i’ve been thinking about it for a few weeks and i’m sort of surprised that no one else has introduced this topic!.
what better time than now for a fader to fade?
no meetings, no field service, no elder visits, no assemblies, no convention, and no other bullshit busy work going on.
Dressing up for meetings in general is not Bible based let alone for tuning into meetings from your living room via Zoom. Jesus and his disciples just dressed as they normally did. They didn't go out and by fine purple or scarlet robes to parade around in to accomplish Jesus' ministry.
If Jesus came to Earth in the form of a man today he would be wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and Chuck Taylors on his feet.
during our family worship tonight a thought popped into my head while watching this weeks video on demon influence.
why is does jehovah not like certain things?
like why is homosexuality wrong?
The first question to ask is: "Who said Jehovah doesn't like <insert topic here>?"
The second question to ask is: "How does the person/persons who said Jehovah doesn't like <insert topic here> come to that understanding?"
One of the main problems within Christianity, especially since the Reformation Movement, has been the birth of "Bible Christians". These are people who say, "I can read the Bible and use my power of reasoning to figure things out." In turn, they create their own version of what is "truth". In short, this is the very definition of idolatry. In fact, one might say the worst for of idolatry for those who claim to be followers of Christ is making their own version of Him. One author called it "Jesus in a Box."
Even the Apostles Paul and John suffered from this. Here Paul is writing a congregation and starts going off on how men shouldn't wear hats at spiritual gatherings and have short hair with women doing the opposite. Seriously?
Read "What Did Jesus Really Say - How Christianity Went Astray" by Peter Cayce. It's a quick read (75 pages).
please share any other yes/no questions that might fit with the following 10. also feel free to critique the 10 listed.. testing for transparency.
there are some facts that jehovah's witnesses are reticent to divulge to new prospects.
you may want to find out very early in your discussions if the witnesses you are studying with are open and truthful about their organization's doctrine and practices by asking them a series of sensitive (potentially embarrassing) questions about their personal beliefs.
1 Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the accurate knowledge of the truth that is according to godly devotion 2 and is based on a hope of the everlasting life+ that God, who cannot lie,+ promised long ago; 3 but in his own due time, he made his word known through the preaching entrusted to me+ according to the command of our Savior, God; 4 to Titus, a genuine child according to the faith we share:
May you have undeserved kindness
and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. - 1 Titus 1:1-4 NWT
According to the Bible, God cannot lie. Do you believe a God of truth and honesty would allow his alleged appointed representatives on Earth to put his name on inaccurate information as some sort of stop gap or make weight until He is ready to reveal a truth, which may or does invoke unnecessary suffering or death upon those who accept it as truth?
just asking if any here personally know anyone with or who has had the corona virus?.
what was their experience like?
are they on the mend?.
Yes. My parents and siblings. It took abut 3 weeks for them to recover.
2020 march 9, letter.
https://docdro.id/cfjrhgb.
2020 march 12, letter--coronavirus--memorial.
Cross crocodile infested waters to get to meetings = Yes
Pass virus infected cups and plates at meetings - Nope
the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) is holding a public hearing in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation for the next two weeks.
the provisional timetable for the first week was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/17795/view/2020-03-12-cpiros-public-hearing-week-one-timetable.pdf .
five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next thursday, 19 march:.
Please keep us posted. This sounds like it will be quite the show.
my wife pimi wife said today...." the tribulation has started" i was like wtf... i know things are bad.
but...... we have had other pandamics and market crashes in the past.
1889: russian flu 360,000 perished.
Fear is the currency of the Watchtower. That and real estate money.
with the coronavirus now categorized as a global pandemic and many large gatherings are now social distancing for safety concerns of contacting and spreading the virus.. will the memorial of christ death take place on april 7 2020 worldwide where thousands will gaether in large crowds to commemorate the death of jesus as commanded in the bible.
jesus gave the command to keep doing this in remembrance of him or will sound, reasonableness and good judgment for safety overrule on that special night.
my guess is that it will not be canceled regardless of the frightening and very real pandemic the virus has caused around the world!.
I sort of agreed with her and then I added; "I wonder haw many attended that first memorial that jesus instituted?"
You should also ask her, since Jesus set up the institution and how it was to be conducted, "How many observers were invited from the Great Crowd?"
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/03/07/lds-church-discloses/.
it turns out the lds church has about $38b in stocks and mutual funds from major companies such as apple, microsoft, amazon, walmart and others.
they also have numerous dummy corporations to hold assests with a combined value of $32b.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Mormon policy is that if a member volunteers for a mission the missionary will be given funds to gain a college education to land a profession. Then that former missionary tithes 10% of his income from his new profession back to the Mormon church until the day he dies.
It would be like the Watchtower guaranteeing 4 to 8 years college if you first pioneer for 4 years. However, once you get out of college and start your own practice/business you have to donate 10% of your wealth back to the Watchtower. It's impossible to do this because, well, "the end is so near."
jehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.
russell.what was it that attracts these people?
it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.
Thus we enter the philosophy of Pascal's Wager.
Just like a real casino with real gamblers, you are taunted by the casino staff that you're not a real gambler until you're "all in." Black everything on black 1914 and spin the wheel.
