Jump to content
The World News Media

Srecko Sostar

Member
  • Posts

    4,638
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    75

Reputation Activity

  1. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    One would think that all or almost all the people around us who are not JWs are liars, fornicators, thieves, etc. How wrong it is to look at it that way.
    WTJWorg publications have different statements as far as I know. The last thing I read about it is that God will provide collective but not individual protection in Armageddon. Whatever that means. :)))
    Better a living dog than a dead lion, the Bible says. If we stick to that, then the affair with the boss is not the end of the world, but it is the beginning of condemnation from the JW community. What has the JW community done to prevent suicide from happening? By rejecting and excluding such a sister (if it happened) from the family and the congregation, it contributed to this act of suicide and illness of her mother. How much "the burden on the conscience" is in those who contributed to this outcome?
  2. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    I think we should be far more careful with the ideology behind the phrase “god allows”. In fact, I’m not sure the phrase “God allowed or allows” is found anywhere in the Bible text.
    If we deal with the explanation of an event and say "God allowed it", then we must know which events "God did not allow" to happen. How will we know when the permission or non-permission happened and why? We can only find the answer in our interpretation and our ideology.
    So there is no real or correct answer, because the answer does not come from God but from man. If one claims that something is “God’s will” then such an individual puts himself in the place of God, and then it is idolatry.
    You write about degradation. On the one hand, you are assessing the general degradation of humanity, and on the other hand, you are talking about the degradation of the WTJWorg organization itself and its members. Of course, this is a subjective and emotional statement.
    Humanity is no better or worse than in past centuries. The scenography has changed and other global changes have taken place, but the nature of man is constant. People love each other and people hate each other. Of course, my assessment is also insufficient, because it is based on personal circumstances and the conditions in which I live.
    If you personally notice the degradation within JW membership then we may wonder to what “new light” JWs have been exposed to over the past 50 years? Does degradation depend and arise on the type of theology and doctrine you are exposed to or is it due to “external factors”?
     
  3. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in I have a question about your memorial.   
    Don’t get mad, but that was the practice of WTS in prehistory. :)) 
  4. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Arauna in I have a question about your memorial.   
    Just joke... about how old we must be because we remember such details. 
  5. Haha
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Arauna in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    Yea - when I was working in USA, I found this the general idea - so everyone can carry on doing their own thing.  THis, I am sure was a teaching of doctor Spock - so everyone can feel important. 
  6. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    Sometimes we (people) understand the same things differently. And sometimes we (individually or collectively) come to different conclusion about own previous statement/view.
    In WTJWorg theology, this happens periodically. "Generation doctrine" is one of such things.
    "Get it", it’s not something only I need to worry about  
  7. Like
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in I have a question about your memorial.   
    @Arauna  This is what i wrote. That Yeshua / Jesus gave the instruction, and that instruction was to baptise in the name of the Father (YHWH / Yehovah) , the Son (Yeshua / Jesus) and the Holy spirit.  But the JW Org does not do this, so they are not following the direct instruction form Yeshua / Jesus.  That is fact, and cannot be sensibly denied. 
  8. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Pudgy in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    Sometimes we (people) understand the same things differently. And sometimes we (individually or collectively) come to different conclusion about own previous statement/view.
    In WTJWorg theology, this happens periodically. "Generation doctrine" is one of such things.
    "Get it", it’s not something only I need to worry about  
  9. Like
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Pudgy in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    I was out in Service with a Brother years ago and we had both gotten drinks at McDonald’s, and as we stood there in the parking lot, he asked me how had I learned to tolerate various brothers?
    I explained to him it was all about trust, and the “trust fall”, and offered to show him an example.
    I had him turn around and told him to fall backwards, trusting me to catch him, even though he could not see me, which he hesitatingly did.
    As he fell backwards I moved aside and he crashed to the pavement, spilling his coke all over his clothes, and screaming out “WHY THE !!*#%!! HELL DIDN’T YOU CATCH ME!?”
    I calmly explained that it would not have been a real “trust test” if it worked every time.
    He screamed “WHAT THE HELL KIND OF !!*#%!! LESSON IS THAT!?”
    I calmly reminded him, while sipping my root beer, his original question was “…. How had I learned to tolerate various brothers?”
     
