pure speculation for several reasons.. "friends, it has been 100 momentous years since christ arrived as king.
in the last 100 years a great shout of praise has gone up to jehovah.
technology has greatly changed the way people live and communicate and jehovah has made sure that his organization is on the forefront of these changes.
A little at a time they have been eliminating meetings, assemblies and it would not be shocking just like Paul mentioned in the 1st century that the preaching was done, the watchtower can claim the same.
Encourage the publisher to witness informally and send the money that they are saving on gas and car maintenance to the watchtower for building projects.
The GB is not stupid, they realize knocking on doors is nothing but a waste of time and money.
i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .
i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .
uun.
Came in at 22 and left at 54.
32 years in and so glad to be out.
my dad told me this story long time ago.
there was an long time elder that is never married.
he got caught going to brothel one day after a brother followed him there.
One of my best friend, an elder, married to a sweet woman, two kids, confessed going to prostitutes for many years so he could get a BJ.
He was DF , of course removed as an elder
if this were the "organization" that jesus chose in 1914.. err 1919, wouldn't the principles that he laid out while on earth apply to this organization as well?.
matthew 5:42 "give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.".
so if jw's all asked for loans from the org, every now and then, it would be the orgs responsibility to grant those loans (interest free).
Give it a try and send them the scripture along with it and see what the response will be!! :) :)
i am inactive for about 10 years now..
Inactive since 2007...sneaked out and never to be found again.
some of my musings.
the last time the do was at our hall he talked about the borians.
the ones who checked the scriptures carefuly to see if these things were so.
It looks like Jesus keeps on changing his mind of what the truth is all about.
some have wondered if "captives of a concept" had anything to do with why the governing body changed their interpretation of the most important scripture in their theology at their annual meeting on october 6, 2012.. this is because the book places great emphasis on the societys interpretation of matthew 24:45-47 and then holds them to it while examining the organizations history to make sure that went on in its history fits their interpretation.
this comparison is essential to the societys claim to being gods organization.. their previous interpretation came from their former most imminent bible scholar president frederick franzs in his "gods kingdom of a thousand years has approached.
" their history comes from their "jehovahs witnesses proclaimers of gods kingdom.".
The same reason why they change every other doctrine. Blind organization leading others.
Of course all the other religions are not any better.
the more i read the gospels the more i get the feeling that jesus warns about organized religion or those that overbear on your faith telling you completely how to worship god.
let's say luke chapter 12 is talking about the f&s.
does vs 45 on mean that the f&s can turn bad so to speak?
Good luck on finding out anything about the bible and its interpretation.
what do you call a person who keeps promising to do something for you--but won't get up off their ass and do it?.
what do you call a person who needs money from you all the time and doesn't pay it back?.
what do you call a person who keeps you waiting and waiting and then, they don't show up?.
Love me or i'll kill you ...it does sound like Jehovah.
the constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.
but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.
one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.
I agree 100%. Very few window washers, mostly i've known in 32 years held very good jobs.
Some CEO.
Many owned their own business.
A few in carpet cleaning that have become millionaires.
Some that i have known were worth more than 100million dollars.
Just like any religion..rich and poor.
Have nothing against window washers.
