i wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.
the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.
more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.
From what I understood when I read the governments website regarding religious charities, it's part of the 501c3 agreement that they hold religious services in their churches for the local community.
I imagine that becoming a solely televangelist corporation would require a different charity status to the regular 501c3.
https://youtu.be/ocufvpm3t04?si=75zmussxknhlsrs7.
the first watchtower for 2025 is out, and immediately, articles 4 and 5 drew my attention.
these will be studied near the memorial season, a time the witnesses prepare for their yearly commemoration of jesus’ death, i will be returning on this articles near at the time.
Touchofgrey I agree, and the Bible translations we have are indeed unreliable at best, and open to the worst of interpretation, as history proves so clearly. That's why I've come to the conclusion that no body is actually able to or authorised to 'explain or teach' the Bible meanings.
If God or Jesus meant us to worship them by means of the interpretation of scripture, I am 100% sure they would have at least provided us with a fool proof manual or set of instructions. They did not, so we're obviously looking in the wrong place and arguing over nothing.
Whether Jesus actually walked the earth or not, we probably can't prove it without a shadow of a doubt. The fact that the man (or idea of him) has been worshipped, adored, died for, during the past 2000 years makes me think someone like that did inspire people around him enough to cause the flame he stirred to still exist today.
We could choose to focus on the evils of Christianity, the crusades, the wars, the oppression and cruelty done in it's name, or we could look at the basic teachings attributed to a man called Jesus, and think about how, if we lived by those, what would the earth be like?
Organised religion, religious corporations, and anyone else who preaches and prophesies AND asks for money to do so, by my personal deliberations, gets the no confidence vote. Any one who lives by the two commandments, to Love God and Neighbour (my belief is that to love God means to also love everything God entrusted to our care ; earth and animals), is part of the greater good, some call that the Fifth Dimension, others call it God's Kingdom. If everyone lived by those two teachings, this earth would be pretty amazing.
It's actually that simple. Whoever you believe wrote those two teachings first, Moses, Jesus, whoever, was onto something.
It's up to us to choose if we want to be a part of the solution, to love, or a part of the problem, to fight, argue and hate. Arguing over the details that are in the Bible has been done for 2000 years, it will never be resolved, because us being right or wrong isn't the point. Being motivated by love or by self, THAT is the point and the choices we have.
it appears the perp got the victims disfellowshiped!
the state attorney general has re-opened the botched case.. "the trial for a jehovah’s witness elder accused of molesting three girls in 1999 began in a lancaster county court monday with lawyers giving opening statements to the jury.. norman aviles-garriga, 45, was charged by the pennsylvania attorney general with two counts of aggravated indecent assault and 16 related offenses in connection with assaults alleged by three women who say the abuse happened when they were girls.. aviles-garriga is one of five pennsylvania jehovah's witnesses charged by a statewide grand jury with using their positions within their churches to sexually abuse children.
the attorney general’s office brought charges against the men in october 2022 and february 2023.. .
'They never uttered a word of support for the three women ..or their families '
That's how they roll Judge, and that's how they keep on rolling until someone stops them.
when i'm extremely board i look up jws on linkedin.. steven is clearly counting his time.
lol.
"Answers are not from mankind's opinions, which changes with the wind" 🤣🤣🤣
https://youtu.be/ocufvpm3t04?si=75zmussxknhlsrs7.
the first watchtower for 2025 is out, and immediately, articles 4 and 5 drew my attention.
these will be studied near the memorial season, a time the witnesses prepare for their yearly commemoration of jesus’ death, i will be returning on this articles near at the time.
JWs are not really taught about grace, they are taught faith by works, they've even erased the word from their Bible and replaced it with undeserved kindness which is a very weird way to translate the feelings, mercy and salvation that the heavenly Father extends towards his earthly children.
When I was a witness that word was taboo, we disliked the sound of it, it wasn't a 'JW.org' word.
I really don't understand why they shy away from grace so much. Now that I have children, I can better understand how grace is the ability for a parent to extend pure love, forgiveness and mercy to a wayward child who repents, and even before they have repented, even if it was for murder or whatever. They just don't get it.
he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.
a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.
generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..
So you think size matters.....
he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.
a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.
generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..
1 peter 3:7 shows how Roman laws affected the perception of the Bible writers just he same as regular people. Nowhere else in the Bible does it say that women are weaker, only there.
The Romans didn't believe women were physically capable of gymnastics and sports, so they generally didn't allow it. Just like they thought women and girls weren't able for an education like men, their 'weaker' referred to mental weakness as well as physical.
Bible writers were not immune to sexist beliefs held by their culture of the day.
In the 21st century we know better, women live longer than men, that's physical and mental strength, just for starters.
We need to stop quoting verses that are downright wrong as truth, look at the cultural setting of the Bible writers, dig into their laws and customs, to understand why they said certain things. Not everything written down came from God.
didn't jehovah assign christ all power & authority?
so why no mention of him?.
from the january 2025 study watchtower: .
We haven't witnessed Jehovah do anything either, it was only the nation of Israel who did, and the Egyptians I guess.
So they're witnesses of nothing at all then.
i am writing to ask if anyone cares to share their experience and/or offer advice for people leaving.
i was raised in the religion, and both my parents died when i was very young.
i recently stopped associating because my conscience no longer allows me to preach or support the organization.
Being a jw is what it was like to be a catholic in Ireland 40/50 years ago, just without the countrywide infrastructure.
If the GB could get away with magdalene laundries, workhouses, and corporal punishment at meetings they probably would.
january 2025 study watchtower, p. 30 - "at the memorial, let us make it a point to greet not only one another but especially those who have not attended in a long time we have ignored for the previous 12 months!
we want to make them feel welcome!
"it is only because of the ransom that we have forgiveness of our sins.
Is that quote about the ransom for forgiveness of sins in the January WT?
Not Christ's ransom, Jesus' ransom, the Son of God ransom??
So they could be talking about anything, a cow, a sheep, a pigeon?!!
