i’ve been invited to the dedication at chelmsford.. it’s crazy here, several thousand ex bethelites here for lots of events.
all hotels booked.
big marquee.
All congregations in the British branch area are to cancel the scheduled meeting this weekend and zoom into the Branch dedication event . It promises to be a 3 hour bladder marathon.
I am not looking forward to it . I am saddened by the razzmatazz that ExBethelite describes, sounds tacky and cheap . Any early updates would be appreciated, and a photo of that “courtroom”?
i was reading a bart ehrman book, .
armageddon: what the bible really says about the end.
no, i won't bore you with complicated various theories i was reading.
Yes, it was just as soon when I was a lad in the ‘50s … I knew old ones then who had expected it decades earlier and Russell and his mates expected it in 1914 … we are still waiting.
I do agree with OTWO that the doctrine of the JW is a very material paradise . The ore recent videos they have made show this very clearly .
the watchtower characterizes christians not affiliated with the watchtower corporation as vomit eaters and filthy whores: .
“how well they pictured the spiritual drunkards of christendom at the present time!
besides actual wine and intoxicating liquors, there are other things to intoxicate the priests and preachers in christendom so as to induce drowsiness in them, to make them reel, to confuse things before their religious vision, to induce them to belch out the vomit of spiritually filthy things” - w59 3/1 pp.
Yes they did bring persecution on themselves by such things. However , that Watchtower was 1959 . That is 65 years ago . They have changed the tone of their message since then .
quote from that world wide resolution: .
that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.
this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.
I think I remember this. As a teenager I was present at Twickenham when we did a resolution. The wording was so long and complicated that I lost the plot completely. At the end the speaker said “ All those in agreement shout ‘ Aye’” . So I shouted but had no idea what I was resolving to do…..
how many of you bought a nice sedan, suv, or even a minivan back in the days that you described as your "armageddon car" that you would care for and it would last until the end arrived?.
i was driving a 1974 plymouth volare wagon in 1992 when i managed to get an 8-year old buick century.
it was low mileage and had a very luxurious interior.
Great article that….one to show any 1975 deniers.
I never had an Armageddon car but I had Armageddon dental treatment. It was spring 1975 and I came home from the dentist and told my wife.. “ Well, that is the last time I shall ever have to go to the dentist! “
She gave me a withering look, as females can, and said that I should not be so sure about that. Of course she was right , as usual.
2024-05-may-03-announcement.
https://pdfupload.io/docs/faad3e3dtranscripts for 2024 governing body update #3englishhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/ce4ae1d8germanhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/3bf805be spanishhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/a4e3fd3b frenchhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/d37d5822 russianhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/71fe8f28 grandpa!
They use this illustration:-
“ To illustrate, imagine you were invited to a formal reception with government officials. How would you dress? Would you wear your pyjamas or something you would wear to the beach? Definitely not! We would want to dress in a way that showed respect for the occasion and for those present. How much more so when we worship Jehovah at the meetings”
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If that is the case , surely they should wear a collar and tie?
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2024-05-may-s-147-dress and grooming-announcements and reminders!.
https://pdfupload.io/docs/4d0d5bcf.
grandpa!.
While attempting to relax the code they are now having to make more rules …
I wonder why the detailed info was to elders only , not those who have to decide what to wear ? Passing the buck ?
It is all too silly for words.
why does it matter whether or not the end of the world ( (armageddon) is near?
if it was next week, next year, next decade, next century?
what is to be gained by knowing how close or far it is?
What matters is not what God will or will not do…. but the credibility of the WTS . They have been proclaiming the imminent end since the turn of the 19th/20th century, they have fixed on dates that have proven false … all the while insisting that their statements are “ spirit directed “ .
The result has been that generations of followers failed to plan for a future or get any further education.
They are proven to be false prophets , little better than William Miller and other failed Adventists.
there are assignments on the life and ministry school now where they are suggested to just talk to people without giving a witness.. they are supposed to practice starting conversations with strangers and listening to them to talk about whatever they want to talk about .
there is an assignment this week where the conversation ends without giving a witness.
jws don’t look like jws anymore and now they don’t actually preach.. you could get bearded men with sweaters or other such tops and women in pants or slacks coming upto you in the park or on the street and starting a conversation with you.. then you hear them listening to you and talking about whatever they think that you wanted to talk about .
I just had to have a look at this… here is the assignment from the workbook for w/e May 5.
(2 min.) INFORMAL WITNESSING. The conversation concludes before you can give a witness. (lmd lesson 1 point 4)
my father was a member of the widnes kingdom hall and we are trying to find his old friends who use to go to the kingdom hall in widnes.
his friends would have known him as ken mckie.
my father is now in a nursing home due to his health issues kenneth mckie had many friends in the widnes kingdom hall and lost there contact .
I am sorry to hear of your father’s circumstances, I cannot help , not being from that part of the world . We need to make clear that this site is not frequented by active Wiitnesses , rather those on the opposite side of the fence .
I know of an online community off active ones called JW Talk , or there may be social media groups
Best wishes ….
