Posts by BluesBrother

That stuff about shepherding is a joke... I said before, the only message my wife got was to ask if she had a report! ..... I guess really it is a coded way of telling them to get off their a$$ and do it. I heard of an Uber keen elder who is happily decorating his house these days.

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STIR CRAZY please help me covid-19 with religious family

by Wagurl in

hi need some help with the teachings regarding the 4type horsemen and the virus.

i'm 17 going to be 18 in six months.

i am a running start student and trying to find the best way to move out after i graduate next year to continue.

BluesBrother

Individuals in the Witnesses may conclude that the Gt Tribulation is upon us but the Society do not say that. Responsible elders and mature Witnesses refute that. They know that,even according to their beliefs there is a hell of a lot to happen first.

Yes they relate this to the four horsemen of Rev. But they have been riding since 1914 , they say... As the expression goes “Don’t get your knickers in a twist over it”

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Remember the Revelation book?

by wozza in

i recall when it was released ,that's when i was a drone, how excited i felt at the prospect of reading it and formulating ways to sell it at the homes in my area.. i thought, finally a book to explain the last book in the bible and indeed one that the churches seemed to want to leave alone!.

i sold quite a few probably because of my enthusiasm and can still remember clearly the first day when i went knocking on doors with it ,and it's been decades since.. but over time it lost it's shine and my mind started to question the explanations in it due to the scene of other things being changed in the jw beliefs.. do you remember they flogged that book so many times in the book studies even when it was found to have "newer light " eclipsing it!.

who else remembers the printed pages with the official corrections to insert into the book ,so many that the book collapsed to be of no relevance anymore really.....what an embarrassment!.

BluesBrother

I well remember plowing through the "Babylon" book on Tuesday nights back in the day. We met in this little basement flat , the group at that time had some odball characters and tbe rest of us had no great perception of things. The conductor had a hard job with it..

Later on ( 1969/70) we had that other delight "Then Is Finished The Mystery of God" discussing the rest of Revelation. ...

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Why doesn't the wt discuss the real reason many partake?

by nowwhat? in

it has nothing to do about feeling chosen or ruling in heaven, but rather many feel it's a command for all christians, that by partaking you are accepting christ as their saviour!

john 6-.

BluesBrother

Bobcat : I read the links you provided. It seems to me that the WT do frame their arguments well . This is the study WT for internal discussion by believers. They all believe in a Paradise earth and most want to live in it. The writers know their target audience.

An article in a public edition about who should partake would no doubt be different.

Or was that the point you were making and I am too thick to pick it up?

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Why doesn't the wt discuss the real reason many partake?

by nowwhat? in

it has nothing to do about feeling chosen or ruling in heaven, but rather many feel it's a command for all christians, that by partaking you are accepting christ as their saviour!

john 6-.

BluesBrother

I guess there are two answers .

Agreed , Mainstream Christians partake because Jesus said to, and they have no concept of "other sheep" and an earthly hope.

In the dubs, more are partaking because of delusions of grandeur, pride, thinking themselves special or better than the others. If they came in from a church perhaps they never lost their wating to go to heaven.

Whatever, it shows it has nothing to with the H.S. calling them

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How are they handling the memorial this year with the Coronavirus?

by Mandi in

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it’s cognac.

couldn’t sign-in for some reason so i created a new account.

just was wondering what’s going on with the memorial this year cause my kids father wants to have them during that time.

BluesBrother

Hello Cog, nice to see you, hope you are well.

Memorial is to be virtual this year, congs using Zoom to log in from home. Alternatively it will be on their website to watch... No K H meetings.... what a gas !

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This'll put a smile on your face....

by The Fall Guy in

....and you'll think about it every time you hear america singing, "a horse with no name.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4lnc6b4jri.

BluesBrother

Even made this old sober sides laugh out loud 😃

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Special Talks now via video

by AverageJoe1 in

tired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?

well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).

here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.

BluesBrother

“Whose Leadership Can You Trust?”....

Hmmmm. Can they really speak with a clear conscience on that subject ? After all they predicted:

“Millions now Living will Never Die (1920) ....now they are pretty much all dead.

” If you are a young person today you can be sure that you will never grow old” (1969, Awake -quote from memory).........Hey WT, we are getting old!

What they say about governments may be true, but they are no better...

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Unbelievable!

by The Fall Guy in

you gotta listen to the first 60 seconds of the special talk drivel.. you'll immediately see why i've put this under jokes & humour.

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https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodspecialtalk2020/pub-sp-tk20r_1_video.

BluesBrother

They seem to delight in selecting speakers with deadpan expressions and no enthusiasm...

the U k version was a strange old boy, but I would not mock the afflicted.