(acts 9:15, 16) but the lord said to him: “go!
(revelation 17:6) ......and with the blood of the witnesses of jesus.
(revelation 1:5) "....jesus christ, “the faithful witness,”.
Another thing to consider is that the Tetragrammaton the four Hebrew letters representing God`s name nor its Greek equivalent four letters do not appear in the texts Jehovah`s Witnesses have based their NWT of the Bible on or their NWT of the Christian Greek Scriptures, nor in their Kingdom Interlinear of the Christian Greek Scriptures .
Inserting the name in the NT is just another lie to set them apart from Christendom.
i have just finished watching this program and found it quite disturbing in the sense that both sides of the war effort had so little regard for human life .. it might sound strange to say that in time of warfare when civilian casualties are rife on both sides ,however i think this is an exception.. except for the courage and heroic efforts of the german commander of the u-boat who tried and helped so many people to survive.. werner hartenstein.
his name should be honored by all the nationalities he saved.. and i was appalled by the americans who bombed the submarine on the surface of the water with a red cross flag in full view with civilians on deck and lifeboats in tow with many more civilians on board.. i think this was an exceptional incident in a time of war that both sides should have given way..
Approximately 75 years ago still , and yes Cg America had not yet joined the war and they were helping to protect allied shipping.
However their were all nationalities women and children on the u-boat deck as well as those that were tethered in life rafts behind the u-boat .
The German commander gave assurances he would not target any rescue vessel and did not believe he would be subjected to attack displaying the red cross flag and having civilians standing on deck.
i tend to think that many jws who joined the religion in their later years feel foolish or are embarrassed by their decision to become one of jehovah’s witnesses.
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i’m not embarrassed by my years “in the truth “ because i was raised from infancy to believe everything was god’s word and who are we to question jehovah and his organization?
I converted at 20 years of age with an alcohol problem and wondering what was the purpose in life and wondering where my life was heading when a dormant JW coworker started to witness to me.
Left my first job after 12.5 years finishing my apprenticeship in leather goods then changed tack and took up laboratory work first in the photographic industry then finally in the oil industry for 34 years ,with a few jobs in between for a total of 54 working years
I own my own home and live a comfortable reasonably healthy life to date.
When I was a JW for 33 years I had no trouble identifying myself as a JW ,now however I am cautious as to who I admit to it if ever .
A few years back I actually gave a presentation to a community group about my experiences as a JW
All in all though I don`t mention it ,however if JW`s do come up in conversation I do speak of them negatively without letting on I was one.
So we are not all dick-heads Steel
(acts 9:15, 16) but the lord said to him: “go!
(revelation 17:6) ......and with the blood of the witnesses of jesus.
(revelation 1:5) "....jesus christ, “the faithful witness,”.
I hate to tell you, but they would 100% disagree with you. They denounce "Christendom" all the time.
Or when they adopted the same Bible books as protestant Christendom
i tend to think that many jws who joined the religion in their later years feel foolish or are embarrassed by their decision to become one of jehovah’s witnesses.
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i’m not embarrassed by my years “in the truth “ because i was raised from infancy to believe everything was god’s word and who are we to question jehovah and his organization?
It was bad enough being called mentally diseased by the WT and now I`m being accused of being mentally ill by my fellow ex JW`s ? LOL with a low IQ
i always wondered, how come the apostles never asked jesus what heaven is like compare to earth.
and wouldn't they be bugging jesus to tell them all kind of stories of such?.
Heaven , where could it be ?, between the earth and space ? between the earth and the moon ? between the earth and any of the planets ? between the earth and the edge of the Solar System ?
And have now even gone beyond our Solar System and never encountered heaven.
Spacecraft have been sent to the outer reaches of the Solar System and they have not encountered Heaven , God , or any of his Angels
And for that matter they haven`t encountered a GOD or Angels either that have said to them you do not belong here.
Psalm 115 :16 As regards the heavens to Jehovah the heavens belong
But the earth he has given to the sons of men.
Their have been six earth -moon missions that have resulted in not just two men walking on the moon but a total of twelve men who have actually walked on the moon .
So where is heaven ?
i have just finished watching this program and found it quite disturbing in the sense that both sides of the war effort had so little regard for human life .. it might sound strange to say that in time of warfare when civilian casualties are rife on both sides ,however i think this is an exception.. except for the courage and heroic efforts of the german commander of the u-boat who tried and helped so many people to survive.. werner hartenstein.
his name should be honored by all the nationalities he saved.. and i was appalled by the americans who bombed the submarine on the surface of the water with a red cross flag in full view with civilians on deck and lifeboats in tow with many more civilians on board.. i think this was an exceptional incident in a time of war that both sides should have given way..
I thought a few people at least would have made some comment on this post maybe I shouldn`t have posted it in entertainment. ?
Then again maybe nobody has ever seen this series.
in the real world, very few parents would disown their own children simply because they read a magazine that told them to do it.
very few people would forever completely ignore their own parents because an elder got up on a platform one day and announced that they no longer follow the same religion as you.. in the real world it just doesn't happen.
and yet, for 8 million jehovah's witnesses it's very a normal part of their world to treat "other people" differently than they'd treat each other.
Obey the Governing Body even if you think it doesn`t make sense or you don`t understand the reasoning behind their decision just be loyal to Jehovah and obey them without question.
I think I am way past the anger against the WTB&TS having been on this board more than 10 years now.
The reason I keep posting here is in the hope of "witnessing" to newbies ,lurkers , and others who just might not have considered what I think is an argument , thought that may not have occurred to them in debunking WT/GB theology.
When I think of myself as a JW for 33 years witnessing for the WT religion and never knowing whether anybody took any notice of me and joined or not { most likely not } I am quite happy to now give my anti-witness when I can and only hope I plant a seed of doubt in someone somewhere and I am quite happy not knowing if I did or not.
I just want people to know TTATT and if my contributions here help that in anyway I`m happy.
i always wondered, how come the apostles never asked jesus what heaven is like compare to earth.
and wouldn't they be bugging jesus to tell them all kind of stories of such?.
If Jesus had sayings of a life saving message why did`nt HE write them down ?
Moses was supposed to be a lesser prophet than Jesus , however Moses wrote down the first five books of the Bible , no mean feat since he lived some 2000 years after the events he was writing about.
Jesus on the other hand being the son of GOD and the future King ruling over earth for a thousand years apparently did`nt think he had anything to say that was worth writing down about for future generations .?
makes you wonder doesn`t it ?
