Yeah, not to mention the very last words of that verse (RNWT): "But you were unwilling".
The WTS are absolute masters at quoting out-of-context snippets of fragments of interrupted thoughts from partial verses to make a point that the original writers would never in a thousand years have thought of.
i think he’s done incredible damage to biden.
he must be in hiding in his dad’s basement too.
i think this is the october surprise people have been wondering about.
I'm still confused about this....
The polls are wrong because Trump voters are "afraid" to say they will vote for Trump when contacted anonymously over the phone by polling firms, even Republican-sponsored ones like Rasmussen....
But Trump voters are also so eager to tell everyone who they are voting for by putting Trump signs in their front yards, where every "antifa hooligan" passing by their house will see it and know exactly where to loot and pillage later?
Do I have that right?
today, marking the second anniversary of the australian national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the prime minister of australia has announce in federal parliament the intention to place sanctions against the jehovah’s witnesses in relation to child sexual abuse.. quote from prime minister:.
the royal commission [into institutional response to child sexual abuse], the [national] apology [to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse] and these yearly reports are about accountability: bringing the truth into the light ... we still have, reprehensibly, four institutions that have been named publicly and that have blatantly refused to join the redress scheme.
they are jehovah's witnesses ... it's not acceptable.
This announcement is drastically going to adversely affect the Australian JWs letter writing campaign to all politicians and public servants in Australia this November.
"Dear Prime Minister, Since you have seen fit to revoke our charitable status, please be notified that Jesus H. Christ is going to be coming Very Soon Now, and he has a flaming 800 pound hailstone with your name on it. Have a nice day! Sincerely, WTS of Australia."
today, marking the second anniversary of the australian national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the prime minister of australia has announce in federal parliament the intention to place sanctions against the jehovah’s witnesses in relation to child sexual abuse.. quote from prime minister:.
the royal commission [into institutional response to child sexual abuse], the [national] apology [to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse] and these yearly reports are about accountability: bringing the truth into the light ... we still have, reprehensibly, four institutions that have been named publicly and that have blatantly refused to join the redress scheme.
they are jehovah's witnesses ... it's not acceptable.
Wow! That's hitting them where it really hurts - in the pocketbook.
Wonder how the WTS will respond?
For anything else, there would be trumpeting calls for action on JW.Borg - write letters to the Australian government! Special tract campaign! Satanic persecution!
But if they advertise this on their website, it would be really hard to do without mentioning, why, exactly, it's happening. And "we are losing our tax exemption because we hid child molesters" won't exactly play well, even for die-hard JWs.
And if they do mention it, but don't express the reason why, I would think that would only steel the resolve of the government to carry out its plan.
WTS is screwed - cornered, with no easy way out.
Oh, I guess I could mention, there is an extraordinarily easy way out - change its child abuse policies to something approaching "worldly" (higher) standards. But of course that's not really an option for them, is it? They'd have to admit they had been wrong, which seems like it would open the door for massive lawsuits.
the latest study wt gives another glowing report from rutherford's time:.
in his talk, brother rutherford identified those whowould make up the “great multitude” (king james ver-sion), or “great crowd,” mentioned at revelation 7:9. un-til then, this group was thought to be a secondary heav-enly class that was less faithful.
brother rutherford usedthe scriptures to explain that the great crowd are notchosen to live in heaven, but they are christ’s othersheep who will survive “the great tribulation”.
Just ahead! Soon! Very soon now!
If you ask your mom when dinner is, and she says "Just ahead! Soon! Very soon now!"
....and 140 years later you still haven't eaten....
...maybe it's time to consider that maybe, just MAYBE, dinner won't be ready "soon".
Just sayin'.
It must have been, there a new video on JW Borgcast with Herd introducing the 2021 year text.
Typically the talk introducing the following year's year text is the centerpiece of the October meeting. The fact that is a pre-recorded studio talk in front of no one but the Borgcast crew indicates that the whole October program was scrapped.
I expect that, as a previous poster commented, they will record the rest of the talks that would have been presented and then broadcast them.
can anyone give difference between cross and pendant with jw.org logo?.
further this logo has become the main identification of a kingdom hall.. can someone give bible reasoning behind this?
against or favour..
I once made the "using the logo so prominently is virtually equivalent to idolatry" argument with a hyper-super-uber JW - you know the type, the one who actually tries to speak and act like they do on those "realistic" modern-day JW dramas.
His reaction was just to blink a couple of times, frozen in place, then walk away.
It's rare to see an actual physical manifestation of cognitive dissonance. Kind of like a "close encounter of the third kind". But I definitely saw it.
Why am I suddenly hungry for mashed potatoes?
here is one of the many commandments jesus instructed his twelve apostles to keep, follow, and obey!.
here is anthony morris ( supposedly selected by jehovah to keep, follow and obey the sayings of jesus ) name-calling and condemning enemies!
the pharisees used to label people as well.
He must really be pissed he got caught with his hand in the McAllen's at bottlegate.
That's sounds like a joke, but y'know, something in that screed sounds, well, personal.
Like he's convinced it was a "despicable apostate" who filmed him buying $800 of top-top shelf booze, and he now fantasizes about being the guy who, when he's riding in the heavenly cavalry, gets to learn who exactly it was and gets to kill "despicable him" personally.
i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.
he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.
people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.
Is it "censoring conservatives", or is it following their own guidelines for not allowing certain posts?
I.e. are they doing it because of the political orientation of the poster, or because of the content of the posts?
Twitter & Facebook have determined that the whole NYP story is demonstrably false. They have determined that allowing posts that point to a misleading story violates their guidelines. I understand other people disagree with that assessment, but "other people" don't run Twitter or FB.
My right to swing my fist stops where your nose begins. Conservatives can say whatever the hell they want on Twitter or elsewhere, but if they propagate stories that violate the posting guidelines, they have to accept the consequences or leave.
If you disagree with their guidelines, or disagree that your posts violate the guidelines, write them a letter.
How many people has Simon banned from this site over the years, conservative and liberal? I'd bet virtually all of them would say they'd been "censored". Was that really the case though?
i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.
he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.
people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.
If you allow one party to say whatever they want but don’t apply the same standard to the other it’s wrong.
Are they really applying the standards differently for different "sides"? Minimus thinks so, and says it's "wrong", but other folks disagree.
These companies need to be held responsible.
By whom? By what authority?
If you don't like what the New York times prints, buy the New York Post. If you don't like Stephen King's novels, don't read them. If you don't like Twitter's policies, don't support them.
Simon has no obligation to post pro-JW screeds on this site in the interest of "fairness". It's his site. He can do what he wants.
Twitter is a private company with certain policies and standards. They choose to allow or prohibit certain users and content. What law obligates them to do so according to something other than their own determination?
