for the jews, personified spirit beings, good and evil, along with demons, originated during the 3rd and 2nd centuries bce.. https://jwstudies.com/crucible__powers_above.pdf .
this file will be available very temporarily.. doug.
AA ,this sounds all too familiar with the WT excusing the two different versions of Jesus coming into Jerusalem or coming out of Jerusalem in the Gospels .
The pretext being their was an old Jerusalem and a new Jerusalem in Jesus day .
Anybody remember this ?
i believe that just because someone shows up at the voting booth, it doesn’t automatically qualify them to be legitimate voters.
i think it’s not unreasonable to provide proof that you are qualified..
I think its a good system in Australia where once you are of the age (18) to vote you are required to register as a voter ,failure to do so is a fine ,and when you front up at a polling booth you identify yourself and your name is then crossed off the list as presenting yourself to vote ?
I dont see the problem with honest hearted people who see their civic duty .?
backstory:.
so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.
he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.
These JW memes are gems ,notice that I left out the ex ? Because I believe they apply equally whether you are a current active JW an ex-JW or just a person who has had a JW knock on your door.
Just saying.
for a secondary project, i need basic biography of n. h. knorr's parents and brother and sister.
we have some details, which i have posted on our history blog: https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.
if you can add to this, please do..
new boy was just using satire in his post I don`t think he would have thought anybody would take him seriously .
I thought his post was quite funny.
Lighten up folks
i'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?
for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?
i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.
I was brought up to believe the Bible was the word of God and was sent to Sunday school ( my parents weren`t religious) when I rebelled and said I wasn`t going anymore about 12 yrs of age ,I still had the though the Bible was God`s word ,Fast forward to when I`m 20 years old I was converted to JWism .
33 years later after seeing the hypocricy`s , flip flops ,and manipulation of the members by both the G.B. and Elders in Congregations I attended (admittedly some Elders were genuine people but not many) in my experience.
I was disillusioned and left.Which then led me to investigate the the Bible more and what critics had to say about it and my eyes were opened ,the rose coloured glasses and the blinkers were off an I then saw what religion in general and all religious books were inventions of humans and nothing more.
gb recent presents new book "based ezekiel" - pure worship restored.this book also provide into jw-borg site and jw-lib too, but only english.as examle, spanish - it`s second largest language into us and america continents, but has no translated into it.do you have any idea why this could happen?
they hide something, or just did not have time to translate (but previously published in all major languages at the same time).
Maybe its simply just a matter of them running out of cash or maybe even translators are leaving in droves .?
One can only hope .
for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.
the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.
were you around during this “momentous “ time??
Well if his parents didn`t believe in overlapping maybe he wouldn`t be here ,so he can be thankful they did.
picture from a recent watchtower:.
what diversity.
what corporate synergy.
Notice theirs only 5 females and 7 males ?
https://youtu.be/f40ukvgjsqw.
is it the first of april already?.
I think if they put up on screen Steven Lett giving one of his performances that would be great ,you must admit he`s got a way of getting his message across.
blondie’s first thoughts 11-11-2018 wt study (august 2018, pages 12-16 (displaying love).
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-simplified-september-2018/ .
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
Thanks Blondie for another well thought out criticism of a W.T. study article "Displaying Love" ? Intended of course for JW`s rank and file members.
However I can`t help thinking why the G.B. don`t take any note of the counsel themselves that they dish out to the the flock in their care.
.All of these sexual abuse cases around the entire world against children in their care ,failing to report these crimes to the appropriate authorities and even punishing the victims ? How are they displaying love to the most vulnerable in their midst ?
And how often did Jehovah "Display Love" in the Old Testament ? First he condemns all of humanity to undignified painful suffering and lingering deaths with multitudes of ailments and terrible diseases for Centuries simply because his first two perfect humans turned out to be not so perfect and disobeyed him..
Then think about all of the people Jehovah has caused to be killed in those first 4,000 years of Bible history.?
Using Angels ,pestilences ,the Flood ,condoning wars agains`t other Nations ,where Israelite died in battle as well .Not bothering to cure a Leper Colony among his chosen people ?
Maybe that explains why Man`s history is filled with violence and bloodshed ,because man was made in GOD`s IMAGE
So all in all I don`t think their God Jehovah "Displayed Love" either .
