Posts by SwordOfJah

23

To Sword of Jah

by NaruNaruChan in

jw
friends

just a question, but how is it that you can post on a site with apostates on it when we all know if the society caught you that you would be reproved and shunned like us?

also, don't you think it directly interferes with your relationship to jehovah to blatantly disregard counsel given that "bad associations spoil useful habits"?

also, the society recommends that you shun us, so why aren't you?

SwordOfJah

Realist: question....what would have to happen that you start to doubt the WTBTS?

That's not a fair question. You are supposing that at some point I would doubt. That's like asking "what would have to happen for you to divorce your spouse", if it hasn't happened why think about the negative?

At this point, I examine the scriptures along with Watchtower publications. I try to mediate on the way the writer of the article uses reasonings or logic. But I don't follow blindly as I make my own choices in life. I choose to believe or not a certain understanding. What I do choose to do is to serve Jehovah wholeheartedly. To do his will to the best of my abilities and use my free time to preach the good news of the Kingdom. I have not chosen to hurt my brothers but to serve along with them side-by-side as we wait on Jehovah and his marvelous blessings. Something that some without faith would not understand fully.

6

Should a 78-year-old pioneer?

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

here is the situation.

i found out that my 78-year-old mother-in-law is aux pioneering this month.

she should not be driving at all and especially not with other people in the car.

SwordOfJah

Somehow I know that your grandma would have a whole different view of her own situation.

23

To Sword of Jah

by NaruNaruChan in

jw
friends

just a question, but how is it that you can post on a site with apostates on it when we all know if the society caught you that you would be reproved and shunned like us?

also, don't you think it directly interferes with your relationship to jehovah to blatantly disregard counsel given that "bad associations spoil useful habits"?

also, the society recommends that you shun us, so why aren't you?

SwordOfJah

Instead of focusing on the negative, you should be thanking me for having the courage to come in here as I am trying desperately to save your life.

I'm not the enemy, I'm a friend.

Yours truly,

SwordofJah

6

Should a 78-year-old pioneer?

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

here is the situation.

i found out that my 78-year-old mother-in-law is aux pioneering this month.

she should not be driving at all and especially not with other people in the car.

SwordOfJah

Yeah do whatever you can to take the joy away from your grandma.

109

I RENOUNCE MY ASSOCIATION WITH JWS

by REALNESS in

jw
friends

it is my pleasure to announce i have terminated my membership of the jehovahs wittnesses.

i shall be formally making this statement known to my congregation at tomorrow nights meeting after i have taken the ministry school.

for many years i have developed my own thoughts on religion and this along with the information i have learned here and on other sites has convinced me that i can no longer live teaching the bollocks the wtbs.

SwordOfJah

What all of you fail to realize in your evilness is that all of your insults towards me and JWs proves who you really are and the hatred that you have in your hearts. Of course as unrepentant sinners you will reason in your little minds that the hatred comes because of what someone, somebody or whoever did to you. The truth is that that your hatred is a fruitage of evilness and not of the spirit. You dare call me judgemental and then judge me because I'm a JW, do you not see your own faulty thinking?

39

Vicki Boer v. Watchtower Child abuse Civil Trial - No News Yet but Update

by hawkaw in

victoria a. boer v. watch tower bible and tract society of canada et.al.

involves vicki suing the watchtower and some of its elders.

the organization treated her paedophile father in high regard even after vicki came forward.

SwordOfJah

Interesting legal battle up there in Canada. A neutral point of view from this judge should be very revealing once the decision is known.

109

I RENOUNCE MY ASSOCIATION WITH JWS

by REALNESS in

jw
friends

it is my pleasure to announce i have terminated my membership of the jehovahs wittnesses.

i shall be formally making this statement known to my congregation at tomorrow nights meeting after i have taken the ministry school.

for many years i have developed my own thoughts on religion and this along with the information i have learned here and on other sites has convinced me that i can no longer live teaching the bollocks the wtbs.

SwordOfJah

REALNESS: You gave in so quickly to these fools? I invite you to email me at [email protected] and let's talk about it.

