the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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So getting baptised is just like going to work at McD's !
I can see the similarity in that both JW's and McD's will give you a McEducation, but I think he forgets that you can turn your notice in at McD's if you don't like it there, and your family will still talk to you afterwards.
Splash
i was just thinking today of the ramifications for the wt if the government of finland was successful in its case against shunning practices, and eventually this was implemented all around the world.. the question this would raise is do they obey gods commandments or that of mans.
jehovah has implemented a scriptural policy through the fds of disfellowshipping.
it's a loving provision that helps the wrong doer see the errors of his ways and draws him back to jehovah.
Has this changed recently on jworg?
I was certain there was no admission of shunning on there at one time!
Splash
hoping you beat portugal and make it through to the last 16 !.
go usa !!
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NOW tell me soccer is boring!!!!!!
Lol, I said that equaliser would liven things up!
Fantastic match
hoping you beat portugal and make it through to the last 16 !.
go usa !!
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There u go!!!
That will liven the game up. Awesome shot to be fair, made some space then Bang!
can anyone tell me exactly how the jws advertised the '75 being the end of the world?
how were they soooo effective?
i mean, other cults are effective also, but damn!
Lots of refrences in this recent thread:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/280468/3/1975-end-prediction
Splash
these days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word.
often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.. now contrast that to all of the words that the wt has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.. words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in jesus is mediator between god and 'men' - 1tim 2:5-6).. what words have the wt redefined that you know about?
- i'd like to compile a list if possible.. splash.
These days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word. Often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.
Now contrast that to all of the words that the WT has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.
Words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in Jesus is mediator between God and 'men' - 1Tim 2:5-6).
What words have the WT redefined that you know about? - I'd like to compile a list if possible.
Splash
it was a long time coming for me.....when i read about the extened generations, after being raised on1914 being the be all end all, and millions would never die....that was the end.
i was part of the 1975 fiasco, the 6 month only truth book studies, suffered through a disifellowshipping and their version of a rewind.
i finally am free and hope others can eventually look in instead of inside looking out!
A few stepping stones:
1. As a teenager I was told (1980's?) that Babylon the Great had fallen. I looked out of the window and saw it actually hadn't.
2. Knowing that babies naturally eat white blood cells in breast milk, but could not take a white cell transfusion because the WT says to abstain.
3. De Cruce Libris Tres (Justus Lipsius) held up as a definitive support that Jesus died on a stake. Found it online and realised this was the opposite of what that book said. Went on to realise that '...' in any WT quotation actually means "we've misrepresented the quote right here".
4. Adding square brackets '[ ]' in the Bible to denote where something has been added that does not appear in the text, then seeing the latest version of the Bible keep the spurious additions but remove the square brackets, so you are deceived.
These days the WTF moments come thick and fast. The more you know the more you can see.
Splash
did you loath them?
did you feel it was a "privilege" to have the elders care deeply about your spiritual well being?
if you were an elder or ministerial servant, did you enjoy going to the homes of the sheep?.
Shepherding calls are one of the highlights of being an elder / MS.
You are warmly welcomed, you have a nice social visit with some encouraging point.
Word then gets around that someone has been upbuilt, and there's a good vibe.
Not to confuse shepherding visits with anything else like investigations, nosiness, trying to reactivate etc.
Splash.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-church-allowed-convicted-3703121.
i hope this is just the tip of the iceberg and they continue to investigate..
Lol at ItsMyLife.
In fairness, I don't think that newspaper link has ever been posted here.
It's typical when there's something getting lots of media coverage that we have a number of threads.
I for one am quite happy to read them all.
Splash.
i didn't go to the convention but have family who did, all are going on about the resurrection talk, how there wasn't a dry eye in the arena.
and apparently a video was shown too on it.
we lost a family member some years back and they are on fb talking about the resurrection and new world coming soon.
*** w89 5/1 p. 5 Babylon the Great—Fallen and Judged ***
religion still seems to prosper in the United States, where a more emotional sector of the populace is exploited by TV evangelists and religious psychologists.
*** w67 1/1 p. 20 par. 30 Modern Unwillingness to Hear God’s Message Leads to Calamity ***
‘The Billy Graham type of evangelism is not the kind we need in these trying times. We need an intellectual, thoughtful approach—not bursts of emotionalism.’
Splash
