(apologies for the typo in the title.
"teaching" should read "teachings".
i misread vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above.
Duran, this isn't meant to be a thread for argumentation. If you think that the JWs are right about "Jehovah", then write that as your contribution to this thread. 🙄
Just the things you personally think the JWs got right, Peeps! Don't argue with other respondents' answers; play nice! 🐱
casey sabella writes.
many of their teachings have no biblical basis whatsoever.
they claim those leaders are in fact the faithful and discreet slave jesus spoke about in matthew 24. further, they alone were selected by jesus himself in 1919 to identify as this slave and that all other churches are false.. only 144,000 can partake of communion and go to heaven.
That the true religion as approved by Yahweh Himself would be incorporated as a US company and have an unpaid workforce of book salespeople (colportueur, anyone?)
The term "spirit creature" has always irked me, for some reason. When did they start using that term? Was it Chuckles T Russell himself, or did he steal that from someone else, or was it someone later than Russell who came up with that peculiar turn of phrase?
(apologies for the typo in the title.
"teaching" should read "teachings".
i misread vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above.
(Apologies for the Typo in the Title. "Teaching" should read "Teachings". 🙄)
I misread Vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above. So I started on that topic, until I realised that I needed to learn how to read properly. 🙄😱 Anyway, here are my answers (feel free to add any, if you can think of them):
1. That the Christian religion should be based on the Bible alone. (It's up to you how well you think they succeed in their stated goal, of course)
2. That the Tetragrammaton was better transliterated "Yahweh". (Found in the introduction to their earlier bibles)
(That's all I got!)
Vanderhoven7's post that sparked this one: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6244295636418560/what-some-jw-teachings-that-you-do-agree
https://www.oakbaynews.com/news/grand-forks-jehovahs-witnesses-lose-privacy-law-appeal-7897541 .
I imagine that they will. They've got a lot to lose. More of these kinds of decisions being made only leads to more governments taking notice, and that is never good for the WT.
the wts has used to above terms, over the years, some more preferred in certain time periods.
more though, but these occurred to me first.
also the terms "new world" and "new world order" have been used by some us presidents and other leaders..
"The lines containing "new order" now say...."Go tell far and wide that the paradise is near."
Of course they edited the reference to God out! 🙄 I'm surprised they didn't try to shoehorn a reference to the GB instead! 🙄🙄🙄
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2025/mar/24/wa-bill-mandating-clergy-report-abuse-clears-senate-floor/ .
"If Senate Bill 5375 passes and becomes law, religious leaders would have to report incidents to law enforcement or the Department of Children, Youth and Family Services within 48 hours, with no exemption. This would include information learned during penitential communication, such as confession in the Catholic Church or within the Committee of Elders in a Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, among others. Failure to do so could be considered a gross misdemeanor. "
Interesting that they specifically point out a JW procedure and deliberately define it into this law. The tide may eventually turn.
If the WT has any sense, they'll drop any involvement with CSA and simply tell victims and their families to go to law enforcement. And if they did,It would be nice if they would accept the results of a police investigation as grounds for disfellowshipment. And that they don't penalise the victim or family for warning others.
And they need to dismantle Ted Jaracz's idiocy (and covering of his own posterior*), the two witness rule.
*I don't buy the "we'll never know, so let's not talk about it" approach. He did something over here that led to him being sent back to headquarters under a cloud of some sort. That he made it his personal crusade to weaponise the two witness rule to protect paedophiles is a pretty strong hint.
https://youtu.be/o5almnehew4?si=kdgrjgbiutjkvcxe.
i’m hoping the memorial talk will be different.
change the talk!
"'twas Nisan 14 when your glory was seen...."
Man, talk about Vogon poetry! 😱😳🙄
Scuttlebutt amongst us mainstream Christians in the 80s was that JWs would answer "Yes" if you asked them if they were born again, presumably to deflect from certain arguments.
since i faded i've told a few people at work about having been raised in this organization but i found that most people don't really get what it is like at all.
they just focus on not celebrating holidays as if that is the worst thing about growing up jw.
i didn't explain much because it's too much for most people to handle.
Most people who've never been in don't realise how profound a sentence like "I used to be a Jehovah's Witness" is. They probably think that leaving is no more stressful than cancelling a subscription. From what I've read, it's more like trying to leave the Mob: you can't!
blood donor james harrison has died aged 88 in australia (17th feb) has saved the lives of over 2 million babies.
after receiving a huge blood transfusion during heart surgery aged 14, he vowed to become a donor at 18. he held the record for the most blood plasma donated until recently, donating every two weeks from the age of 18. his blood produced anti d used to produce jabs that protect unborn babies from hemolytic disease of the foetus & newborn (hdfn).
this occurs in pregnancy when a mothers red blood cells are incompatible with her babys.
It flies in the face of the WT assumption* that you'll probably inherit something nasty from someone else's blood. In this case, you inherit something good.
Can you still find WT articles where someone had a blood transfusion and went weird because they'd acquired the donor's characteristics?
* One of their many assumptions about blood
new german chancellor merz has won the election.
trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.
merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.
LoL, that little boy is amazing! 😂
