this photo can be found in the april 15 , study edition article titled:.
why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.
just by looking at this image we can see how quickly the barrier between the congregation and former member is put up, after the announcement that this sister is no longer one of jehovah's witneses.
How much of the meetings now are actual bible study or just batshit crazy JW religious doctrine.
I don’t attend anymore but it seems to be an endless loop of disfellowing, 1914, book of revelations, parables that are actually prophecies, bashing Christians, more time more effort in the meetings and field service, GB idol worship.
Ask a JW to explain the theme of the Book of Romans or the Gospels ………..no clue.
what if a person is thought to be possessed and nothing suspicious is found in their home, ie books, yard sale stuff, smurfs, etc..., will the elders perform an exorcism?
have any of you ever heard of a person getting exorcised?.
Sorry for the bump
I read what Blondie wrote but still don't understand the WTS official line on exorcism.
We are not suppose to do it , so what happened when a JW is possessed by a demon.
Take them into field service ?
lately television has really bored me so i have turned to youtube on the apple tv.. man, this show is hilarious.
i knew it was funny when it was on the air but it seems to get better with time.
or maybe i am getting older and beginning to see a lot of hank hill in myself.. any fans ??
Lately television has really bored me so I have turned to youtube on the Apple TV.
Man, this show is hilarious. I knew it was funny when it was on the air but it seems to get better with time.
Or maybe I am getting older and beginning to see a lot of Hank Hill in myself.
Any fans ??
i am initially thinking of the major religious institutions of christianity , catholic ,many branches , church of england , and the major protestant religions , too numerous to mention here.. after all their is 40,000 plus christian religions in the world today ?so obviously j.w.`s are not the only false religion .. so my real question is really , to do with the mainstream christian religions , why are`nt they more aggressive in their condemnation of the jehovah witness religion for their obvious failings ,flip backs ,contradictions ,prophecy`s that never eventuated , end of the world predictions ,re-inventing their past history , even distancing themselves from their past history , and their founding members , such as c.t.russell and j.f.rutherford whose policies they now reject... they need to get on board and bleed it for all it`s worth .. smiddy .
Sorry
To be fair to Brother Jeramy I grew up in a town that was about 20 % Plymouth Brethen and they are literally more ruthless than the JWs. Lets say you were a husband and got disfellowed, the elders would be over later that day moving your wife and children to another house.
Plus they take that whole " Separate from the world " thing pretty dam serious. In 20 plus years I don't think I ever really shot the breeze with one of them. The funniest thing is when a new family would come to town and just figure some sunday morning they would try out their church. A couple elders would meet you at the door and ask you to leave. They are literally the most miserable dickheads on the planet.
i am initially thinking of the major religious institutions of christianity , catholic ,many branches , church of england , and the major protestant religions , too numerous to mention here.. after all their is 40,000 plus christian religions in the world today ?so obviously j.w.`s are not the only false religion .. so my real question is really , to do with the mainstream christian religions , why are`nt they more aggressive in their condemnation of the jehovah witness religion for their obvious failings ,flip backs ,contradictions ,prophecy`s that never eventuated , end of the world predictions ,re-inventing their past history , even distancing themselves from their past history , and their founding members , such as c.t.russell and j.f.rutherford whose policies they now reject... they need to get on board and bleed it for all it`s worth .. smiddy .
No one denies the WTS are the only so called Christian cult that exists but in the shear number of lives destroyed no one touches the JWs.
Your entire post is the equivalent of getting caught doing something bad and ratting someone else out. Pretty weak man.
I bet your one of “ Well, I don’t believe in the GB but I don’t believe in the trinity “ types . Trust me, dig deeper, you are only half done your journey if you want to call yourself a Christian.
i am initially thinking of the major religious institutions of christianity , catholic ,many branches , church of england , and the major protestant religions , too numerous to mention here.. after all their is 40,000 plus christian religions in the world today ?so obviously j.w.`s are not the only false religion .. so my real question is really , to do with the mainstream christian religions , why are`nt they more aggressive in their condemnation of the jehovah witness religion for their obvious failings ,flip backs ,contradictions ,prophecy`s that never eventuated , end of the world predictions ,re-inventing their past history , even distancing themselves from their past history , and their founding members , such as c.t.russell and j.f.rutherford whose policies they now reject... they need to get on board and bleed it for all it`s worth .. smiddy .
