1. the continuity and visibility of the church.
the true church must be continuous from the apostolic age.
there is no room in christianity for a "gap" or interruption of thousands of years during which true christianity ceased to exist and then was revived in the form of another movement.
'By this all will know (even the angels will know) that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves ' , quick Google shows that JWs are not known for that reason at all, I don't know anyone non JW who has ever noted that about JWs, it's always about knocking on doors and blood. I do know of individuals who are motivated by love, but as a group, that's not the case.
Love is not the identifying trate that sets them apart as wheat from weeds.
jws seem to firmly believe that before the flood mankind eas vegan or at least vegetarian.. however, in gen 1:24,25 it says that god created livestock (domestic animals) and beasts of the eart (wild beasts).. why would adam and eve need livestock if they were vegan and naked?
wouldn't need wool or hide for clothing, nor meat for food.
possibly for dairy products only?
Wow Blondie
I never knew that and I would have been a tween growing up in the corp at the time. My parents always referred to those verses as being literal.
https://youtu.be/jsmbtv4nafi?si=ezj0dnudyjls4knc.
there was a time they preached the great tribulation was a short period of time between the fall of babylon and jesus coming back to save them, now they realize there are difficult years ahead of us, watch this latest morning worship video by per christensen on this subject .
Their great tribulation could well be when they go broke due to the CSA payouts or the loss of their charity status.....or both.
this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.
i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.
were were amish or something?
Women's queues are longer simply because they don't only use toilets for Nr1 and Nr2, they also menstruate and need to use the facilities to change pads, tampons or cups. Duh
i grew up a jw but my parents were not regularly attending services at a kh.
they used to, and were thoroughly indoctrinated though.
as is the jws habit of visiting non-attenders, 2 sisters came to my mom and dad's door one day to inquire of our well-being.
No advice but those sisters are guilty of slander and are actually false witnesses, which even in 'the world' is against the law. Maybe they need reminding of that...
mark jones writes:.
if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .
if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.
I remember an elder in a neighbouring cong, a genuine gentleman, used to visit some of his elderly and lonely return calls on xmas or boxing day, and he'd quite happily accept a sip of whiskey while he was there 😅
mark jones writes:.
if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .
if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.
Growing up as a JW and now raising my own children with birthday celebrations and xmas, I have learnt how important these celebrations and holidays are for forging strong family ties, not only immediate family but also extended family. I barely know any of my aunts, uncles or cousins because we never socialised with them, either because they were not jws or they weren't 'good enough ' jws.
The JWs, to my mind, are working in direct opposition to Jesus commands to love your neighbour. They'd rather preach to strangers, than save their own relatives. Many of them will do anything to NOT have to look after elderly parents or grandparents, including moving overseas to 'serve where there's a greater need'. No family ties for them whatsoever. They're married to jw.org.
mark jones writes:.
if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .
if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.
Just say you're sorry and give back all your presents 😁
1. the continuity and visibility of the church.
the true church must be continuous from the apostolic age.
there is no room in christianity for a "gap" or interruption of thousands of years during which true christianity ceased to exist and then was revived in the form of another movement.
I read the title to this thread wrong, i thought it said 'The Queen of the great apostasy ' and my next thought was Well we all know who that is 😅
1. the continuity and visibility of the church.
the true church must be continuous from the apostolic age.
there is no room in christianity for a "gap" or interruption of thousands of years during which true christianity ceased to exist and then was revived in the form of another movement.
Peacefulpete
Can you recommend a website or book about the part of Jewish history you mention? I am not familiar with it , would like to educate myself a bit better.
