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  Why does God need to be worshipped?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible exhorts us to “worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.”—deuteronomy 4:24; revelation 14:7.. insight on the scriptures, volume 2 pp 1200-1202. worshipone of the hebrew words conveying the idea of worship (ʽa·vadhʹ) basically means “serve.” (ge 14:4; 15:13; 29:15) serving or worshiping jehovah required obedience to all of his commands, doing his will as a person exclusively devoted to him.

  (ex 19:5; de 30:15-20; jos 24:14, 15) therefore, for an individual to engage in any ritual or act of devotion toward any other gods signified his abandoning true worship.​—de 11:13-17; jg 3:6, 7.another hebrew term that can denote worship is hish·ta·chawahʹ, which primarily means “bow down” (ge 18:2), or do obeisance.

  (see obeisance.

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  truth_b_known

  To play Devil's advocate (which sounds highly ironic in this context), the god of the Bible ("YHWY," "The Lord," whatever...) doesn't "need" anything. We often confuse the words "need" and "want" (aka desire, crave). So I think a better way to present the question is "Why does God want our worship?" or simply "Why?" as in to question the whole point of everything.

  It really is this elephant in the room. An all-powerful, all-knowing disembodied consciousness decides to create other consciousnesses, some astral plane referred to as "heaven", and the universe. Why? It doesn't need anything. That question is never answered.
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  Who Is To Blame For the World's Insanity? Not The Leaders But Their Followers

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are 1000's of wacked out ideas on the planet.. a crazy little man with a mustache in a beer hall in munich germany in 1923 had some crazy ideas for sure....he starting with a dozen people who thought his insanity was a good idea.

  in just 22 years his insanity effected the entire world with millions dead.

  he duped 95 million germans alone...who thought his insanity was a good idea.. another crazy little man with a beard, started in the basement of a church in pennsylvania in the1870's.

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  When people are afraid and desperate they tend to believe anything that just might be the answer to their problems. Adding to that, we saw how news media was converted into Political Entertainment using the same model as WWE made wrestling Sports Entertainment. It's a good story and like all stories the ending is predetermined by the author.
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  Here's another JW / JW adjacent in the national news

  by La Capra in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw this story on a national news broadcast and said to myself, "hey, that's the same ian rogers that was in my congregation.".

  i tracked down a local article to confirm it was the same person, even though i recognized him immediately and he looks just like his dad did 35 years ago (except for the hair color).. https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/mother-of-napa-garage-owner-ian-rogers-describes-gun-collecting-right-wing-views-in-years/article_9c823a90-6cd2-5c54-9f76-26203b17fe31.html.

  things the congregation leadership did to his mom during those mid-80s years were elemental to my disassociation in 1987--i wrote them down on paper as i was sorting out my decision..

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  truth_b_known

  La Capra:

  That took place in my old stomping grounds. Small world.
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  Cain and Abel...Who recorded this tragic event?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  3 the day came when cain brought a gift of the fruit of the ground to the lord.

  4 but abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts.

  the lord showed favor to abel and his gift.

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  Modern day religious leaders of the Jewish faith will tell you that much of the Old Testament is just made up stories that teach a lesson. The Catholic Church even accepts that much of the Bible is allegorical in nature and not historical fact. It is because of Martin Luther and his Reformation that we get the ideology that everything in the Bible is to be taken literal.

  Because of Luther's Sola Scriptura teaching we have 40,000+ denominations of Christianity that try to make true history fit Bible history.
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  The JWs don't like Chess

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can remember when i joined the chess class in middle school.

  my mother brought out an older watchtower article about how chess is a game of war.

  since i left the cult in 95 i have slowly lost any connection to the cult.

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  truth_b_known

  The Watchtower's stance on the game of chess is a great example of flip-flopping. The Watchtower has been anti and pro chess in its printed literature.
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  "Great Reset" and the Borg

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  wow, just watched a video from the 'world economic forum' , a respectable organization by the way, not the usual conspiracy lunatic theorist.

  it says that by 2030 meat is gonna be a treat not widely available like today, that the us is not gonna be a global superpower anymore, instead a handful of countries will dominate and that people is not gonna own nothing but will be happy.. well, that would help the borg to keep the craziness going on.. thoughts?

  what's this great reset?.

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  The meat and dairy industries are the number one polluters/contributors to greenhouse gases. Medical science is showing the outright damage that consuming meat does to the human body. It doesn't surprise me in the least that there is a push to a meatless human society or at least a movement toward lab grown meat.

  The minimalist movement is also picking up momentum. A consumer based society is not sustainable and only adds to problems. Try the 90 day challenge. If you don't use something for 90 consecutive days get rid of it.
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  JW's and deciding which PAGAN traditions to follow or not to follow. Merry Christmas all!!

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  * first i would like to say.....i apologize to my son's everyday for getting them involved in this cult because i took so much from them as far as celebrating holidays go.

  they are now 22 and 17 great kids.

  they want nothing to do with the cult.

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  truth_b_known

  The whole demonization of normalized behavior is directly attributed to Rutherford and his hostile takeover the the Watchtower immediately following the death of Russell. There was a huge rift in the organization which caused there to be many splinter groups. Rutherford took the company and used the brand "Jehovah's Witnesses". The other went their way under other banners which some still exist today.

  Rutherford wanted their to be a clear delineation between his group and the others. This is when being "no part of this world" became a call to seperate.
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  Who really owns Watchtower?

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ringling brothers is my first thought.

  got slot of clowns on their tv programs.

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  truth_b_known

  The crazy thing is, "Who owns the Watchtower" is a real question with a real answer. It is a corporation based in the U.S. and has international branches around the world.

  Conversely, ask the question "Who owns the Church" and the answer is "Jesus". Notice, Jehovah doesn't own the Watchtower.
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  So what have the rank and file been saying now that a vaccine is being given. What happened to Armageddon

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a vaccine is here!!!

  the light at the end of the tunnel is visible!!!

  so what happened to armageddon?.

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  truth_b_known

  Jehovah was with Judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had war chariots with iron scythes. - Judges 1:19 NWT

  So now there are 2 things Jehovah could not drive out - inhabitants of the plain with war chariots that have iron scythes and the COVID-19 virus.
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  I have friend who was disfellowshipped and shunned

  by Yomama in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for giving another disfelowshipped person shelter because he was homeless.

  so i told him he should thank wt for preparing him for social isolation by shunning you as evil as shunning is..

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  truth_b_known

  What were you disfellowshipped for?

  For being a good Samaritan.