i don't know why but sometimes like to check up my old/self righteous friend, gary kennedy from bethel on face book....he is a pioneer in ecuador.
yes and just like most pioneers he likes to brag on his selfless life style.
he is serving the lord my sitting at home and writing out thousands of letters long hand all day long to count his time.
The letter I got was typed and no doubt photo-copied with a first name and signature all copied .
And at the end of the letter a QR code with flowers on diagonal corners and "What is God`s Kingdom"
Christendom has only been preaching this for the past 2000 years ? and these johnny come latelys who have poached their members off Christendom try to sell us something different ?
I don`t think so .
I said as much in my reply.
Funny thing is I never heard back from her , JW`s give up so easily.
the scripture said you must worship with spirit and truth.
the publications you read which are called spritual food from jehovah, are written by those who are supposed to be the closest to god and are anointed.
they claimed for decades to you that it was the creator's promise that those living during 1914 would live to see the fullfilment of the promise of a new earth.
I gave you a like JohnTron72 and gave you an "A" for effort.I might add that the Bible says that believers should be baptised in the name of the Father the Son and Holy Spirit ,Jehovah`s Witnesses do not do this.
So they do not follow 1st Century Christianity as they claim.
not sure if this is the correct area.
but these music notes are in music we have heard for years.
i have never listened to the new wt music.
Were these four notes used by the Aliens in "Close Encounters of The Third Kind" ? I wish I could download it.
on reddit, a pimo elder talked about the co special meeting with the co about all what’s important, tight pants!
omg we have a pandemic, some have lost their jobs, people are depressed, but let’s stop the brothers from wearing tight pants.
also, metro style haircuts.
The expensive suits ,pinkies ,flights here and there to give personalized talks to congregations Assembly`s etc,and of course the wives have to have the best dress ,jewelry hair styles etc, all paid for by the donations given to support the kingdom preaching work.
Whats that scripture ? "if they dont work dont let them eat " or some such thing. 2 Thes. 3: 16 In those days they were expected to pay there own way and not live off the contributions of others.
Now the GB live a comfortable life with there wives ,travel here and there ,all food and clothing provided for them also having maids to clean and do household chores that is below the standards set for a GB member and his wife serving Godly interests.
All the while the GB members regard themselves as GOD`S , Guardians Of Doctrine .how presumptuous is that.?
i'm still working on the hebrew bible for my book but looking ahead most of my research had fallen into place as i take month off from research., when it come to the nt most people accept what is commonly called markian priority.
this common theory says that mark was written in 70 ad and then a saying gospel of jesus called q was combined with this to make matthew and luke sometimes around 100 ad.
john as later.
I hope your book has a second editition titled "How the Bible was created for Dummies " I can get bogged down with too much "over my head " information.
Still .I look forward to it.
where does one start ?
ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?
because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
Doesn`t he get enough BORING sessions at the meetings ?
the watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.
14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.
think of what just one angel can do!
The reason King david sent bathsheba`s husband to the front is because he knew he would be killed in battle .
So much for Jehovah`s Angels protecting anyone .David well knew that front line people in battle for jehovah would be killed.
2 Sam.Chapt. 11 No Angels protected Uriah .
No Angels protected them.And they were fighting for Jehovah`s interests.
the watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.
14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.
think of what just one angel can do!
When a JW dies because of this or that their excuse then is a Bible verse " Time and unforseen occurences befall them all " Eccl.9:11,...Eccl.3:1-8
There is a scripture for every tune you want to play on the Bible.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2020/how-to-conduct-a-bible-study-that-leads-to-baptism-part-two/.
i recently came across the above watchtower article which spoke about conducting bible studies which lead to baptism.
it progressed to say that if the bible study instructor does not see growth within the student or the desire to work towards baptism, then the studies should end.
waton ,yes I remember the 6 month period of having a bible study and if no progress was made of that study becoming a JW then end the study and look further a field.
Some elderly people just liked someone to spend some time with them and to them it was just a social event .
This also exposes their intent,does it not ?They claim to the Governments that the Jehovah`s Witness religion is all about a Charitable work of spreading the Gospel ,while at the same time helping migrants learn English and helping them assimilate in there new country .And also to help people to be better citizens by learning Bible based principles and tolerating people of all ethnic backgrounds Their prme purpose is not to convert people to the JW faith.but help people to become law abiding citzens.
so did anyone catch the january jw broadcast?.
it's the "spiritual content" of what would have been introduced in the october annual meeting, had the october annual meeting taken place.. morris, splane, and jackson introduce a new jw study publication: "live forever eternally - an interactive guide".. details were sparse, but apparently it is a 256 page book (when in actual printed form), primarily designed to be used in its electronic form, stuffed with links to videos.. it is designed to be "just one book" to be studied prior to baptism, where "all 60 questions that baptism candidates have to know" are found in just one place.. the purported reason is to make jw "bible" studies more "productive", i.e., lead to more baptisms.. splane brought out the governing body's "great concern" that 10 million+ "bible" studies are conducted by jws every year, but the number of baptisms has been stuck at 200,000 - 300,000 per year for decades.
so the thinking is, this new book + a "new method of conducting studies" (again, no real detail, but apparently it involves more "discussion" and less "question and answer").. want to know my thoughts?
And Jehovah`s witnesses still claim their religion is based on first Century Bible based Christianity ?
How many questions and what were those questions did first Century beleivers have to answer ?
Jehovah`s Witnesses need to study the New Testament or as they like to call it the Christian Greek Scriptures but regardless of what they call it they need to study that instead of the WatchTower magazine.
