a relative sent me yesterday's wt study article 46, how jehovah guarantees his promise of paradise.. it's been a long time since i read one of those articles but what really struck me about this one is that, considering it's discussing a fundamental jw belief, it only mentions jesus twice as an aside, and not at all as the central figure like the bible does.
it actually mentions satan far more in the same article!.
i don't remember this discrepancy from my time in the org 15 years ago.
The story of Christianity is of a god who himself becoming that intermediary figure that advocates on our behalf ( sinful humanity ). The human one who sit on the empty throne besides god. That is why Jesus is kind of the center of the religion. It is also the reason it kind of becomes ambiguous who god is and Christ is.
What JWs believes really doesn't fit the bible story or what the big picture of scripture really is all about.
so when was jesus begotten.
was he truly and wholly fully human.
did he exist in two states, part human part god.
The new testament is the realization that Jesus was the visible manifestion of YWHW in old testament. The fire in the burning bush, the cloud rider in the book of Daniel, the fire in the sky in the book of Exodus, the angel of the LORD, the word of the LORD.
The ambiguous use of the tetragrammaton in the new testament is by design, not corruption.
This failure to understand this basic concept is what makes the WTS special in a stupid way.
fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.
many of the comments are hilarious.. .
a beard prediction for 2024:.
I went to pick my wife up today and see about half the men are now growing beards.
I thought it was funny.
It made them look like a bunch of half wit cultist who live their lives at the whims of a body of wizards.
An elder ( without a beard ) talked to me and I told him I think the beards make them look sloppy. He changed the subject right away like he didn't even hear what I just said to him.
latest gb update.
only took them 20 years to see beards are acceptable in society.
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The WTS is now like the US army. i guess they were forced to lower the standards to met recruiting goals. Zoomers just don’t care.
How do you expect us to believe the end is so close if they don’t even believe it.
latest gb update.
only took them 20 years to see beards are acceptable in society.
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No time reporting, beards.
At this rate , maybe we should start planning the Christmas party.
lett has announced in the latest video update that jehovah has dignified the brothers by now letting them to choose for themselves whether they want to have a beard or not -.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2023-governing-body-update-8/.
this applies worldwide and to all brothers in any position..
I have tried the beard thing. The longest I have made is about 10 days. I also end up playing with it and feeling like a homeless person.
All religious zeolots have beards, they are just getting with the times.
I just can't wait to see Lett deep throat a banana when they allow oral sex. Explaining proper watchtower technique.
the latest.
stkirsch24 minutes ago.
there is no question: the leaked data shows the vaccines have killed over 13 million people worldwide.
Jesus Christ, get help.
what is with the jw cadence when they speak.
do they think they are teaching people ?
they sound like pro wrestlers doing promos or shakespearean actors.
What is with the JW cadence when they speak. Do they think they are teaching people ? They sound like pro wrestlers doing promos or Shakespearean actors. I don't even have to hear the words or what they are saying. It is just the cadence, the inflection in there voices, the rhythm of the word patterns.
It still sends chills up my spine.
Why do they think this sounds good ? They sound like idiots in a cult.
Or maybe I am just being a really small person.
the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
The Taliban eat Ice Cream.
ISIS enjoy eating Ice Cream.
Eating Ice Cream makes you a terrorist.
Fun game we are playing here.
Seriously for people who have as many social events as the JWs do, to declare someones celebration as wrong is pretty silly. Even the biblical reasoning behind it is filmy at best. I don't think really is any evidence that first century Christians did or didn't celebrate birthdays or had any problem with it.
this morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.
surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.
i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..
Listening to opinions about vaccines from religious people , either pro or against is stupid.
