i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.
the first was a few months ago and the second today.
the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.
A lot depends on the speaker.. If he is one to go by the book he will stick to the printed outline and say little about the deceased. Others include more personal things .
At my time of life I have seen many old friends go, and their memorial services varied enormously.
Make sure you get the right elder to take it.
i'm not talking about armageddon, but a chance for all mankind to "reset" and come together.
just sayin.
i know i'm going to get nailed, but that's ok. i still consider myself a christian..
I am not “ nailing “ anybody but I also contest the viewpoint that America is the be-all-and-everything to the world today. That is the kind of thinking that led the Watchtower astray.
Covid is bad . No argument about that but it does not compare to Spanish Flu or Ebola and we have had worse pandemics in history.
The American disorder is actually local to the North American State. The rest of the world looks on and shrugs while getting on with our own lives.
I too believe that Christ will return some day but I don’t know when , he did not say.
i was cleaning out some old photos etc.
from my mother's stuff and landed on a small box containing 1980-2000 km.
my first thought was to toss it.
Back when we used the “Kingdom ministry “ we always knew that the U.K. edition was different to the US one
for those who think the organization is going more mainstream think again.
so eating a leftover birthday cupcake is as bad a sin as peter betraying jesus!
(see lloyd evans video) .
We need to see the thing .
https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&prefer=content&applanguage=E&locale=en&item=pub-pk_40_VIDEO&docid=1011214
if I were a J W parent there is no way I would let the GB make rules for my kids or speak to them direct by video. That is a parent’s job. What to do with birthdays, how far do you go? That is a matter for conscience and in my experience the dubs can act differently.
i was told that if a jw now gets caught reading or with old jw literature they can get dfed.
i doubt this is true but wanted to know for sure.
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Utter nonsense.. Wiser ones still have a library of old books. Once in a while the new articles refer to old issues....when it suits their purpose
there will be another new generation of watchtower society followers that will be introduced to ''the.
carrot and stick.
'' promise something that will never be attained!.
Yes this study course is designed to rope in the young. Primarily it is to be electronic and interactive. Over 50s don’t like that . Geoff Jackson’s comments on the broadcast were disparaging the older ones.. it is a case of “keep up with the times or fall behind “
we are pleased to inform you that, where possible, the 2021 circuit assembly with the circuit overseer (ca-co) program and the 2021 special meeting with regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionaries program will be broadcast via a product called jw stream–studio.
this product will allow attendees to watch a live stream of their circuit’s programs from their homes.
if this provision will be used in your circuit, the circuit overseer will provide further information to the elders.
My people received a normal e mail link That contained the programme of the Circuit Assembly
the watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.
14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.
think of what just one angel can do!
Divine protection.... even to the most believing dub it is patchy at best. E.g. We read of experiences in Soviet era where key overseers had their lives apparently spared “so the work could continue “ . Others went to the wall. In life today ,can a publisher expect an angel to stop the mouth of an aggressive dog? No.
The idea might give one courage to deal with a situation but practical help.. No it does not exist.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2020/how-to-conduct-a-bible-study-that-leads-to-baptism-part-two/.
i recently came across the above watchtower article which spoke about conducting bible studies which lead to baptism.
it progressed to say that if the bible study instructor does not see growth within the student or the desire to work towards baptism, then the studies should end.
Fat Freak has similar memories to mine. The Truth Book was supposed to be a chapter a week, six month study and if not at meetings by then.....cut them loose. In the Western world however most publishers never did that.
There was one Circuit Overseers wife who was notorious for ending the studies she was invited on, nobody wanted to take her
Since studies have always been like gold dust , why would you stop a good thing. Far better to be indoors chatting on the sofa with a cup of tea than out on the cold doorsteps.
where does one start ?
ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?
because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
Among the Witnesses speculation about what it will be like is always rampant, and fun.
You learn that their are as many views as there are Witnesses with One imagining it as he would like it. They foresee electricity, and many of the comforts we have today all miraculously produced without industry (as we know it) or pollution.
”Jehovah will provide “ ..... is their confident belief.
