i am.. they are just fellow brothers, old and getting senile.... but enlightened, despite all the whining.....
Yes, you can. The governing body is not the be all end all in serving God in the true Religion.
They are just the overseers of the worldwide congregation. They should not be creating rules or doctrine, but people like for them to do so because they are followers.
The first century and 2nd century Christians were JWs that didn't follow the apostles.
i am.. they are just fellow brothers, old and getting senile.... but enlightened, despite all the whining.....
"The Watchtower is a business pretending to be a religion."
Bingo. You nailed it here.
i am.. they are just fellow brothers, old and getting senile.... but enlightened, despite all the whining.....
"A unique teaching of JW's, presented as "good news" is a two-tier salvation"
Unique is not relevant here. What is relevant is whether it is correct and it is not really a 2 tier salvation.
It is that 144,000 have been ordained for spirit life in heaven to rule with Christ the rest are not.
with the current discussion if someone in his twenties can be elder or not.
i'm interested in what a elder in jw land really do.
all speeches already come in video format from headquarters.
My point was that the Christian congregation was patterned after Israel. The Christian congregation elders would do what the elders in Israel did. And those ones were also lords over the people and became the pharisees.
with the current discussion if someone in his twenties can be elder or not.
i'm interested in what a elder in jw land really do.
all speeches already come in video format from headquarters.
Elders are older men and they would be the equivalent of the older men of the tribes of Israel.
In the congregations they have the role of overseers of the congregations.
i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.
there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.
please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
"we all have only one Birth, day. Each year after that is just an anniversary “" That is so correct. Like a wedding is once and then after that it is a wedding anniversary.
But the JW stance on birthday celebrations is wrong because: people in the Bible killed others on their birthday celebrations so that automatically makes such things generally wrong.
The Bible describes the devil as a dragon, so all dragons are bad.
The Bible says a serpent, snake was used by the Devil, so are all snakes bad?
What is bad is the generalization, the stereotyping. One thing bad, everything of that category is bad. is the opposite true? One thing good and everything in that category is good?
i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.
there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.
please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
This is just them being pharisees in creating rules from things vaguely in the Bible. They made refusing birthday treats a matter of loyalty to Jehovah.
i have been out for years!
how often do people get df’d in 2021?
just wondering!
among that list, which of those would pass constitutional muster of not being vague?
bestiality and lap dances and use of tobacco and sexual abuse of children? The rest are pharisee laws.
am the turd comes the closest to just coming right out and telling jws they have to do it.
he says, 'there's no need to worry, just keep doing what works: wear masks, wash your hands and get vaccinated when possible'.
the busybodies are going to be even more insufferable now than they have been.
He said that 25,658 have died from Covid. Is that worldwide? That is 3.2% of the 800,000 that have died. But 25K is a high number. I would expect that the JWs to have no deaths because they are following the government protocols and doing all of the safety stuff
you men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?.
you women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?.
You men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?
You women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?
