update on u.s. local design/construction arrangement—november 2016 video will be considered the week of november 7, 2016. english and spanish.
Shouting voice on: HELLO! THE PREACHING WORK WITH ITS JW MESSAGE IS A FAILURE! A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!
Whatever suspicions people may have about their financial situation one thing is for certain, their construction plans indicate they are not forecasting a huge influx of new converts. Their actions are an indication they recognize that their message has failed to convince the masses, and will continue to fail to do so.
update on u.s. local design/construction arrangement—november 2016 video will be considered the week of november 7, 2016. english and spanish.
The only reason they have the option of consolidating congregations into fewer kingdom halls is because the halls are half empty. They must have given up on their hope of filling halls to capacity through the preaching work.
ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.
He is a God of war. Humans have always fought over limited resources.
released today, this is a very accessible and easy to understand piece by michael marshall for the bbc.
it's lengthy, and i'll confess i've taken a break about a third of the way in but i'm loving it!
the secret of how life on earth began.. enjoy.
Thank you Nicolaou, I just finished reading it. It provides an excellent summary of all the latest research and developments. Mankind's problem solving capacity is truly remarkable.
that admission in the feb.17 ,study edition of the watchtower , " who is leading gods people today ?
" "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible, therefore it (they/we) can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction .".
have the many jehovahs witnesses past and present who have lost their lives by refusing blood transfusions due to the prohibition on blood tranfusions by jehovahs witnesses really got the sense of this statement ?.
I am amazed at their attempt to provide evidence proving that they are the FDS. They provide a short list outlining the best possible evidence that they can currently provide.
They claim that their clearer understanding of scripture could only be made possible if they were been helped by holy spirit. However, they admit they are not inspired by holy spirit and as a consequence of this, their clearer understanding of scripture could actually be false. Am I missing something or have they just discredited the very evidence they are attempting to use?
Not only do most religions claim to be in procession of the same evidence, they also have it in greater abundance.
Most Christians also reject the watchtower's clearer understanding as lacking in sufficient scriptural support.
when i was a jobo, i would say that anything in jobo history, eg.
miracle wheat, beth sarim et al (old light), wasn't worth considering as evidence that the wbt$ was a weirdo cult.. i think that's probably the jobo mindset now.. what would you show them from very recent lies teachings to encourage them to consider the possibility the wbt$ is a scam?.
Is having a blood transfusion no longer an automatic disfellowshipping offence?
10 " any israelite or any alien living among them who eats any bloodi will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people.
12 therefore i say to the israelites, "none of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood.
15 'anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then he will be clean.
It was the inability of anyone to come up with a scripturally superior counter argument on jwtalk which demonstrated how unassailable this line of reasoning really is. It provides the watchtower with a scripturally sound reason for the preservation life through the use of blood from another living person.
Cofty, you could be a great theist. With your ability to reason from the scriptures, people would easily be prepared to hand over their time and money to you.
10 " any israelite or any alien living among them who eats any bloodi will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people.
12 therefore i say to the israelites, "none of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood.
15 'anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then he will be clean.
After the needless death of Eloise Dupuis, I think cofty's excellent explanation of why the watchtower has gotten the bible's viewpoint on blood completely wrong, deserves more exposure.
video is entitled "beware of deceit" he uses the letter of jude to show that current day apostates are deceitful and that they use "trickery" to and "twist facts" to try to "grab our mind".
warning: your head might explode.
especially past the 5:30 mark.
Flodin claims apostates are afraid to reason with them from the scriptures because the witnesses would see through their twisted interpretation. The facts show It was Jeffery Jackson who was afraid to engage in a scriptural discussion on the two witness rule with the Royal Commission. When forced to turn up to defend their interpretation, it was his scriptural reasoning which was found to be flawed.
#4 there are two ways to get sins wiped outthe following five scriptures lay the foundation stone of christianity, namely, that christ died for people's sins.
virtually every christian denomination on earth accepts these bible statements without question: .
(matthew 26:28) "....this means my ‘blood of the covenant,’ which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.
The first part of Romans 6:23 shows that death is the payment or consequence of sin - not the absolution of it. It says nothing about death wiping out sins - only the consequences.
The second part (and numerous other scriptures) then clearly shows the basis for forgiveness is not achieved by physically dying, but by figuratively dying and trusting in Jesus Christ - just as Romans 6:7 directs.
Thanks searcher I agree with this.
According to the scriptures, we have all inherited from our original "parents" the condition of death which they brought upon themselves.
Why did God design things in such a way that sin would be passed on from Adam and Eve to all future generations? Was he obliged to design things this way or was it by choice?
