hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.
today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.
they say people in warwick were commenting on this.
A careful study of the scriptures indicate that the year 2020 would end the reign of false religions and the start of the great war of Armeggadon.
Time left is so short. Should't we all put in 50 hours of FS everymonth - Except in North Korea, China and Singapore and all those Jehovah banned countries - and save as many lives as possible.
rev.14: 1-6 describes the 144000 as males who do not defile themselves with women and are classed as virgins.?.
how does the governing body of j.w.`s explain that a man having a sexual relationship with a woman defiles a man?.
isn`t this or shouldn`t this be an affront to women who are jehovah`s witnesses ?
Almost every religion I know of, humiliates women and the Bible is no exception.
hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.
seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.
unbelievable?
Thanks Giordano
I began to realize that it wasn't the beliefs that allowed me to be JW......... it was the people.
That is a very true statement. And its really amazing you recognized it's a cult, during the time when the internet wasn't there.!!!
i was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.. we were discussing how deeply we all get affected by jw interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.. you know what i mean.
those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends.
or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly.
It still deeply affects me (Even after 8 years of quitting) because my wife and mom are still in the cult and I'm a little suspicious that they may turn against me anytime, influenced by the cult
it turns out that on the basis of the book of revelation 14:4 the anointed ones have to be virgins?
how does the governing body explain this?.
These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins
Defile means Unclean or impure
That is a great insult to women. Why are women considered as such, even if this is symbolic ?
Despite these Biblical humiliation, women are the larger army in all the christian sects
Also, why is 144K a magical number? Solomon supposedly sacrificed 144K cattle in his great slaughter and Sacrifice festival.
I think Psycho John, who supposedly scribbled
revelation, picked this number from the Old Testament nonsense
jehovah's witnesses say that the holy spirit is inanimate.
but how then can you sin against the holy spirit, if he is not alive ?!
🤔 then it is more correct to say that it is not against the holy spirit, but against god..
During my Bible (brainwash) study, I was taught that Holy Spirit is Jehovah’s active force and that any sin can be forgiven except sinning against the Holy Spirit. Does that make Holy Spirit greater than Jehovah?
Sinning against the Holy Spirit. What does this actually mean ? Sinning against an Active Force ?
Convoluted and Idiotic. What else would religions teach ?
hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.
seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.
unbelievable?
hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.
seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.
unbelievable?
Any cult member expends his/her time, energy and money to the cult, thinking that they are serving their (Imaginary) god or a Guru, all for an (Imaginary) after life.
so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.
and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.
one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.
Any cult member is a preprogrammed robot and we cannot expect basic Humanity in them.
I was thrown out of a JW dinner party, all because I researched about the WT and questioned it.
That’s my experience. Take heart and continue making the best out of your life.
i am putting this out as an idea, as something to think about.. this assumes that the death and claimed resurrection of jesus has soteriological significance.
i am not seeking comments on the veracity of that position, nor with endeavouring to identify any model that provides an "explanation".. i am simply asking, did jesus die in nisan (march/april = "easter") or would it have had proper soteriological significance if the events took place in tishri (september/october)?.
is it possible - and i doubt there is any way of knowing - that the early christians found it useful to incorporate existing pagan "spring" festivals, as this enabled them to differentiate themselves from the jews' heavy focus on tishri?.
In my honest opinion, the jesus story may have been 25% true and the rest is all myth.
And if he had really existed and died, that may have been pretty much around Good Friday season or to be precise Nisan 14
