Posts by Bartolomeo

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Were 1st century converts told to knock on doors?

by BoogerMan in

acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in jw minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.

(acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to peter and the rest of the apostles: “men, brothers, what should we do?” peter said to them: “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors.

...and on that day about 3,000 people were added.

Bartolomeo

@BoogerMan

Acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in JW minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.
(Acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “Now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Men, brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them: “Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors. ...and on that day about 3,000 people were added. And they continued devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles, to associating together, to the taking of meals, to prayers, and to knocking on people's doors.”

arguments should always be supported by objective and verifiable facts. Which Bible translation would have the words you quote in bold underlined? the NWT does not have them

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What is Greg Stafford up to these days?

by slimboyfat in

you may have been wondering: what is greg stafford up to these days?

lots of interesting things, is the answer.

exposing the false trinity doctrine, of course, but keeping on top of other issues too.

Bartolomeo

Greg Stafford is definitely one of the most competent, refined and sublime minds

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Zoom Ministry

by XBEHERE in

jw
friends

i saw this post on ex-jw reddit so i thought i'd bring here.

zoom service, what are your observations/opinions of it?.

Bartolomeo

What "TBH" stands for?

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Court case Jehovah's Witnesses Norway kicked off

by AndersonsInfo in

https://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.

norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.

they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .

Bartolomeo

@Diogenesister

There is either a fairly small photo or a drawing (bluish in tone?) of an older man (the father) sitting alone in the kitchen, at a small table (that may be attached to a wall) with his back to the door. He is eating alone in the house because his teenaged son has been disfellowshipped. The angle is sort of from above.

Do you remember roughly what year it was?

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disfellowshipped for having a personal opinion based on WT

by Leslie in

in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.

during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.

but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.

Bartolomeo

Dear Leslie, I am writing to just say that you are a beautiful and sincere soul and that Jehovah and Jesus love you just the way you are. I'm really sorry that you have met narrow-minded people on your path. I send you my big hug!

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Court case Jehovah's Witnesses Norway kicked off

by AndersonsInfo in

https://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.

norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.

they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .

Bartolomeo

I hope that in this debate the video presented at a congress a few years ago in which a mother does not answer the telephone call made by her disfellowshipped daughter will be seen and recorded

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How many still getting boosters?

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

either you think the governing body was correct giving direction to be fully vaccinated and do you will keep getting the boosters, or.... if you don’t think the boosters are safe and you decide not to keep getting them then you are admitting that the direction was wrong.. if the direction was indeed harming brothers and sister who kept going to get these injections because of the covid updates then this is a huge wake up call?.

how could this direction from the gb who are i doubt jehovah give such harmful direction?.

Bartolomeo

I didn't take any shots. The direction taken by the GB since the beginning of the pandemic has first worried, then disappointed and finally disgusted me. This was the straw that broke the camel's back in my case.

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