Nothing special? What should it be like, then? Healings, shouting, talking in tongues, extatic people? I think contemplating on the importance of Jesus' ministry and sacrificial importance is special enough.
TheOldHippie
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Memorial - Most depressing holiday ever?
by nevaagain inwe - as in we jws - say that the memorial is our only holiday.back in my young days when i was still living at home, my mom would buy us (or as we got older and made our own money, make us buy) new suits for the memorial.
my mom would put on her best dress which she probably only bought for the memorial.
she would say, it is our only holiday so we should dress special for it.
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Polytheism in the Book of Daniel, a late second temple religious document
by fulltimestudent inas jehovah's witnesses we committed ourselves to a blind belief in a monotheistic judaism that was automatically transmitted to a new religious organisation, started (we were taught) by jesus.. that's the premise which this thread will discuss.
i suggest that sufficient evidence is available to throw doubt on both those beliefs.
so this thread will argue (over about a week-hopefully) that:.
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TheOldHippie
I think I too will go and buy myself a book, quote from it, and state that "this is the truth, because this professor says so." Stay tuned! -
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Article: Five JWs Deported from Bali for Conducting Door-to-Door Religious Ministry
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?id=11719.
dismantling the watchtower .
five jehovah witnesses deported from bali for conducting door-to-door religious ministry .
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TheOldHippie
"While the Jehovah Witness is a recognized religious sect in Indonesia, it is expressly forbidden for any religion to actively promote their religious doctrine to differing sects or religions."
You're free to be a Christian - but shhhh! don't tell anybody. Exactly how dictatorships work. Like in the old East-European countries and the USSR - it was allowed to be a Christian, AND it was allowed to be an atheist, but ONLY atheist propaganda was allowed, NOT Christian. Finely tuned rules. Indonesia is a corrupt Moslem country, and like in many of the Moslem countries - and Hindu - , Christian Groups are allowed, but not foreigners and not preaching to Moslems. There are no JW missionaries in Indonesia, so these were tourists trying to spice up their holiday a bit thru invigting to the Memorial, but that clearly was too much for the smiling and friendly Indonesian authorities. Fascist corrupt nations are themselves alike.
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Article: Indiana man, a JW, now in prison asks local Muslims for forgiveness for setting fire to their prayer room in the Islamic Center
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.toledoblade.com/religion/2015/04/05/arsonist-asks-local-muslims-for-forgiveness.html.
the fire was set in the prayer room.
damage from smoke and water used to extinguish the september, 2012, blaze caused the islamic center of greater toledo to stay closed until spring of 2013.
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Sorry for asking, perhaps I did not manage to read his letter 100 %, but where does it say he is/was a JW? -
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JW Son dead in German plane crash, no big deal!
by noolite inseems to be a jw connection with the crash after all, but it wasn't the co-pilot as some had surmised.
the father of the only american male killed in the crash weighs in with a very mild assessment of the mass murderer, and doesn't seem overly concerned about his son, now deceased.. ---------------------------------------------------------------- .
"the parents of an american victim of the french alps plane crash said on 27 march they feel sadness for the parents of the co-pilot rather than feeling anger for the loss of their son.. robert tansill oliver, a jehovah's witness, lost his 37-year-old son robert oliver calvo in the germanwings plane crash.. "i don t feel anger.
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TheOldHippie
A father has lost his son in this terrible willed crash - and all you guys can think of, is CRITIZISING the father for his Words, for the way he expresses himself when faced With a reporter amidst his grief?
Monsters.
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The plague, livestock. Question
by James Mixon insorry if this have been covered.
exodus 9;6-7 and exodus 9:19-25.. livestock killed twice by god??
contradiction?
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TheOldHippie
If you check various translations and footnotes, you will se that "all" in Exodus 9:6 also is translated as "all sorts of". So all is not always all of a species, but a certain amount of all of the different species. -
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Is disfellowshipping as popular as it was years ago?
by minimus ini seldom hear of people getting df'd anymore.
years ago it seemed there were a few per year in a congregation.
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When did you realize evolution was true?
by Coded Logic in) which person/source first made you reconsider your position on creationism?.
) how long a period of time did it take to fully convince you?.
) what books and videos did you read and watch?.
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Neanderthal man
by scary21 inmy ex husband and father of my daughter was never baptized but is still a believer in the wt.. a couple years ago we were talking about evolution ( which he does not believe in ) i brought up the subject of the neanderthals and how we all have their dna except africans ( the ones that never left africa ).
he said neanderthals are apes and not humans and jw's do not teach that they are humans.
i said i believe they do.. in the life- how did it get here book, under the sub heading " the human family "is says " neanderthal man....... was undoubtedly human.. his response was " they are just talking about what other people believe " ahhhhh .
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TheOldHippie
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A sensible fix for the Jehovah's Witness "two witness rule" when dealing with child sex abuse
by Watchtower-Free injehovah's witnesses could retain their two witness rule for internal judicial.
congregation matters .
but in the case of a child abuse allegation they should .
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TheOldHippie
Watchtower-Free:
What you recommend, is exactly what they are doing in European countries.