09 Mar 17
Originally posted by karoly aczelYeah that does have an affect on how many think about most things. It can be a good thing when it promotes knowledge of things that help us all but it can sure pass along bad things too.
Nice opening post here.... ooh I see what you did there.
Thing is there are so many more people these days thinking in more and more different ways these days. Social media spreads opinions to anywhere in the world in an instant for virtually nothing. So in a free world you'd expect to be coming across a lot more opinions, but hey this is just another opinion 🙂
These scriptures are interesting and could maybe be applied today?
From David......
Eccl 2:15 & 12:12
15 Then I said in my heart: “What happens to the stupid one will also happen to me.” What, then, did I gain by becoming excessively wise? So I said in my heart: “This too is futility.”
Ecclesiastes 12:12
12 As for anything besides these, my son, be warned: To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.
Originally posted by Rajk999I knew where you were going with it, just had to see how you'd say it. Also it is not the elders who give us spiritual information, they pass it on to us.
If everyone were JWs there would be no opinions, since opinions which depart from the opinions of the elders, are not allowed. Not surprised you did not figure it out.
Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke to galveston75My money would be on him having a text ~ called "So Many Opinions" or some such ~ from The Watchtower or Awake he wants to copy paste. galveston75 has form in this area. I cannot recall him ever starting a thread because he was genuinely interested in engaging opinions that deviated from his own.
So, you delivered and spread a message before you'd given it proper consideration?
Interesting...
Originally posted by FMFWell you'd loose this time. Nothing to paste. Just asking to get feedback and maybe have a civil discussion?
My money would be on him having a text ~ called "So Many Opinions" or some such ~ from The Watchtower or Awake he wants to copy paste. galveston75 has form in this area. I cannot recall him ever starting a thread because he was genuinely interested in engaging opinions that deviated from his own.
Originally posted by galveston75I cannot recall you ever engaging in genuine discussion about anything. Are you going to embrace and engage any of the "many opinions" you referenced in your thread title? Or are you going to trot out for the umpteenth time that the fact that members of your church are all 'in agreement' - and are all required to have the exactly the same set of opinions about theology - was 'predicted in the Bible'?
Just asking to get feedback and maybe have a civil discussion?
09 Mar 17
Originally posted by FMFI guess not but why does that bother you? Do you feel that no one should ever say that if it's what they believe?
I cannot recall you ever engaging in genuine discussion about anything. Are you going to embrace and engage any of the "many opinions" you referenced in your thread title? Or are you going to trot out for the umpteenth time that the fact that members of your church are all 'in agreement' - and are all required to have the exactly the same set of opinions about theology - was 'predicted in the Bible'?
09 Mar 17
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Originally posted by Rajk999Absolutely no one if current trends are to be believed.
Not everyone wants to be a JW.
apparently there is a big turn away from the church in many of it's traditional forms despite many still believing in spirituality or a god of some sort.
Back to the KKK they've had to reinvent themselves to stay relevant it seems.
They will not actively kill black people but still believe they are the master race (and will do anything within the law to get rid of blacks still)
So maybe the JW's will have to repackage themselves in the near future to stay relevant.
09 Mar 17
FMF: Are you going to trot out for the umpteenth time that the fact that members of your church are all 'in agreement' - and are all required to have the exactly the same set of opinions about theology - was 'predicted in the Bible'?You "guess not"? Good. I welcome it then.
Originally posted by galveston75
I guess not but why does that bother you? Do you feel that no one should ever say that if it's what they believe?
09 Mar 17
Originally posted by karoly aczel"So maybe the JW's will have to repackage themselves in the near future to stay relevant."
Absolutely no one if current trends are to be believed.
apparently there is a big turn away from the church in many of it's traditional form despite many still believing in spirituality or a god of some sort.
Back to the KKK they've had to reinvent themselves to stay relevant it seems.
They will not actively kill black people but still believe they ...[text shortened]... still)
So maybe the JW's will have to repackage themselves in the near future to stay relevant.
How so?
Originally posted by galveston75The first point was good.
Yeah that does have an affect on how many think about most things. It can be a good thing when it promotes knowledge of things that help us all but it can sure pass along bad things too.
These scriptures are interesting and could maybe be applied today?
From David......
Eccl 2:15 & 12:12
15 Then I said in my heart: “What happens to the stupi ...[text shortened]... o the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.
The second was awful. ("There's more to life than books you know but not much more" .Morrisey )
To think that you guys would suppress others spiritualities means that you'd prolly destroy the rest of the aboriginal population here in Australia overnight. Just awful when there is so much effort going into trying to understand and piece together the writings and mythologies of ancient cultures.
09 Mar 17
Originally posted by karoly aczelLol. David forgot about the internet. But still there is a lot of crap out there that's not good especially for our kids. Opinions run out of control and one has to be careful in their reading of them. One needs to learn of the world but has to use caution.
The first point was good.
The second was awful. ("There's more to life than books you know but not much more" .Morrisey )