  10. Thanks
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Thought I'd put this here as it probably will not be on the JW Org website   
    I see no reason for you to comment this way. The moderator of this topic uploaded an article authored by someone else.
    You say this is his opinion. So why should anyone be "accused" or "underestimated" of such an opinion?
    We can classify the requested changes in the domain of "human rights" or "improvement of living conditions". WTJWorg considers these three points to be a purely religious / doctrinal issue. Nowadays, these three things go beyond the dogmatic framework of one religious community. Since the status of WTJWorg, in a particular social order, depends on the laws of each state, then these three issues cease to be the exclusive right to a specific biblical interpretation of a religious group, but become a matter of state legislation that should be able to guarantee its citizens individual "human rights".
    -the right to protection and safety of children 
    -the right to health and medical care
    -the right not to be discriminated against because of different religious beliefs
  11. Like
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    I think I've given proof that my 'accusation' isn't a lie.  I don't have any false teachings as I am not a teacher. I do however give warnings to those who could easily become victims. 
    I don't have hope of eternal life but that does not make me hateful of TRUTH. I hate the things that God hates. 
    Repentance ?  For leaving an immoral organisation ?  So tell me, what should I show repentance for ? 
    Of course i have sin, we all do, but opposing the immorality and lies of the JW Org is not a sin. 
  12. Thanks
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    The ARC mentioned just over one thousand pedophiles in the Australian part of JW org.  Each Pedo had more than one victim.
    The UK has had two investigations both have found pedophilia in the UK JW org. The Charity Commision and the IICSA. Online proof is available......... 
    In America there have been many law suits / court cases about Pedophiles in the American part of the JW org.
    The point being with America that it has a hidden Database of pedophile records going back 25 years, BUT Australia's records went back over 50 years. I think that gives question as to what happened to the other 25 years of records in America ?  Also who is paying whom to keep those records secret ?
    In Canada some lawyers wanted to bring a massive court case (some thing like 66 million Canadian dollars ) against the Canadian JW org, but for some reson they were not allowed to.  So we have no idea how many Pedophiles there are on record in the Canadian JW org. 
    Then we have the Netherlands 'Reclaimed Voices' / Utrecht University with at least 751 reports ranging from incest to rape. The Dutch JW org went to court to try to stop the publication of the report. 
    Spain, 27th october 2018, Abusos JW sent letter to their Ministry of the Interior to urge for investigaation into the JW org Spain. 
    And we haven't mentioned half the world yet ! But you will probably get the drift of it all. 
    I repeat THOUSANDS OF PEDOPHILES in the JW Org earthwide. 
    And all JWs, just by being JWs, are supporting the GB and the other leaders in hiding the Pedophiles in the JW  Org. 
     
  13. Thanks
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Thinking in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    But YOU know about it…
  14. Thanks
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in I have a question about your memorial.   
    You seem to only connect the Anointed to the JW Org. Once again, as @Srecko Sostar has mentioned, what does it have to do with spiritual anointing ?  
    Dedicating your life to an organisation, to live by man made rules, and to rule over others by using those rules, seems a very long way away from serving YHWH through Yeshua.  
  15. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in I have a question about your memorial.   
    I guess this kind of description of someone’s “career rise” is quite acceptable by “general standards” in the world we live in. I don't even see anything unethical in that.
    But what does all this have to do with "anointing with the spirit"?
  16. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in I have a question about your memorial.   
    This question is completely in place. I believe that almost every JW will agree with the conclusion that it is not possible to know who is a member of 144,000 and who is not. From such a conclusion emerges another - No one can know and claim who is a member of the FDS class.
    If the first claim (who is the anointed one) cannot be proven then the second (who is the FDS) can be proved even less.
    Regarding self-proclamation or confirmation of self-proclamation from members of others who have also self-proclaimed themselves to be something, it is not worth discussing.
  17. Haha
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    This is indeed a comforting statement (made by so called apostate) for many JW members. Too bad it won’t be published in WTJWorg magazines.
  18. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Pudgy in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    This is indeed a comforting statement (made by so called apostate) for many JW members. Too bad it won’t be published in WTJWorg magazines.
  19. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Pudgy in I have a question about your memorial.   
    This question is completely in place. I believe that almost every JW will agree with the conclusion that it is not possible to know who is a member of 144,000 and who is not. From such a conclusion emerges another - No one can know and claim who is a member of the FDS class.
    If the first claim (who is the anointed one) cannot be proven then the second (who is the FDS) can be proved even less.
    Regarding self-proclamation or confirmation of self-proclamation from members of others who have also self-proclaimed themselves to be something, it is not worth discussing.
  20. Like
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Pudgy in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    As you may or may not be aware TTH, in the Truth there is no means to address grievances. And until the last 8 years the Governing Body has acted as if it was infallible, inspired of God, and more.
    This is no longer the 1950’s.
    Even a dog does not like to be beaten, even by the persons that fed him.
     
