just before the month ends i would like to congratulate the watchtower magazine for completing its run of 138 years of publication.
the first copy was printed july 1st 1879. well done watchtower!.
as a reminder, let people remember that in its time this magazine has one of the world’s largest print runs for a periodical.
That issue also stated adamantly "that we would never beg nor solicit for funds" and if money was not available, then that would be a sign to stop the work, as it would show that God was not blessing the work....
However, the modern day society has no shame, and has made many "appeals" for donations!
i thought that "the hand of God was never short"? Oh except maybe he lost out during the financial crash and has no more money?
i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.
what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.
has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.
Slightly off topic, but the last convention we attended was the 2014 international at Melbourne in a large sporting stadium
The session finished with many "Mexican waves" going around the stadium, along with dozens of large banners with slogans like "see you in paradise" and other corny expressions!
So, as has been said, (frog in boiling water), this gradual change shows that anything is possible.
Who would ever have thought there would be songs with "karaoke" style lyrics on large screens in every venue and Kingdom Hall?
so unstuck and myself have decided to attend a different kind of yearly convention!.
it should be fun!.
just think, anything that helps us using our "powers of reason" (romans 12:1) is approved by the bible isn't it??
So Unstuck and myself have decided to attend a different kind of yearly convention!
www.thinkinc.org.au/skepticon-australia/
It should be fun!
Just think, anything that helps us using our "powers of reason" (romans 12:1) is approved by the bible isn't it?? Haha
mum has a mild form of lukeimia if she took blood like normal people she could live to be 100. but no, anointed sisters dont compromise jehovah wont allow it.
so here i am moving to sydney for one month going to hospital everyday putting my life on hold to watch my mother die slowly.
watching her gasp for air, struggle to breath.
Which hospital are you at mate?
I am actually working at one of the Sydney hospitals today....
any wordpress gurus here that might be able to help?
i was just updating the libsyn plugin, as libsyn hosts my podcasts, and suddenly there were "internal server errors" and i got the following message:.
fatal error: can't use method return value in write context in /home4/umc/thisjwlife.com/wp-content/plugins/libsyn-podcasting/admin/lib/libsyn/api.php on line 154. can anyone here help?
All I hear in these last few posts between simon and dubstepped is "jibberishy blah ggobley do do...."
(What I am trying to say is, I applaud you guys who understand all that stuff...cos it sounds so foreign to me....)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/investigation-leads-to-improvements-in-safeguarding-at-jehovahs-witnesses-charity.
It is happening WORLD WIDE!
Is Jehovah asleep? Cant he prevent such "reproach being brought onto his name"?
march 22, 2017 to all convention committees re: discontinuation of physical distribution of convention releases.
What Simon said!
It was always a monumental "show off" for all involved.
The ones who were "chosen" to hand the books out were the "spiritual youth" who got to claim bragging rights.
Then as Simon said, the clamouring to get the books first was mind blowing in the stupidity!
The hype the GB created was always uncomfortable.
When I was in Bethel, the new releases were even in a sectioned off area of the Shipping dept that was restricted so that no "ordinary non approved" bethelite could see the books before the convention!
https://www.facebook.com/tupuebloesmipueblojehova/videos/578539175868967/?hc_ref=arrvbqq6myd5outlusr6zufmvffwsvr_duxl_fdriuhhniiuesiylhi43gybtziknxwthis video gave me cancer..
Not at all "culty".....
no doubt we are all overjoyed at how we have progressed since breaking the shackles of the society!.
for those that have been here on this forum for some time, have you ever looked back at the version of "you" that first started posting here, and compared yourself with where you are at now?.
i am overjoyed at how much i have grown as a person!.
It is also amazing at how many of us have changed our views of a "god"!
Would it be true to say that most who wake up to TTATT also wake up from a dependency to believe in divine entities?
hey guys i just wanted to share with you all a video we made this week for watchtower victims memorial day.
cheers!
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Thanks guys!
Appreciate your work!!
