I think every Christian religion and their followers have their own reasoning for their own doctrines.
Just as Muslim & Jewish sects do. Every one of them has the sole truth about their religion.
i understand why the witnesses won't actually "reason" from the scriptures; because they will have to come to grips with the fact that others have their own reasons, scripture-based, for believing differently than the jw's.. the "reasoning" book was supposed to arm the r&f with solid scriptural backing that could withstand most in-depth conversations.
so, why is it gathering dust now?
was there some doctrinal issue specifically?.
I think every Christian religion and their followers have their own reasoning for their own doctrines.
Just as Muslim & Jewish sects do. Every one of them has the sole truth about their religion.
@0:53 - "she got dishes, she got fish sticks and snacks/got it ready for the willy, got a chicken in the back.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp_fqcmsva .
"Get up in the morning, slaving for bread sir, so that every monk and beef-head........"
i just recently attended a circuit assembly and they asked that you did not share any video with anyone and i’m just wondering why this is .
Welcome MARPHINY.
The internet & social media is the biggest threat to the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society - aka JW's - in its entire history!
The WTBTS/JW's are right to be paranoid, because the org's cult status is now clearly exposed.
recently reflecting on some of the great songs that came out of that decade.
any favorites post them up .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuza6qijvfu.
First heard RAF from Italy singing his own compilation of SELF CONTROL when I was on a Mediterranean island back in the 80's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_TQjEn6cpQ
Laura Brannigan covered it, but not as good as the original.
The 12" version is even better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w1Qo1awwI4
that is how much coffee me and another elder went through as we camped out all night until 7 a.m. outside the home where suspected jw fornicators we're staying.
little did i know what a powerful contrast that would prove to be when as an elder i was faced with another case involving the allegation of severe child sexual abuse.
we disfellowshipped the couple based completely on circumstantial evidence of sexual wrongdoing because they simply "stayed the entire night".
On the other side of the scales - a very close friend who was an elder (with another elder) had to sit outside all night watching a house where a sister had a 'worldly' boyfriend. She stayed all night, and left early next day.
Result? Zilch, nada, nothing! The 2 elders were told to forget it because there was not enough "evidence" to proceed. Why not? The sister had family connections with prominent JW heavyweights in the area.
Some are more equal than others.
i'm not exactly sure where i should post this, hopefully, i picked the correct section.
anyways tonight my eldest son called me up and we talked about a few things.
he is the one that is in the military.
It sounds like your son can see through the cult's fear-monger tactics.
Fight "fire with fire" and share conversation-stoppers with your son - Bible teachings which reveal the cult's lies. You'll find plenty of ammunition here and at JWFACTS.
If your son begins questioning his JW relatives, they'll quickly shun him.
The org does not advocate JW's having any discussions which question their indoctrinations.
Are you joking??????? :)
any words of wisdom?
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Does the WTBTS organization merit the same devotion and loyalty as God & Christ?
the "faithful slave" teaches jw's that foreigners were not participants of the law covenant.
wt 98 2/1 p.19, par.
6 - "further, other sheep lay hold of the new covenant just as foreigners of old laid hold of the law covenant.
OK, for those who can't access the RNWT -
Deuteronomy 29:10-12 shouts it out, LOUD & CLEAR:
10 “ALL OF YOU are stationed today before Jehovah your God, the heads of your tribes, your
elders, your officers, every man of Israel,
11 your children, your wives, AND YOUR FOREIGN RESIDENT who is in the midst of your camp..
12
You are here IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO THE COVENANT OF JEHOVAH...
No need to go on is there?
Rahab and Ruth (foreigners) were accepted as full members of the nation of Israel.
If they hadn't been, the Messianic lineage would have been corrupted by non-Israelites.
As such, where is the type/anti-type application for alleged "non-anointed" J.W.'s being classed as "foreigners?"
the "faithful slave" teaches jw's that foreigners were not participants of the law covenant.
wt 98 2/1 p.19, par.
6 - "further, other sheep lay hold of the new covenant just as foreigners of old laid hold of the law covenant.
The "faithful slave" teaches JW's that foreigners were not participants of the Law Covenant.
wt
98 2/1 p.19, par. 6 -
"Further, other sheep lay
hold
of the new covenant just
as foreigners
of old laid hold of the Law covenant. In what way? Not
by becoming participants
in it but by submitting to the laws associated with it and benefiting
from its arrangements."
Deuteronomy 29:10-15 blows the "slave's" lie out of the water.
I won't spoon-feed anyone with the verses - it's easy enough to read what's written in plain language.
So much for WT type/antitype dogma.