As a longtime "fader" I have simply ignored the hand-written letters which encourage me to "return to Jehovah/congregation."
No doubt the personal calls will resume when the "Black Plague" subsides enough for the ministry to restart.
first off, i have made it real clear with jw's my thoughts on being a jw.
i'm out, there is no coming back.. second, i'm on their " do not call list" .. so why now all of a sudden my mailbox is getting bombed đŁ by their memorial invites and letters?.
don't they follow their do not call list?
As a longtime "fader" I have simply ignored the hand-written letters which encourage me to "return to Jehovah/congregation."
No doubt the personal calls will resume when the "Black Plague" subsides enough for the ministry to restart.
not according to this verse:.
(mark 3:28, 29) truly i say to you that all things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter what sins they commit and what blasphemies they speak.
but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit has no forgiveness forever but is guilty of everlasting sin.â.
Not according to this verse:
(Mark 3:28, 29) Truly I say to you that ALL things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter WHAT sins they commit and what blasphemies they speak. But whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit has NO forgiveness forever but is guilty of everlasting sin.â
Unless of it course it should read like this:
(Mark 3:28, 29) Truly I say to you that all things will be forgiven JW's, no matter WHAT sins they commit and what blasphemies they speak. But whoever blasphemes against the Governing Body/Org has NO forgiveness forever but is guilty of everlasting sin.â
now they start inviting to their "commemorate the death of jesus" event.
it always makes me a bit sad.
i donât think i could endure to watch it myself today.
The JW two-tier Christianity is predicated on the fake type/antetype dogma that the 'other sheep' picture the foreigners who left Egypt with the Israelites and weren't participants of the old covenant - only 'beneficiaries.' Try telling that to Rahab & Ruth!
wt 98 2/1 p.19, par. 6 - "Further, other sheep lay hold of the new covenant just as foreigners of old laid hold of the Law covenant. In what way? Not by becoming participants in it but by submitting to the laws associated with it and benefiting from its arrangements."
Deuteronomy 29:10-15 blows this anti-scriptural teaching & its 'type/ante-type' implications clear out the water.
But of course, JW's are spiritually illiterate and can't read/understand the Bible - unless the 'slave' guides them.
according to a european pro-cult website, jehovahâs witnesses take france's anti-cult organisation miviludes to court.
posted : march 16, 2022.. found on the site: foref forum for religious freedom europe.. .
may 2022 study watchtower page 6, par.
5 âsatan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.
prominent ones among them were the figurative âtwo witnessesâ spoken of as being killed.â.
May 2022 Study Watchtower Page 6, par. 5 âSatan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the Kingdom-preaching work. Prominent ones among them were the figurative âtwo witnessesâ spoken of as being killed.â
Watchtower
November 15, 2014, p. 30
- Revelation 11:7 says that it is "the wild beast that ascends
out of the abyss" which kills the 'two witnesses'.
The wild beast that ascends out of the abyss is claimed to be the United Nations.
How could a non-existent U.N. (not created until 1945) - fulfill a prophecy in 1918 - 27 years BEFORE it ever existed? Many will still swallow this without a thought. Sigh!
growing up around the faith, whenever i heard something taught, i'd always think there is a different way of looking at that, probably better.. we always hear "this good news of the kingdom will be preached... " matt 24:14.. so i think, is there more to it than preaching the kingdom?.
luke 17:21 the kjv and asv says "neither shall they say, lo here!
or, lo there!
@ Disillusioned JW: The Service Committee at JW Branches will automatically bin any anonymous letters which highlight "flaws" in a JW dogma.
On the other hand, (as in my case) if you give your details you will probably eventually receive a literature-based reply - coupled with a letter to your COBE to alert him that you probably merit "encouragement with your weakness." In other words, keep you monitored as a potential troublemaker/apostate.
growing up around the faith, whenever i heard something taught, i'd always think there is a different way of looking at that, probably better.. we always hear "this good news of the kingdom will be preached... " matt 24:14.. so i think, is there more to it than preaching the kingdom?.
luke 17:21 the kjv and asv says "neither shall they say, lo here!
or, lo there!
In Rev 1:6; 5:10, the most authentic mss. have the word basileia, "kingdom," instead of the plural of basileus, AV, "kings," RV, "a kingdom (to be priests)," and "a kingdomâ (and priests).
Compare the latter reference with the NWT interpretation of Revelation 5:10. (kings!)
the jw memorial takes place in 5 weeks time, and kh meetings resume on april 1st.. the worldwide campaign for spectators will kick off soon, so here are 3 questions to help jw's see the org's myth that their g.b.
is going to be amongst a crowd of 144,001 melchizedek king/priests in heaven.. 1) a ransom only buys back what has been lost, so what exactly did adam lose?.
2) how can jesus' ransom correspond with what adam lost, if it buys back far more than what was lost?.
@ Vienne - Your statement that JW's don't specifically teach that the 144,000 are part of the ransom doesn't alter WHAT they believe nor their BASIS for that belief, namely, that Jesus' death & sacrifice ALONE enabled a "heavenly class" of humans.
If not, JW's would have to explain why Abraham, Moses, Elijah etc.aren't in heaven.
(Luke 22:20) Also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: âThis cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf.
(John 6:53) So Jesus said to them: âMost truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves."
Don't forget, it's only the "upper class" HEAVENLY Christians who are invited into this covenant, while the "lower class" EARTHLY Christians will "benefit" from the crumbs falling from the heavenly table.
To reinforce the OP title - scripture PROVES scripture:
(Psalm 45:16) You will appoint them as princes (not kings) in all the earth. (not heaven)
(Revelation 5:10 â K.I.T.) ...and you made them to the God of us kingdom and priests, and they are reigning upon the earth.â (no mention of them being kings, and they're upon the earth â not over it!)
The "heavenly class" is a falsehood and perverts the value of the corresponding ransom.
the jw memorial takes place in 5 weeks time, and kh meetings resume on april 1st.. the worldwide campaign for spectators will kick off soon, so here are 3 questions to help jw's see the org's myth that their g.b.
is going to be amongst a crowd of 144,001 melchizedek king/priests in heaven.. 1) a ransom only buys back what has been lost, so what exactly did adam lose?.
2) how can jesus' ransom correspond with what adam lost, if it buys back far more than what was lost?.
The JW Memorial takes place in 5 weeks time, and KH meetings resume on April 1st.
The worldwide campaign for spectators will kick off soon, so here are 3 questions to help JW's see the org's myth that their G.B. is going to be amongst a crowd of 144,001 Melchizedek king/priests in heaven.
1) A ransom only buys back what has been lost, so what exactly did Adam lose?
2) How can Jesus' ransom correspond with what Adam lost, if it buys back far more than what was lost?
3) If Adam is put on one side of the scales of justice and Jesus on the other, but 144,000 immortal king/priests from mankind are added to Jesus' side, how can the scales be honestly balanced?
Jesus said that he came â...to give his life as a ransom in exchange for manyâ (Matthew 20:28) and "to seek and to save what was lostâ (Luke 19:10)
The apostle Paul said that Jesus ââŠgave himself a corresponding ransom for all. (1 Timothy 2:6)
so says joe biden.. anybody agree with this?
?.
"I can't no longer (sic) be part of the irrational and hateful environment that has come to dominate this forum."
LOL - A piece of coal calling the kettle black! Dolt. Bye Robert, son of David Soul. (R.Soul - get it now?