i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
We all know that scripture can be twisted and interpreted in many different ways
its very easy to critique anyones interpretation of the 1000 years talked about in the Bible but what you you think is the correct interpretation? That’s the hard part.
Im PIMA so I will remain physically in and mentally agnostic
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
ExBethelite, what scriptural grounds do they have for these assertions, the first assertion is indeed supported by Christian writings, the second assertion not by the canonical biblical text, since the idea of a 1000 year ‘in-between’ purgatory-style earth or reincarnation is not in the Bible.
Thus if you ask to justify, it does indeed become contradictory to the biblical texts. Yes, you can make excuses for it, but you can’t assert biblical sourcing, redemption through faith is the core of Christianity and a resurrection to incorruptible state is asserted by Paul (1 Cor 15) and various other verses.
The JWs assert a 1000 year temporary reincarnation based on misinterpretation of a single scripture in Revelation and off course Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach and a few other Judaic and early Christian apocrypha and commentaries which Russell and Rutherford were quite fond of plagiarizing for their interpretation.
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YES THAT ALL MAKES SENSE.
IM JUST SAYING ITS NOT A CONTRADICTION THAT VILE THINGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
“19 states categorically that the evil deeds will be practiced in the new world.
Paragraph 14 states categorically that evil deeds will not be practiced in the new world.”
It’s obvious that those who practice vile things in the old world have a choice
if they no longer practice vile things they can live forever
if they choose otherwise they will be killed
getting down to the nitty gritty will the vile things actually be practiced in the new world? We don’t really know, we just know that they will not be permitted!
maybe the teaching is as soon as they start to practice vile things they will immediately be destroyed
that’s the teaching anyway
there is no contradiction
it’s these cheap shots that give apostates a bad rep
how much is ramapo going to cost?
my daughter in africa meets in a cow shed for her meetings.
i wonder how many khs in africa they could build if they dropped ramapo?.
Has Ramapo been put on hold on not?
I hear conflicting reports
I remember before the pandemic one elder said don’t go thinking that because this project is planned to be completed 2026 that the end won’t come before then, it will almost certainly be completed after Armageddon
the dalai lama has apologised after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the tibetan spiritual leader's tongue.. .
his office said he wanted to apologise to the child and his family "for the hurt his words may have caused".. .
the video also shows the dalai lama kissing the child on his lips.. soon after the pope alleged peodo activity .
The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the Tibetan spiritual leader's tongue.
His office said he wanted to apologise to the child and his family "for the hurt his words may have caused".
The video also shows the Dalai Lama kissing the child on his lips.
soon after the pope alleged peodo activity
what is it with all these religious leaders wanting to do this?
ExBethelitenowPiMA ,"people have very dull lives"--I agree that many who are retired are in it for something to do socially with their friends
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you hit the mail on the head.
especially older ones get far more out of the org than they put in. The elders in many congs have a list of older ones and anything they need. They get lifts for meetings and ministry and any assembly or conventions.
they always get help whenever there is a need and they get visits regularly when they would have been lonely
that is my advice for anyone who is staying physically in, work on getting more out of it than you put into it.
and we have some really good friends who are physically in and we may suspect each other of being mentally agnostic but it goes unspoken
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I still don’t understand what djiana does as part of the “team” he pays her wages for?
as has been said
original reddit post (removed).
So he just said again “I was accused of going to Thailand for sex tourism when I was actually on a mental health break”
Yet he has already admitted to dating at least one sex worker while on this trip
is he hoping people don’t know the full story or does he genuinely believe people really are that stupid
If we are honest a lot of people have very dull lives.
getting together with a group of friends for a good old natter, yea and cakes, lots of coffee breaks
the min is just an excuse for it all
nobody takes it seriously at all. That’s not the reason for going out it’s the getting together for association
i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
So the resurrection of the unrighteous will be some reserected ones who practised vile things in the old world but will be given a second chance as it were
they will be given a reasonable amount of time in the new world but if they still choose to be unrighteous they will be taken away at some point
this is what it means that unrighteousness will not be allowed, not saying it absolutely will not happen just that it won’t be allowed
It’s not a contradiction that would be laughed at if that’s the best you have got
a better one would be at the end of the thousand year reign, will these unrighteous ones have lived since their reserection (may take a long time even upto the end of the 1000yrs to bring everyone back) right up to the end of the 1000yrs?
how will some still choose to side with Satan after everything they have seen? No faith will be needed like it is now?
