my husband and i recently moved back to our hometown so we are back on the radar for the elders.
we have been happily inactive the last few years.
the other day a brother, who was once friends with my husband, and a substitute circuit overseer stopped in my husband's work for a shepherding visit if they still call it that.
I was actually in the hall when did they did the marking talk about my wife and me dating. I have never lost respect for another human so quickly. I was literally was ready to throw fists.
In the long run it took alot of pressure off me with my wife no longer pressuring me attend.
Opps wrong thread
Marking talks
to me it seems that there are a growing number of jws who reject a few to most doctrines of jws and yet still believe that they are in "jehovah's organisation.
" i have come across quite a few who for example, reject the 1914 doctrine entirely and yet remain psuedo-jws.. take a look at this page: http://e-jw.org/index.php?threads/the-ultimate-generational-leap-rebuttal.2521/#post-21793.
those are jws who reject 1914 and even the gb.
I don't even think the average jw even knows wts doctorine or even bible theology in general.
All the wts does is twist propaganda into the bible randomly quoting verses . Every week is just batshit crazy stuff particular only found in the kingdom hall.
jehovah’s witnesses will seek to overturn the apex court’s order .
I always thought that jws stood just to be respectful but just didn't sing.
It really sad that Christian charities do outreach work in these poor nations while these shitheads just file pointless lawsuits.
Now who are the ambassadors of christ
i know that i am not by any means the first person to take note of this article, but today i finally got around to reading it.
i quickly found the now infamous line "the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.
" in the interest of fairness, however, i decided to finish the paragraph, which led me to finish the lesson.
When you teach salvation though association and works, it really doesn't matter what you say after that.
so my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.
the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.
he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.
Just tell him you feel the baptismal vows feel more like a legalistic document to extort you than and an actual dedication to god. Any decision will be make once i am legally an adult and not living in this house.
Just count the days till you are 18 and get on the first bus to North Dakota. There are lots of jobs there.
it really is great.
i remember browsing this forum the day after i had joined it, and their was a knock on the door.
i thought it was one of my package from ups but instead it was two sisters.
Lets me give you the no nonsense readers digest version of what the wts really teaches.
The wts is a belief that jesus died for anointed christians only which are solely represented by the governing body of the wts. Essentially the thelogy is jesus died to give us the faithful slave.
The great news is though your works and obedience to these men and the organization they you can obtain your salvation. Jesus only came to give us the opportunity to become baptized jehovah witnesses.
I really wish you had some idea of the idol worship and false gossip you are dabbling in.
it really is great.
i remember browsing this forum the day after i had joined it, and their was a knock on the door.
i thought it was one of my package from ups but instead it was two sisters.
Did you even read that? Explain to us what the Israel of god means?
it really is great.
i remember browsing this forum the day after i had joined it, and their was a knock on the door.
i thought it was one of my package from ups but instead it was two sisters.
Explain to me what the old and new covenant are?
ask them why the gb has spent millions of people hours buiding the new bethels in new york and london rather than them working door to door or on the trolleys.
I actually had a jw ask me that. I just returned the question. " well the ranks of the annointed keep growing and the generation of the end keeps getting redefined, so what do you think."
They just walked away.
why is it that i understand the bible more clearly today then all my years in the organization (jw)???
?many religious people believe the average person cannot understand the bible..maybe the reasons (1) they may have tried to study the bible and found it difficult, so they gave up.
(2) maybe they believe truth is subjective;so whatever you believe,that is truth for you.
Christianity is technically about becoming the new person, the death of the old man, the spirit of christ living within you.
Its not about knowing nutty and ever changing dogma all based on prophetic books of bible or who knows the most obscure and pointless old testament stories and it sure as hell about blind obedience to seven magical men.
