the bible says -.
john 14:6 - 6 jesus said to him: i am the way and the truth and the life.
no one comes to the father except through me.. jeremiah 9:4,5 "everyone, be on guard against your neighbor, and do not trust even your brother.
ALL of these writings are by the hand of man, if you believe there is a supernatural element to ANY of them , thats where you must start any questioning as to their authenticity/purpose .
Otherwise do you cede your intelligence , and how to live YOUR own life to charlatans?
as of yet, no member of the jehovah's witness faith can defend their unique beliefs.
when the dust settles, it all comes down to blind faith in men's ever-changing ideas.
this "unique belief" was not a "true teaching of the bible.
D.O.T , Best wishes, I hope all goes well for you.
apologies if this was discussed earlier.
i tried to search for a similar topic but couldnt find one.. anyway, i am an active jw or is it jehovah's witness?.
recently i noticed a trend, mainly found between teenagers and older techie brothers, of referring to themselves as jws.
They always bang on about emulating 1st cent xians, but when it boils down to it they cant resist the pull and influence of modernism, although they try to wrap it in a cloak of biblical justification for the rank & file who soak it up with relish.
Any xian from the 1st cent wouldn't have a clue what they were all about whether JW or Jehovahs witness, of course the 8 guys in New York would tell them where they are wrong of course!! HYPOCRITS!!!
when jws accept new light they must, by default, accept that what they were teaching was false.
they allow themselves the luxury of error so long as it is in the pursuit of better understanding.. .
you would think this scenario demands that allowance be made for other religions with false teachings, but alas, no.
Xanthippe,....Of course they have got at least one thing right.....
ITS ALL WRONG!!!!! LOL
when jws accept new light they must, by default, accept that what they were teaching was false.
they allow themselves the luxury of error so long as it is in the pursuit of better understanding.. .
you would think this scenario demands that allowance be made for other religions with false teachings, but alas, no.
Phizzy, ... truth does change ,! Ask any JW !! LOL !
well my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?
" and i told her no.. .
we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?
J.P !...move toward the positive by eliminating the negative.
Best wishes to you and your family.
the part that does make sense are how bodies adapt over time to surroundings and use.
for example because of eating habits changing, our jaws have become smaller and we don't need wisdom teeth.
or the effect of the sun on our skin, etc.
S&R,...so true , the closed mindset is in complete contrast to scientific discovery , and unselfish resourceful endeaver to gain knowledge and understanding of mankinds origins.
Those who don't want to learn miss the opportunities to be enlightened in contrast to remaining ignorantly in the dark .
just been doing a clear out and found all my old public talk outlines and notes.
just ripped them up and threw them away.
felt really good.
Brings to mind back in the early 1960s using the magazines(w, tower awake)to light a bonfire on nov 5 (guy fawks night).I obviously had no respect for them even then.
Now wheres my magazines, I hear mum cry!! Oops.
they use vile hate speech towards the victims of the cult who leave and speak out to warn others .. .
words like.
haters of god.
Heavens g,...It must be remembered concerning JW organisation, the comments on this site are REACTIONARY because the WBTS has by its own confused, contradictory, unintelligent and provably wrong ethos opened itself up to strong contra comments.
Otherwise no one would give a monkeys .....!!!
the part that does make sense are how bodies adapt over time to surroundings and use.
for example because of eating habits changing, our jaws have become smaller and we don't need wisdom teeth.
or the effect of the sun on our skin, etc.
I have said in other threads concerning much the same subject, it may be beyond the limits of the make up of our physical brain, to ever comprehend how our physical selves and world were brought into existence(created)but to attach the answer to belief in jealous gods master game plan and all the subsequencies, is presumptuous to the highest degree of ignorance.
Best let science continue with their endeavours in this field, at least they recognise and will try to correct error.
