Posts by Touchofgrey

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How to spot wolves in sheep's clothing!

by BoogerMan in

w64 11/1 pp.

645-646 wolves in sheep’s covering - "can you detect them?

how can you avoid becoming their prey?....to his first-century disciples jesus sounded a warning that applies to us today with even greater force: “look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘i am he [anointed],’ and, ‘the due time has approached.’ do not go after them.” (luke 21:8) .

Touchofgrey

The gospel of Luke was written around 80ce by a unknown author and to make his account seem a genuine account he includes this statement about wolves in sheep's clothing,

There were many jesus stories going around at this time by other authors with possible claims that their version was the true one .

So just like there are many versions and beliefs of jesus today each claiming includeing jws that they have the true version and they each say that the others are wrong and trying to mislead people today

They all can't be right but they all can be wrong.

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How to spot wolves in sheep's clothing!

by BoogerMan in

w64 11/1 pp.

645-646 wolves in sheep’s covering - "can you detect them?

how can you avoid becoming their prey?....to his first-century disciples jesus sounded a warning that applies to us today with even greater force: “look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘i am he [anointed],’ and, ‘the due time has approached.’ do not go after them.” (luke 21:8) .

Touchofgrey

Anyone claiming that they have the true religion is are wolves in sheep's clothing,that is anyone who manipulates and coercive people to follow their beliefs that they invented as true.

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"instructions that aren't sound by a human standpoint"

by mikeflood in

what could be "an instruction not sound by a human standpoint"?.

i'm going by dissolving their legal entities...any guesses?.

Touchofgrey

Gaslighting

Physiological manipulation of a person or group over a extended period of time that causes the victim to question their own thoughts and perception of reality, to lead to confusion and a dependency on the perpetrator.

A act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for ones own advantage.

It's happens in every walk of life, religion, politics end even among members of your own family and friends.

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Do children still get destroyed at Armageddon?

by Anony Mous in

i know back in the day, that was taught, that if the parents were going to be destroyed, so would the children.

i just can't easily find reference to anything.

this thinking has been used to justify some egregious behavior towards children and their parents such as exclusion of children from jw family - why worry, the end is near, all will work itself out then - the end didn't come though.

Touchofgrey

at Armageddon ... parents will be held accountable for their children, and children will suffer for the failure of their parents.” - Watchtower 1968 Feb 1 pp.83-84

No wonder why our parents were so hard on us when we were kids ,dragging us to meeting and ministry as though there life depended on it .

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Who's got it wrong - Daniel or the evil slave?

by BoogerMan in

w98 2/1 p. 22 par.

16 - "what of the dead who are resurrected on earth?...they also will have to love the name of jehovah, ministering to him, offering acceptable sacrifices......".

(daniel 9:26, 27) "and after the 62 weeks, mes·siʹah will be cut off, with nothing for himself.....and at the half of the week, he will cause sacrifice......to cease.

Touchofgrey

They both can't be right but they can both be wrong.

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Beliefs clarified - A big fat WTF for 2025

by ukpimo in

jehovah’s witnesses have an official page for clarified beliefs they encourage elders, ministerial servants, regular pioneers, as well as all the rest of the elite, to keep up to date with:.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200277174.

2025 has a curious clarification:.

Touchofgrey

It's all about control.

It's what high control group do

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Canada exploring changes to tax rules that exempt religious organizations

by Scully in

jw
friends

https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelicals-oppose-removal-of-tax-status-in-canadian-proposal.html.

the proposed change will revoke charitable status of canadian churches who have an anti-abortion position, and will not give tax exemptions to organizations whose sole claim is to promote religion, which is the basic claim for all jw related entities in canada.

this will be interesting!.

Touchofgrey

Jhine

So do employees of company's pay tax to fund them and companies and corporations also pay taxes (some more than others) so why should religion's be any different?

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Canada exploring changes to tax rules that exempt religious organizations

by Scully in

jw
friends

https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelicals-oppose-removal-of-tax-status-in-canadian-proposal.html.

the proposed change will revoke charitable status of canadian churches who have an anti-abortion position, and will not give tax exemptions to organizations whose sole claim is to promote religion, which is the basic claim for all jw related entities in canada.

this will be interesting!.

Touchofgrey

Religions are a snare and a racket so they should pay taxes to help fund the health and social services in their country's. Instead of sitting on billions of assets.

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