Jehovah witness invited me to their Easter Service

[BrotherTony]

Gee...now I feel old. I preached my first sermon 50 years ago. PastorMatt, that must have made you what? One or two years old? LOL 

Edited August 15, 2023 by BrotherTony

[Pastor Matt]

lol, I just turned 50 last week

Unlike God, I am bound by time 

[BrotherTony]

1 minute ago, Pastor Matt said:

lol, I just turned 50 last week

Unlike God, I am bound by time 

I've had my last birthday! Anything over 61 is unacceptable? LOL 

[Jerry]

Wow, you’re just a baby. I am so much older and wiser than you, it seems.

I am 53. I feel so old!

[Napsterdad]

On 8/14/2023 at 9:08 PM, BrotherTony said:

I've had my last birthday! Anything over 61 is unacceptable? LOL 

Now I feel geriatric! At 62 even Tony won’t accept me.

[BrotherTony]

7 minutes ago, Napsterdad said:

Now I feel geriatric! At 62 even Tony won’t accept me.

I'm closing in on 62, but I truly feel more like I'm 80. Life seems to catch up with everyone sooner or later. 

[TheGloryLand]

On 8/4/2023 at 9:48 PM, Disciple.Luke said:

In every Kingdom Hall I've visited there is always a private meeting room that also serves as library of bookshelves filled with a single copy of all the old books. 

At the first Kingdom Hall I visited they had all six volumes of Charles Taze Russell's Studies In the Scriptures book set up right in the middle of the table where people say for private meetings.

They have to know that not only did Russell use the the crown and cross symbol but just a few pages into into the first volume book called the Divine Plan of the Ages there is fold out page diagram of the measurements of the Egyptian pyramids show how Russell used them to come up with date like 1914.

A great way to find apologetics topics to use against JWs is by visiting the Bible Students Movements websites. The modern students are mostly descendants of Russell's early followers who refused to accept the leadership of Judge Rutherford after Russell died. 

While they are some similarities in beliefs the Bible Students stuck with Russell's original teachings so they don't refuse later doctrines about blood transfusions, rejecting the cross, shunning, all holidays are evil, and many of them still use the KJV and for sure none of them use the Watchtower New World Translation.

There are several groups still around that are mostly based on location and still meet in members houses. Some of the ones with websites I'd look up are the Dawn Bible Students, Chicago Bible Students, the Columbus Student Movement.

My daughter husband was going to speak the other night, JW Meeting. She told me that she was going to visit, as to support him. I had no words to say, but have a good evening and hello. Sad, I pray she doesn't get confused.

Edited September 8, 2023 by TheGloryLand