why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
" as having overlapping generations ?
and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?
Matt.24:34 "Truly I say to you these overlapping generations will by no means pass away until all these things occur."
Stan livedeath: LOVE it!
Putting the scripture that way just says it all!
JWs would object to changing it, but ...... that is what has been done!
any elder has never asked me that question so far but i want to be prepared to answer that question if any of them ask me that question in the future.
i hope that they will never ask me that question.
any suggestions on how to answer that question would be very much appreciated.
I changed my mind after speaking with my husband as we were talking about "totalitarian" governments....
I might answer this question, "As in, like 'totally"!!! I would believe whatever they say or whatever they change the meaning of the scriptures to say, like right away.
"I mean, like the GB told us, "The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction." but why wouldn't I believe them?"
any elder has never asked me that question so far but i want to be prepared to answer that question if any of them ask me that question in the future.
i hope that they will never ask me that question.
any suggestions on how to answer that question would be very much appreciated.
about 3 weeks ago i created a thread due to my mom reaching out to me (we hadn't talked in over 2 years due to typical jw politics).
well, today she reached out again thought facebook messenger saying " i'm so sorry i hurt you my beautiful baby boy.
i'm hurting very much also.
I understand, HerIgo...
I keep hearing myself say the same things in my head that I wonder if I will say to my mom... I just may.
However, I never heard my mom say "Sorry, I love you" either.
Now that you have said it.... Maybe it will make her think? Perhaps it will weigh on her mind when she hears of a pedophile that walks around, shaking hands and smiling with everyone in the congregation, when she must shun you? Maybe?
Now that your 'conscience is clear', if she does reach out to you in the future, maybe you can both agree to keep religion out of the conversation...
best wishes, cha ching
december 12, 2016 re: branch relocation project - regional event registration.
december 5, 2016 to all congregations re: branch construction project.
december 5, 2016. to all congregations.
cha ching! cha ching! cha ching!
I can just hear the money rolling in now!
just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.
he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.
if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?
I love your illustration, StuckinaRut2!
Realllllly, really, really, really..... we would not trust that Doctor!
Heck, I wouldn't even trust the hairdresser!
But somehow, somehow...... they still trust the BORG!
just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.
he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.
if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?
Yes, Pete Zahut!
Isn't it amazing that the Bible seems to be a one way street with Witnesses?
After all "the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear!"
http://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/jehovahs-witnesses-women-religion-serena-williams-news-81664/.
by lydia segebrecht december 16, 2016. an open letter to serena williams about jehovah’s witnesses’ treatment of women.. dear serena,.
i want to start by applauding everything you said in your open letter that was reproduced on the guardian website last week.
I agree with JWleaks, good point. Please, Serena, speak out.
If Serena wins, and "Jehovah helps her" what does it mean if "He" doesn't "help the children?"
Tennis is more important?
today we're launching disfellowshipped, a three-episode story about the jehovah's witnesses' practice of shunning, told in virtual reality.. we designed disfellowshipped to be an immersive experience, best viewed with a vr headset.
(you can find several affordable models on amazon.
) but you can also watch it on most newer smartphones and desktops in 360-degree flat video, without a headset.
https://projects.vragments.com/reveal/
(To choose a story, and there are three, just use your mouse to grab a hold of the screen, and move the title of the story you want to line up & center with the little red circle in the middle. That selects and starts the story)
I chose the story, "Inside the investigation" and used my mouse to look around. It's like using Google maps where you grab onto the screen, and pull it to where you want to go. You can do this on Trey's desktop. You can swirl around, look at his computer screen, or grab and swirl over to look at the books sitting on his desk, or look up, and see Trey talking...
Check out the titles of the books Trey has piled up on his desk!
lol, cha ching!
new documentary on pedophilia that aired december 1st, 2016 on radio-canada(cbc) in quebec in french now with english subtitles.
note : activate subtitles on youtube.. enquête : les «sales» du royaume (translation).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2uc5u8eis&index=1&list=plrdybk064vz82j5ysa5qkajwnf3szrnpi.
The Canadians did an excellent job, being very frank, getting to the root of the problem, they are quite frank in their assessment of the situation.
The details are great, but it's too late for me to elaborate. Please watch all four of these videos, it sounds like Canada is upset over this situation, and they aren't holding back!
Awesome!
