so chatter on the net and in coffee shops suggests lots of speculation about the re-emergence of russia as the king of the north.
does this political situation give the gb a golden opportunity to simply let speculation about prophecy fly and keep people distracted from the fact that nothing they have prophecied has actually come true?.
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Jehovah's Witnesses eagerly look forward to the total annihilation of over 6 billion people who have rejected Watchtower literature.
Every time an international incident hits the news JW's get all excited and hope they will get the biggest house in town to claim as their own after God murders the legal owners.
just been doing a clear out and found all my old public talk outlines and notes.
just ripped them up and threw them away.
felt really good.
It's a good thing you didn't try to burn them.
They won't no matter how many gallons of gasoline you douse them with.
apparently there are anointed members of god's earthy organization, or the jehova's christian witness church.
my understanding of this is that those select few appointed by holy spirit directed by he who is above will rule over the other sheep with the jesus in heaven.
their biblical proof of this is supposedly in the acts of the apostles and the last book, the revelation.
There are no Jehovah's Witnesses who meet the criteria at Romans chapter 8.
Any that were ahve already made their exit from the Jehovah's Witnesses and are now loaylly serving Jesus.
The Watchtower's anointed is a sham based on lies.
in harmony with acts 6:1-7, what is the gb giving back to the r&f?
the post about the cos being retired and recent wt articles about caring for older ones made me think.
the gb is doing everything to cut costs while at the same time asking for more sacrifices.
The Governing Body gives back guilt trips, demands absolute obedience to them disguised as loyalty to Geehova and spritual death to any JW who sees through their scam.
have been out of touch for a while, i see that there is an 'international' convention this year in landover, md (fed ex field) and there are no english conventions in either richmond or hampton, va. what is an 'international convention', is it merely a consolidation of all the other conventions meant to whip up some fervor amongst the masses?.
Enjoying a week at the beach is much more appealing without having to listen to hour after hour of bullshit about the faithful slave.
for the new members and guests viewing posts, can we summarise the basics of disclosed watchtower scandals that have happened and come to light.for the sake of the reader, can we have a brief summary and a secular source for the information, or a direct quote from the literature please.. .
owning a military company.. the watchtower accepted, owned and managed the largest shares in a military navy company.
funded by naval investment, the company was building diesel engines for navy pilotless drones and other vehicles.
You will not convince JW's with any of that.
If they swallowed the BS at the 2012 Annual Meeting that when the GB meets they are the faithful and discreet slave nothing will convince them that the Watchtower Society is a sham.
so i havent been to a meeting in some time and my wife decided we should go.
we showed up late, i was love bombed by an elder with a man-hug where i felt i was made a spectacle of.
moving on.
I'm sorry to bust your Watchtower induced bubble, Rattigan but you don't get a second chance to reject Jesus in the Watchtower's paradise earth fanatsy.
There is no paradise earth. During Christ's 1,000 year reign no one will be resurrected. The first resurrection will have already taken place and armageddon survivivors will live under Christ's rule in great conditions but still no paradise earth because people will still die according to Isaiah 65:20.
Paradise is in heaven according to 2 Corinthians 12:2-4.
The second resurrection is a resurrection to judgement, not life according to John 5:29.
The Watchtower lied.
7 years ago i started on a path i had long ago given up on as impossible.
i met with my elders and told them i could not justify carrying on as a jw.
i went and got my high school qualifications and my higher education diploma (a levels with distinction) in just 12 months.
Congratulations!
But, the new system got here two years ago so your services will not be needed beacuse the faithful slave is healing and forgiving everyone who survived the armageddon carnage.
Enclosed, you will find your temporary work assignment which will put your medical skills to use.
You have been assigned to help Brother Macabre sort and separate armageddon victimes by size so they can be stacked neatly in mass graves.
Again, congratulations on forsaking Geehova for 6 years, ignoring the more important things such as attending the weekly sales seminars and hawking books for the slave.
if you knocked at the front door of bethel saying, 'i'm looking for an honest man', would they let you in?.
ROFL
did my baptism include "you will preach and accept any change, big or small, or we can call you an apostate?".
meaning, has anyone, or could anyone opt out of the org when they make changes that you did not originally agree to when you were baptized as a jw?.
i have basically refused to go out in service or support the org (with money or in the rbc) and i have a real hard time even conjuring up an answer at any meeting because of the 8 man "body " that put itself in power.
Your baptism talk included a question that you had to provide a "Yes!" answer to in order to get yourself dunked.
According to the footnote on page in the April 15, 1987 Watchtower article "Gaining Peace With God Through Dedication and Baptism" your "yes" answer indicated that you had FULL COMPREHENSION of what is involved in coming into INTIMATE relationship with God and his earthly organization.
You can leave but you will get shunned even if you don't DA or get DF'd.
The cult had an army of lawyers draw up the baptismal questions so that they can enforce shunning if a rank & file member figures out it is BS and decides to maake an exit.
You are screwed if you open your mouth.
The best way out is to fade and feign depression or an illness such as fibromyalgia when you encounter the thought police and they encourage you to return to the vomit.
