Amazing that they sought you out when you weren’t associated for years!
Like impeaching a former president 🤣
i remember knowing some jws that expressed their own personal viewpoints regarding what a scripture meant that was at odds with society teachings.
in the 60 and 70’s, that was pretty much tolerated until the great purge in 1979 and 1980. as a matter of fact, it wasn’t unusual for witnesses to get together and discuss personal questions and viewpoints they might have.
it wasn’t unusual to send letters to the society asking what was considered the right or wrong view.
Amazing that they sought you out when you weren’t associated for years!
Like impeaching a former president 🤣
so many changes in the 2013 nwt seem needless and spoil familiar phrases.
take isaiah 41:10 in the nwt classic rendering:.
do not be afraid, for i am with you.
This one is relatively harmless, but what it implies isn't: It sets the precident that if they think a scripture means a certain thing, they'll have no problem taking liberties, and they have many times.
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
I m curious about their headbands
Crowns, for rulling as kings with Jesus
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
Zechariah 5:9,10:
Then I looked up and saw two women coming forward, and they were soaring in the wind. They had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the container between the earth and heaven. So I asked the angel who was speaking with me: “Where are they taking the eʹphah container?”
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
Why is it now that all the angels and 144,000 anointed are white haired men in their 60's ?
The JW answer would be that all angels in the Bible are depicted as men (PS, they aren't), and that white hair signifies age and wisdom.
HOWEVER, there's absolutely no reason, Biblical or otherwise, to make them all caucasian.
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
I don't remember the Bible saying anything about a bunch of vindictive guys from New York getting raised to glory and then immediately turning around to wreak havoc on the population.
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
A picture in this week's WT shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations". Creepy!! I wonder which one is which. I imagine AM3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for. They look like a gang of thugs!
do you see a man with a backpack running into the woods?.
do you see a dog running out of the woods?.
i saw the man running first .... .
Very cool 😎
i think it’s terrible.
if someone wants to believe in a political party they should not be punished or censured because of who they like or what their politics are, right or left.
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The free market takes care of things like that. One long-time business in my region tried banning republicans, and were out of business within the year. Doesn't work as well with big tech unfortunately as they have more of a monopoly.
even some democrats are advocating for reopening society, and are at least hoping for some point in 2021, but the governing body just announced that they're canceling the assemblies in 2022 as well, aiming to restart in 2023. .
they're really milking this 'pandemic', because as soon as things go back to normal that sense of urgency will start to die again, and publisher counts / meeting attendance will go down as well.
i wonder how many jws are suffering form (additional) depression from this as well, because with meetings, assemblies and conventions at least you could see and meet new people, as well as socialize.
any additional depression that may be caused by isolation might be offset by the absence of anxiety caused by the weekly doom and gloom sessions
Any true believer is also regular at zoom meetings and JW Broadcasting, so there is no balance. In fact, many JWs sincerely believe that the pandemic will lead to the Great Tribulation.
most of the Churches around here have been meeting in big Marquee tents set up in their parking lots
Because most Christians are also politically conservative. JWs on the other hand have been blatantly virtue signaling about their compliance with the 'superior authorities' and how seriously they're supposedly taking things.