But remember you can fly the national flag on a KH property. If the government will fine you for not doing so.
joe134cd
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List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's
by Sea Breeze inhere's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .
1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.
2. no going to home coming football games.
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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joe134cd
Joey jo jo: you raise some good points about other essential processes left out, that could of saved lives, and it’s vagness in other areas e.g circle vs a globe shape.
To perhaps find answers. Its best to understand the Bibles primary theme, the audience at the time, against the environment and resources that were available to the writer.
It must be acknowledged that the Bible is not primarily a book of History nor is it a science manual. Its primary theme is the fall and restoration of humanity through a mediator. That been said, its in the course of the narrative, that historical and scientific facts are mentioned as a by product to the restoration process.
It important for a bible reader to understand the principles of what is written rather than how it’s written. This has always been the case. If footnotes, citations, definitions, version 0.01 & 0.02 were to be included it would of become more a legalistic code than a moral one. The whole purpose of the kingdom good news would of been lost, to an arbitrary process of grammar, and citations. These resources weren’t available to the writer at the time. Nor was the audience ,aware of, or would of been concerned about weather the earth was a circle or spherical. It’s only in recent times with the rising popularity of evolution that the bibles historical and scientific record has come under increasing scrutiny.
Why didn’t it mention malaria, contaminated water, or kangaroos in Australia. Perhaps for the same reason that it didn’t mention the Ming dynasty in China. They weren’t relevant to the Jewish nation at the time. I guess its similar to telling people about the importance of quarantine during covid. When it falls on deaf ears. It isn’t relevant to them.
It must also be remembered that at the time of Isiah writing about a circular earth, there were more pressing needs. That would of been on the minds of the people. The invading Assyrian army. He conveyed the the idea that the earth was circular. God saved his nation from a security threat, and this is all that the audience needed to know.
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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joe134cd
Peacefulpete: You are quite mistaken here. This is off the top of my head. But I think the Hebrew word, used here, for circle is “Chun.” Although in this instance it is rendered as circle it is more closely translated as “sphere.” The word actually depicts more a round ball shape object than it does a circle.
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Apostate Hunter?
by Lost in the fog inhas anyone heard of this jw guy?.
apparently he writes a weekly (weakly?
) blog as well as having written this book where he claims he disses the claims of "apostates".. to know what apostates are saying he has to be engaging with them or tuning into websites like this one, contravening the gb's direction not to do so.
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joe134cd
Find out his identity and go report his arse to his BoE.
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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joe134cd
Waton. In a way having two laws from different time periods, and peoples. Would testify that the events in Genises were accurate history. Why? Because their neighbours, the Chaldean’s, we’re having much the same problems. Although the bible is not primarily a science manual it does however stands out as unique, as it mentions things that were not known at the time. Even if it says it had 4 corners in one part and round in another. One has to ask how did Isiah know it was round. He stated so because he was talking literally and in the book of reverlation its talking symbolically. “Let the reader use discernment.” -
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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joe134cd
Pracefulpete: you raise some very good points. I was aware of the time frame between the 2 laws. Interestingly, a counter argument to the uncanny parallels between the 2 laws could be explained this way. They were similar because humanity has always faced the same problems. So of course there had to be laws to counter antisocial behaviour, and consequences for transgressors. I guess the same claim could be made today, that the U.S constitution has been plagiarised from the mosaic law. to a point it has. Hence laws on sewage disposal, quarantine, corporal punishment are still relevant today. Really over the course of 6000 years human nature still remains the same. Solomon wisely said man has brought man to his injury, so there has to be procedures put in place to minimise, or litigate this.
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“Hanging the earth upon nothing”
by FFGhost infor those of you not up to speed on the latest jw trends, one of the key scriptures the jws are using in field serve-us lately is job 26:7, wherein the writer describes the earth as “hanging upon nothing”.. this text is used to indicate the bible’s “reliability”.
the reasoning goes something like this:.
“see, centuries ago, people thought the world was flat, or was resting on elephants or turtles, or some such nonsense.
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joe134cd
JWisim aside. The bible is unique in many aspects. It stands alone as different from other writings at the time. For example the code of Hammurabi, which is considered to precede that of the Torah, has lead critics to say that the Torah was merely a copy from the Babylonian empire. However, what sets it apart is that the code of Hammurabi dosnt touch on matters of science. For example, health and safety regulations, work place compensation, horticultural practices, which was unknown at the time. Are mentioned in the bible, and are still relevant today.
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Suspected Washington Kingdom Halls arsonist arrested
by Corney inas many probably remember, in 2018-2020, multiple kingdom and assembly halls were set on fire in the state of washington, so fbi, atf, local sheriff and arson alarm foundation offered $61,000 in rewards for information leading to arrest of the arsonist.
the attacks (seven arsons and one shooting) included:.
march 19, 2018: two arson attacks - one at a tumwater kingdom hall and the second at a kingdom hall on cain road in olympia.
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joe134cd
Yes I agree. I’m so glad it wasn’t done by some disgruntled apostate. Wt would have had a field day over it.
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No funeral
by road to nowhere ini have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.
3rd or 4th instance.
another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.
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joe134cd
I’ll certainly give credit where it’s due. Surprisingly my JW grandfathers funeral was a delight. One of my unbelieving uncles requested that the service not be too religious, and the elder doing it abliged. I would say the mix was about 50/50. Which I thought was fair as JWisim played such a big part in his life. It was truly a delight, and I commented that to the elder who gave the talk. There was lots of food and laughing, all supplied by the congregation, and it was a chance to catch up with all the ones I hadn’t seen in years. I’d give it a 10/10.