A celebration is a celebration - you don't need a religion to "introduce" celebrations into your life.
Instigate your own!!!!! 😄
what i would like to see and maybe will get there in about another ten years is being a jw is a rewarding thing that enriches your life.. just like other religions out there you may not know the entire truth and maybe not quite right many of the beliefs but to have to idea of a belief centres and stabilises you.. i would like jws to be able to celebrate birthdays and maybe even other holidays if they choose to and not be judged by those who choose not to.. i would like jws to be allowed to have different interpretations of scripture and everyone is happy to agree to disagree and be able to say to each other yes maybe that interpretation is nearer the truth.
we just don’t know.. i would like new members of the gb to issue an apology for previous members getting so many things wrong.. they need to come out and say they were wrong about 1914 this date has no scriptural significance and the same is true of 1919. jws were not chosen in 1919 as the one and only true religion.. we just don’t know about so many things and it takes humility to admit we were wrong.. i would like to see even more lightening up on stupid restrictions like young people being allowed to have a varied friends and activities that are not with jws only..
A celebration is a celebration - you don't need a religion to "introduce" celebrations into your life.
Instigate your own!!!!! 😄
the "good news" was specifically about christ's imminent kingship/rulership in heaven, to be followed by his rulership over the earth.
(matthew 6:10).
basileia (kingdom) - royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather rulership, the right or authority to rule over a kingdom, of the royal power of jesus as the triumphant messiah.
@ blondie - the best thing the WTBTS ever produced was the WT CD ROM.
An absolute treasure!
the "good news" was specifically about christ's imminent kingship/rulership in heaven, to be followed by his rulership over the earth.
(matthew 6:10).
basileia (kingdom) - royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather rulership, the right or authority to rule over a kingdom, of the royal power of jesus as the triumphant messiah.
The "good news" was specifically about Christ's imminent kingship/rulership in heaven, to be followed by his rulership over the earth. (Matthew 6:10)
Basileia (kingdom) - royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather rulership, the right or authority to rule over a kingdom, of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah." (https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g932/kjv/tr/0-1/)
(Mark 1:1) "The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God:"
(Acts 5:42) "And every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus."
(Acts 8:35) "Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he declared to him the good news about Jesus."
(Acts 10:36) "He sent out the word to the sons of Israel to declare to them the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—this one is Lord of all."
(Acts 11:20) "However, some of the men among them from Cyprus and Cyrene came to Antioch and began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus."
(Acts 17:18) "This was because he was declaring the good news of Jesus and the resurrection."
(Romans 1:9) "For God, to whom I render sacred service with my spirit in connection with the good news about his Son..."
(Romans 1:16) "For I am not ashamed of the good news; (about Christ) it is, in fact, God’s power for salvation to everyone having faith, . . ."
(Romans 15:19) "I have thoroughly preached the good news about the Christ."
(1 Corinthians 9:12) "...but we are enduring all things so that we might not in any way hinder the good news about the Christ.
(2 Corinthians 2:12) "Now when I arrived in Troas to declare the good news about the Christ..."
(2 Corinthians 4:4) "....the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ,"
(2 Corinthians 9:13) "....they glorify God because you are submissive to the good news about the Christ, . . (2 Corinthians 10:14) ....for we were the first to reach as far as you with the good news about the Christ.
(Galatians 1:7) "Not that there is another good news; but there are certain ones who are causing you trouble and wanting to distort the good news about the Christ."
(Ephesians 3:8) "....so that I should declare to the nations the good news about the unfathomable riches of the Christ."
(Philippians 1:27) "Only behave in a manner worthy of the good news about the Christ,..."
(1 Thessalonians 3:2) "...and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the good news about the Christ,..."
(2 Thessalonians 1:8) "....as he brings vengeance on those who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus."
(Romans 10:17) "So faith follows the thing heard. In turn, what is heard is through the word about Christ. (not Jehovah?????)
