"the first 5 days of august, 1200 bible studies were requested.. another stat today; in 6 months, jan. thru june, jw.org got 3200 bible study requests.. but this month?
there have been 3606 to date as of; aug. 19, 2014.".
http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16712-jw-org-website-anniversary/#entry238063.
"The first 5 days of August, 1200 Bible studies were requested.
Another stat today; In 6 months, Jan. thru June, jw.org got 3200 Bible study requests.
But this month? there have been 3606 to date as of; Aug. 19, 2014."
http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16712-jw-org-website-anniversary/#entry238063
i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.
during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.
there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.
Suggest to them: Google 'hell' or 'loving god hell'. For me, that is probably the most debunked, attacked and mocked Christian doctrine of all.
Mostly all of the general atheist Youtube videos, from what I've seen, refer to hell rather than any Armageddon.
And, just think, it's 'Christendom' that spread that fear of 'the Lord' and hellfire throughout the earth whilst Jehovah was on a nearly 1800 year tea-break from telling anybody anything. (!)
All of the hatred, attacks and vitriol towards the Christian religion, as expressed for nearly 1800 years, (from when Revelation was supposedly completed up until the first Watchtower produced) was not built up by a little sect that didn't even exist.
Even on purely theological grounds, the internet is full of articles debunking Jesus as God, and the hellfire teaching itself.. Not about JW's, who teach neither of them.
Even if JW's were universally hated by all non-Christians today, they'd still have a helluva lot of catching up to do.
ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).
post 741 of 741. .
"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".
Introduction to some basic lines of evidence for evolution:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_01
...
Evidence for the Bible being inspired by a divine being...
I can't see ANY evidence whatsoever, of it being anything other than a contradictory book of myths and legends with a little history thrown in, so I'll hand over to bioflex ;)
when i press the "active topics" button this morning, it tries to open a .wml file instead of taking me to active topics.. oh, the humanity!.
Understood. That's what happens when I'm posting. Dot's just a pain in the ass, as usual. Goodbye, hope I helped someone.
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.
Thanks punkofnice. I'm glad someone thinks that I'm okay. ;)
this topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
Rhodesboy:"This forum is mostly about grievances"
What do you mean by grievances? People complaining about their problems, or criticising the Watchtower and the Bible? At least explain what you mean by that. Be specific..
..
Rhodesboy's pm buddy:
"And you will notice, no specifics, just generalized negativity and hate"
Trust me, I don't care enough about your waffling to have any hate. Typical persecution complex. Your writing basically said nothing of worth, just that a, b ,c , d, e , f may possibly happen, if l, m, or n decide to do x, y or z.
Not sure why you thought that your list of guesses was worth starting a topic for. But as you mentioned, you like the publicity..
Further, I was VERY specific.
I specifically pointed out that your predictions were unspecific. ;)
ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).
post 741 of 741. .
"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".
Ablebodiedman said in response to one of my questions:
"on the other hand:
[Isaiah29:20]
20 because the tyrant must reach his end, and the bragger must come to his finish, and all those keeping alert to do harm must be cut off,
21 those bringing a man into sin by [his] word, and those who lay bait even for the one reproving in the gate, and those who push aside the righteous one with empty arguments."
Was that directed at me? Ok then, that's fine.
No more empty arguments from me, I'm a bit nervous about what part of me will be 'cut off'. ;)
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
Bttt...
This is well worth a read from the beginning, lurkers!
You may find that it gives you food for thought.
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ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).
post 741 of 741. .
"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".
Ablebodiedman..
So your reply is, in the context of my question:
You agree with Gods right to decide on matters of morality, and to execute those who don't live up to those standards. You don't find that execution morally offensive.
Therefore if you were in God's place, you would (hypothetically) kill any of your children who disagreed with their father's moral standards (that's assuming they even believed that the letters containing those standards came from you).
It would be your right to do so, as you created them..? Or do you personally disagree with this concept, of Jesus killing anyone who disagrees with His moral standards, but feel that you have to accept it because God has the power and you do not? Either you would do the same, and you agree with this way of using supreme power, or you disagree but feel that your feelings on the matter are irrelevant..?
Thanks for answering, I appreciate it.
(I mean that seriously, many would just ignore my questions.)
ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).
post 741 of 741. .
"i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".
HowTheBibleWasCreated.. I know you are being tongue-in-cheek, but that kind of comment is a bit unhelpful, and possibly violating posting guideline 1.
Just sayin'.
