i mean, the jws have many faults, as each of us have.. do you know any other group that does?.
One of the things that annoys me about JWs is that they say they go in the ministry to teach people about Jehovah.
Then I wonder: What is there to teach about Jehovah?
He created the heavens and the earth and then neglected it.
There are a bunch of details about what people think that God is pleased with or displeased with, but no one knows God.
what were we thinking?
mat_10:32 whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will i confess also before my father which is in heaven.. mat_10:33 but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven.. mat_12:50 for whosoever shall do the will of my father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.. mat_16:25 for whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.. mat_18:4 whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.. mar_10:15 verily i say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of god as a little child, he shall not enter therein.. luk 6:47,48 whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, i will shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man .
which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock.
None of what the OP emphasized changes what Revelation 7 & 14 says.
What Revelation says completes what was started back at Sinai. Actually before with Abraham.
There was a sacrifice, a temple. Those things can't be denied. But those were ineffective.
Jesus in the heavenly temple will have 144,000 others serving with him.
All of those Whosoevers, does not change that. Salvation is more than going to heaven and Jesus knew that.
" and only one token minority"
Why does that even matter?
There is no policy race wise anywhere.
The reason that people call for races and women on the supreme courts is because they deal with racial and gender issues, but the governing body has no racial issues to deal with, nor gender issues.
" when the Bible clearly says that ALL Christians should take from the emblems"
The Bible says no such thing.
The Bible only says that the 11 were to partake in remembrance of Jesus.
What authority does Paul have to alter that?
All since then have the 4 gospels to read from to remember Jesus, not bread and wine.
shower thought entered my mind the other day... jesus christ.
as per doctrine.
is still alive in heaven right now correct?
Cofty said "you might be interested to know that everything you just just wrote would have been a complete mystery to the Bible Students of Russell's time."
Why does that matter? I'm not talking about Russell. I'm talking about the application of the ransom.
But then without the ransom, what hope does anyone have?
i wonder how many have doubts about the gb teaching that only baptised jws would survive the big a?
even then they still only say you may make it as with unbaptised kids of jdubs.
i think most people physically in don’t agree with the gb on this and are hoping jehovah would let other good people into the new world even if they are not baptised jws.
What is their official teaching that only baptized JWs will survive God's war?
Of course they teach that because that is their carrot and whip to lead people.
But we know that is not the case, because many good non-Jws will survive too.
as i understand it, jehovah’s witnesses believe less than 145,000 faithful christians existed prior to the twentieth century.
the other sheep christians did not start forming until after 1914. that means jehovah’s witnesses view millions martyred for their faith in christ prior to the 20th century as merely professed christians.. the question is…how do witnesses know that those millions who perished for their faith in christ were not christians at all?.
What do you mean How did we know that millions didn't have the heavenly hope?
We don't know who did and who didn't.
If they had faith in Christ, they were Christians.
Were they anointed by the holy spirit?
No one knows. But just being a Christian or dying for one's faith is not a guaranteed that one gets anointed with holy spirit.
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not sure if this is fake news or not..
Having "sports, wealth, non JW approved clothing and behavior" does not get one disfellowshipped.
Neither does material things, fame and careers.
Why is everyone focusing on disfellowshipping?
I've never been a fan of hers but this is like Prince.
isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
The only number that matters is the number of congregations.
Number of publishers is so fake.
Pioneers is meaningless.
Memorial partakers is meaningless.
Memorial attenders. Anyone can sit in a chair.
Bible Studies, people study forever and do nothing.
But for many years congregations would grow and split. Now congregations are being deleted.
That is what shows.
shower thought entered my mind the other day... jesus christ.
as per doctrine.
is still alive in heaven right now correct?
The ransom sacrifice was paid by Jesus when he presented the value of his shed blood to his father Jehovah in heaven after his resurrection and ascension.
It began being applied then by Jesus being the gobetween for prayers.
Then when he became king in 1914, it was applied when he resurrected his brothers who died and since then the ones who died.
Then it will be applied during the 1000 years on those alive on earth.
