i for one would be very interested , if you can quantify what his acheivements have been , these past almost 100 years .. incidental acheivements could do for a start ,.
followed by more meaningfull acheivements ,.
then to top it off , with his major acheivements that he can be accredited with these past 99 years of his kingdom rule ,.
What has been accomplished since Jesus' death?
Believe in the lord Jesus and you will get saved?
Has anyone been saved? NO!. Every one since that time has died.
Saved by going to heaven? We have no proof of that so what good is it? What good is this belief in going to heaven anyway. (That's another topic)
One can be near Jesus, but one has no needs so what does that amount to?
kind of new for me, but i have been letting go of being in fear of posting what i feel on fb.
i have been posting links to very good videos on youtube that show the history of the cult.
funny thing my one cousin posted how he missed a person who passed and that that god only takes the best to be with him.
I got removed from Witness's FB friends because when they posted about how happy they were about the new Bible, I posted some reality and they didn't like it. That is how it is with Witness forums.
Recently someone posted about the letter stating the combining of the MTS and the school for Christian couples, another poster commented that Jehovah is so good. I stated that the people in the Phillipines wouldn't think that Jehovah is good. I haven't seen what they said about that one yet. Their mindless euphoria is sickening.
the generation scripture no longer is speaking about 'the end'.
i'll quote it...... side note: tons of lies in this article, i'll point out at the end of the post.
"yet, jesus words at matthew 24:34 give us confidence that at least some of "this generation will by no means pass away" before seeing the start of the great tribulation.".
Why not do what I do? Don't have any belief in that matter and it can't be a lie and can't change.
It is possible that not everything that Jesus said was recorded so we are missing too much to draw conclusions on.
but god has changed his mind?
according to the bible god can and does change his mind.
the example of jonah comes to mind.
It would be no different if they were wrong about armageddon.
A war comes, some survive, some didn't. That is what will happen regardless of anyone's theology.
friends,.
who was in any doubt that our jw believe is a marketing model, see this pictures of the still existing hq of jw at columbia heights.. earlier comments on jwn that something is going to change in the organisation, these comments are true.. in a few years we will not talk about the watchtower society, we wil talk about jw.org.
i think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start.
"I think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start. No more old Watchtower related problems about years, presidents, scandals."
Yup, that is what I think too. That is the purpose of the new songbook, new Bible. To draw the line to show who the new JWs are.
dramatic growth is being reported on facebook.
groups of xjws.. .
ex-jehovah's witness recovery group 3 admin.
"Metropolitan witnessing, public witnessing"
It doesn't take much to do that. Just stand there and the literature gives out itself.
Nothing great about that. That's all it takes to be in the club.
i ask this respectfully, and do so after watching a favorite show of mine's season opener which had a new years storyline.
hollywood tends to make movies and television show episodes centered around holiday themes appear warm and blissful.
while i'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays, i can't deny my curiosity about ex-jws that do celebrate.
Cantleave said "As the father of 2 children, why wouldn't I celebrate holidays?"
Because you are the father of 2 children and you should teach them to think for themselves and not be followers.
i ask this respectfully, and do so after watching a favorite show of mine's season opener which had a new years storyline.
hollywood tends to make movies and television show episodes centered around holiday themes appear warm and blissful.
while i'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays, i can't deny my curiosity about ex-jws that do celebrate.
Tootired2care replied "Does truth change?"
Sticking to the topic at hand, The truth about holidays and the celebrating of them hasn't changed.
The thing is that they go too far with it and that God just doesn't care about what humans do and have done with them.
I mean, how can Jehovah keep account of a person's celebrating a pagan holiday and then holds it against that person but yet allows a typhoon to destroy the Philipines? We, and what we do, just don't matter.
That is the truth that they are not telling.
i ask this respectfully, and do so after watching a favorite show of mine's season opener which had a new years storyline.
hollywood tends to make movies and television show episodes centered around holiday themes appear warm and blissful.
while i'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays, i can't deny my curiosity about ex-jws that do celebrate.
Tootired2care said "I didn't leave "the truth" (please stop calling it that), I left a mind controlling cult". Well as a matter of fact, it is the truth. However it is presented by a mind controlling cult, which erases its meaning and effectiveness.
Even if I weren't raised a JW, I would not get into the holidays because I like my freedom and do not want to be enslaved by the holidays.
they do not do a good job of exploring why different people stop going to the meetings and make any improvements.. this is a quote from another topic.
it reminds me of the may 15 2012 study article about marry only in the lord, p 4 para7.
they are not trying to improve their product (the people).
"Marry only in the lord means to marry another Christian. Doesn't mean to marry only in your own CULT religion. That's what the G.B. want so they can be controlled."
When Paul wrote "Marry only in the lord", he did not limit it to only those who read his writing and followed his writings and went to the meetings that he arranged. He focused on the belief and following of the Christ. But the GB wants it to be only people who follow what they wrote and their meetings.
