the wt calls itself christian while at the same time insisting that its witnesses don't mix with other christian groups but remain separate.. to be no part of the world.. i was mulling this over recently in my personal bible reading.
in the first century that demarcation would have made sense because apart from your fellow worshippers the rest of mankind were going to be jewish, roman, polytheistic, pagan, or (i guess much like today) didn't really care.. christians had no worries about meeting up with other people who believed in jesus the same as they did even if there were minor differences depending on who had first taught the gospel message to them.
but nowadays there's not just one christian group against the world, there's lots of "christians" out there.
The funny thing is that the first Christians were practicing Second Temple Jews. So, they practiced Judaism, but also followed the teachings of Jesus. There were several branches of Christianity right out of the gate.
I do think the historical Jesus would agree with you 100%.
the bible predicts that at some point, the god of the bible will take action.
this is very convincing when reading bible prophecy and history to back up prophecy as represented in the bible.
—exactly when god acts is another subject..
Doomsday has happened several time on Earth. Extinction level events have happened several times. If humans don't start colonizing other planets, even the moon, we will eventually be wiped out.
any news about how it's going with the return too door 2 door preaching?
are the jws excited about it?
are they facing any opposition to it by householders?
The iron chariots that defeated Jehovah in Judges 1:19 have been replaced with a piece of plastic and a microprocessor.
after discouraging and in many instances prohibiting jw's from getting an education, like in computer graphics, film-making and design, the wt is employing these kinds of professionals and throwing vast sums of money at their new film-making adventures doubtless from all the properties they confiscated, sold that the local members paid for.
kim and mikey talk about this primarily starting at 13:15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqafxmsjirk&ab_channel=kimmikey .
I think the Watchtower needs a giant sign the reads "W-A-T-C-H-T-O-W-E-R" in the hills behind the studio. Kind of like this one.
when i was growing up, some people were on welfare but the vast majority were working people that paid their own rent, doctor’s bills, medicine, food, etc.
—and saved money.
so, a working person did not need financial help from the government if they didn’t have vices.
In addition it seems the government is doing this in an attempt to prop up our consumer based society which is an unsustainable model. It is an exercise in keeping the zombie walking. That is to say, the consumer based societies of the world are like an animated, rotting corpse.
I think the elite are alright with this because if the bottom falls out our fiat currency will be totally worthless. Then everyone one will be equally destitute.
our witness friend who during covid grew his beard has been hassled by elders who asked him "why" he chose to have facial growth.
he for real, had to give an answer why.
this is pharasees total rubbish.
Rutherford hated beards. He said "No beards." Since Watchtower math is "obedience = everlasting life" they did not question. Any attempt to answer the question outside of this is just an ignorant Witness trying to sound pious.
what is your views on christ?.
do you hold to the view that christ and the father are the same person?
do you hold to the view that jesus is a lesser god than the father?.
The thoughts conveyed in this video align with my thoughts on who the historical Jesus was.
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
What I could never understand about the wording of that parable is that the faithful and wicked slave are one in the same. - Nowwhat?
Yes! This! Nowwhat for the win!
First, it is a parable. Second, in this parable there isn't a separate evil slave from the faithful slave. Third, there is no mention or even insinuation in this parable that there is a class of people who comprise said slave.
i was brought up as a born-in(tm) here in the uk.
it wasn't until i was 50 that the scales fell from my eyes, i woke up, got da'd from the cult and my wife was advised to leave me by the elders whom i had served with on the boe.
one of which i know wanted to schtupf her.
PunkofNice:
I know I do. It was worse in the past. I do take solace in the fact that more Witnesses are quitting. I had Witness friends in high school who are now our age. Their kids all stopped being Witnesses right out of high school.
I have a close friend who got our long before I did. He is uber resentful. He wants to file lawsuit against the Watchtower for all his time that was spent in the door-to-door ministry as a child.
I think it is natural. It is more of a matter of how much it is interfering with your ability to enjoy life now. Some time it does require some sort of resolution.
I haven't explained anything to my own father. I just made it clear in recent history that I will never be one of Jehovah's Witnesses again.
I found it amazing that Queen Elizabeth II welcomed in the past 15 Prime Ministers of the UK.
