page 16 paragraph 18. .
"the wrath of god is coming" upon all who unrepentantly engage in such practices.
as fornication, obscene jesting, and "uncleanness of every sort," which would.
Page 16 paragraph 18
"The wrath of God is coming" upon all who unrepentantly engage in such practices
as fornication, obscene jesting, and "uncleanness of every sort," which would
encompass the persistent viewing of pornography.-Eph. 5:3-6.
Where the hell does this come from, oh yea, one of the sick minds.
there was a strange statement in last week's study article.
well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!
but one in particular bothered me.
It seems the more they try to "teach" the flock the farther down their throat their foot goes. This article could be challenged in so many ways.
The Scriptures explain: "There is one God,
and one mediator between God and men, a
man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding
ransomfor all."-1 Tim. 2:5, 6.
there was a strange statement in last week's study article.
well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!
but one in particular bothered me.
Jesus could have masturbated but didn't cause his dad didn't approve and he "Jesus" knew daddy was watchin.
and you can also get your girl guide cookies now!!!
at this year's convention, the last talk titled 'stay in the secret place of the most high', dealt with the generation issue.
the speaker said that a generation could be "any group of people living in the same period of time".
he gave an example of frederic franz and ct russell, saying they were of the same generation since f franz was already alive when russell died.. this would surely mean that "this generation" may never come to pass, ever..
Good thing you are not trying to give an applause worthy talk on this subject. You are trying to understand something that will simply change with the next need for tacking in the wind. At present what they are saying is that there will be not numerous overlaps as in someone that is alive before Franz died will be of the 1914 generation just the overlap with Russell. The reason no one seems to come up with the same understanding is because it is bullshit.
was watching a video on you-tube (i wish i could copy and paste the link, but cant do it in mozilla firefox).
anyways, the video made a really good point about how the wtbts is not only a religious cult but a publishing cult.
the watchtower has released hundreds of books over the past 100 years.
or where they are?
anyone have a good read of the ypa article on homosexuality?.
is it just me or is the doctrine becoming more lenient and less dogmatic?.
I read the article and wanted to post on it. The reason is nothing to do with what they say as such as much as they shouldn't say anything because they have no clue. All they talk about or consider is the aspect of sex. I know nothing about the subject that I see as authoritive, but if they don't take a broader stance "why it exists as it does and the aspect of how it affects the whole life" then I think they should basically shutup. They can express that they feel the bible says what they believe it says and cite the scriptures, then encourage parents along with children to educate themselves using "real" world articles/books done by people who have an accurate knowledge (socioligists or whatever) and deal with explaining the true meaning of generation.
well, i know its a bit self-serving since i allready posted this in jwfacts thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/199939/1/watchtower-images-required, but i think its quite funny and things have been kind of serious around here for the past couple of weeks.. it seem to me that when jahs chanel have desided (im kidding, they has been told) the one and true god really hate christmas and will kill you in nasty ways if you go ahead and celebrate it, it provide a pretty compelling case for not celebrating christmas.
but the governing body can make an even stronger case than that: not only will jesus cry and clice you up if you celebrate christmas, you will also have a really bad time.
wow!.
debator - you made a comment about Jesus being aware of some bad things happening at birthday celebrations. He was at a wedding celebration even adding to the wine supply. Can you just imagine what took place at and during some of these celebrations.
newsmaxs magazine just published an article that the watchtower is the most read magazine out there it evens surpasses time.. i have never heard of newmaxs but i just was emailed this and thought you might find it interesting.
i am sorry i do not know how to give the link so i am cutting and pasting.
if someone can do the link it would be great.
I've come late to this thread, but in reading the comment that debator made shows how out of touch and probably how young he/she is. He/she says "I like many Witnesses enjoy reading both the watchtower and awake. I have especially enjoyed the change in recent years to a watchtower study magazine particulariy for the Sunday meetings which has led to deeper articles on specific Bible doctrine." The articles today are not "deeper". He/she should go back and read some to the crap from 30 - 40 years ago. Now there was some pretty deep shit. I don't believe that there were many other than freddy that understood them but they were deep. I knew very few who I can say understood or thought they understood many of those articles. Remember that the public talks from assemblies along with the supporting talks form major watchtower articles in the year following. And back then some of those public talks were real doosies.
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looks like they had to go back to 1912 to find a secular source that suited their agenda.. christmas customs and traditions-their history and significance.
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those are great and funny bennyk
