#8 "jehovah's witnesses" is our scriptural name!
jehovah's witnesses are taught (and believe) by their hierarchy in brooklyn that the name of their religion is based on the bible itself.
a little bit of research comprehensively reveals that the statement which was written in isaiah 43:10 about the jewish nation 700 years before christians appeared, has been corruptly and un-scripturally adopted as a "god-given" name.
Blondie: "And if you use Isaiah 43:10-12, that only refers to Israelites and then can only correspond to spiritual Israelites, the 144,000, so the non-anointed members of the WTS do not qualify.
unquote, comment: and even that only if you accept that all members of the 12 tribes of Israel are not Israelites, natural or spiritual, and not the 12 000 sealed ones that come out of them-- another misreading by wt of the "holy" writings. (Rev, 7. )
the org teaches j.w.
's to tell others that the earth will soon be a paradise - free of crime & violence and with no nasty people to make their lives miserable.
why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"?
Prisoner: "--Lots of young witlesses don't learn to do research and reading in libraries/books but only by clicks.
good point. creative thinking is in part based on the fact that many ideas are present in your mind, and new, original connections, humour even, lead to new development,innovation. wt never wanted that. so--. get your fangs into solid knowledge now: die gefangene
the org teaches j.w.
's to tell others that the earth will soon be a paradise - free of crime & violence and with no nasty people to make their lives miserable.
why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"?
Rad: :--use our left hand for "personal hygiene" as they still do in certain parts of the world.
a bible based life: "Let not your right hand know what your left hand is doing.--" and in all parts of the new (developing) 3rd world. not the 3rd 1000 year reich, the 4st.
the org teaches j.w.
's to tell others that the earth will soon be a paradise - free of crime & violence and with no nasty people to make their lives miserable.
why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"?
Imagine billions and billions starting again where the left off, locked in survival, trying to procreate combat? or is god going to engineer out the old personality traits, interfering with freely expressed ego-will?
the org teaches j.w.
's to tell others that the earth will soon be a paradise - free of crime & violence and with no nasty people to make their lives miserable.
why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"?
they justify that continuing control/misery into the millennium be trodding out Isaiah 65: 20, long fulfilled: "--a sinner will die 100 years old young like a boy--" oy oy,
there was a video at the convention about hezzekia and the angel killing 185,000. this is just one example of how the bible is mostly stories and propaganda.
there is absolutely no evidence this event ever happened.
first the idea that the assyrians had 185000 troops is preposterous.
Cg: "--The writings in the bible were nothing more the propaganda to show how the God of the Jews saved them from destruction ---,
and god would would punish them, if they did not pay their tithe, and fully fund the ruling classes. a kind of protection racket.
while i am not able to recall them all at this time, i remember so many instances that when a number was quoted in the bible, especially large numbers, they were all "rounded up" to the nearest hundred or thousand.
for instance the angel killed 185,000 syrians, not 184,879. sampson killed a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass, not 961. and on and on on the even rounded numbers.
i would guess that it could be agues that these numbers were correct but is that realistic?
Now we know why the 1975 wt prophesy, (start of the millennium paradise) was not favored with jehovah's support. it is not an even, rounded-off number. so: David Splane used freddy franz for his overlap projection, who died in 1992, ~ 100 years old, and an overlapper like him, would get us to 2075!.-- no make that 2074. better use 1990/2070 rounded off, turned off?
i have been studying with the jw since june of 2016 and they say only the ones who make up the 144.
000 and can partake of the bread and cup.
is this true?.
Lbt: "-- the WT claim that the millions killed under Nero were not all faithfull allowing for their claim that the number is not complete yet yeh right set alight on stakes on the Apian way but did not die faithfull
yeah, Rev 20:4 clearly defines those that rule with Christ as martyrs, executed by the ax, not mere partakers dying morphine-laden in hospital beds. and to think that only 80 per year of the billions of Christians over the 2 millenia count. disqualified, because they did not believe in the coming overlapping generation!
i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.
anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.
they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?
LHG: " --They'd rather be alone or look for somebody appealing outside!
good for them, the right thing to do! it would be a very very depressing, horrible life to be hitched to someone you loathe. It is different if a couple has aged together, are real soul mates., a wonderful union of matched devotion.
i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.
anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.
they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?
Fs: "--single middle aged available men.
need all the help they can get, viagra even, and nothing gives an uplifting experience than a sustained vision, warm touch of your first love's likeness, like it or not.
