i'm not a jw, never have been, and in no danger of becoming one.. having read several of the wt mags and publications (and many more extracts on this and other sites) they come across to me as being very patronising in tone and full of pseudo-scholarship, misquoted (or unnamed) sources, references taken out of context, mis-translations, etc.
i'm aware of jw 'teaching' on the subject of higher education for its members (i.e.
not a good or necessary thing) so i can understand why many jws raised in it may not challenge the publications.
JWs are only human. Humans tend to be sincere even if they are following something that is untrue. JWs mainly love giving out tracks but when it comes to the nitty gritty they cannot function without WT material. So probably the easiest thing to do is to give out the material to all people.
What would an uneducated person do? Listen to the untruths?
What would an uneducated person do? Listen to the untruths?
blessedstar
matthew 18:19-21 (king james version)
19again i say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my father which is in heaven.
20for where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am i in the midst of them.. .
Dear Friends,
In chemistry he turned water to wine,
In biology he was born without the normal conception,
In physics he disapproved the law of gravity when he ascended into heaven,
In economics he disapproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5000 men with two fishes & 5 loaves of bread,
In history he is the beginning & the end,
In Government he said that he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace,
In religion he said no one comes to the Father except through him.
So who is he? JESUS!
Join me and lets celebrate Him…He is worthy.
The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil, the hand that will acknowledge this message and share it with others shall not labor in vain, and the mouth saying amen to this prayer shall laugh forever.
BE BLESSED!
blessedstar
do you still have your old bible?.
can you bring yourself to throw it out?.
it's the only book from my dub days i can't get rid of.. i guess i still have part of the "old personality" and i haven't fully put on the "new personality"
The New World Translation has omitted important verses.
The Holy Bible is not just a historical document. It is a record of God's dealing with men.
The King James Version or even the New King James versions are the best bibles to use.
Blessedstar
matt: 24:14 .."and this good new of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth as a witnesss to all the nations - and then the end will come".. jesus plan was that by the time he was to return, the earth would be schooled as to who and what he was.
suppose you were going to leave the planet for 2000 years and you wanted the entire earthly society of people who would be alive when you returned to know about you.
would you tell someone to write down all your words of truth since these words would produce salvation and eternal life to all who believed in you........or would you tell a handful of diciples or say even 500 buddies to spread your words to their children and down through the succeding generations?.
Gumby, the entire bible is about Jesus in general.
The scriptures, the bible is about things that happened before Jesus became flesh and after His death and ascension into heaven.
His disciples were chosen especially to write and spread the news or preach the gospel of Christ - all with the same material, same good news!
That is the pattern to be followed.
The bible foretells of the changes which would occur. These changes include the corrupting of the truth to suit man's perversed needs. And it is taking place right now. These things are coming to pass as the bible predicted.
blessedstar
do you like yourself?
is there a lot that you would want to change about yourself?
(personally, i think i'm alright).
I'm pretty normal to me.
I am average. I just need to learn to ignore and walk around stupid people more.
blessedstar
i don't know how many times i have shown my wife from the societies own literature the fallacies of the past but it still doesn't convince her.
just just shrugs it off and says "at least they were humble enough to admit they are wrong.".
it blows me away cuz i reason and say "what if they are wrong now, if we questioned it we would be expelled.." .
OK so your wife is a JW right?
Now JW go to their elders to ask them what to say to non-believers. Isn't that right?
They wouldn't take it upon themselves to get into Word of Truth (the bible) and show you.
blessedstar
let's learn to dance!!!.
do you have any more dance steps to help those who love dancing?.
check this out.... http://www.mrcomputerservices.com/dancinghippo.htm.
Easy, fall down. Aw shucks! blessedstar
let's learn to dance!!!.
do you have any more dance steps to help those who love dancing?.
check this out.... http://www.mrcomputerservices.com/dancinghippo.htm.
Riverdancing is easy ... just hold your arms straight and let your legs go beserk
hahhahahahhahahah that is funny. Well it sure looks that way. I just don't understand what they are doing with their feet.
blessedstar
let's learn to dance!!!.
do you have any more dance steps to help those who love dancing?.
check this out.... http://www.mrcomputerservices.com/dancinghippo.htm.
I've got this really great dance move that I created and perfected. I like to call it The Slip on the Banana Peel. It is guaranteed to make people laugh and point.
So how do you do it?
blessedstar
movie trivia.
do you love movies?
for this 20 question trivia quiz, try to match the 20 names of actresses & actors listed here to the movies & the roles that they played in the movies that are listed below.