THE TRUTH: Dang these guys have ganged up on you. But keep strong, brother, your faith is strong. You are right about the technicalities, this foolish apostates focus on such minor details that they don't see the big picture. See, they have lost the ability to see things from Jehovah's perspective as they don't have the backing of his spirit anymore. Email me if you want to talk.

48

Did 1914 mark an increase in earthquake activity & deaths worldwide?

by Kenneson in

alan feuerbacher has written an excellent expose' to the jw position which maintains that since 1914 the frequency and resulting deaths due to earthquakes exceed all previous years.

it is well written and worth your while to peruse.

the title of the article is "watchtower society backpedals on earthquakes or how magicians write essays.

SwordOfJah

I think the problem here is that Alan and the rest are focusing on only a small part of the Sign that Jesus gave conserning the Last Days. If you put the whole sign together and see it's fulfillment, the evidence is clear that we ARE living in the last days.

9

Iraq!!!....Will JW's go to where the 'need is greatest' after the war?

by digderidoo in

jw
friends

after iraq has been invaded/liberated.....will congregations begin to sprout up?

at the end of the cold war the witnesses increased their numbers in the eastern bloc quite dramatically from what i remember.. will the same happen in iraq?.

who will go to 'spread the good news'?....how many will say 'here i am send me'?

SwordOfJah

Interesting question and seeing how JWs take seriously the preaching of the Good News worldwide, the answer would have to be YES. They will make every effort possible to get into the country ones it's politically stable and preach the good news. Although it is difficult to witness to Muslims, it's not an impossible task. Recently missionaries from Japan have been invited to serve in Blangladesh and that campaign is going very well.

48

HAVE YOU COMMITED A SIN AGAINST JEHOVAH.?????????

by nightwarrior in

the first question is whom do you show your loyalty to ????????????.

1 ) the organization....... 2 ) or to jehovah........... you have five seconds to decide,prove it to yourself by answering these questions,.

whom do you pray through,?????.

SwordOfJah

Military procedures against enemy cities

If city that was attacked belonged to one of seven nations of land of Canaan (mentioned at De 7:1), all inhabitants were to be devoted to destruction. (De 20:15-17; Jos 11:11-14; De 2:32-34; 3:1-7) If left in the land, these would be a danger to continued relationship of Israel with Jehovah God. He had let them live in land until their iniquity came to completion (Ge 15:13-21)

For cities not belonging to the seven nations, terms of peace would first be proclaimed. (De 20:10, 15) If city surrendered, inhabitants were put to forced labor. If they did not surrender, all males and all women not virgins were killed. Others were spared as captives. (De 20:11-14; compare Nu 31:7, 17, 18.) Killing all men removed danger of later revolt by city and also marriage of these men to Israelite women. These measures also helped to avoid phallic worship and diseases among Israelites

Trees producing food could not be cut down and used for siegeworks (De 20:19, 20)

Chariots were burned; horses were hamstrung to incapacitate them for battle, and later they were killed (Jos 11:6)

WHAT WE LEARN OF HOW JEHOVAH HANDLED WARS OF THE PAST:

WHEN Jehovah gave Israel the land that he had promised to Abraham, morally debased nations were occupying it. The Bible candidly reports that God decreed the destruction of those wicked nations, and he appointed the Israelites to be the executioners. (De 7:2) Many persons have criticized that action. Others humbly acknowledge that it is hardly appropriate for imperfect humans to set themselves up as judges of God. (Compare Eze 18:29.) Their desire is to understand God’s ways. What do they learn?

This record clearly demonstrates that all people are accountable to mankind’s Creator, Jehovah God, whether they profess to believe in him or not. It shows that God is patient but does not shut his eyes to wrongdoing. (Ge 15:16) It makes clear that Jehovah leaves the responsibility for young children on the shoulders of their parents; he does not relieve the parents of this and thus allow them to feel that their actions affect only themselves. (De 30:19; Jos 10:40) It also shows that all who will turn from their bad way and worship Jehovah can be spared from destruction.—Jos 6:25; 9:3–10:11.

The Bible clearly identifies the wicked practices in which the inhabitants of Canaan indulged. Halley’s Bible Handbook (1964, p. 161) concludes: "Archaeologists who dig in the ruins of Canaanite cities wonder that God did not destroy them sooner than he did." The lesson is clear: Jehovah does not forever tolerate wickedness.