Posts by berrygerry

48

Genuine repentance - if you can fake that you'll avoid getting disfellowshipped

by slimboyfat in

to paraphrase a well known saying.

is it true, in a judicial committee, if you can fake repentance, then they are likely to let you off being disfellowshipped, almost regardless of the "severity" of the sin involved?

can former elders and perhaps victims of the process shed light on the matter?

berrygerry

“Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made."

George Burns

One of my favourite quotes for latter-day (JW) elders.

48

Genuine repentance - if you can fake that you'll avoid getting disfellowshipped

by slimboyfat in

to paraphrase a well known saying.

is it true, in a judicial committee, if you can fake repentance, then they are likely to let you off being disfellowshipped, almost regardless of the "severity" of the sin involved?

can former elders and perhaps victims of the process shed light on the matter?

berrygerry

Hey JimmyPage.

Ain't it grand having a threesome with the GB.

10

Jehovah's Witnesses Application for Trolley Preaching Rejected by Village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois

by jwleaks in

glen ellyn won't allow jehovah's witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/ct-jehovah-witness-brochures-tl-20141209-story.html.

the glen ellyn village board (usa) on monday night voted 4-2 to reject a request by a kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses north of glen ellyn to place a portable brochure rack on a public sidewalk in downtown glen ellyn for evangelistic purposes.. glen ellyn currently bars commercial signage and the placement of any kind of structure whether temporary or permanent on its public sidewalks without village board approval.

berrygerry

Let's see.

What's next, Food Banks?

by Quarterback in

jw
friends

just thinking, and speculating here.

who would have even immagined a tv channel as a change.

what could top that?.

berrygerry

For YOU always have the poor with YOU

I always found that verse depressing.

It meant that we will never solve the problems, as JW's say.

Just accept that life is crap, and everything will be better in the next life.

59

Our JW Friend told by Elder "Satan is using a Pedophile to Break your Faith"

by flipper in

jw
friends

i was given permission by a jw friend of my wife and me to post this experience.

she's anonymous and posts on the board.

she is married to a witness still but is fighting on behalf of children in her congregation to not be a next victim of a pedophile who attends her congregation.

berrygerry

Any update, Flip?

11

The Faithful Slave - An Obvious Question I Haven't Heard Asked

by berrygerry in

since the big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.. was it not the apostate maria russell that proffered that ctr was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?.

if the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?.

was maria a prophetic apostate?.

berrygerry

Wasn`t the scripture about "The Faithful & Discreet Slave" just a parable ? , not to be taken literally ?

More or less, my question.

Not a Adventist historian.

Was there other mention of the slave being someone during that time period, or was it indeed a creation of Maria?

11

The Faithful Slave - An Obvious Question I Haven't Heard Asked

by berrygerry in

since the big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.. was it not the apostate maria russell that proffered that ctr was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?.

if the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?.

was maria a prophetic apostate?.

berrygerry

Since the Big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.

Was it not the apostate Maria Russell that proffered that CTR was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?

If the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?

Was Maria a prophetic apostate?

19

Reinstatement - repentance - works - Can you explain how this is supposed to work?

by berrygerry in

nov 15, 2006 wt.

when requesting reinstatement, he should be able to give evidence that he has repented and is producing works that befit repentance.acts 26:20.. .

how possibly can someone "give evidence" or "produce works"?.

berrygerry

Sloppy

You're hired.

13

Why We Observe the Lords Evening Meal - Jan 2015

by berrygerry in

any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's memorial study article?.

berrygerry

I was thinking that somewhere around paragraph 19 -

Last year's Watchtower study about the Memorial asked the question: "Will this be our last Memorial"?

That one wasn't.

Will this one?

13

Why We Observe the Lords Evening Meal - Jan 2015

by berrygerry in

any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's memorial study article?.

berrygerry

Any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's Memorial study article?