forgive me if this has been covered before but i haven't seen anything about it recently.. in exploring the two faiths, mormons vs. jehovah's witnesses, which were both founded in the 1800s with the mormons being slightly a slightly older religion it seems mormons is a more attractive religion than jehovah's witnesses.
do not get me wrong, i'm not looking at joining the mormon church.
but i still enjoy studying other faiths and different belief systems.
I have seen a program once about the book of Mormon and how there is basically no archaeology evidence that anything in it has a lick of truth.
It is completely insane to me but general ly pretty harmless.
I cconsider things cults more on there destroying lives and families than actual theology.
elder: plese watch the november programm on jw broadcasting.. me: what i hope for is the change of the doctrine that states that jesus is not the mediator between jehovah and all jw's but only between jehovah and the 144000. i believe jesus is my mediator even if i am not one of the 144000. .
elder: may jehovah open your mind and heart.
me: may he open everyone's mind and heart.
I don't think the average jw even realizes the chronology of their religion.
Essentially the new testament was just written for the magical 144000 which was later revised only people in the borg at 1919 and no later than 1935.
Then in 2013 the entire body of spiritual annoited christians was replaced by the fds.
I really how many dubs realize this? The entire religion is based on the idea you can't have a relationship with God.
i guess being two months old and coming to the kh in his onesee was kind of offensive .
how rude of me.
i am thinking about returning to him.
It was actually him and his wife that gave it as a gift and it will be a least a year before he will fit into it. It was just the jw statement it made that pissed me off.
I wonder of there are any stats on mixed households and the kids retaining the religion. I believe the odds are in my favor especially with my being just a social witness.
i guess being two months old and coming to the kh in his onesee was kind of offensive .
how rude of me.
i am thinking about returning to him.
Billy
I have never met the guy.
Man, am I going to have some fights on my hands when he gets older.
elder: plese watch the november programm on jw broadcasting.. me: what i hope for is the change of the doctrine that states that jesus is not the mediator between jehovah and all jw's but only between jehovah and the 144000. i believe jesus is my mediator even if i am not one of the 144000. .
elder: may jehovah open your mind and heart.
me: may he open everyone's mind and heart.
i guess being two months old and coming to the kh in his onesee was kind of offensive .
how rude of me.
i am thinking about returning to him.
Not the same guy but I would so like to send his wife a dick pic so they know what being inappropriate feels like.
I am thinking it would be a great way to get people to mind there own business.
i guess being two months old and coming to the kh in his onesee was kind of offensive .
how rude of me.
i am thinking about returning to him.
I guess being two months old and coming to the Kh in his onesee was kind of offensive . How rude of me.
I am thinking about returning to him. I think it was kind of a dick move.
My wife doesn't approve and it is hardly a hill to die on but it pisses me off. They sure as hell won't be studying with my son when he gets older.
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
You can’t have a relationship with god while worshipping a golden calf.
it's not only jw's that get banned in moscow ... the church of scientology too, deemed a "cult" and banned.. eden.
The more I learn, I simply refuse to watch Tom Cruise and John Travolta movies anymore.
my wife is taking a literature course at a local college.
this was her final topic of the semester: why rational people buy into conspiracy theories?i automatically thought of this site and of jws.
the jws i knew, were the kind of people that would believe in conspiracy theories, and i noticed a small following on this site.. the article that was referenced for this course was: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0.
I haven't read the article but I have a couple of ideas.
I think it's a childish desire to know that there is something in control of everything.
There may also be a strong element of narcissism. If you ever get into a conversation with conspiracy nuts they very quickly become abusive and arrogant. Their ego is fed by the delusion that they know better than everybody else.
My patience with conspiracy sorts is nil.
Holy Crap. I actually agreed with you for once.
Too bad you couldn't actually see those qualities in yourself.
