@ Carla - ask your hubby a wee question:
"If you are asked at a hospital if you have a faith, what would you tell them?"
If he replies, "Jehovah's Witnesses," ask him why Christianity isn't his faith.
my first post will be hidden in the far more important news about am3.
incredible!
who knows what the ramifications will be.. as a pimo who still believes in the bible and christ, i wanted to share the following fun fact about the latest study publications.
@ Carla - ask your hubby a wee question:
"If you are asked at a hospital if you have a faith, what would you tell them?"
If he replies, "Jehovah's Witnesses," ask him why Christianity isn't his faith.
i found out that a uk hospital (nnuh) uses kingdom melodies as hold music, apparently for some years!
i called and heard it myself.
i wrote an email to the complaints team and await a response.
Good job, AEnEm.
I'm sure Kevin McFree will be interested to see how this develops.
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
@ DJW:
The September 2022 Study Watchtower, par. 14 p. 18 - in black & white - makes the claim that "...no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world."
But JW's (and some here!) can't see the org "speaking out of both sides of their mouth" on this teaching.
JW's and others who possess the WT CD ROM, only have to look at the many references to John 5:29 to see that the org says people will be practicing vile deeds during the millenium. Just one of many examples:
w65 1/1 p. 20 par. 5 Worship the God of Resurrection - "However, does that mean that even those practicing vile things after their resurrection are going to keep on living in this new system of things? It appears from the Scriptures that those who do not want to change and do good things after being resurrected on earth will be cut off before too many years pass."
As for Revelation, some of the figurative & literal descriptions are down to an individual's interpretation - based on other scriptures and/or reasoning.
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
@ ExBethelite - you are merely repeating your assertion that there is no contradiction with the two statements in the WT, but haven't answered the question:
Do you believe (based on WT dogma) that during the millenium people will be practicing evil deeds? (the act of doing something regularly or repeatedly)
A simple 'yes' or 'no' will suffice.
original reddit post (removed).
Lloyd Evans now has 666 patreons!! LOL.
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
@ DJW - thanks for your opinion on what you think the WT is saying regarding "practicing" evil deeds, and that you agree with it. From what I've researched, the org repeatedly & emphatically stresses that evil deeds will be practiced by resurrected folks.
I'm ready to defend myself in the new world from the lowlifes who will continually perform evil deeds.
Revelation 2:27, 12:5 & 19:15 need to be revised: ". . .and he will shepherd the people with an iron rod feather duster. . ."
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
@ ExBethelite & DJW - Just to be clear, are you saying that during the millenium some people will practice evil deeds, (the act of doing something regularly or repeatedly) or they won't?
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
@ exBethelite - "It’s not a contradiction..."
Paragraph 19 states categorically that the evil deeds will be practiced in the new world.
Paragraph 14 states categorically that evil deeds will not be practiced in the new world.
Call me pedantic, but I see a monstrous contradiction with these two "truths." That's the best I've got.
The JW's indoctrinated fantasy about the millenium & the resurrection can be hard to flush away.
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
I had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous JW's a couple of days ago.
Even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!
An absolute delight to witness such absurdity.
"After all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world. The unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [John 5:29] before their death." - September 2022 Study Watchtower - p. 18 par. 14
“Based on what “deeds” will resurrected ones be judged?.....Here, then, “their deeds” cannot be deeds from their former life. Rather, these must refer to their deeds.....in the new world. - September 2022 Study Watchtower - p.19, par. 18
.........by police investigating the snp's missing £600,000.
(allegedly).
the police operation looks more like a murder scene!