are getting tattoos a disfellowshipping offense?
i know several jw's that have them but i always thought they were totally taboo.
what do you guys know about this?
very easy:
No for tattoo = Yes for beard
(Leviticus 19:27, 28) 27 “‘You must not shave the hair on the side of your head or disfigure the edges of your beard. 28 “‘You must not make cuts in your flesh for a dead person, and you must not make tattoo markings on yourselves. I am Jehovah.
WT 2014-11-15 page 17 § 18:
Think about these points: We are not under the Law. (Rom. 10:4)
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
insidetheKH
using the name Jehovah does not make you a JW. Hundreds of millions of people use the name Jehovah.
My mother (born in) would deny this. She allways says: "ONLY JW use the name Jehovah." I know not one JW, who would admit, that other "worldly people" use this name.
i finally got my book finished.
it is available as a free ebook here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/527252 i'm sure the contents are familiar territory to most people here, but hopefully it will be of some use to those who are either thinking about joining or thinking about leaving.
@ maksutov
On page 13 you wrote: ... they would be DF if it became known to the elders that they had attended another church, or celebrated a birthday...
For celebrating birthday you will not DF (elders book).
i apologize if this has already been addressed.. i'm just having a look over at jw talk and came across a very interesting thread talking about the terms used within the organization, it is a real eye opener.
for instance, they no longer use the term society because to non believers it looks too cultish and implies that they may be secretive.
funny thing is that reading the whole thread makes them look so cultish and shows their secretive behaviour because the keep being told by the higher ups that there are more changes to come.
It's a term in the scriptures.
One example:
(Numbers 3:9) 9 You are to give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They are given ones, given to him from the Israelites.
More info about:
*** w92 4/15 pp. 16-17 par. 21 Jehovah’s Provision, the “Given Ones” ***
full set: http://imgur.com/a/4xl77.
for pdf use key: uyqnbqyeulurxzvvvuo2iq.
sample: .
the wt lost its appeals regarding the charity commission inquiry.
here is the ruling:.
http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/watch-tower-ruling-03mar15.pdf.
Now it makes sense to me, that the publications storage is moved from UK to Germany.
So it will be very easy to move the printing also to germany if they lose the charity status.
i'm not surprised but i must admit to a little eye roll.... looking at some photos on my brother's facebook page, i stumbled on a picture of our mother.
it took a few cycles thru the photos before i realized that mom has a jw pin on her top.. not surprising, but wanted to share.. we have not spoken in a long time.
for a while she was calling me every couple of weeks from her cell phone in the morning.
Nosferatu
So what's the purpose? Giving a witness? Identifying other JWs? Showing your dedication to your cult?
(Numbers 15:38, 39) . . .and they are to put a blue string above the fringed edge of the skirt. 39 ‘You must have this fringed edge so that you will see it and remember all the commandments of Jehovah and observe them. . . .
i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.
6 countries subsidize the rest.
he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.
factfinder
"so they must have worked out the problems of getting the cover the right shade of purple..."
you are well informed
atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.
with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .
If they can sale the cars after 4 years for 5000:
5000 x 85 = 425000
atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.
with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .
