the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.
this recent watchtower shows it.
not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.
Sloppyjoe2 is absolutely correct in his first comment. And adding to that is the so true fact that for the vast majority of us JWs is nothing more than a social club of sorts, a place we were born into, grew up with, or just the plain familiar aspect of it. Take the good, which far out weighs the bad and keep on going!
GC
hi!.
enjoy..... www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/denmark/bloodless-surgery/.
gc.
Dear Simon,
Thanks for regulating the nuts among us.
GC
i wasn't at the study at the weekend, the reason was family health problems, but even if that had not been the case i wouldn't have been there.
has anybody else who was there or read the article noticed the unbelievable begging bowl being produced for the pioneers and cos and bethelites, etc?
maybe this has been commented on already but in effect witnesses are being asked to financially support, not only pioneers, but circuit overseers if they need medical help, and to fill in with dealing with aged parents if missionaries are abroad.
Wow, that's a very nice hangout in Wales!
Hey, other faiths have very nice cribs, well, so do we!
I'm BACK!!!
Regarding our "paid clergy" types, believe me, the Org cares for them very well. No money from our family to any of them, especially the CO and above; whatever the Org doesn't cover, the local cong will.
In our case, we only contribute a fair share to care for local KH monthly expenses, same as when we have assemblies. Nothing crazy, just enough.
GC
hopefully it will make them think.. .
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eden.
Wow. Powerful, mind-blowing, insightful.
Mistakes like this have made the intelligent JW stop worshipping God with the 'End is near' attitude, rather with the correct mindframe that God should be worshipped according to Rev. 4:11.
The 'Generation' doctrine put it all in perspective. Because of these 'egg in the face' comments the Org is much less into statements like these lately.
GC
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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The Zone Visit presentation was wonderful and uplifting. Attendance was very high and the Spanish brothers and sisters were elated with the magnificent information.
Many of the negative comments offered here are only the product of warped minds, disgruntled ex-members, and plain liars. Lots/most comments here are taken out of context, crazy reasoning only by unruly people.
It was great, children behaved beautifully, and afterwards a group of us went out to eat. Nice!
GC
if to mo's comments in the talk re "parents are to blame for children not being in the truth etc", (and yes, as many have already very nicely pointed out that this must therefore imply that "jehovah is to blame for satan and the angels rebelling"), doesn't this mean then that members of the gb need to step down?.
haven't some of the gb got family that are not "in the truth"?.
hypocrites yet again!.
This expression is taken out of context. Parents share blame when children leave the religion when they do not make every effort to educate their children on the correct path.
An experience was told about a father of many children and he recognizes that the 1st five were given everything towards their spiritual development; but the last two children, parents tired, were not educated spiritually with the same dedication and thus these last two are not as involved in the religion as strong as the others are. So, the parent feels responsible for these last two not being as dedicated in their service to God.
Also, in the same experience was said that a sister married one of the two young men, who at 22 years of age didn't have any privileges in the cong, not even a MS as should be by then; because his non-dedication to the religion, the sister was said didn't have a suitable marriage partner.
This comment didn't imply that sisters only should marry young men who are MS; it's not a guidance or a law, just a comment taken out of the experience context.
GC
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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Of course! All things progress. Things become so much clearer as the sun progresses. Keep up y'all!!!
All crazy, grumpy, stuck in the same old rut. Sad, sad, sad.....
GC
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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"The poor will always be with us" said our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The job of his disciples was to spread the news of God's Kingdom, and happy to say that has indeed become our trademark. There is much to be said for the scores of people that have accepted our gospel and their lives and economy has improved dramatically by taking responsibility for their actions and working as expected.
The abusers issue is of no consequence. There will always be abusers and predators among any one conglomerate. The Org just has to come to terms with implementing a new guidance to turn these people to the local authorities. That is coming. When it happens within a family that just happens to be JWs, well perhaps the religion factor is irrelevant. Predators/abusers are everywhere regardless.
Actually, for the number of existing JWs, the number of abuse cases is really minuscule. In our four generation JWship, I have never dealt with a case of pedophilia in any of the many Spanish congs I have served.
You all just need to learn to accentuate the positive of life in general. It makes for so much more happiness overall.
GC
i saw this exact headline on jw-archive.org and couldn't find no other info about it.
anyone know anything?.
possible hoax ha ha.. .
This craziness was started by this online board and it continues on only here. The misinformation here is astounding! Reminds me of the stupidity of Fox News.
Silly.
GC
