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peacefulpete
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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Publisher's Record Cards
by Faded4good inokay, i haven't been to a meeting in over 17 years and i don't live anywhere near the place i grew up.
i have had minimal contact with my jw family, essentially just occasional phone conversations.
i think they could easily guess that i'm inactive but they pretend not to know and they've never shunned me.
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peacefulpete
I thought so. The CO (also missionary) pretty much did his own thing, never even met with me beyond a 20 minute pep talk. This was an extraordinary case mind you. There was complete disfunction across the country. I just fudged the books for a fresh start. No one cared about stuff like that.
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Shepherding visit
by donnye ini cannot seem to find any information on which elder/s are assigned to do a shepherding visit on a congregation member.
does one of them have to be the member's field group leader?
can any elders do a shepherding visit at a member's request?
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peacefulpete
In my experience shepherding calls fell into 2 categories: coffee and cake or fact finding. We did the rare one that was based upon compelling need, someone was dying of cancer or had just lost a loved one etc. those were hard.
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Predictions of The Org in one year.
by Overrated ini predict that in a year kingdumb halls will be replaced by zoom.
they will still have assembly halls but will charge a heavy entry fee.
baptisms will continue to be so low that would not be worth counting.
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peacefulpete
I do think they are going to continue the wider use of electronic media. To some extent its natural, every one is doing it. I can't even use McDonalds coupons now without a smartphone, (which I resist). It even may make the church more inviting and expand the membership. Eventually the roles of local elders will be reduced to doing weddings and funerals. The change will seem as natural as when they changed to the elder arrangement in the 70's. KH's are a tangible and public status symbol. I don't think they will sell them all right away. Give it another 20 years and I think there may be one in each circuit.
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Publisher's Record Cards
by Faded4good inokay, i haven't been to a meeting in over 17 years and i don't live anywhere near the place i grew up.
i have had minimal contact with my jw family, essentially just occasional phone conversations.
i think they could easily guess that i'm inactive but they pretend not to know and they've never shunned me.
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peacefulpete
I went through the files as a PO missionary and tossed a few dozen publishers cards in the can. The local branch had contests pitting congregations to see who could appoint the most new publishers. I couldn't see the point of announcements as these people had never made anything close to a conversion to the religion. Those days and those in Bethel eroded any façade of providence.
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Voter Fraud !
by Sea Breeze indick morris sounds the alert:.
https://www.dickmorris.com/fight-massive-democratice-fraud/ .
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I miss old posters!
by Biahi inblondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
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peacefulpete
Well, its nice to be appreciated. Honestly I've been sick quarantining waiting for second covid test results and have had too much time on my hands the last week.
I agree with minimus that we must attract new participants and make sure they feel welcome. We can't forget the purpose of the site is to discuss WT related issues. And in a way that those who are brave enough to come here don't leave with a negative impression.
As to old posters, I got an email from Narkissos last month, he's hanging in there. I've lost track of leolaia a couple years back . If anyone has contact with her let her know we miss her.
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Each for his own sins
by peacefulpete inis not the notion of one person dying for the sins of another rejected in this famous passage?.
20 the one who sins is the one who will die.
the child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child.
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peacefulpete
JoenB75.
It easy to forget how foreign the soteriology of Christianity was from native Judaism. Sacrifices of grain, vegetables and animals were seen as gifts of thanks and indebtedness, even in the case of "sin" offerings the objective was to secure reconciliation and an appeal for communion not a paying of a price for sin or an effort to be seen as sinless .Forgiveness was gained through repentance and restitution. With this in mind it is interesting you bring up Hebrews.
The unknown author of Hebrews shows awareness that the Jewish faith did not understand sacrifices to have a substitutionary value but served as a reminder of failure.
3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year. 4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
Note however in verse 4 he makes the suggestion that the issue was the animal to human imbalance. In this he has already made a radical break from native Judaism's understanding of sacrifices and their purpose as I've just said. In the mind of the writer of Hebrews the sacrifices took sins away in the sense of paying a price but they just didn't work well because they were animals and not human. He has shown a transactional thinking, a tit for tat barter. However the author never fully explains how this works. In fact no where it is consistently and fully explained. Christians as a result have debated the nature of the transaction for 2000 years. Check Wiki: Substitutionary atonement - Wikipedia
All this debating resulted from the Christian revisioning Jewish sacrifice as something it wasn't and ignoring the basic injustice of one man dying for the sins of another.
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Each for his own sins
by peacefulpete inis not the notion of one person dying for the sins of another rejected in this famous passage?.
20 the one who sins is the one who will die.
the child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child.
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peacefulpete
Yes I know the vengeful formulation of the Deuteronomists. It reflects the worst of human nature, wishing ill upon the children of our enemies. Today the Geneva Convention specifically renounces it but even as far back as Ezekiel's final form they condemned it as crime. Having been exposed to the Christian doctrine of vicarious human sacrifice from youth on we may not appreciate the deep moral dilemma it posed to Jews.
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Each for his own sins
by peacefulpete inis not the notion of one person dying for the sins of another rejected in this famous passage?.
20 the one who sins is the one who will die.
the child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child.
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peacefulpete
Is not the notion of one person dying for the sins of another rejected in this famous passage?
20 The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
Judaism includes many notions of redemption, however the idea of redemption is the paying to Yahweh what was owed him through compliance and rite not by the death of some innocent person. This was a leap that most Jews just could not make. It was a cosmic injustice.
23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,