so, if you expect to find 'saints' with halos, you will never find real christians.. after over 30 years of being a jw, there are many things about the org that disturb me- yet no one else even acknowledges the only true god, as jesus referred to him.. not a 'they' or 'them' ('trinity')- but him!and he has always had the name jehovah (yehovah in hebrew)- even though the koine greek had no version of it when the nt was written.. so among the many things real christians have to endure- is often each other!
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Learning the Catholic Cult was so deceptive, I almost gave up on faith altogether
Huh, exactly what happened to me when I learned Watchtower leaders are disgustingly dishonest whenever they write about subjects where facts and evidence contradict their doctrine (age of mankind, Noah's flood, evolution, 607BCE) or when they need to shoehorn their previous statements into current doctrine.
If you have to cheat to defend your beliefs, your beliefs are not worth defending.
heard the lastest in jw land?
god commanded the org to sell buildings in new york cause corona virus was comming.
lots of jws see it as this is the true religion cause of that 🙃😊 ofcourse no one been mentioning why no warning before spanish flu 1918 or terrorism 9/11.
God also told the Borg to build new convention centers in Europe that now go unused because all large events are banned.
God also didn't tell the Borg they needed to build in videoconferencing in their omnipresent Jw.borg.
Now they're stuck with using worldly tech that has severe privacy issues, is either expensive or time-limited, is 'hacked' way too easy.
Zoom zoom zoom.
I guess God bet on the wrong horse?
2020-04-addendum letter.. https://docdro.id/n0hm6tg.
2020-04 shepherd the flock of god elder manual.
https://docdro.id/llechtz.
Can we request languages? 😁
In that case I'd be very happy and grateful if a Dutch version could be made available.
i thought it was a strange coincidence that there was a weapons lab right near the supposed wet market where it started.
china needs to pay for this one way or the other.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-cables-coronavirus-origin-chinese-lab-bats.
Tunistic First off that sent a red flair in the sky was when early on the Chinese did a "its a US Army made virus" WTF. Who would say that except for a guilty person.
...says the person claiming "it's a Chinese Army made virus"
Does claiming "our opponent did this" properly indicate a person's/country's own guilt?
Or is it more likely just emotions and propaganda speaking?
the local congregation has organized witness meetings at zoom with the field service group.. witness are advised to take part of the online witness meeting, dispite if they witness online or not.. this all to keep the routine, they say.. g..
This all to keepthe routinecontrol
if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.
however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.
which contradict the official narrative are being muted.
Freedom of speech is a very important thing.
However, my freedom of speech does not mean everyone else should willingly and freely offer their platform to me to spread my speech.
Much less are platforms obliged to offer their technology and services to those who spread false or misleading messages that endanger individual people or society as a whole.
If on this forum Simon decides to remove my posts simply because he doesn't like what I write, that is not a infringement on my freedom of speech.
If YouTube or Facebook decide to remove factually incorrect messages that claim COVID-19 is caused by 5G from their platforms, that is not a violation of the freedom of speech of the people spouting such nonsense.
You and I aren't obliged to allow people who want to proclaim whatever message to do so from our living room using our telephone, or from our back yard.
Neither are large companies obliged to offer their 'living room' to let people shout dangerous nonsense.
Freedom of speech means that you can speak your mind without being arrested. That's it.
And even then our freedom of speech is limited by other people's freedoms and rights...
2020-04-07 inbox disaster relief committee zone 3.. https://docdro.id/k2wq1zj.
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petra!.
All the critic, sometimes, they do also good things. This communication is good
I think it's telling (some) JW apparently need Watchtower to tell them they should follow CDC and government orders....
it’s cognac.
couldn’t sign-in for some reason so i created a new account.
just was wondering what’s going on with the memorial this year cause my kids father wants to have them during that time.
It's sad how JW look down on the traditions and rituals of other religions while they don't understand how much this wine and bread thing is a meaningless ritual according to their own theology.
it’s cognac.
couldn’t sign-in for some reason so i created a new account.
just was wondering what’s going on with the memorial this year cause my kids father wants to have them during that time.
I heard about a single person who asked an elder "how should I go about passing the emblems? Pass the from left hand to right hand? Or?" and the elder told them to stand up and just walk around the table on which the emblems are placed.
Not unlike a Catholic procession or a witch circle lol...
how do you determine whether to show a jw the truth or not?.
now some of you still believe in the bible.
to you the answer would be obvious - we preach to anyone as much as possible.
You can always simply ask them and check their willingness to change their mind:
Their answers tell you all you need to know.
