psalms 118:8 - it is better to take refuge in jehovah than to trust in humans.. the scriptures are clear that jesus is the truth - the way - the life : john 4:6 - jesus said to him: i am the way and the truth and the life.
no one comes to the father except through me.
1 timothy 2:4 - whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.
Yet the WT maintains:
*** w01 1/15 p. 7 How We Can Cultivate Virtue ***
Jehovah has provided his Word and Bible-based publications.
*** w08 4/15 p. 7 par. 19 Repudiate "Valueless Things" ***
Elders do not go beyond the things that are written in the Bible. And by extension, they do not go beyond the Bible-based counsel written in the publications of the faithful and discreet slave.
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psalms 118:8 - it is better to take refuge in jehovah than to trust in humans.. the scriptures are clear that jesus is the truth - the way - the life : john 4:6 - jesus said to him: i am the way and the truth and the life.
no one comes to the father except through me.
1 timothy 2:4 - whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.
Good thoughts and scriptures, thanks for sharing.
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John 11:25 - Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life.
the greek word here translated 'exercises faith' is more often rendered 'believes in' or 'has faith in'.
The WT and NWT like to skew thngs into being a works based religion, therefore 'exercising' suits their agenda very well, even if it's not what Jesus said or meant.
(Incidentally the same is true for John 3:16 "For God loved the world so much he gave his only begotten son in order that everyone 'exercising faith'..." In the NWT, most surrounding translations of the same greek word are 'believe', which is how other Bibles consistently render it.)
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the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.
you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?
well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.
We got the first bit about the SKHF (KHCW) box being discontinued with immediate effect.
The announcement concluded with "there's more information to follow"
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i have been in the fading process for over a year now.
nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.
recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.
While a fade is often the easiest because it's gradual and 'under the radar', it has its' own inherant difficulties, namely
1. It takes months or years
2. You are never really free from future contact and efforts to bring you back.
An alternative which deals with both of these but requires dealing with conflict at the outset, is to come out and say that you do not wish to disassociate yourself, but you will not be going to meetings any more.
You will have to argue your point that not going to meetings is not synonymous with disassociation, but there are things you can say to remove the pressure a bit, like "I want to leave a way open for me in the future, but I can't do this right now". Don't get drawn in, don't accept a visit from two elders, just insist you have done nothing wrong but want to stop the meetings for now.
There will be efforts to help you, but deal with these and you can be free in a month.
Another option combines this break with a fade.
Start by fading and at the first attempt to 'help' you, instigate the break.
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i'm sure there was a discussion on here about the wt publishing a book that says demons manifest themselves as tentacle like creatures and attach themselves to the spines of spirit mediums.... i'm sure i had bookmarked that discussion but can anyone enlighten me?
i've searched for a while now and cannot find it....
1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.
curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.
2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.
I love the way JW's use dictionaries.
Every talk has "and the dictionary definition of xyz is ..."
Then when you talk about the dictionary definition of "generation", "blood", or a million other things, the dictionary get's thrown out in favour of a twisted WT definition!!
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jwn member cedars is fast approaching his 1,914th post.
as of this posting, he is on his 1,909th post!!!
in honor and recognition of this momentous event, we are very excited to be offering to all jwn members your very own 1914 commemorative t-shirt!.
Ties in nicely with the main article being offered this month, in the May 1st 2014 public WT - Can Anyone See the Future.
On p.3 it says
"RELIGIOUS LEADERS sometimes predict tragic worldwide events to warn mankind and gather followers. Doomsday prophet Harold Camping and his disciples widely advertised that the earth would be destroyed in 2011. Needless to say, the world is still here."
Now swap Harold Camping for C.T. Russell, and 2011 for 1914, and you have another epic false religious prediction.
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i received a call from my book study conductor the other day asking for my email address so that he could start sending electronic copies of the km to me.
has anyone else received calls like this?
i've missed quite a few meeting (it's been nice) so am unaware if any letter has been read.
The OKM is now on jworg as a pdf and epub.
Only those with permissions can access these, so the new arrangement is for these to be sent to those who are entitled to them. This was confirmed by letter to all BoE's.
Many congregations don't do this yet because after having being told for years that the internet is bad, education is bad and electronic devices are Satan's snare, there are few in each congregation who have the mental ability or technical means to download and email them out.
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Phoebe was a ministerial servant (diakonos) according to Rom 16:1.
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hello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
I would like to see the letter sent to the CO's regarding this - what checks are they to do, is there anything online for them to look at first, do CO's still have to get approval from legal etc.
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