, probable, likely answer, is a deafening 'NO' from the heavens!
