it seems like the watchtower is still encouraging "theocratic warfare".
in the no.1 watchtower of 2016, they (ironically) printed an article on honesty.here is something they said:"lyingwhat is it?
saying something false to someone who is entitledto know the truth.
I guess soon JW will get their own dictionary for these words and topics.
For each of these they have either stated their own definition already, or they show their own definition by their behaviour.
BTW I know dictionaries are normally in alphabetical order, but they might have their own version as well? Just pick and choose and you'll end up with Alef, Beth, Gimel, D,EA,F,.......,Omega
the dna code could be used to store unimaginable amounts of information.. researchers have shown that encasing the dna is glass it would remain stable and able to be recovered for more than a million years.
by adding redundancies into the code it would still be preserved even if it did become damaged.. why didn't god think about encoding a simple "hello"?.
read more here.... bbc video here....
@Cofty,
Yes, if only God was as clever as scientists. Then we would have unrefutable proof of his existence.
He sure could have foreseen that newborn skeptics like me really need that level of evidence?
Or does he really expect us to accept random explanations of a Bronze Age book by Brooklyn goofballs?
Or maybe some tiny little verifiable miracle? I mean, according to the Bible and JW yearbooks, praying will make goats go striped or spickled, sheepskin dry or wet, dead wood blossom, Witnesses sent to your door...But apparently what I asked for (any one brother making a random remark about creation to me while at the kh) was to complicated.
Let alone convincing evidence for all to see (instead of having to believe an ancient dude who just learned to write)
Okay, rant modus off ;-)
the dna code could be used to store unimaginable amounts of information.. researchers have shown that encasing the dna is glass it would remain stable and able to be recovered for more than a million years.
by adding redundancies into the code it would still be preserved even if it did become damaged.. why didn't god think about encoding a simple "hello"?.
read more here.... bbc video here....
This reminds me of the scientists who created artificial DNA, and implanted it into a cell stripped from it's DNA. The cell with synthetic DNA was capable of reproducing.
So, creating life from dead materials is a step closer (in contrast to what dubs claim)
And these scientists showed God how he could have revealed himself:
To verify that they had synthesized a new organism and not assembled the DNA from another natural bacteria, scientists encoded a series of 'watermarks' into the genes of M. mycoides JCVI-syn1.0. There are four of these hidden messages: an explanation of the coding system used, a URL address for those who crack the code to go visit, a list of 46 authors and contributors, and a series of famous quotes. The presence of these watermarks verifies that M. mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 truly is synthetic and demonstrates the precision and power of JCVI's new techniques in synthetic biology
doesn't that throw off the date?.
*** w51 6/15 p. 383 questions from readers ***.
in establishing the length of the seven times of the gentiles, a time or year of 360 days is used, to give 2,520 days, which become 2,520 years when ezekiel 4:6 is applied.
Yet the Bible is scientifically correct.
Never mind our God didn't know he should have included a proper calendar with the laws he gave Moses.
God will just adapt his infallible timetable to our confusing and wrong way of keeping track of moon, sun and seasons.
Or...it's just all human explanations that could just as easily have been justified the other way around.
i have been perplexed as to how to brung my wife out of jws and to exit the religion... but i had an idea last night.
i know that elders will legitimantly meet with brothers who have doubts and encourage them... not df them .. this is a sheperding call etc.. thus since my wife knows i have doubt s i could say: i want to have two brother over to discuss this ... she will agree.... of course i will hit these guys with biblical textual issues, an biology to where they are stunned and still ask... "so brothers... can you solve this conflict...?".
in this case they will not think of me as an apostate but may question their own beliefs... .
With my wife I noticed these things:
1) She really doesn't like the fact that I investigated my doubts alone and didn't tell her anything before I reached my conclusion.
2) Since suddenly I didn't love Jehovah anymore, maybe I would suddenly not love her either some day soon? She felt insecure about that.
3) Since I destroyed all her paradise plans for us, and put her life upside down by suddenly changing from what/who I was when we married, she really needed some way to see I'm still the same nice, lovable guy. Luckily our newborn stills giggles at me and loves me unconditionally, and she showed my wife how to do that :-)
To help my wife regain her trust and love for me, I am being the best loving person I can be, helping her get to meetings and even with her talk, so she has only reasons to still love me.
We have agreed that for now, we will not discuss any JW topics just to make us not hate each other over that. So I am aiming for a slow deconversion for her ;-)
What you might take away from this: you have shaken your wife's whole world. Only thing she is still sure of is Jehovah and the cult. If she can't see it your way yet, leave that for now. Aim for the long term. Bring her to all the meetings if you can. Let her know by words and deeds you still love her, and that you still support her no matter what.
Best of luck and wisdom for you!
suppose that a popular uprising tries to oust an oppressive regime, one under which gods people have also suffered.
although we would not march with the protesters, might we be with them in spirit?
(eph.
Would neutrality principle also keep them from sitting down with governments to try to influence their policies?
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/politics.php#political
I never joined a labor union, as they are (sometimes) trying to influence government policy...aka politics.
And these morons just sign up as members of intergovernmental orgs.
And no, OSCE does not give out library passes....
i have a beard.
i spend a month on vacation with no worry from the congregation overseas of course.
i grew a full beard now and with glasses i finally have posted my picture on facebook og me... next to half life 2 cover showing i look like gordan freeman lol.
Btw this is also one of the topics that show how JW cult teachings work.
There is no JW literature that states that beards are no good, let alone explain why.
However, all pictures always place beards with Satans followers.
School book states something about the need that brothers with a moustache should keep it neat....but no word on beards.
So 'beards are bad' is only implied, never stated in writing as that is an untenable position. But still every dub understands and complies.
And this is how they work...imply something but do not explicitely state it. Then you are never wrong, can deny everything, place the blame on those who 'misunderstood', and you can't be sued. 1975 anyone?
i have a beard.
i spend a month on vacation with no worry from the congregation overseas of course.
i grew a full beard now and with glasses i finally have posted my picture on facebook og me... next to half life 2 cover showing i look like gordan freeman lol.
Don't know where I read it, but apparently forcing compliance on non-issues like this (and skirts, ties, jeans) actually enforce the whole obey the cult, cult membership is more important than individual expression/needs/preferences.
Obey in small non important issues, and you will also obey when your life is at stakes.
i have a beard.
i spend a month on vacation with no worry from the congregation overseas of course.
i grew a full beard now and with glasses i finally have posted my picture on facebook og me... next to half life 2 cover showing i look like gordan freeman lol.
Don't know where I read it, but apparently forcing compliance on non-issues like this actually enforce the whole obey the cult, cult membership is more important than individual expression/needs/preferences.
Obey in small non important issues, and you will also obey when your life is at stakes.
i have a beard.
i spend a month on vacation with no worry from the congregation overseas of course.
i grew a full beard now and with glasses i finally have posted my picture on facebook og me... next to half life 2 cover showing i look like gordan freeman lol.
...problem solved.
Kept my privileges like reading WT.
Btw haven't seen any elder with beard here. And definitely no bearded brothers with parts on larger meetings.
