far more important than worrying about whether paul's head was hairy or if he was an egg-shell blond, is to be concerned about what went on inside that skull between his ears.. paul was never a christian.
he was a jew before he became aware of jesus the anointed (christ) and he remained a jew after his confrontation.
throughout his life paul was a jew living in a gentile world.
It always seemed strange to me, that the most prolific writer to the congregations, would not be a member of the the "Governing Body", more like a free lance contributor, and now all of them are not even members of the 1919 wt Faithful and Discreet Slave!
DM: nice critique of that portion of the talking snake collection! seriously.
the first study article is about getting bible studies and children baptized.
there is much more emphasis placed on parents to get their own children baptized rather than focusing on bible students.
they try to impress on others the need for urgency.
Black sheep, good to read you again! 60s? cold war? Reading wt articles is like the CIA and armchair spies then trying to decipher USSR trends by reading between the lines of "PRAVDA" The "truth" newspaper in Moscow.
WT tea leaf reading It is a favoured sport here. exposing wt lingo for what it is.
i was wondering how many of you still enjoy (or maybe you just feel the need) to discuss and debate jw doctrine and scripture.
i find myself scrolling right past those topics i see online.
i could care less.
My interest in these topics is only to expose the wt as wrong, with humour if possible. Mental gymnastics for my aging mind's sake too.
commenting, not endorsing.
i was wondering how many of you still enjoy (or maybe you just feel the need) to discuss and debate jw doctrine and scripture.
i find myself scrolling right past those topics i see online.
i could care less.
TD, but JWs seem to be good at navelgazing, not being able to see beyond their wt- defined realm.
wild_thing, thank you for starting this, I took the de-bate-s. Perhaps only simpletons stick to the dry doctrinal matters, like the current 2018 March wt mag Bible references.
the multimillionaire spiritual vampires from california.. i was at brother vampire’s house drinking his cheap wine when his roof was being repaired that day.
i had refereed a young newly married brother who was a roofer to fix brother vampires roof on his million dollar house.
they just had a baby and were as poor as dirt.
at least he got 20 bucks, on a wt project he would have gotten zilch.
Local example: among the multi millionaire jws in this neck of the woods is one with a vacation home in Southern California, among other things, he had a poor, elderly sister come in and cook for him and his invalid wife for free (you have to show true christian love by deeds) right? entitlement!
Vampire are not conscious of the fact that they might be doing anything wrong. no conscience.
PS: The couple might not have deliberately thought of humiliating, or exploiting the poor, but the me first attitude allowed that situation and wt's.
so i recently moved back to my really really really small hometown in the south.
it was the place that my parents moved to from a major city up north in the early 1970's.
when we lived here times were very tough financially and i was always told that the reason we did not attend meetings was due to the fact that we had no car / no gas for the car / could not afford repairs for the years we were there.
Given 1975 and that the date of Eve's creation is a variable: Adam was still a bachelor at age 42 -and counting. Fisherman/silent buddha.
Am I allowed a korny original thought episode from that 42 + period? :
Adam was looking then for appropriate names for the animals like "sloth". So he looked at the coiled snake, tightly hugging, encircling a tree and thought Circles?--Pie, 3.1426, lets call it : :--Pie..., no Python. The snakes learned to speak later, to naked ladies, and encircle prey only after the flood, which also left the speechless.
forgive, mental gymnastics to keep a nearly 90 year old brain young.
seen in the 03/2018 watchtower study :.
"during the 2017 service year, more than 284,000 “rightly disposed” individuals symbolized their dedication to jehovah by water baptism.".
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-march-2018/baptism-requirement-for-christians/.
menrov: What does it even mean, a person who is “rightly disposed”???
In some Wt leaders cynical view: a naive convert, with a fistful of dollars for a green handshake, pioneer application, and ready to do anything to curry their god's favour.
page 5, par.
7 during the course of jesus’ earthly ministry, his disciples also performed baptisms.
like those performed by john, these baptisms symbolized the individuals’ repentance over sins.......however, after jesus’ death and resurrection, baptism would take on a much different meaning for his followers.. (not according to acts 2:28 - “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, (as well as matt.
fJ: good observation, yeah, subtle, he second fulfillment of Nehemiah 8: 3-8.
babes, kids are already part of a dedicated nation (organisation).
page 5, par.
7 during the course of jesus’ earthly ministry, his disciples also performed baptisms.
like those performed by john, these baptisms symbolized the individuals’ repentance over sins.......however, after jesus’ death and resurrection, baptism would take on a much different meaning for his followers.. (not according to acts 2:28 - “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, (as well as matt.
Sir, there were 489 non - partakers in that first special assembly, an early taste of the OS/AS (Anointed Sheep) divide to come in the 1930s.
point being :there were always non-144kers on Earth. and even the 11 had partook with a confirmed Earthly Israel hope'
the first study article is about getting bible studies and children baptized.
there is much more emphasis placed on parents to get their own children baptized rather than focusing on bible students.
they try to impress on others the need for urgency.
Wt may have lowered the age of consent, but even grown ups at their baptism do not understand, and are not advised what the clause " part of spirit directed organisation " really means.
Bible writers should have thought of that, and included it in the earlier extant scrolls. drole.
