by Cabin in the woods 36 Replies latest watchtower scandals
So are they selling all their possessions, quitting their jobs, withdrawing their retirement to go preaching, making the last circuit around the territory?
How often will JWs cry wolf..........and the WTS say that they never set a date?
Didn't the do this during Desert Storm in 1991 and after 9-11-2001?
Blondie
this system is down to the last hours
which system would that be?
Reminds me of the old bumper sticker:
"Jesus in coming! Look busy!"
Pope
So this system is down to its last hours. How many years have they said that now? Oh that's right ever since the late 1800's! 120 years of "this is the last hours before the Big A."
Well Cab, hopefully you'll be rid of those inlaws soon? I recall you saying you were divorcing/separating?
How long? Maybe you could tell your soon to be ex that he's in the "last minutes" of his marriage but can have a miserable life in this "system" another 30 years...
-K
sorry for the b****y statement ;)
I think it is important to note that "last hours" "just around the corner" and "this close" have to be taken in the context of an average 70-year life span described in the Bible. In other words, if you are a spirit creature of infinite lifespan, a thousand years might be the blink of an eye. But when you tell someone whose optimal lifespan is 80-90 years that an event is "this close," you have to realize that it has to be within that window in order to have any relevance. My 87-year-old aunt just died - still witnessing in the hospice she was confined to, right up to her last breath. She really wanted to live forever - it had been her hope since she was about 14 years old. But now she has experienced the death that she was promised would not be her portion (Millions Now Living Will Never Die!) How will she know that she is not to be resurrected? She won't, of course.
Perhaps we should get our JW friends at least one of the following clocks:
http://www.cafepress.com/catholicxjw.25477569
http://www.cafepress.com/catholicxjw.25504625
Jeff S.
For those of us who have been around for decades it's the same old story
WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE END
It has always been the elder's job to encourage others with those words about the end being so close, it makes and gives them and aura of spirituality but down deep the elders and the society live in such a way to show us the end is far away
I figure humanity is good for at least another 349,680 hours. Maybe many times over, if we acquire wisdom too.
I think it is important to note that "last hours" "just around the corner" and "this close" have to be taken in the context of an average 70-year life span described in the Bible. In other words, if you are a spirit creature of infinite lifespan, a thousand years might be the blink of an eye. But when you tell someone whose optimal lifespan is 80-90 years that an event is "this close," you have to realize that it has to be within that window in order to have any relevance. My 87-year-old aunt just died - still witnessing in the hospice she was confined to, right up to her last breath. She really wanted to live forever - it had been her hope since she was about 14 years old. But now she has experienced the death that she was promised would not be her portion (Millions Now Living Will Never Die!) How will she know that she is not to be resurrected? She won't, of course.
A dear friend died a few months ago. She believed with all her heart what the Watchtower teaches.
She wasn't supposed to die, ever.
I she awaiting a resurrection while being in a non-existent state resembling sleep?
I don't think so.
I believe that unless she called out to Jesus before she died her reward is sealed.
I just hope she had enough sense to realise before she took her last breath here that she was really dying and the Watchtower had deceived her for over 50 years.
