in the recently leaked bethel training videos, both speakers state that inappropriate flirting really amounts to lying, as if a person is misrepresenting either his interest or availability to another person romantically.. we are reminded that the bible is very plain in its expressions on lying such as proverbs 12:22 which states it is detestable to god.
so with the example given here, we must have a very high standard in separating what is truthful from what is not.. with that being the case, it shocks me that bethel would produce a video presented to all in attendance at the 2017 regional convention regarding the early 1970's, essentially rewriting history as to what actually happened.. is misrepresenting your past and misleading millions of followers not a much more extreme case of lying from those who claim to reject any form of lying no matter how small, such as flirting?
would anyone like to add more examples to this thread?.
If you take the Bible to mean what it says and not what you interpret the words to mean then God does lie.
Gen.2;17 "But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it ,for in the day you eat from it you will positively die."
They did not die in the day they ate from that tree like God said so he lied .
Adam and Eve would only have known what a day was from their experience just as we appreciate what a day is.
matthew 7:7 jesus says: ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
for every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Think of the Jews in Jerusalem praying to God at the wailing wall
The reality is they are just praying to a brick wall
thursday 15 februari 2018, between 10.00 and 13.00, a committee of the dutch house of representatives will discuss jw child abuse issues during a public meeting.. for those who speak dutch, you can follow along:.
program: https://www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_vergadering/commissievergaderingen/details?id=2018a00016.
live stream (video): https://www.tweedekamer.nl/vergaderingen/livedebat/groen-van-prinstererzaal.
I`m looking forward to this
a website i had not seen before tells the story and provides the scans of the court case.
http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/84.htm .
more of the scans are on page 2 so click the link at the bottom of the page.
However by definition "Friend Of The Court" puts Jehovah`s Witnesses and Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in bed with each other
The so called "true Religion" (JW`s) with an Apostate False Religion {Jimmy Swaggart Ministries } a part of Babylon The Great .
i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.
perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.
watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .
I agree that tithing is the way they will go.It`s the only thing that can make up for their loss of revenue in book and magazine sales/contributions and the drop in converts in western nations where the money is.
10% of dollars from 8.5 million members should add up to a tidy sum each year to keep them going well into the future.
lucky 8 tv (http://www.lucky8.tv/about-8/) in new york is currently working on a docu-series for a major cable network that focuses on the issue of family estrangement.. .
the production company is looking for people in our group (former jw’s) in the united states of all ages who have not had any contact with a loved one in at least 5 years because of shunning.
if you (or anyone you know) fits this description and would like to share your story, please send an email to production assistant emily torres: [email protected].. .
What ? their are no ex / JW`s who have been shunned for more than 5 years in the USA ?
Come on guys and gals here`s your chance to put the WTB&TS in the hot seat in New York Television which has the potential of reaching a much wider audience depending on the response they get.
why i am proud to be dutch: today the state secretary of foreign affairs had to resign because of lying about russia.. we don't accept openly liars.. g..
Hey hecce ever heard of Steven Bradbury ?
we've all gotten a little older (the beav was about 60 at the time this was taken):.
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We've all gotten a little older (the Beav was about 60 at the time this was taken):
Who are the other two taken besides beaver in this photo CoCo ? We used to love that show as well as I love Lucy
OK I see it now , never mind.
based on legal arguments that revolve around violations of several articles of the portuguese constitution, and of the law of religious freedom, a petition to the portuguese parliament has been set in motion to extinguish the legal entity that represents the jehovah's witness in portugal and remove this community from the national register of recognized religions protected by law.
the petition does not seek to ban the jehovah's witness as a whole in the country.
the petition denounces the institutional policy of shunning former members as a violation of basic human rights and psychological torture, and asks the portuguese legislators and judicial authorities to take action to stop this abuse, and suspend legal recognition to the branch office entity until the policies of shunning are changed.
I`m sorry if this question has been answered before Eden One ,have you also sought out other ex JW sites to get people to sign this petition ?
If so I think it`s a pretty poor response so far and I just wonder why that may be from your point of view ?
my turning point: serving on a child abuse judicial case.
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It was a combination of many things over many years. { one sentence}
