Elder at 21? What a clusterf^ck that's gonna become!
2025**01**15**Ages For Ministerial Servants and Elders!
by Atlantis 22 Replies latest jw friends
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WingCommander
Ya know......WatchTower has become so much like Mormons over the years, that I wonder if they instituted a 2-4 year ministry program like the Mormons, if that would keep the youth out of college while encouraging more reaching out, etc?
Lett's look at what WatchTower has already adopted from the Mormons over the years, shall we?
1. Body of 12 Apostles: AKA, "The Governing Body" in JW-Land
2. Dressing like 1950's vacuum or encyclopedia salesman. Now, somewhat eliminated. Adopted more casual stance, JUST like the Mormons already did a few years back!
3. Allowing beards. Again, Mormons relaxed this.
4. Family Worship Night: Stolen directly from the Mormons.
5. Website. Mormons did it first.
6. Caleb & Sophia cartoon series. Mormons did it first.
7. Real Estate holdings/investments. Mormons (and Scientology) beat them to it, but they're catching on fast!
8. Multimedia bullshit. Scientology was King of this for a good long while, but Mormons and JW's are fast catching on.
9. Investment portfolio's in offshore holdings. (Ireland) Mormons are already the richest religion (CULT) in the world. WT HQ has decided they need to cash in on that pie!
So as we can see, WT has never really had an original idea all of their own, they just look around and see what works and adopt it. Even doctrine. CT Russell didn't come up with a damn original thought of his own - NOTHING! He borrowed from the Adventist Movement, the Freemasons, the Quakers, the Christadelphians, and various occult quackery that was going on all around Pennsylvania at the time. Yes, even the pyramidology and numerology was "borrowed" from other people and sources. He threw in all the ingredients he liked into the pot like soup, and wha-laa! The Bible Students were born. Bum Rutherford mixed up the ingredients and changed the name, but it's still the same basic bullshit, but with a slightly different taste.
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Beth Sarim
8. Multimedia stuff.
You know something. As you drive by Latter Day Saints temples more & more of them seem to have huge satellite dishes erected on their property
You think in the backk of your mind ""what does a church need with satellite dishes".
The way the Borganization has gone in the last 10 years,,,, its understandable. Broadcasting.....what not....
With Ramapo they can become a 24 hr TV evangelist. They need IT people all the time....
The printing era....gone...