Posts by jhine

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Awakes says playing Chess is evil not for Witnesses!

by Witness 007 in

awake 73 3/23 p.12 "the spirit of compatition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances...in some homes tensions linger longer then checkmate.

chess is a game of war a play substitute for the art of war...danger of stirring up compatiton and hostility to one another something the bible warns christians to avoid.

what effect does playing chess have on you is it wholesome?

Pat Robertson makes one last ''doomsday prediction''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

pat roberston,92, comes out of his million dollar mansion ( which his loyal followers paid for ) to continue his doomsday prediction.

pat needs to make one last appearance to show his followers he was right all along.

after all his failed predictions on his ''700 club,'' pat needs to show his followers that this ''doomsday prediction'' is a bible prophecy.

jhine

I'm not saying that religious freedom and choice is bad, it's not .

The UK has religious choice and freedom, we just tend to choose to exercise that freedom in different ways to the US .

Most churches over here do work to help people. Food banks are common , groups for lonely people like lunch clubs are common. Plus lots of other initiatives. You don't have to be a member of the churches to make use of the help .

Mainstream churches in the US like Catholic churches probably do much the same.

Jan

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Pat Robertson makes one last ''doomsday prediction''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

pat roberston,92, comes out of his million dollar mansion ( which his loyal followers paid for ) to continue his doomsday prediction.

pat needs to make one last appearance to show his followers he was right all along.

after all his failed predictions on his ''700 club,'' pat needs to show his followers that this ''doomsday prediction'' is a bible prophecy.

jhine

TV evangelists aren't big or even small in the UK .

Religion generally in the US seems very different in America. I must admit that we British Christians do tend to roll our eyes and shake our heads at some of the antics . Which , paradoxically, is maybe not very Christian of us .

I think that Creflo Dollar is someone that maybe people are aware of . I believe that he did come over here a while back . However no one took any notice of him

I would say , to be fair to them , that UK JWs probably aren't as rabid as their US counterparts in general.

Jan

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Pat Robertson makes one last ''doomsday prediction''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

pat roberston,92, comes out of his million dollar mansion ( which his loyal followers paid for ) to continue his doomsday prediction.

pat needs to make one last appearance to show his followers he was right all along.

after all his failed predictions on his ''700 club,'' pat needs to show his followers that this ''doomsday prediction'' is a bible prophecy.

jhine

Never heard of the bloke .

Jan

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Ukraine and Armageddon

by jhine in

i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and guess that the watchtower is having a wonderful time over the whole ukraine situation.

is the whole " end of times " thing being pushed again to bring dissidents back into line .

they must be seeing as a gift from above .

jhine

I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and guess that the Watchtower is having a wonderful time over the whole Ukraine situation.

Is the whole " end of times " thing being pushed again to bring dissidents back into line . They must be seeing as a gift from above .

Jan

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Snakes walked on legs till the Eden curse Watchtower belief till 1974!!

by Witness 007 in

watchtower 1964 page 352 "....before god cursed it the snake had legs that elevated it off the ground.

god transformed its body so that it ceased to have legs and could move on its belly.".

book "gods eternal purpose"1974 - "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimised by satan...".

jhine

So most Christians don't necessarily take the creation story literally.

However this discussion intrigued me and a very little digging produced this among other articles. Another poster said much the same .

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Watchtower talking bad about other religions

by asp59 in

do you remember the time when every watchtower article seemed like a boasting session?

how great watchtower was.

they we're the only one with holy spirit.

jhine

Btw everything that l had written was true . I think that it hit home and maybe some cognitive dissonance was at work.

Jan

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Watchtower talking bad about other religions

by asp59 in

do you remember the time when every watchtower article seemed like a boasting session?

how great watchtower was.

they we're the only one with holy spirit.

jhine

It seems as if individual JWs still diss other religions. l got this reply on Quora. I assume that research means reading WT publications

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What are some of the weird teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, past and present?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.

i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.

there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.

jhine

Mr Roboto so they don't practise theological warfare ( lying ) any more ?

Jan

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Why do Anti-Jws refuse to answer questions- and ignore our answers?

by DoubtingThomas in

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denial..

jhine

Carla l totally agree with your comments .l am a Christian, Anglican , which l may have mentioned a few times :) . Now that l know more about JWs and l say something to my fellow believers they look at me like I've lost my marbles. They really can't wrap their heads around TTATT . They think that I'm exaggerating or just being nasty.

They know that JWs have some different practices to mainstream religion but have difficulty realising that it's a cult .

Jan