The other day I was in the Salvation Army book store and there was a whole pile of WTS literature. Its all donations so I collected it and brought it to counter and said “ this is JW stuff, throw it in the garbage “ . The clerk who was the majors wife looked at me I like was a total asshole. “ What makes your belief system so much better huh? “
I was just dumbfounded. Fine I will put it back.
Next day I came back and it was all missing. I am pretty sure she must have told someone about the encounter and someone set her straight.
When was I was growing up in the 80s, we were taught about the dangers WTS. Mind you the WTS was growing like gangbusters back then. It is scary how many church going folks don’t know about the dangers they pose.
i am initially thinking of the major religious institutions of christianity , catholic ,many branches , church of england , and the major protestant religions , too numerous to mention here.. after all their is 40,000 plus christian religions in the world today ?so obviously j.w.`s are not the only false religion .. so my real question is really , to do with the mainstream christian religions , why are`nt they more aggressive in their condemnation of the jehovah witness religion for their obvious failings ,flip backs ,contradictions ,prophecy`s that never eventuated , end of the world predictions ,re-inventing their past history , even distancing themselves from their past history , and their founding members , such as c.t.russell and j.f.rutherford whose policies they now reject... they need to get on board and bleed it for all it`s worth .. smiddy .
The general consensus in Christianity is once you become a Christian you enter into the new covenant ( the body of Christ ) and that is your salvation. As long you believe in the basics it is pretty much all the same ( Jesus was god in the flesh, you are saved though grace etc etc ). Most of the differences in Dogma are really quite minor and unimportant. The pastor at my church (evangelical ) says you could go to Catholic church tomorrow and as long as you were sincere , it wouldn’t matter.
Now why don’t other churches have an axe to grind the JWs ? Well, JW are considered well-meaning but dangerous weirdos. We are educated about them but there are literally thousands of cults and every Sunday can’t be cult awareness week.
Also devoting every other Sunday to the Book of revelations and Daniel is stupid. Trying to crack codes and discover the identity of the whore of Babylon is stupid.
from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.
's, here are my conclusions:.
's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.
The other day some pioneer lady showed up work and asked to speak to the manager. I told her the manager was a Mormon, travels to Salt Lake City each year and even seen the golden plates. He was standing right beside me when I was saying it. How the hell we didn’t bust out laughing while she was there is beyond me.
No debate, no questions, Just a 30 second sales pitch and out the door.
I think gone are the days of any type of theology discussion. Trinity, Hellfire, immorality of the soul, anyone with a smart phone can argue will you now. The funny part that is the hard stuff. The easy stuff is showing them the stupidity of overlapping generations or how they worked backwards to 1914.
If the fanatics are starting to mail it in, I can’t even imagine how the ones just getting hours are feeling about it.
so i am a little tangled up in this train of thought, as it can go quite deep.. as a jw, albeit fully awake, we are taught that there is right and a wrong.
smoking is wrong.
going on the ministry is right.
When I was 18 ( just before the internet ) I watched a video called “ the many faces of death “ and there was a medical video of a 24 week abortion. Till this day it is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen.
Now was it disturbing because I grew up in a church or because I am a human with a conscience. How many people would be protesting in the street if they saw the video I saw.
I like to think people are hardwired to not do things like torture animals or have sex with children or let your children die over blood transfusions but man sometimes I wonder.
When you learn about the fall of the Roman empire, or the evils of Communism , I still believe religion has a role as a moral compass.
you'd think that the third major abrahamic religion would be of interest to the witnesses and their fanciful interpretation of just about anything written in the bible, especially with the white-hot relevance islam has in current affairs and the middle east.
not only that, islam had a huge influence on european history, with conquering armies and direct control over jehovah's supposed holy city of jerusalem.. american christian fundamentalists trip over themselves trying to connect all the dots in scripture so why hasn't the watchtower society?
laziness?
The WTS society subscribe to something called “replacement theology “ where they have replaced themselves with the physical nation of Israel or Jewish people in god’s plan.
The WTS avoids using reference to Islam and what is happening in the middle east because
They are chickenshit
The bible really falls more in line with Evangelical views of end times involving Israel, Iran, Russia etc etc.
The WTS is more about attacking Christianity than trying to convert people from other religions. People in other religions are already dead, no need to doom them . ( ha ha ha , look at me going all 700 huntley street on your pagan asses).
