LostintheFog1999
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Not The Good Samaritan.
by LostintheFog1999 inin jesus's parable of the good samaritan what did the samaritan man do?
he assisted the wounded man in a loving and practical way.
he used his own finances to make sure that he was cared for and promised additional money to the innkeeper who was looking after the injured man, saying that he was willing to reimburse him for any additional costs incurred.
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The Good Samaritan
by LostintheFog1999 injws are quick to apply jesus's parable of the good or neighbourly samaritan to themselves.
originally they applied it to jesus but that interpretation changed over time.. however, as i was reading it again recently, i saw a different interpretation.
the man who was lying hurt by the roadside was a jew.
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Do Your Own Research.
by LostintheFog1999 inthere were several times when i was inside the congregation that i met up with a problem in my life and on mentioning it at a group i would be told to do my own research about it.. of course, they didn't mean for me to research worldly material for the answer but to use the wt indexes and look into the wt society magazines.. it was only when i started to do my own research outside of the wt that i began to see the limited scope of the society's magazines as all problems usually fell into the category of 1. read the bible, attend meetings, go out on the work, and pray; or 2. this isn't going to be fixed now but in the new world god will sort it out and the former things (what you are suffering from now) will not be called to mind.. i wonder how many people still in are struggling and are not being encouraged to research away from the organisation where they would receive practical and valuable advice?.
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Sir Isaac Newton's date for the end of the World
by LostintheFog1999 inthis uk newspaper carried a most interesting article about sir isaac newton.. apparently, as well as science, newton was interested in calculating the second coming of jesus and the end of the world, which he reckoned would happen in 2060.. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1760879/isaac-newton-doomsday-prophecy-imminent-apocalypse.
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Nisan 14 or not?
by LostintheFog1999 inif jesus memorial meal is meant to follow on from the jewish passover celebration, would someone explain to me why the jehovah's witness community are holding their "lord's evening meal" on tuesday 4th april; when the jewish community are not holding their 2023 passover until the 5th april 2023?
doesn't this mean that the jehovahs have got their date wrong?.
https://www.londonworld.com/read-this/passover-2023-what-is-passover-dates-and-greetings-4091833.
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Money Making Ideas
by LostintheFog1999 inwhen i was in i can remember reading wt commands not to use the brothers and sisters as an opportunity for business ventures.. i guess in hindsight it was because the wtc was already doing it and didn't want competition for the resources of income being limited.
in addition to buying all your own literature and magazines, who else remembers the book covers, notebooks, bookmarks, etc sold at conventions with the assembly theme stamped on the front in gold coloured lettering?
nowadays people claiming to be jws have oodles of websites selling all manner of goods to them, many infringing the jw logo.
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25th Wisconsin Film Festival
by LostintheFog1999 inone of the movies listed in the 25th wff is witness underground (2021).. https://wifilmfest.eventive.org/films/606cb94ab0d9a500449ec095.
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What Would Grandfather Say Now?
by LostintheFog1999 inmy late grandfather believed he was one of the anointed.
that aside when asked about whether the jw organisation would last, he would pull out the attached wt magazine (the second edition) and say "if the day ever comes when the organisation asks for money outright, it will be proof that jehovah is not it's backer.
" that's how convinced he was that such a thing would never happen.. i often wonder what my grandfather would make of the modern organisation today..
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Another American Church in the Spotlight
by LostintheFog1999 inhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/19/international-churches-of-christ-lawsuits-alleged-sexual-abuse?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab .
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Watchtower Doublespeak on Tolerance
by LostintheFog1999 inthis story is about a person who chose modern day paganism over jehovah's witnesses for obvious reasons.. it's the usual watchtower doublespeak at the end of it about what a tolerant religious group they are that annoyed me!.
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-02-21/why-are-more-people-choosing-to-follow-paganism.