now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?
has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.
Brown nosing "a person who tries to please (esp. one's boss) so much that their nose turns brown from kissing their ass." https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown-noser
shithead "A person that has no consideration for another persons feelings because he/she was born with shit in their head instead of brains.https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shithead
rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.
he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.
only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..
Actually, the talk was first titled "That same month, on February 24 (1918), Brother Rutherford, the newly elected president of the Watch Tower Society, spoke in the United States at Temple Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. His subject was a startling one: “The World Has Ended—Millions Now Living May Never Die.” (Why did it change to WILL?) https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/1925.php
rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.
he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.
only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..
No more, in '34...my husband made that up. 1914 + 120 year warning to the people before the flood, 2034, 10 years...just a joke.
I brought this up in 2004, https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/65453/comments-you-will-hear-1-25-04-wt-study
Only 120 years
more and Jehovah would bring "the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force of life is active from under the heavens."?Genesis 6:17
2490 ? 120 years = 2370 BC (Date of flood per WTS)
1914 + 90 years = 2004 AD (today)
1914 + 120 years = 2034 AD
like the one in tennessee, this one in maddison, wi, was done be a female.
the police chief points out that: .
“yes, i don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not, and quite frankly, i don’t think that’s even important.
Motorcyles don't have the ability to kill many people at the same time, more danger to the driver too. Either way, a sad event.
rethinking wt charity status in canada.. .
https://avoidjw.org/news/canada-rethinking-charity-status-project-straight-arrow/ .
Vidiot, I share your attention span.
as we live in the last hour of 2024, i want to wish all of you a happy new year.
all of us have come a long way.
we have faced the dragon and spit in his face.
I've been out for 23 almost 24 years. I have even forgotten the names of most of them, have to struggle with a little help from my ex-jw husband. The WTS has taught that df'd people are like dead people, and those that just stop going are a spiritual danger to jws.
are convention dramas still a thing or have these been replaced by videos of dramas recorded in the usa?.
Dramas changed over time.
One per district conventions (held in same venue at different times), different cast, homemade costumes mostly, supposed jws with good standing, right
Then very fancy sewn professionally costumes, with clothing props like shoewear and weapons. The elite among jws (those with money for costly costumes), took much time away from preaching for rehearsal and lip syncing.
Then one cast for several conventions. It became a status thing to be chosen.
Then technology came to be used, for films, only one cast (supposedly more experienced at acting) for all conventions in the US. Not sure how in other countries. So even more an elite group.
Very few,, current day situations, once again teaching jws to be like the Israelites or not, not like Jesus.
the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.
george.
I think member numbers does not really reflect the true amount of effort jws spend in "effective" preaching. One reason the WTS last September was pushing the "bible study" program. Or the quality of the members as to really reflecting their god's principles, including Jesus' human one. I gauge that I what I saw jw individuals actually said, in cases behind the closed doors. Do other religions do this, I wouldn't be surprised. The WTS has long said that numbers were not an indicator of a religion being the true one. They have changed their tune. (Of note, the WTS put forth a media link to this report. Something I haven't seen done except in recent years)
This was posted on Google News on 12-30-2024
https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2024-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/
leah remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good.
she is working on a new one.. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-reminis-next-aande-project-to-tackle-jehovahs-witness/ar-aaxeni9?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 .
Leah Remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good. She is working on a new one.
i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.
i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.
The "blood" card was updated at one point, so current jws at that time were "encouraged "to get the new one throw away the old one. But not required returned from d'fd by elders. Meeting Workbook January 2024 Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) Card and Identity Card (ic): These cards outline a patient’s wishes concerning the medical use of blood. Baptized publishers can obtain from the literature servant a DPA card for themselves as well as an Identity Card for their minor children. These cards should be kept on our person at all times. If you need to fill one out or update one, do not procrastinate."
2016https://www.jwfacts.com/pdf/blood-2016-Medical-Directive-dpa-E.pdf This 2016 one seems to be the most current. Because the WTS has constantly "adjusted" this document, the WTS wants the individual jw to have the most current, so the medical/legal community is not "confused" and everyone is on the same page, and destroy the old one. Does anyone remember when new cards were handed out at the old book study (small groups) and fill it out there and have the conductor sign it? WTS taking control of having it done.
If now accepting blood transfusions, give document to doctor, hospital, and any place you gave your old HC-POA. Experience from here on JWN: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/95897/elders-will-notified-will-find-you-hospital
