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Don't worry, in about 50 years the blessed daughter St. Sophia will get the respect that comes with every year Jehovah's Witnesses are encouraged to become less and less educated.

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I can understand this. It's a bit like the meat offered to idols. Nothing wrong with the meat, but some having weak consciences (which is as much about feelings as knowledge) might have been enticed t

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Honestly I don't mind how sisters show their love but I disagree about using  those cartoons leading to commit idolatry, when I saw that poster with flowers in her hand  as a matter of seconds my brain brought to my mind, posters like this :(

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9 hours ago, Indiana said:

I disagree about using  those cartoons leading to commit idolatry

I can understand this. It's a bit like the meat offered to idols. Nothing wrong with the meat, but some having weak consciences (which is as much about feelings as knowledge) might have been enticed to worship, or are just plain offended that someone else seemed to be doing it. "If others have doubt...Leave it out" works for me.

I don't like these cheesy dollies, but that is just a personal thing. "Holy" baby pictures never meant anything to me other than a slight nausea, even when I was being forced up as a Roman Catholic. So models of Sophia and the doting affection some seem to have for such things is pretty crass to me, but there's no accounting for culture. Look at those creepy manga or anime bug-eyed creatures, and the wierd paintings that  Margaret Keane did. Some people go mad about this stuff. I just feel slightly air-sick.

But I don't mind the Caleb and Sophia videos. They are a bit Toy Story, but they have a moral punch that is quite effective. Don't like the cardboard cut outs and photo shoot stuff and merchandise much.... BUT....worship them? or feel anything other than pity for their outsize heads? Not really...............But I have always been suspicious of those fat baby cherub things they have in religious pictures..................... 

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What would Moses think of this type of dancing when coming down from Mt. Sinai?

Instead of spending the time choreographing and practicing these dance moves.... should they try to pioneer? hold bible studies?

Maybe more personal study?

This type of display is discouraged by true servants of Jehovah who always strive to show "Godliness"

This type of display started a few years with dancing in a Kingdom Hall in Katy, Texas and has now spread worldwide.

Brothers and sisters.... "Quit be fashioned after this system of things".... and "go on perceiving what the will of God is"

Do not waste time on such fruitless activities such as this.

Remember the counsel we gave to the 16 year old child who wanted violin lessons at the 2016 Regional Convention?

 

READ GOD's WORD THE BIBLE DAILY..... and you won't have time for such frivolous activities.

Become a missionary..... build Kingdom halls..... help the aged..... clean the KH.....

Stop wasting time dancing around trying to convince the world it is FUN to be a JW. 

 

Fun will not save millions from Armageddon.

 

Can a young brother be considered serious enough to be an elder or MS if he is seen dancing around at conventions?

Did Jesus dance around in public like this?

Can you imagine Jesus and the 12 Apostles putting on a showy display while being filmed at the Sermon on the Mount?

Regain your senses. Be fruitful and become wise....

 

 

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