https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-jehovahs-witness-leaders-are-responding-to-child-abuse-scrutiny/.
by trey bundy .
december 14, 2015 .
Yes, listen to him. This is an anointed Christian? He sounds like a 2 year old, blaming and complaining, calling the journalist a liar. Well, who has a reputation of lying, cheating, and spending fortunes to keep their name from being besmirched.
The GB deserve Scaphism. (link is a great little read)
HBH
the usa is undoubtedly the strongest military power in the world, and has often been willing to use that power against other nations, some historians count 187 foreign wars in 200 years, and this youtube video lists the wars the us has fought in the twentieth century, most of which, (in the earliest part of the 20th c) it can be argued, were won by the usa.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51nfakme-g. this is not an argument about the rightness or wrongness of any war.
the argument is why the mightiest ever military power, a political power that controls overwhelming destructive forces, a power that claims to stand on the side of its god, does not win wars?
have you thought about this question?
There is a lot of great writing on this subject (by social critics). Check out Chris Hedges, esp "War is a force that gives us meaning". Also, Morris Berman, Noam Chomsky ect. Your paper might get pretty thick.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151210004420/http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/united-states/jw-headquarters-peak-construction/.
http://imgur.com/a/dbsqt.
are they just moving the goal posts now that 2016 is almost upon us?.
Wow, is it EMP proof too? That would be the perfect slap in the face. Anyone got an EMP gun? Come on solar storms!!!
that comment about disabled rooms cracked me up
HBH
so what scriptures do you think will never make the cut?i will start off with one to warm you all up.. 1 corinthians 4:6 - do not go beyond the things that are written,.
Good 1 Vidiot..
Matthew 9:13
"Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to show
mercy, not offer sacrifices.' For I have come to call not those who
think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners."
i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.
im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?
the the bible is word?
I believe in God. I used to think along your lines about JWs being close to the truth, but not any more. They simply don't demonstrate mercy. I stumbled on a statement that sums it up well.
"If your religion, faith, devotion, or self proclaimed spirituality is not directly leading to an increase in kindness, empathy, compassion and tolerance for others then you have been misled. "
I would say that "others" includes nature too.
Also, there was a recent topic that stated "I'd rather have questions I can't answer, then answers I can't question."
HBH
the thread about magazines stopping distribution in india reminded me of a recent conversation.
a local brother said he asked for a copy of the new organisation book for publishers.
the elder told the brother to print it out if he wanted a physical copy.
Speaking on American culture and journalism, Chris Hedges wrote:
“Totalitarian states (societies) are always image based and spectacle driven … the severance from a print-based culture and the infusion of sophisticated forms of propaganda [make] us confuse how we are made to feel with knowledge."
Makes sense with the BORG being an American rooted religion.
HBH
so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.
so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?
The problem I have with the "it's not that bad" (video) is that it marginalizes the suffering component. It's nothing more than intellectual masturbation.
The "last days" argument is broad. For a more specific understanding, it just so happens that Chris Hedges wrote about this week.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_great_unraveling_20150830
i posted this as a reply to another thread, but thought it deserved it's own thread to draw attention to this important moment in the day 2 testimony.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4fobrocc8.
They are simply being obedient. They didn't break the law, just common morality. What is being accomplished is, besides character assassination, is to expose WT's (woefully deficient) policy and subsequently the blind obedience.
If you've never heard of the Milgram Experiment, here is a short clip.
i was born into this religion.
i was a jw for well over 30 years.
i did much research before i had internet, i compared bibles and prayed deeply to help me to know if this was the truth.
i am hoping someone may be able to give me some guidance on behalf of my son.
my ex-wife, who remains a jw, is threatening to go to court to get visitation with our 5 year old grandchild.
she had regular visits with our grandchild, but when my son (no longer a jw) and his wife (never a jw) found out that his mother was teaching their daughter the jw religion without their permission and even telling our grandchild not to tell their parents... well to say the least, that was a game-changer.
I'm no expert, but it is my understanding that grandparents have no rights to visitation in the US if the parents are functional and don't want it.
HBH
