Anders Andersen

Joined

• started 54 topics
• posted 1,668 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Anders Andersen

• 
  64

  Was Sin Inevitable?

  by Parker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was wondering about this question and wanted to ask: was sin inevitable?

  also, i had thought about past watchtower articles or publications related to this topic and did some research and found this from our readers ask if adam was perfect, how was it possible for him to sin?.

  well, then, did god create adam with a moral weakness, so that he lacked the ability to make sound decisions or to withstand temptation?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  I always wonder how an act of disobedience and the resulting disturbed relationship between individuals (Adam/Eve vs JHWH) resulted into physical defects.

  Were Adam and Eve not really perfect by themselves, but merely kept alive and healthy by God while they obeyed him?

  Or were they perfect and healthy all by themselves, and God purposely put defects into them after they disobeyed?

  And how is sin inheritable through DNA?

  What are the mechanisms for this?

  So many questions, so few reasonable answers....
• 
  22

  Indonesian--2020 Elder Manual--Addendum--and August S-147-E!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-04 indonesian--shepherd the flock of god elder manual, flock book addendum, and the 2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders.. .

  reply below if you want me to send a link to your pm box.. .

  petra!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  How are things in your neck of the woods? Hope your having sunny skies and sipping on a whiskey sour!

  Sunny skies we have! Currently very nice summer weather, almost 32C/89F and more days like that to come.

  Unfortunately I must demolish my bathroom this weekend so I'll be extra sweaty...
  
  
• 
  22

  Indonesian--2020 Elder Manual--Addendum--and August S-147-E!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-04 indonesian--shepherd the flock of god elder manual, flock book addendum, and the 2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders.. .

  reply below if you want me to send a link to your pm box.. .

  petra!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  Thanks Petra!

  I hope the weather doesn't cause you too much trouble!
• 
  22

  Indonesian--2020 Elder Manual--Addendum--and August S-147-E!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-04 indonesian--shepherd the flock of god elder manual, flock book addendum, and the 2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders.. .

  reply below if you want me to send a link to your pm box.. .

  petra!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  Hi Petra,

  Could it be that I didn't get these in my email yet?
  Would be happy to receive them, either in email or dm.

  Thanks!
• 
  10

  Netherlands: sexual abuse report can stay online judge rules

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/08/jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-report-can-stay-online-judge-rules/.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  The report has appeared on various websites and this, the judge, said, ‘negates any sense of urgency about removal or rectification’.

  For context: when the report was about to be released to the public, Watchtower started a preliminary injunction procedure to stop publication of the report.

  They lost, and the report was published the same day.

  Watchtower appealed the verdict.

  They now lost this appeal, as the judge recognizes that a preliminary injunction doesn't make sense anymore anyway as the report has already been published.

  Watchtower also demanded that the Minister of Justice would send a letter to the House of Representatives instructing them to disregard the report.

  To that the judge ruled that 1) he has no authority to tell the Minister what to do and 2) the Minister has no authority to tell the Representatives what to do. That demand was thus rejected as unconstitutional.

  Imho the next logical move for Watchtower could be to start a regular court case, but a newspaper reports they are considering petitioning the Supreme Court. Given the logical arguments of the judge and the nature of preliminary injunction proceedings, I don't think Watchtower will get lucky there.
  
  
• 
  21

  The mormon church(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone here thats a former mormon?

  a person in the internet wrote abouth them.

  that community could not be more impressive in its cohesion, sincerity, benevolence, decency, patriotism, and faith.. i seen mormons go from house to house before the convid virus.they always seem cheerful.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  The stories in the exmormon community (https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/ ) are very similar to exjw stories.
  
  
• 
  28

  And this isn't a cult? Wife put on name tag for zoom assembly

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and this isn't a cult?

  just saw my wife put on her name tag for the zoom assembly.... what the what?

  i thought these things werent even live.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  Of course wearing a team shirt isn't really the same as having a name badge on in your own home...it's rather silly to identify yourself when home alone or with your family...

  It can be compared to someone insisting to visibly wear his work security badge while watching a work instruction video from home....and then proudly shares selfies he did it just like that.

  Wearing a name badge for convention is just another sacred JW tradition....of the type they criticize other religions for.
• 
  11

  interview going viral

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.

  me and my pimi wife got it several times.

  its from some kind of tv station in us.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  On JWtalk they say the presenter's mom is a JW, and he used to be.one too.
• 
  11

  UK Bethel COs New Lock Down

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hear that all wt payroll personal in the uk are now in full lockdown/sheilding mode until november..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  @fulano, you entirely deserved them with all the free slave labour you did for Watchtower.

  And what happened? Someone knocked your teeth in field service? Or an elder meeting? ;-)
• 
  95

  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Anders Andersen

  the bottom line for fundamentalist Christian belief is that Jesus believed that Adam and Eve were real and historical people. And the Christian faith is based on that belief

  Would it surprise you to learn not all mainstream churches subscribe to a literalist interpretation of Adam and Eve?