why do some people who were trapped in the wt and wake up after much frustration and anger that they were lied to, still believe in the bible god who allowed them and their families to be deceived and trapped for years.
i have an acquaintance who is a lot older than me and for the past 30 years he has been out of the watchtower religion and is sola scriptura.
sola scriptura is a theological doctrine that posits the christian scriptures as the sole infallible source of authority for christian faith and practice.
Was it the bible god's at fault in deceiving many about the activity of the Watchtower or was it the men who were the conducting leaders of this religious publishing house, who self identified themselves as god's chosen ones ?
Personally I think it was those men and their publishing endeavors, supported by the American government's freedom of religion laws.
As it turns out through an honest observation of their expressed doctrines, they were really acting as false prophet apostates.
whether you are in the usa or another country, are you for it or against it?.
Designated borders help block or impede illegal activities and migrate issues.
whether you are in the usa or another country, are you for it or against it?.
we were told we were part of the world if we got involved in politics.
if we had employment that had political involvement we were instructed to get another job.
we were told we might be considered disassociated if we voted and then it became questionable.
I don't know of any JW congregation or corporation that took money from the social program
I wasn't referring to the Corporation (WTS) persa but individual religoius members themselves, who have been directed under control of the leadership of these religoius groups.
People participate in politics to make living better for people, such as in health and welfare.
JWs take these programs when it appeals to themselves but wont do anything for others in the general population like participating in politics, hence ironic hypocrisy.
Get it ????
source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.
this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!
"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.
The JWS heads (GB) have always been paranoid about people actually reading or studying the bible by itself.
Why ?
Many who do end up leaving the JWS after seeing their many false doctrines.
Obtained power can vanish if you dont instill regulations, controls, brainwashing technics with imposed fear and guilt, complemented with ignorance .
Maybe Harry and Megan withdrew from the Royal identity and participation because they thought it was phony, old and pretentious like many people today ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYA3oTG8fg&ab_channel=SketchiT
we were told we were part of the world if we got involved in politics.
if we had employment that had political involvement we were instructed to get another job.
we were told we might be considered disassociated if we voted and then it became questionable.
As I mentioned previously there is no instruction or admonishment for Christians to not participate in governmental affairs in the bible.
There have many devout practicing Christians and other religious denominations who do or have been involved in politics.
This forced separation from participating in world governmental affairs is not unique to JWS there are many religoius organizations who have the same doctrinal enforcement.
It becomes a bit ironic and hypocritical when these groups (JWS) take money from these governments from established worked upon social assistance programs.
These religoius groups seem to overlook matters when it concerns money.
I think the British Monarchy is now out dated and serves no real effective purpose other than to glorify a select group of people/family members because their own past heritage of power and control .
A colored Afro America brought into the Royal family through marriage .
My god ....... I shall faint
a number of states are allowing people to not wear a mask.
some think this is disastrous!
what’s your view?.
We have governments to thank for protecting their populations, as well financing and distributing the vaccines which is going to put their populations back to a state of normalcy.
Is it valid to be overly critical and disrespectful for these people's objectives and endeavors ?
