Posts by KerryKing

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Sudanese JWs flee for their lives

by raymond frantz in

https://www.jwupdates.com/post/u-n-infomercial-backfires.

the following appeared on jw news section earlier on in january:.

on december 15, 2023, an ongoing conflict between two armed factions in sudan’s capital, khartoum, spread to the country’s second-largest city, wad madani.

KerryKing

WT rejoined the UN? Where could I find that online please?

Would love to have proof for family still in the Org.

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The ORG'S "foundation" name............

by BoogerMan in

.........jehovah.. the bible's foundation name - (1 corinthians 3:11) "for no one can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is jesus christ.".

the org's chosen name for christians - "jehovah's witnesses.".

jehovah's chosen name for christians - acts 11:26 - "...the disciples were by divine providence called christians.".

Thank you boogerman for that comprehensive list of verses, I looked up and read the first list and what struck me is that several scriptures speak of hearing and seeing what they witness about. Obviously those reading the apostle's letters had been alive when Jesus was on earth, they were literal eye witnesses.

None of us can claim to be eye witnesses of Jesus, so are we witnesses at all? Can we even claim to be witnesses of prophecies, what prophecies if so? Reading an old book doesn't make us very reliable witnesses does it? At least not the kind that would be listened to in a court of law.

I feel like there is something I should be able to see here but I can't, it's too vague. Maybe someone else can see it clearly?

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The New Busy Work

by NotFormer in

for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

that avenue is drying up.

and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

KerryKing

Maybe they will actually begin to encourage publishers to look after the elderly, the widows and fatherless children, that should keep them busy!

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I have some questions about the Org.!

by KerryKing in

are any or all of the gb from jewish descent?.

why are they so fascinated with following ancient jewish 'principles' ?.

isa 43:10, 44:8 ' you are my witnesses ' which they based their religious identity on, jehovah's witnesses, yet those verses address the jews, not christians, which they profess to be.. jesus said in ac 1:8 'you will be witnesses of me ', .

KerryKing

Thank you everyone, very helpful explanations.

I have been df for 15 years, about to get married to my partner of 13 years, and my family are hoping I will apply to be reinstated. For years I thought I would want to return, but the more I read the Bible, and communicate on this forum and on Beroean Pickets, the stronger the feeling is growing that there is something very different about the current JW religion, it seems quite sinister to me but I can't put my finger on exactly what it is.

I really enjoy the discussions on here, so thank you to all, you're clarifying a lot of past murky teachings and questions for me.

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I have some questions about the Org.!

by KerryKing in

are any or all of the gb from jewish descent?.

why are they so fascinated with following ancient jewish 'principles' ?.

isa 43:10, 44:8 ' you are my witnesses ' which they based their religious identity on, jehovah's witnesses, yet those verses address the jews, not christians, which they profess to be.. jesus said in ac 1:8 'you will be witnesses of me ', .

KerryKing

Are any or all of the GB from Jewish descent?

Why are they so fascinated with following ancient Jewish 'principles' ?

ISA 43:10, 44:8 ' you are my witnesses ' which they based their religious identity on, Jehovah's Witnesses, yet those verses address the Jews, not Christians, which they profess to be.

Jesus said in Ac 1:8 'you will be witnesses of me ',

in Ac 10:39 'we are witnesses of all the things he did',

Ac 13:31 ' for many days he became visible to those who had gone up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people',

Heb 12:1,2 'we have so great a cloud of witnesses....let us run with endurance....as we look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus'.

Seeing as they profess to be Christians (do they though?) should they not have called themselves Jesus' Witnesses?

On another topic, is there any way of finding out whether those leaving the org, either by df or da or fading etc are mainly women or men?

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Snakes had legs until Eden curse! Watchtower 1880 till 1974!!!

by Witness 007 in

often flicking through watchtower bound volumes i would see pictures of eden which shows the snake in the tree of knowledge with legs??

even the photo drama of creation shows a snake with legs.. watchtower 1964 p.352 "genisis 3;14 {snake}on your belly you will go and dust you shall eat...before god curse it the snake had legs, that elivated it above the ground...god transformed it's body so that it ceased to have legs and was able to move on it's belly.".

god's eternal purpose 1974 "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimized by satan.. forrest gump watchtower science is price-less!.

KerryKing

Well duh, obviously Satan was a dinosaur and after God cursed him he lost his legs, this also explains the disappearance of dinosaurs.

Problems solved.

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"Other sheep" JW's are NOT witnesses & should NOT be preaching!

by BoogerMan in

only those who think that they'll soooooooon be king/priests, can be called "witnesses" and do preaching work.. w98 2/1 p. 17 par.

16 - in 33 c.e., the israel of god (not r/f jw's!

) replaced fleshly israel and became jehovah’s “servant,” his “witnesses.”.

KerryKing

I thought the same about the substituting instead of ambassadors, they're putting themselves in Jesus' place.

I hadn't figured out the witness part but it makes so much sense, thanks for sharing!

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Are JWs forgetting Jesus altogether?

by KerryKing in

a relative sent me yesterday's wt study article 46, how jehovah guarantees his promise of paradise.. it's been a long time since i read one of those articles but what really struck me about this one is that, considering it's discussing a fundamental jw belief, it only mentions jesus twice as an aside, and not at all as the central figure like the bible does.

it actually mentions satan far more in the same article!.

i don't remember this discrepancy from my time in the org 15 years ago.

KerryKing

A relative sent me yesterday's WT study article 46, How Jehovah Guarantees His Promise of Paradise.

It's been a long time since I read one of those articles but what really struck me about this one is that, considering it's discussing a fundamental JW belief, it only mentions Jesus twice as an aside, and not at all as the central figure like the Bible does.

It actually mentions Satan far more in the same article!

I don't remember this discrepancy from my time in the org 15 years ago.

Are they quietly rejecting the King so they can reject 1914 as well........?

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John 13:35 Mistranslated?

by KerryKing in

disclaimer!

i am not a bible translator not do i speak ancient greek or hebrew.. john 13: 35 nwt : 'by this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves '.. (curiously, this verse is not listed in the nwt index under the word 'disciples'.).

the biblehub interlinear reads : ' by this will know all that to me disciples you are if love you have among yourselves '.. could it actually mean, contrary to all bible translations, that it is jesus himself, and not people in general, who identifies his disciples because they show love among each other?.

KerryKing

What publication is the excerpt from? I would be suspicious of the author tbh, in the 3rd century it was mostly the monks who recorded history after all.

It seems that with the passing of the centuries Christianity and the love weakened. In London during a plague, entire families were boarded up inside their homes if there was even one sick person thought to be inside, no contact, no care, no food etc.

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Lots of Conditioner

by peacefulpete in

ezekiel 8:3 he stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head.

then the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of god to jerusalem,.

dan:14:36 then the angel of the lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in babylon over the den.. gospel of the hebrews in reference to jesus:.

KerryKing

He must've had long hair