asking jehovah’s witnesses to interpret specific passages is a great way to demonstrate their interpretive abuse.
got any clear examples?.
My PIMI mother recently passed away. I gave her a witness funeral, as were her wishes. The brother who gave the funeral talk used Ecclesiastes 9:5, which says the dead have no conciousness. He, of course, used the NWT.
My Bible, The Living Bible, has a footnote for that scripture. It says, “this scripture reflects Solomon’s discourage opinion at the time. It does not reflect God’s truth on the matter.”
i have been away from the jw cult for many years.
i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.
so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.
Vander, when I was a child, a sister at our hall died. She was supposedly one of the 144,000. My parents brought me to the wake. She was in the casket. On the way home, I asked why her body was in the casket, because didn’t her body fly up to heaven, since we (according to their teaching) don’t have souls.
They seemed a little panicked, then my mom said that, right before she died, Jehovah inserted a soul in her, so that she could get to heaven.
I knew that this was made up, and wasn’t in the Bible. One of many doubts I had as a child.
as jw's we swallowed such concoctions for years - without a single scripture provided as proof!.
w71 12/15 p. 759 - "apparently, the apostle peter was the chairman of the governing body on the festival day of pentecost of 33 c.e., and the disciple james, the half brother of jesus christ, was the chairman at a later date, according to the account in acts of apostles.
from this, and from what historical evidence there is available, the chairmanship of the governing body rotated.".
Don’t you get it? EVIDENTLY, this is the TRUTH!
new german chancellor merz has won the election.
trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.
merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.
Anyone else here want to move to Norway?
this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.
(i don’t go on jw dot org).
it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.
Something funny I found, I’m going through my mother’s things, she recently passed away. I found a notebook, she took notes in from meetings and assemblies. It says, “If your job causes you to miss meetings or field service, quit”. 🤨
i have been away from the jw cult for many years.
i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.
so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.
And, I don’t trust any of their numbers. Figures lie, and liars figure.
strange that after 2 years we still don't know the facts about anthony's resignation.
grant davus writes:.
the announcement.
I’m sure he gets to live in his free housing as long as he keeps his mouth shut.
january 2021: the norwegian state denies state subsidies to jehovah's witnesses, citing exclusion policies.. august 2021: a norwegian court annuls a disfellowshipping decision by jehovah's witnesses.. may 3, 2022: the supreme court of norway upholds the decision to annul the disfellowshipping.. october 25, 2022: the county governor of oslo and viken demands changes to jehovah's witnesses' practices.. december 22, 2022: jehovah's witnesses' registration as a religious community is revoked.
—---anthony morris iii officially stepped down from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses on february 22, 2023.
march 4, 2024: oslo county court rules in favor of the state, upholding the decision to withhold funding and retract registration.. february 3-14, 2025: the oslo appeal court hears the latest appeal from jehovah's witnesses.
Mike, Tomo said in a broadcast, “We will NEVER change our scriptural policy on disfellowshipping”, in regards to Norway. Well, after he was kicked out of the GB, they softened the shunning, telling witnesses that they could now greet DFd ones. They softened it to get their funding back from Norway. So far, it has not worked. Follow the money, always!
so, here i am going through boxes and boxes of old wt literature.
i’m stacking it up from 1940’s to 1990’s.
i also have quite a few gems, like one 1917 studies in the scriptures.
I have everything listed except for the bound volumes.
https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.
ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.
forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!
I remember those stories, too! Anything bought at a garage sale was suspect. You had to check if they were selling any games, making sure there wasn’t an ouija board there. If you saw anything like that, you couldn’t buy anything, because their merchandise was demonized. Demons were all around, waiting for an opportunity to “get” an unsuspecting witness. 🙄
