as most of us on this site have experienced firsthand when we were in, there is a lack of love in the majority of congregations.. i was talking to a pimi person recently who said that love was the identifying mark of true christians (in their opinion the jw organisation) and that is why the watchtowers they study continually tell them to show love to one another.. i said that if their love was genuinely practiced they wouldn't need to be told to show it because it would arise from their heart and soul and be evident in believers which is what jesus was actually saying.
recognising the needs of the community with rising food prices some local churches where i live were moved to start food banks and offer free meals to families on the breadline.
to me that is spontaneously shown and is genuine love in action.. needless to say the pimi disagreed with me.
In my last Ministry School talk, I illustrated how gold had a hallmark to prove that it was genuine and then asked the question, "What is the hallmark of a genuine Christian - is it preaching the good news?"
I then encouraged the audience to read along with John 13:35. After the meeting finished, a brother (ex-elder) told me that he thought I was wrong in what I'd said in my talk!
satan offered jesus control of the world, as a reward for worshiping him.. (luke 4:5, 6) so he brought him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time.
then the devil said to him: “i will give you all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and i give it to whomever i wish.
1. humans who have been given control of the earth, communicate (spiritism*) with its true ruler.
Satan offered Jesus control of the world, as a reward for worshiping him.
(Luke 4:5, 6) So he brought him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time. Then the Devil said to him: “I will give you all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
1. Humans who have been given control of the earth, communicate (spiritism*) with its true ruler. (John 12:31)
2. Such communications delude them to believe that they are in communion with a supreme being.
*In a stricter sense, spiritism is a doctrine founded upon the existence, manifestations and teachings of the spirits. https://www.definitions.net/definition/spiritism
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
@ Godbeliever - (1 Peter 3:15) . . .always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have, . . .
If you can't offer any defense/proof for your belief that the 'faithful slave' was selected from a bunch of JW's in the USA in 1919, then you are not being honest with yourself.
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
Hi Godbeliever, your response was lengthy, but still you refuse to answer a simple question with a factual answer: What extraordinary proof shows that God/Jesus selected the Bible Students to be the "faithful slave."
Being persecuted is not a sign of divine selection. Jews have been persecuted throughout the world for centuries - but more so in the 20th century. Come back with divine evidence.
....by paying criminal gang for fake covid-passports.. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/thousand-of-spaniards-named-in-fake-vaccine-certificate-scandal/.
....by paying criminal gang for fake covid-passports.
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
@ Godbeliever, you said, "I believe the faithful slave that was chosen by Jesus at his second coming in heaven."
I asked you this question, but you didn't give an answer:
Since "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof," what extraordinary evidence convinced you personally that the "faithful slave" of JW's was chosen by Jesus, rather than the LDS 12 Apostles, Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Pope?
If any other active JW's wants to provide the proof, I'm only too willing to listen/discuss.
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
@ Godbeliever - "I believe the faithful slave that was chosen by Jesus at his second coming in heaven."
Since "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof," I'd like to ask you what extraordinary evidence convinced you personally that the "faithful slave" of JW's was chosen by Jesus, rather than the LDS 12 Apostles, Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Pope?
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
@ Godbeliever: You're right - Constantine hijacked Christianity for political expediency and privatised it. Along came Martin Luther, and Christianity was put on the open market for every Tom, Dick, & Harry speculator who wanted to board the gravy train.
Christianity became tribal, creating disdain, resentment, & even hatred among Christians worldwide. Prime example, Ireland. Every "tribe" claims to have the truth.
recently, in the past few months, and this only applies to in dubs who might have taken note, the watchtower study edition made a change.
it mentioned the “warning work” where dubs are going to march around and proclaim everyone is going to die.. anyway, this article said it was now only a possibility, not a sure thing.. i can’t find it.
did watchtology change it already?.
@ Lastmanstanding:
w76 2/15 p. 111 God Wants People to Live - "However, one thing is certain: Each day that passes brings billions of people closer to death."
w89 9/1 p. 19 par. 7 Remaining Organized for Survival Into the Millennium - "Only Jehovah’s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the “great crowd,” as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil."
More than 7.5 billion people on planet earth are soon to be toast!
and then they instructed all the jw sheeple.. july 2022 wt study magazine, p. 12, par.
"jesus provides wise direction in times of crisis.
the benefits of that direction were evident when the covid-19 pandemic broke out.
At the weekend, I showed the article's quote to a zealous JW.
First reaction - "No, that's not what it's saying." Second reaction - "No, it's just badly worded."
Cognitive dissonance at its best.
