my wife and i are not religious nor do we want to be.
we are very set in our spiritual beliefs.
we have worked with a jw who's family have been like a part of our family for 6 years.
Welcome Dano.
Listen & act on every piece of advice you've just been given! As soon as you make it clear to the JW's that you'd rather your children don't go to any more JW meetings, they will freeze you and your children out!
You will very quickly discover that JW's only offer 'friendship' to potential recruits. Their rule is that 'worldly' people are "bad associations." (1 Corinthians 15:33)
this letter was put out right when the series aired.
seems they have "disfellowshipped" reporters pretty much in the eyes of their followers.
public information desk: as of july 1, 2019, a public information desk (pid) was established to handle communication with news media, academic institutions, and government agencies.
The Super-Duper Updated & Revised Better Than Ever New World Translation (SDURBTENWT) now says this: ". . .always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have, but doing so with a mild temper and deep respect - providing you have been given the go-ahead to do so by a Branch official, since defending JW beliefs is above your 'pay grade'. (1 Peter 3:15)
you guys used to know me as ratboy back in the day.
it's been about ten years, how the hell is everyone?!
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Squeek up!
jw.org is on collision course with russia.
the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.
jw.org needs enemy's to exist.
Only Jehovah's people are persecuted for their faith!
Every other Christian in the world is a false Christian - so their persecution doesn't count!
jw.org is on collision course with russia.
the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.
jw.org needs enemy's to exist.
The very first sentence in the first page says ,"WHAT does the near future hold for Jehovah’s people?"
Groan! JW's, hasn't the org's "near future" mantra over the past 100 years woken you up yet?
jw.org is on collision course with russia.
the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.
jw.org needs enemy's to exist.
What about the persecution of Muslims in India, JW's?
hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.
a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.
so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.
Welcome Research!
You are starting out on the same road I took about 7 years ago. I was convinced the org's teaching regarding a scripture couldn't be right, so I naively wrote to the Branch with my Bible evidence.
The Branch responded by endorsing their dogma and telling me to look at various literature references.
That was my signal to start researching everything the fartful slave insisted was 'truth.'
If you'd like to see any research on some of their major dogmas, PM me. Glad to share.
Enjoy the journey.
...at 1 peter 3:15 it says that if someone asks a christian about their christian hope, they should always be ready to explain it - with mildness & deep respect.
may i ask you about just one belief which jw's have?.
jw's have been instructed that god & jesus personally selected mr. rutherford and several of his associates as the first 'faithful slave' 101 dalmations years ago, in 1919. .
...at 1 Peter 3:15 it says that if someone asks a Christian about their Christian hope, they should always be ready to explain it - with mildness & deep respect. May I ask you about just one belief which JW's have?
JW's have been instructed that God & Jesus personally selected Mr. Rutherford and several of his associates as the first 'faithful slave' 101 dalmations years ago, in 1919.
I'd like to ask you two questions about that momentous event:
1) Who actually told you that they'd been selected by God & Christ?
2) What scriptural or divinely provided proof convinced you that what they said was true? (Silent thought - Or did you just take their word for it?)
i suspect that the leaders of eu countries which have large fishing fleets are seriously worried/panicking (for their own jobs!
) that the uk is going to drastically reduce/eliminate those fleets' access to the uk's rich fishing waters.. the eu knows how its rules and regulations pummeled the british fishing fleets, now it fears that it's their turn to experience the same collapse: .
"i am not sure that an agreement will be reached between now and the end of the year," mr macron said at a meeting with fishermen in paris on saturday......mr macron also said fishing rights could be a sticking point in negotiations.
If the EU required the Crown Jewels as a requirement for an agreeable trade deal, would they be handed over?
I wouldn't be surprised to see UK fishing waters sacrificed on the altar of "financial trading/services."
Boris will will justify the trade-off as being in the 'national interest.'
i suspect that the leaders of eu countries which have large fishing fleets are seriously worried/panicking (for their own jobs!
) that the uk is going to drastically reduce/eliminate those fleets' access to the uk's rich fishing waters.. the eu knows how its rules and regulations pummeled the british fishing fleets, now it fears that it's their turn to experience the same collapse: .
"i am not sure that an agreement will be reached between now and the end of the year," mr macron said at a meeting with fishermen in paris on saturday......mr macron also said fishing rights could be a sticking point in negotiations.
I suspect that the leaders of EU countries which have large fishing fleets are seriously worried/panicking (for their own jobs!) that the UK is going to drastically reduce/eliminate those fleets' access to the UK's rich fishing waters.
The EU knows how its rules and regulations pummeled the British fishing fleets, now it fears that it's their turn to experience the same collapse:
"I am not sure that an agreement will be reached between now and the end of the year," Mr Macron said at a meeting with fishermen in Paris on Saturday......Mr Macron also said fishing rights could be a sticking point in negotiations." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51601664
