regarding the poster from jw headquarters, who claimed that the gb would eventually loosen the rules regarding sex.
the question is, is there really a bible rule explicitly prohibiting sex without marriage?
because this would be the only possible reason why loosening those rules would even come up in a discussion.
St George of England10 hours agoI vaguely remember a situation many years ago in a country where divorce was not allowed.
probably the Philippines:
there is no divorce in the Philis ( between pinoy husband and pinay wife. Its different if one party is a foreigner )
there are a lot of JWs there.
while having my first strong black coffee of the day, i was thinking about what may be to come next as the org.
rapidly goes mainstream, and this is what i came up with :.
1) they will introduce for sunday, the after meeting fellowship, a time for just chatting but with the added bonus of coffee and snacks.
sod the after meeting coffee--lets have a licensed bar!
like a private members club--cheap booze .
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
why did the org pay an outside consultancy (if true ) to show them where they have gone wrong ?...
we could have shown them-for free.
and visible tattoos ?
because of some respect for family members, we visited the memorial today.. a moment i always think, could i go back into this religion?
we entered the hall and some said a short hello.
and with short i say short.
who wouldnt look miserable--an extra meeting that week.
no matter what opinions you may have, the memorial is very important to us.
many are opposed to the way the organization performs the memorial because of restrictive rules as to who should partake.
as jesus said in scripture, "keep doing this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
drinking blood eh ?
i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.
the org.
has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?
i wonder if they will stop counting numbers ? This business of ticking a box each month to say " i did some witnessing " is a bit hit and miss--isnt it ?
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
JW Organs?
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
they should definitely dump the word WATCHTOWER. Lose the prison camp connotation.
It will be easy enough now there are hardly any magazines being printed.
better--?
