if the end is so close as they told me then why?
why did they build all those new buildings up in bethel costed millions first of i wanna know how they can afford i thought they were a none profit so how you end up with millions ?
how can they afford to pay the superentendents (rent them cars , pay there meals , lodging) where does this money come from rent stadiums for assembly's i wana know why those bigshots in bethel drive nice cars when jesus walked and the one time he rode a mule not a horse a mule !
The end isn't near. At least not the "end" the JW's want you to beleive in. At no time in their history have they put stock in their own end time proclamation.
They have built more, amassed more, bought more all the while telling their flock to "simplify."
They'r evil, man. EVIL.
comments you will not hear at the 05-06-07 wt study (march 15, 007, pages 26-30)(resist demons).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
If the demons are reserved under bonds, which are in fact chains and restraints, how in the world do they then possess people? They possessed all kinds
of Jews in Jesus' day, from adolescent to adult. So how effective are the bonds? Also, they harrassed God's angels on the matter of moses' body and the "Prince of Persia"
stopped an angel from reaching Daniel. What the hell are the bonds made of? Are they rubberbands? Or was James talking about things he knew nothing about?
And how de we know for a fact that angels, good or bad, cannot take human form? Where is the scripture? Maybe the WTS is run by demons that disguise themselves as angels
of light.
As for me, leave me a human. Eventually I'll turn into a little pile of dust. All in all, I will have behaved better as a human, with a turd spewing bum and all, much better than these
wonderful god-like spirit creatures ever behaved. Flesh and blood. That is the prize.
forgive me for starting a new thread - apart from the emerging news about child abuse settlements .
but i simply feel that, for all of us who have suffered persecution from the watchtower society, their.
end may now be in sight.
Great post as usual, Met.
I know that there is a core of believers that will never leave the WTS. The question is, are the core believers CONTRIBUTORS? DO THEY GIVE MONEY?
Many congs. are in fact supported by only a few families. World Wide Work contributions are a pittance in most congs. 70 or 80 million bucks a year for
operating costs are not inconsequential. That will eat up a billion dollars in a decade adjusted for inflation. And where is the WTS growing their beleivers today?
In countries where their is a drain in cash. Most of our friends in the congs. are in their 60's because there are NO YOUNGER PEOPLE! They are downsizing for the same reason Ford
and GM are downsizing: they are in trouble. Which is why the "end" is right around the corner.
Hallelujah!
i have been wondering a lot about this lately.
what drives changes to policy and interpretations?
what processes are in place, if any?
Their meassage, if you listen carefully, is not christian. It is Not about love. It is NOT about compassion and caring and forgiveness. Their message is
about survival! Grab the life line! Get in the Ark! We are the only way! Obey us or die! It is selfisness that they teach. That is their product: Selfishness and
paranoia. That's why so many witnesses are so screwed up psychologically. And the GB are most selfish and paranoid of the group. If they really cared about
TRUTH they would have abandoned 1914, the invisible kingdom, the whole 144k literal interpretation, divine appointment. But if they did that, they woulod risk collapse.
And then who would they rule over? That is what they are paranoid about becuase it is themselves and their positions that they worry about.
*** g74 11/8 11 is this the time to have children?
significantly, in the first century jesus christ himself gave an ominous forecast regarding a calamity coming upon judea.
that the armies of roman general cestius gallus encamped around jerusalem, but then withdrew, apparently without any reason for doing so.
There are many childless couples in my congo., but there are many with children as well. The couples without tend to be around my age, the plus 40 crowd. The ones with kids
seems to me were the ones that were teenagers back when the generations explanation went off the reservation. A lot of these have children, though not many have
an education. Of course, the majority of couples I know from my profesional association are either waiting later to have children or have decided to not have children at all. And they aren't
JW's.
here i sit, doing my hubby's study again.
a little creative editing on the part of the revelation writers caught my eye.
we are studying the laodiceans this week.
You are right, JW's DO NOT STUDY eh Bible, they read, regurgitate, repeat the words in a paragraph in one of the Society's books. The Rev. is one of the worst.
I have not been to a Book Study since they started studying again. The seven trumpets my *&^%^&!!!
i for one, would blindly trust just about anyone on this forum, just the fact of knowing that you already were a jw.. does this mean that jw's in general are better people or are we a very close bunch of people?.
The friends I had in high school were much better people than the dub kids that surrounded me. Amd my "worldly" family members have intact first marriages, kids that grew to be
good people. Much better example of what christians should be than my dub family. I think it is something about the JW religion that makes you less then honest. I always
thought it may be the legalism. As long as there is a loop hole in the law, they exploit it, reasoing that it's legal, though not necessarilty moral. They are devoid of spirituality,
since feild service time and meeting attendance is what substitutes for love, kindness, and compassion.
when i looked at the scripture that the "title" faithful and discreet slave is taken from, am i wrong or is it just part of a parable about the the wise slaves ?
is there really any "further" fulfillment of the story, or is it just a parable?.
is the wts just embellishing a story and assigning themselves a leadership role based on nothing at all?
It was simply a parable used by Jesus to drive home the point that every follower of his would be accountable for his actions, just like any slave of their day would
be accountable to his master for his actions. It wasn't the first or last parable he would use involving slaves or the teaching of personal accountability. The WTS used to teach
that CT Russell was the "faithful servant." Lokk aroung the site. There are many threads on this topic.
Welcome!
apparently they were getting a pass on water and sewer bills over the years from the city of new york.. i came across the following today.. .
matter of brooklyn assembly halls of jehovah's witnesses, inc. v department of envtl.
prudenti, p.j., fisher, carni and mccarthy, jj., concur.
My first reaction, prior to reading all the responses, was:
What the hell are the flock's donation money appealling a measely water and sewer bill?
I can see Gary beat me to it.
These guys are shameful. I am ashamed I ever supported them.
you kind of get to a point where you know all the answers when you are a jw.
you don't really have to research much more because its the same stuff they present over and over again.
"jehovah's reminders" but i kind of looked forward to new light.
"The whole "new light" concept was the borg's way of covering up the fact that they had no idea what the hell they were talking about."
Exactly!!!!!!
