Posts by jhine

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Why Is Nothing Being Done About Looters?

by minimus in

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looting is happening everywhere like never before.

brazen thieves walk into stores and bring a bag with them and simply throw whatever they choose in the bag.

popular chain stores have closed in certain neighborhoods because it’s just not worth it.

jhine

I have read the OP twice now and see no mention of guns or shooting. How did this turn into a discussion about guns .

Jan

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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?

by Rocketman123 in

many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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jhine

Ultimate , that is a big difference between the Org and Christendom. When a ( sometimes very young child) is baptised into the Org that effectively means that they are " owned " by the Org. If they do anything considered wrong they are disfellowshipped and can lose pretty much everything. That is my perception of the situation, please correct me if I'm wrong .

When a baby is baptised it is welcomed into the church family. That's it , if as an adult that child chooses to come to church or not , becomes a drug addict , thief or anything else , that person is always welcome back . In fact is never thrown out .

Jan

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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?

by Rocketman123 in

many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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jhine

I'm with TD on that , certainly in the UK . I don't think that l know anyone who has any idea about the WT , except maybe that they don't celebrate Christmas and that's usually because they have children of school age and are told " Sue or Tom don't have presents like we do at Christmas"

It seems that like Mormons there are lots more JWs in the States than here.

Jan

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"Not Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name" is a Non-Sensical Excuse for Shunning

by truth_b_known in

for whatever reason i was thinking on the topic of jehovah's witnesses' practice of disfellowshipping its members based on the concept of preventing "bringing reproach on jehovah's name".

follow me if you will -.

over 20 years ago a friend of mine did something rather crazy; he committed a major crime.

jhine

Paul speaks of " not eating " with such a person ie an unrepentant sinner . As l have said before l think this means not sharing the bread and wine with them .

This, he said, is to give them chance to think of what they are losing , which is not being part of an organisation, but their salvation.

So it's for the sake of the person's eternal life , not for the sake of the church .

As has been said you can't bring reproach on God . So the WT basically seems to be throwing people to the lions just to protect itself. Of course if the person then in the due course of time goes crawling back , all well and good. They have distanced themselves from whatever they have done .

Jan

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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?

by Rocketman123 in

many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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jhine

FFGhost , Ephesians 2:8-10

" For it is by grace that you have been saved , through faith - and this is not from yourselves , it is the GIFT of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.

For we are God's handiwork , created in Christ Jesus TO DO good works , which God prepared in advance for us . "

New International Version. Capitals mine . Jan

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Sept. 21 watchtower-your disfellowshipped kids aren't your fault

by joey jojo in

latest advice for jw parents: if your kids get disfellowshipped, fight the urge to blame yourself.

yes, great advice.

if your clueless, underage child is struggling in life, don't blame yourself, stop thinking about it and move on.

jhine

Surely Hebrews 12 : 11 is talking about God's discipline, not man's.

Though of course to them it's the same thing .

Jan

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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?

by Rocketman123 in

many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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jhine

Shunning is not a Christian way of doing things . Paul does say not to eat with Christian's who go wrong. This probably means do not share the Bread and Wine with them as this was commonly done during a shared meal .

As far as l am aware it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible to treat such people like lepers .

The WT simply uses this tactic to control it's members .

False prophecies , flip flops on doctrine , as has already been said there is too much to mention .

Jan

14

Invitation

by jhine in

i just received a hand written envelope through the post containing an invitation to the online 2021 convenient.

i'm in staffs in the uk .

jan .

jhine

Cheers FFGhost . 😁. Very helpful.

Jan

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Invitation

by jhine in

i just received a hand written envelope through the post containing an invitation to the online 2021 convenient.

i'm in staffs in the uk .

jan .

jhine

FFGhost , that's just what happened- not 😂 . I don't know what a ball peen hammer is , do they cost much ?

Jan

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Invitation

by jhine in

i just received a hand written envelope through the post containing an invitation to the online 2021 convenient.

i'm in staffs in the uk .

jan .

jhine

It was addressed to The Householder , not to me personally. No l don't have any JW family , l think that maybe this could be ' getting time in ' .

IWant2Leave that sounds about right .

Jan