Posts by MidwichCuckoo

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Letter from WT's Haiti Branch Committee re: Society's relief response

by Dogpatch in

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just got this in, don't know if it was mentioned here yet, but this illustrates how the watchtower views/responds to emergencies.

note the dig on university and "higher education" (especially sad for a poor country like haiti with poorly educated masses).. randy.

it was a terrifying moment for all!

MidwichCuckoo

First of all if you had family in Haiti wouldn't you send them help first? It isn't that you don't care immensely for all the others there facing untold challenges. You would help your family and then send whatever means you had to help everyone else. Witnesses view eachother as family.

Hello mdavis . While I agree that in a disaster our own family would be our prime concern, and once we had confirmed their safety I believe that the correct and Christian thing to do - the HUMAN thing to do - would be to assist anyone who needed help, while keeping an eye out for any 'brothers' or 'sisters'. As for JWs viewing each other as family, lol...I know JWs who couldn't be bothered to even walk 100 yards to visit/help 'their family' when they're sick...

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Our 'Mediator'?

by MidwichCuckoo in

this has probably been touched on before - but something that's on my mind.

have i got this correct...?

jesus said, 'no one comes to the father except through me' - and jws always pray to god through jesus.

MidwichCuckoo

designs - yes (if I understand you correctly), I agree. Yet the WT is saying to the R&F that they are (basically) not 'worthy' of communicating through Jesus, and despite what is written in the Bible, it is not for them but just for an elite group within the Org- the WT interpreting the Bible, and Jesus' words, to its own ends and thus 'depriving' its members of a closer relationship with God (just as they accuse the Catholics). Jesus, of course, is NOT limited just on the instruction of mere men - and it's arrogant of the GB to promote this thought.

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Our 'Mediator'?

by MidwichCuckoo in

this has probably been touched on before - but something that's on my mind.

have i got this correct...?

jesus said, 'no one comes to the father except through me' - and jws always pray to god through jesus.

MidwichCuckoo

Thanks for your responses .

So the proper ending of a JWs prayer would be "in the name of Jesus Christ, through the Governing Body, amen".

Yes teel - that is my thinking. Why haven't they realised that IF Jesus is not their mediator (by their own 'rules'), then it is pointless praying through him..? Why aren't they questioning it..? It won't be long before they incorporate the above into prayers, and then just eliminate Jesus in favour of the GB as the only 'channel' through which they pray.

I agree with you Judge, that the Bible was written for ALL, not a handful of self promoted 'elite'. I've many times heard JWs criticise Catholic leaders(''noooo, never, surely not'', I hear you say, lol) for reading the Scriptures in Latin so the congregation are unable to share. The WT is doing exactly the same.

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Our 'Mediator'?

by MidwichCuckoo in

this has probably been touched on before - but something that's on my mind.

have i got this correct...?

jesus said, 'no one comes to the father except through me' - and jws always pray to god through jesus.

MidwichCuckoo

This has probably been touched on before - but something that's on my mind. Have I got this correct...? Jesus said, 'No one comes to the Father except through me' - and JWs always pray to God through Jesus. However, if as I have now 'understood' for some time, that the Bible is written solely for The 'Remnant', and that Jesus is only THEIR Mediator, then does God not hear the prayers of anyone else praying through Jesus? Are JW prayers (along with everyone elses') redundant?

I'd appreciate your feedback.

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I told RAY!!!

by mouthy in

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that it was reported on here ,he had passed on .. this was his reply... he has a great sense of humor.

dear grace,.

someone else said they had heard the same thing.

MidwichCuckoo

Brilliant response

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Any Ideas on the Next "Big Thing" that Will Bring the Watchtower Down?

by jamiebowers in

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i received this via a face book pm from the group christian witness fellowship:.

also near the end of the show, richard rawe says "something extra big" is about to happen that will take watchtower "down," something bigger even than their pedophile scandal and the u.n. connections scandal put together.

he says he can't spill the beans yet, but the something is definitely coming.

MidwichCuckoo

I hope it's something to do with their 'charity' status - as (in my opinion) they make a mockery of the word 'charity'.

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Mill Hill Cong a CHARITY under the umbrella CHARITY the Watchtower???? What the?

by Aussie Oz in

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since when did the wbts or any congregations etc become registered charities?

just read the pdf on the 'charity' form the thread on mill hill disfellowshipping an d didn't want to hijack it with this question.. what in the name of god is going on here?????????????????????.

can somebody explain the why?

MidwichCuckoo

Wobble - some years ago, a very wealthy single brother died and left his entire estate (property etc) to our local Kingdom Hall, which he had attended. Members reckon they don't now have to scrimp if they need new curtains - they can just go out and purchase them without worry!! (what a blessing, lol). I find it hard to believe the local congregation to which the money was left actually has it or has benefitted in any way (nothing significant has been done to this KH since his death)

IF money is left this way, it would then become theirs, and they have a right to dispose of it as they seem fit. Is there any stipulation (from the Society) that in such cases they have to turn it over to the WTBTS?

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Mill Hill Cong a CHARITY under the umbrella CHARITY the Watchtower???? What the?

by Aussie Oz in

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since when did the wbts or any congregations etc become registered charities?

just read the pdf on the 'charity' form the thread on mill hill disfellowshipping an d didn't want to hijack it with this question.. what in the name of god is going on here?????????????????????.

can somebody explain the why?

MidwichCuckoo

How though did they sell this to the congregations?

Individual members of Congregations, I find, are not very bright. Upon asking one who their Kingdom Hall belongs to, I got the response, 'we all own it'. 'So you can legally sell YOUR share of it?'. Confused look.

Congregation members believe they are doing 'undercover' charity work that no one hears about (they don't like to boast you know...not letting left hand know what right foot is doing etc). I'd like to bet that not one of them is aware of their 'aims' as registered with the Charities Commission.

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Have these people gotten ruder over the years?

by Soledad in

what is up with current jws?

do i suddenly have a leprosy that i didn't catch in the mirror this morning?.

my mom had surgery recently and once again all care taking duties have fallen into my lap.