Dave: Aye to all but that first one. I have some spare opinions, and sometimes they just come tumbling out, especially when standing in the neighbor's yard.
Did I miss something? Is this the new resolution at the D.Convention?
by Star Moore 29 Replies latest watchtower bible
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AlmostAtheist
Dave: Aye to all but that first one.
DIE, Heretic! ;-)
Dave
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juni
MATERIALISM??
Who's buying and selling properties? Who's spending millions building posh apartments no doubt to be sold later at a HUGE profit??
Who gets a new car every two (?) years? Who's giving orders to redecorate "older" kingdom halls?
Bite me.
Juni
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restrangled
The resolutions are for real. I had a cousin who attended last weekend and reported the same. Also, there is a thread here that contains the same message. I can't remember who it was but you can google JW Deliverance at hand Sunday district convention notes. Its how I found this site.
r.
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Star Moore
Do you think all of them are real? Could you find out? The other thread came from someone who wasn't sure. Enjoyed all the comments..
The political one...and entertainment one..are really horse manure...along with most of the others
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WTWizard
No, I wasn't at the assembly. However, the entertainment ban isn't out of line with what the Watchtower Society has been trending since the 1980s. I can remember when there would be trips to the park to play ball and have a cookout; not anymore. They now limit the size of gatherings and the type of music and videos you can watch and listen to.
They have also been progressively stricter in the nature of all gatherings. They get an isolated report of some large groups that form where fornication or drug use are reported within, and then they ban all gatherings of that type. Roller skate parties are no more. They have also banned congregation picnics, large groups at weddings, family get-togethers where several people might be gathering, and even those get-togethers that sometimes happen after the assembly sessions. Ultimately all there will be is people screeching around in service all day, going to meetings and assemblies, and discussing merely theocraptic material while dressed up in suits all the time.
Since this thread has been put up, there has been another disturbing development. They are splitting the Watchtower into a public (showcase) edition and a study (Kool-Aid) edition. I think that sometime within the first year of this, they are going to make the entertainment ban official with a study article. They might put that in a series of articles, perhaps having 5 articles in contiguous fashion where the first 4 articles lead into the fifth which puts the capstone on the ban. For sure, this is not something I want to be any part of.
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drew sagan
All in favor of adopting this resolution? (Which, by the way, was foretold in Revelation 17:6)
Ya know Dave, I actually got the feeling that this convention resolution was done so that 20 years from now they can say it was foretold.
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themonster123
What is the deal? So they're getting stricter....Do you think eventually Witnesses could be the next Hale Bopp cult?!!!! I mean, seriously-I'm starting to get scared for my Witness family and friends.
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WTWizard
Part two. On June 1, 2008, the washtowel study will be about "valueless things" and repudiating them. Among these are "excess" fun and relaxation. They have no guidelines as to what is meant by "excess", leaving it open to interpretation by the hounders and hounder-hounders. Many to most will be quite strict in interpreting it. Hence, I am witnessing what I think will be the official taking effect of the ban on entertainment cited in Part 7 of the resolution.
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chickpea
i know some will not agree there is a dichotomy, but i find it disturbing that they lump "entertainment" and "pornography" together and decry them with a single breath.....
really? so my dedication to the viewing of british comedies on PBS on saturday nights is a roadblock to my salvation?
well bring on the popcorn cos i actually am a contributing member to said corporation
chickpea (of the " maybe i cant define pornography but i know it when i see it" class)
