even elders can be part of the new jw lite brigade these days.
they don’t need to go on door to door anymore and there is no requirement for anything really.. taking meeting parts is all dead easy you could turn up on the day with zero preparation because it’s all in the meeting workbook.. quarterly elders meetings are just old men having a good old natter just like old men do down the pub.. congregations could be likened to pubs or bars these days just without the drinks, those come at other times.. no need for territory maps, these almost went away with covid letter writing now they are extremely slow getting finished as those who still go door to door only do ten mins.. you could even voice your questions these days about things the gb say and then just say “we can’t be dogmatic we just don’t know”.
i predict they will say this about 1914 soon..
JW lite is--in fact--nothing new.
Back in the 60s i knew lots of male dubs who fitted the bill completely: dragged along by their wives, never answering up, no door knocking, no ministry school, many smoked. Some only ever showed up on nisan14--to get their card stamped.
Rubber dubs.
beans ?
( human beans ).
to those of you that believe in god: do you all believe the same thing ?.
/\ this is why i dont believe in a god...its simpler
"the new study indicates that the oceans that covered the entire planet in water were at least 300 metres deep.
they may have been up to one kilometre deep.".
yet, some secularists say they are sure that the earth was never completely flooded with water above the tops of mountains as described in genesis.
@Sea Breeze
what changed your mind ?
to save y’all the agony of having to sit & watch lett (looking even more puffy and jaundiced than the last time), here is a summary:.
beards are now perfectly fine for anyone & everyone, including ministerial servants, elders, and “special full time servants” (cos and betheliites).. but don’t go and feel “vindicated” — even if you knew you were right about beards, you shouldn’t run ahead of jehovah’s “chariot”.. so there you go.. if you need explicit permission from a puffy steroid addled facial contortionist with an increasingly ridiculous combover to make personal grooming decisions…you might be in a cult .
Does this apply to sisters too?
beans ?
( human beans ).
to those of you that believe in god: do you all believe the same thing ?.
i suppose if people do believe in god--then, to them He is real. But How do they perceive him? Is he a giant invisible man in the sky ? Do these people have this belief to compensate for something missing in their lives ? Or is it some kind of guarantee of living after death?
How many members on here came to believe in god as adults rather than having it stuffed into them as children ?
beans ?
( human beans ).
to those of you that believe in god: do you all believe the same thing ?.
Beans ? ( human beans )
But--seriously. to those of you that believe in God: do you all believe the same thing ?
For instance--do you believe that God is a HE ?
Is He invisible?
Where is He?
How big is He ?
How long has He been ( bean!) in existence ?
Is He bigger than the universe ? or is He inside you ?
Please participate.
richard dawkins revealed that he celebrates christmas on radio four's today programme.. here is is quoted as saying: .
'i am perfectly happy on christmas day to say merry christmas to everybody,' dawkins said.
'i might sing christmas carols - once i was privileged to be invited to kings college, cambridge, for their christmas carols and loved it.
i'm atheist--and cant be bothered with christmas. But my wife loves it--tree decs on in november--loads of prezz for everyone. But then she is Roman Catholic filipina--so what do you expect ?
By the way--Seabreeze --are you in the UK ?
i know there are several threads already on this "new light", but i didn't see one that covered this particular angle.. since the gb seem to have an ulterior motive for everything they do, well beyond their publicly stated reasons, i began to wonder why they would be concerned with pushing back the closing of the window of jesus' judgement.
this is especially puzzling because the doctrine of the start of great tribulation being the final cutoff was one that the gb seemed to especially revel in for so long.
they could hang it over everyone's heads as a looming threat.
whats happened to Easy prompt ?
even elders can be part of the new jw lite brigade these days.
they don’t need to go on door to door anymore and there is no requirement for anything really.. taking meeting parts is all dead easy you could turn up on the day with zero preparation because it’s all in the meeting workbook.. quarterly elders meetings are just old men having a good old natter just like old men do down the pub.. congregations could be likened to pubs or bars these days just without the drinks, those come at other times.. no need for territory maps, these almost went away with covid letter writing now they are extremely slow getting finished as those who still go door to door only do ten mins.. you could even voice your questions these days about things the gb say and then just say “we can’t be dogmatic we just don’t know”.
i predict they will say this about 1914 soon..
Oddly enough--when i got any remaining ties severed--by them--in 1981, i never gave it a thought that it was NOT the truth--just that i didnt want to be a member of it. Its only really since ive been on here over the last 12 years or so, ive come to realise it really isnt the true religion at all. Its just a big business with a few million members.
In my mind--there is no such thing as a real live god--only a long history of men who believed there is.-but that proves nothing--just confirms that man made god to explain what men didnt understand .
i've read on here about connected families within congregations who seem to get all the "privileges".
how likely is an elder's son, or other relative, to rise within the ranks?.
i imagine it's harder to do it that way once you start to ascend the ranks.
I get confused with Simony and sodomy--or do they mean the same thing ? Trying to get up someones arse