(Romans 15:20, 21) "In this way, indeed, I made it my aim not to declare the good news where the name of Christ had already been made known, (not the name of Jehovah?????) so as not to build on another man’s foundation; but just as it is written: “Those who received no report about him (Jesus Christ or Jehovah?) will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
Nope! What 3d image are we supposed to see?
i would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.
surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.
my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.
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."
Exodus 12:48, 49, Deuteronomy 29:10-15, and Ezekiel 47:21-23 show beyond the shadow of a doubt that this dogma of the WTBTS/JW's blasphemes the Holy Scriptures in order to create the false type/antitype of the foreigners & the other sheep.
This lie then perpetuates their Black Memorial, where every O.S. JW rejects the New Covenant.
Rahab and Ruth were foreigners and were accepted as full members of the nation of Israel and participants of the Mosaic Covenant.
If they hadn't been, the Messianic lineage would have been corrupted by non-Israelites. They and their descendants all received inheritances in the nation of Israel.
p.s. Of course the biggest lie the org has ever told is that God & Jesus personally chose the WTBTS in 1919 as their "earthly organization." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Try proving that with Scriptures, JW's!
today i made a post on linkedin about having suicidal thoughts since the age of 8. had lots of supportive comments.
one lady said her son was suicidal from the age of 4. i was freaked out.
then she sent me the message below.. i hope she was counting her time!.
Interesting translation regarding Hebrews 7:1 could simply imply that Melchizedek's origins were a complete mystery to his peers.
"There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors - no (record regarding) beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God." (NLT)
Even the cult's literature doesn't touch on the topic.
an old elder friend from out of town stopped to see my ailing wife.
more than the locals do.
he said elder school emphasized 2 years and the existing body will be the leaders through persecution and tribulation.
WHY ARE THEY STILL TRYING?
Because the self-proclaimed "slave" have got to keep deluding the sheeple that the BORG is God's earthly organization, and that the G.B. has "inspired statements." (1 John 4:1) 😁
disfellowshipping is slowly fading into the night.. last efforts to survive.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1gh3ilq/wt_vs_norway_wt_sends_letter_to_the_goverment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.
If the Norwegian Government does not want to be made to look like suckers by the JW Borg, they should insist that the Governing Body issue a letter to all congregations that the former "thinking" of shunning of anyone who no longer associates with them has been reviewed - based on Scriptural guidance:
"Dear Brothers, regarding former members of the congregation who were removed due to their unrepentant behaviour or those who left of their own volition, (1 John 2:19) we used to think that such ones should be ignored in all situations by means of shunning. We now believe that the principle of Jesus' words at Matthew 18:17 - "If he does not listen even to the congregation, let him be to you just as a man of the nations and as a tax collector," should be applied, namely, that socially associating with such ones should be avoided, while normal, necessary interactions should continue. First century Jews & Christians would have understood this reasoning."
https://youtu.be/ocufvpm3t04?si=75zmussxknhlsrs7.
the first watchtower for 2025 is out, and immediately, articles 4 and 5 drew my attention.
these will be studied near the memorial season, a time the witnesses prepare for their yearly commemoration of jesus’ death, i will be returning on this articles near at the time.
I think eternal non-existence is a far more accurate description than eternal punishment.
It's a state, not an ongoing disciplining regime!
according to boots the chemist, their £20 flu jab (free for over 65's) will stop infection and transmission!
"whilst no vaccine is 100% effective, having a flu jab will help protect you from catching flu and passing it on to others.
https://www.boots.com/online/pharmacy-services/winter-flu-jab-services?srsltid=afmboorkiz37qybkdbbyfij7_ii1zytwkffhgagpllu7jxzg_maqdbqd.
How many of these 18,000 + fatalities had received the wonderful flu jab, I wonder?
"Latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows that over the past 2 winters (October to May, 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024) at least 18,000 deaths were associated with flu, despite last winter being a relatively mild flu season." https://www.gov.uk/government/news/18000-flu-related-deaths-in-past-2-winters-as-jab-uptake-falls