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  Hospitality - How not to.....March 2018 study article.

  by punkofnice in

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  what do you make of this part of the march 2018 watchtower study edition?.

  2 among other things, peter urged his brothers: “be hospitable to one another.” (1 pet.

  4:9) the word “hospitality” in greek literally means “fondness for, or kindness to, strangers.” note, however, that peter urged his christian brothers and sisters to be hospitable “to one another,” to those whom they already knew and associated with.

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  I remember when I was younger and going house to house with my father, he would say to the householder, "Imagine if everyone in the world abided by just the one verse, the 'Golden Rule', how different things would be. 'Do unto others...'" and he'd let them finish the well-known Christian quote.

  I guess my old man misunderstood the term "others" and misapplied it to include everyone outside of the Watchtower. Or maybe Jesus got it wrong and needed some New Light.

  New rule! Treat others (the world) with INhospitableness, the way you don't like to be treated.
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  Hospitality - How not to.....March 2018 study article.

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you make of this part of the march 2018 watchtower study edition?.

  2 among other things, peter urged his brothers: “be hospitable to one another.” (1 pet.

  4:9) the word “hospitality” in greek literally means “fondness for, or kindness to, strangers.” note, however, that peter urged his christian brothers and sisters to be hospitable “to one another,” to those whom they already knew and associated with.

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  "Note, however, that Peter urged his Christian brothers and sisters to be hospitable 'to one another,' to those whom they already knew and associated with."

  Really! Let's take a look at Matthew 5:47, then, shall we?

  "If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that." - New Living Translation.

  Watchtower's rendering of the words "one another" is nothing but a self-serving mutilation of the original text. Furthermore, they are in no position to bemoan that the rest of the world is uncooperative with Witnesses when it is they themselves who are against helping those outside their minority group.

  Watchtower members, take a look at the stimuli you're putting out there in the world: segregation, selfishness, hostility and entitlement. What you put in, you get out.
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  So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

  how would we live?

  what would the realities be like?

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  Omg imagine no WiFi.
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  We just enjoyed a wonderful experience! Richard Dawkins live.

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we just enjoyed a wonderful evening seeing richard dawkins live in sydney.

  it was an event to promote his latest book, and was another opportunity to expand our "god given" brains!😜.

  https://thinkinc.org.au/dawkins/.

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  Now go compare Science in the Soul by Dawkins w/ credit to Hitchens to Rutherford's The Finished Mystery with Posthumous credit to Russell.

  

  

  
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  Foetus baptism

  by Fay Dehr in

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  foetus baptism - surely coming to a watchtower study article soon?

  jw parents are reminded of 2 ti.3:14,14 "from infancy you have known the holy writings".

  and the watchtower explains the greek word bre'phos "infancy" as follows: "...it is generally used of an unborn child.

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  entire world*
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  Foetus baptism

  by Fay Dehr in

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  2. humour

  foetus baptism - surely coming to a watchtower study article soon?

  jw parents are reminded of 2 ti.3:14,14 "from infancy you have known the holy writings".

  and the watchtower explains the greek word bre'phos "infancy" as follows: "...it is generally used of an unborn child.

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  Kind of like how Islam teaches that everyone is born a Muslim.

  JWs would love it if this applied to their faith because then they'd have grounds to completely shun the entire would for not bowing to the Governing Body.
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  Two May 19th articles about Lauren Stuart who killed her husband & two children-left a video & suicide note blaming sexual abuse & exclusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748191/woman-blamed-sexual-abuse-ostracism-jehovahs-witness-reasons-killing-suicide.html.

  revealed: ex-jehovah's witness turned model, 45, left a video and suicide note blaming childhood sex abuse and exclusion from her religion for killing her husband and children.

  lauren stuart of keego harbor, michigan had been researching suicide methods on youtube and videos on how to use a glock for weeks .

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  Lauren’s father told police that he had not spoken to his daughter in years and that her mother died when she was 13. He said that he never cared for her husband and that he believes “Dan pulled Lauren away from the family.”

  One of Lauren’s sisters told police that she had not spoken to Lauren in six years and that she, too, believes “Dan pulled Lauren away from the family.” She told police that Lauren and her husband both suffered from mental illness and that they “fed off of each other.” She said her sister was deemed “Apostasy” for speaking out against the JWs and leaving the organization.

  https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/michigan/how-shunned-jehovahs-witness-mom-killed-her-entire-family/69-555703856

  Sometimes my heart wells up with so much despair that it hurts to just beat. Lauren's father and sister sound almost GLAD about what happened. I'll bet Lauren knew that they would react this way, too. The top reason for people taking their own lives is when they believe their existence is doing their family/loved ones a disservice and that those around them would be better off without them.

  To Lauren's father and sister: you have BLOOD on your hands. Your sociopathic approach to kinship was undoubtedly a driving force behind this heinous tragedy.
  
  
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  Cults and extreme belief

  by Butyoucanneverleave in

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  a&e has a new show this season called cults and extreme belief.

  the second episode will air on 5/29 at 9:00 pm and jehovah's witnesses will be featured.

  hopefully they do a good job exposing them for what they really are.

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  @OrphanCrow... Do you believe in reincarnation?

  I'll wait for the penny to drop ;).
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  Cults and extreme belief

  by Butyoucanneverleave in

  1. social
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  a&e has a new show this season called cults and extreme belief.

  the second episode will air on 5/29 at 9:00 pm and jehovah's witnesses will be featured.

  hopefully they do a good job exposing them for what they really are.

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  "Who's the poster on here that says 'Let's review. It's a cult.'"

  That would be the illustrious @jp1692.
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  What makes you---YOU?

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  of course this is an open ended question but have you ever really thought about what makes you who you are?.

  is it our looks, our personality, our physique, our intelligence, our experiences and subsequent memories, our beliefs?

  is it a combination of all these things and even more?

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  Nothing.

  I guess I figured that out after listening to Lawrence Krauss' lecture on A Universe From Nothing.

  At the most, I'm just a field of energy dancing for itself.

  Existential crisis over.