  21. Like
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    AND I NOTICED AS SOON AS YOU MENTIONED THIS, THE WHOLE TOPIC WENT POLITICAL, JUST TO DISTRACT FROM THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU UPLOADED. 
    Shunning is of couse discrimination, and also misuse of scripture which was instruction given to the Anointed not to the earthly class. 
    But if you need to use scripture in order to show love to people, try this. 
    Matthew 5 : 43 - 45. Yeshua said 
    "You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’  (This is the JW way) 
    But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous" 
    But the GB / Leaders of the Watchtower / JW Org, want you to hate everyone outside of THEIR Org. 
    JWs are told not to have friends outside of the Org, not to trust anyone outside of the Org, and not to even look at or speak to Ex JWs. And many many JWs are too frightened to disobey.
     
  22. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar reacted to Pudgy in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    Wow…. I had no idea we were talking about that …. I don’t even remember thinking that!
  23. Upvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Thinking in Are JWs in America back on the 'door to door' work now ?   
    Interestingly, when describing conflicts between angels (good versus bad) or between Jesus and demon-possessed people, the death of a defeated angel (on both sides) never happened. It was mostly that the influence of one or more angels on some events ceased or the demon's obsession with someone ceased, so that demon moved its influence to something else.
    Descriptions of battles or wars are too symbolically described in the Bible when it comes to angels, and this is sometimes the case in some descriptions related to humans.
  24. Downvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Dmitar in National Redress Scheme - Australia   
    Today I opened the official National Redress Scheme website.
    WT Australia has long refused to join this program. But I see a change. JW has teamed up with many other institutions.
    Two things are interesting.
    First: The tacit confirmation of the GB leader that the CSA is an institutional problem within WT Australia (and globally for the whole of WTJWorg).
    Second: Paying damages to victims is cheaper this way than through litigation.
    https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/institutions
  25. Downvote
    Srecko Sostar got a reaction from Dmitar in National Redress Scheme - Australia   
    As the institutions listed above did not join the Scheme within the required timeframe, they will be subject to the following consequences:
    Being restricted from accessing future Commonwealth grant funding, and Risk losing their charitable status and associated tax concessions and benefits. The restriction on grant funding for institutions who do not join the Scheme does not remove access to any funding they currently receive from the Commonwealth, but rather will remove the ability for the institution to access future grant funding.
    A new Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) governance standard has commenced which requires all registered charities to take all reasonable steps to join the Scheme if an application has been made which names them or is likely to name them. Where a registered charity fails to join the Scheme or take reasonable steps to participate in the Scheme, they will be subject to the suite of ACNC’s existing compliance powers, including deregistration. Deregistration would result in the entity losing access to a range of Commonwealth benefits and tax concessions.
    In addition, charities classed as ‘basic religious charities’ (BRCs) may lose their BRC status if they do not join the Scheme within six months of being named in a redress application. Charities that lose their BRC status will be required to abide by the governance standards.
    The list of institutions above is updated on a regular basis to ensure it remains current and will be the reliable source of information for departments and agencies administering grant opportunity and the registration of charities.
    https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/institutions/institutions-have-not-yet-joined
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Service Confirmation Terms of Use Privacy Policy Guidelines We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.