i’m still an elder and i consider myself jw light.
as my fellow elders are.
we don’t throw our weight around like elders used to in the past, it’s all very easy going these days.
Mikejw l am a Christian so believe that God is responsible for the world coming into being but have no problem with evolution. It doesn't have to be one or the other .
Anonymous Mous l agree that certainly most JWs and possibly many atheists have no idea how , as you say " really " religions operate .
Cults like the JWs push people to drink or suicide , they split families and cause children to have miserable childhoods .
Jan from Tam
i have worked for over 25 years now in a day habilitation program for persons with physical and mental diabilities.
in recent years this has often involved assisting them in doing community volunteer work, as in our state, persons receiving services are required to have a 'job' of some sort.
as a result, we have worked in catholic and salvation army food pantries, animal shelters, libraries, a nature center, a vietnam war veterans museum and delivered meals on wheels.
I was told off for the same thing in my first post. 🤣.
Good on ya for realising that helping people is one of the parts of Jesus' teaching.
Jan from Tam
it-1 p. 493 communication - "when the circumcision issue was resolved by the governing body in jerusalem......".
it-1 p. 881 galatians, letter to the - "by reason of a revelation, paul, with barnabas and titus, went to jerusalem regarding the circumcision issue; he learned nothing new from james, peter, and john, but they recognized that he had been empowered for an apostleship to the nations.
" (galatians 2:1-10).
Okay Jeffro l will clear off 🤣🤣.
Jan from Tam
it-1 p. 493 communication - "when the circumcision issue was resolved by the governing body in jerusalem......".
it-1 p. 881 galatians, letter to the - "by reason of a revelation, paul, with barnabas and titus, went to jerusalem regarding the circumcision issue; he learned nothing new from james, peter, and john, but they recognized that he had been empowered for an apostleship to the nations.
" (galatians 2:1-10).
Jeffro you know perfectly well what I mean . All this " discussion " makes no difference at all to the fact that the Witnesses are a cult and Jesus died for our sins .
Jan from Tam
it-1 p. 493 communication - "when the circumcision issue was resolved by the governing body in jerusalem......".
it-1 p. 881 galatians, letter to the - "by reason of a revelation, paul, with barnabas and titus, went to jerusalem regarding the circumcision issue; he learned nothing new from james, peter, and john, but they recognized that he had been empowered for an apostleship to the nations.
" (galatians 2:1-10).
Of eggs 🙄.
Jan from Tam
it-1 p. 493 communication - "when the circumcision issue was resolved by the governing body in jerusalem......".
it-1 p. 881 galatians, letter to the - "by reason of a revelation, paul, with barnabas and titus, went to jerusalem regarding the circumcision issue; he learned nothing new from james, peter, and john, but they recognized that he had been empowered for an apostleship to the nations.
" (galatians 2:1-10).
Does it actually make any difference to the price off eggs who conquered who first 2.5 thousand years ago?
Jan from Tam
on a scale of 1 to 100, i would put the lds in the high 90s, and the witnesses at about minus 10.. these days (well, around here at least) one encounters the mormon missionaries all over the place.
if they are not knocking at your door, they are approaching you out in the street.
of late, this has been happening all the bloody time!.
Oh l don't know where you live but here in Tamworth l haven't seen any Mormons for ages .
There again we mostly only see JWs manning the carts .
Jan from Tam
i was following a few threads in reddit from current pimo jws complaining about local announcements regarding halls being short on their per publisher "rent payments".
third gen and i have been out pomo for a while...so how much is this charge now?
could this be part of the recent push to get people to "come back" or get re-instated...if it even is online and 15 minutes of service per month?
What are the favours that you mention?
Jan from Tam
"i slay and pray" :).
serena williams knows how to own a red carpet.
the 23-time grand slam champion turned heads at the vanity fair oscars afterparty, dazzling in a midnight-black, off-shoulder gown.
Interesting that she didn't get baptised until after she had retired from playing.
Jan from Tam
let's start the ball rolling with two connected claims.. the religion of jehovah’s witnesses is the one true religion.
all other religions are satanic, including all the churches of christendom..
Magnum we have girl guides in the UK , which l guess 🤔 is the equivalent. I knew what you meant anyway.
I am still getting a picture of an average? JW not really being familiar with the Bible.
You said that someone should have a good grasp of the Bible and their own theology. Which , if l understand you , you don't feel that many do. Correct me if l am mistaken.
TonusOH indicates that members are more familiar with JW literature explaining Scripture rather than Scripture itself.
As l said l wonder if this is why members are encouraged to hand over " fluff " rather than engage people about the Bible .
Another deliberate ploy appears to be discouraging JWs from getting a good education. Another reason for sending folk out with approved literature to just dole out .
I mentioned on another thread that l had recently read ' Mere Apolgetics ' by Alister McGrath. As l said it's not a page turner, l am reasonably well educated but l struggled with his pondering about how the change from modernist to postmodernist thinking had impacted on the approach to apologetics??? 🤷♀️.
What is interesting is that he makes the same point as you about knowing your audience. How Paul when talking to Jews referred to the Hebrew Scriptures and when talking to Greeks and Romans took a very different approach.
Christians can always simply just gossip the Gospel. I am not sure who coined that phrase but l like it , and anyone can do it .
Jan from Tam
