after 140 years of preaching and millions of books, magazines, and tracts, all the wtbts has to show is a measly 7 million members.
the mormons, baptists, pentecostals and many other religions have more members without the preaching work.. in your opinion, is 7 million members way too many for all the odd beliefs, doctrines and practices ?
or, should be more members since they have had over 140 years of being in the religion business?.
Remember when the Pew survey of religion in the US came out?
I shared it with a friend at the Hall.
This statement was in the summary:
To which he replied "that only shows that it is the truth." You just can't fight cult-mind when it's so embedded. Sigh.
i`m just curious about the travel arrangements of the g.b.members when they travel overseas to conventions in europe , africa , australia , etc.. is their any verifiable documents /receipts etc.
that prove they stay in the most up market hotels , or fly first class in planes ?, being treated like v.i.p.`s ?.
no human being is exempt from the temptations of abusing his power or position of authourity , especially when big money is involved , and the g.b.
John_Mann: You know, that's a very good observation! Wow!
i`m just curious about the travel arrangements of the g.b.members when they travel overseas to conventions in europe , africa , australia , etc.. is their any verifiable documents /receipts etc.
that prove they stay in the most up market hotels , or fly first class in planes ?, being treated like v.i.p.`s ?.
no human being is exempt from the temptations of abusing his power or position of authourity , especially when big money is involved , and the g.b.
I can't imagine a hard-drinking, hard-fornicating individual like Richard Burton actually "enjoying" a conversation with a cyborg like Knorr....
when there is a natural disaster in the us, we always hear about the wtbt$ rushing in and doing all sorts of repair work for the local jw's and even for "worldly" neighbors.
a zillion examples of this in the katrina hurricane aftermath, various major floods around the country, tornadoes, fires, etc.
on the surface, this sort of charitable assistance appears to me to be one of the few truly loving and charitable things the wtbt$ ever gets involved with, and certainly all the volunteer jw's who work so hard doing this work deserve credit for their efforts.
I personally know of a brother who was pressured by the CO to do this, and so he refused the "help" that was offered, and had the work done by "real" contractors. The CO (Fred "Asshole" Kua) was incredibly pissed about this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvyaa08taou.
Yes. I thought it was quite cheesy (but Rahab was kinda hot...).
okay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
When we had visitors from the UK a few years back, we took them down to Texas and Six Flags. The young son asked me, "Why are they flying all these Chilean flags?"
okay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
Barrold, yes it does. When I was a lad, they did the entire drama on Jericho, complete with family member that was reluctant to stay in Rahab's house because of something or someone she left behind, leaves at the last second, and dies in the collapse of the walls. Did you get it, Dear Brothers? DID YOU GET THE POINT?
so at the convention, one of the talks was about how all people will speak a single language in the new system.
my ears perked up when i heard at the outset "now, we can't be dogmatic about this" because that immediately makes me think that they're backing away from a previously dogmatic stance.
he went on to say that everyone will be speaking hebrew in the new system because "evidently" (another word that gets my ears to perk up these days) that was what was spoken before the languages were confused at bable.
Jah-Vah.
i attended the regional convention (district convention) over the last weekend, and thought i would spend a few minutes putting down some thoughts, for your amusement.
i will bounce around a bit, as my notes and thoughts were a little craaaaazy.. we met at one of the smaller venues on the west coast, with attendance around 7,000.
(28 baptized.... <.04%) we were tied in to the international convention in arlington, tx.. my first thought, only about 2 hours in, was how much this sounded like a plain old sales meeting!
Tech49, I was at the Arlington convention. I think you got short changed by attending the regional convention. Just sayin....
i attended the regional convention (district convention) over the last weekend, and thought i would spend a few minutes putting down some thoughts, for your amusement.
i will bounce around a bit, as my notes and thoughts were a little craaaaazy.. we met at one of the smaller venues on the west coast, with attendance around 7,000.
(28 baptized.... <.04%) we were tied in to the international convention in arlington, tx.. my first thought, only about 2 hours in, was how much this sounded like a plain old sales meeting!
Animal Farm (by George Orwell)
The Seven Commandments:
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed (with sheets)
5. No animal shall drink alcohol (to excess)
6. No animal shall kill any other animal (without cause)
7. All animals are equal (but some animals are more equal than others)
the additions to the original commandments are all in parentheses. They are added during the night, and most of the members of the collective really couldn't remember if the commandments were always that way or not. But, as Comrade Boxer said: "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right!"
