did you notice this?
2020 governing body update #5. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/docid-702020307_1_video.
why do they show the black goat in the picture?
Yeah, I saw that and found it striking.
They could have filmed this guy from any room and from any angle, but chose to have a giant black goat's head dominating the frame.
I think "demon worship" is a bit over the top, but it certainly is an odd choice.
i hear that all wt payroll personal in the uk are now in full lockdown/sheilding mode until november..
All US Bethelites have been in full can't-leave-the-compound lockdown since March.
Props for the phrase "WT payroll personnel"
i'm sorry, i didn't see that someone had already posted about this!!.
i just love the special relief packages that are being provided by "the branch" it's such a "loving provision".
funny how they leave out that it's not costing them a dime, but is being given to them, to pass out!.
Yes, the elders are telling the publishers to view these boxes of vegetables as "Jehovah's loving provision"!
Apparently, Jehovah motivated the US Congress and the USDA to act:
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2020/04/17/usda-announces-coronavirus-food-assistance-program
I thought Jehovah didn't get involved in political affairs....no wait, it's that he is using only one organization in all the earth today....no wait, that's not right....give me a sec to figure out how this is "Jehovah's loving provision"....
elections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.
i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.
are we headed towards a dictatorship?
From the "bleedin' obvious" department:
What did Trump start tweeting horse pucky about "delaying elections"?
Here is the reason:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-economy-gdp-report-second-quarter-coronavirus-11596061406
U.S. Economy Contracted at Record Rate Last Quarter; Jobless Claims Rise to 1.43 Million
If everybody is talking about "delaying the election", no one is talking about a 33% drop in GDP, and the primary thing Trump planned to campaign on was the economy.
elections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.
i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.
are we headed towards a dictatorship?
For those of you who won't be triggered or have their eyes melt by reading tweets from a <GASP> UC-Berkely law professor, here is more detailed info:
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1288829827806408704
Short answer: Constitution says the president's & vice-president's term ends on January 20, 2021, If no elections have been held by that point, Speaker of the House assumes role as president.
I.e., options are (1) hold the election or (2) welcome President Pelosi.
I.e., this is just more bluster.
I like this quote from that thread:
He invents a new crisis with the intention of sending everyone into a panic. It works. Every single time. Predictably, people go into a panic spin. Trump pushes your buttons and you respond.
elections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.
i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.
are we headed towards a dictatorship?
Yawn.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/30/trump-suggests-delaying-election-amid-fraud-claims-but-has-no-power-to-do-so.html
Trump has no power to unilaterally delay elections, which were set for the day after the first Monday in November through a mid-19th century law passed by Congress. Since then, it has never changed, said presidential historian Michael Beschloss.
I'd put this fantasy right behind the "if Trump loses he'll refuse to vacate the White House on January 20" one.
i'm new to the forum.
i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.
i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.
We tend happilly to obey humans, accept their weaknesses and injustice but when
it comes to God we become very critical.
I am very critical of any being, be it human or god, who putatively has the power to end the suffering of others yet refuses to do so.
i'm new to the forum.
i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.
i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.
You only need to open your eyes and you will see that everything was made by inteligent life. It's just a different form of life we cannot see or understand.
Who made this intelligent life that we cannot see or understand?
i'm new to the forum.
i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.
i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.
JW never thaught that was done in six literal days. It was actually six days of 7000 years each.
This is interesting.
The "each creative day lasted exactly 7000 years" idea has not appeared in print for over 30 years. It was taught in Gilead classes as recently as 15 years ago, but in any event, it is not at all a current JW teaching. They are now purposely vague about each day's length, and I've even seen printed references accepting the age of the universe as 13-14 billion years.
So our new poster seems to be an "old school" JW, or at least was raised by old school JW parents.
could you guys believe this über borg 'friend' ?.
he says that babylon has fallen because all of the coronavirus restrictions (and the resultant less revenue) are gonna destroy them symbolically.
so he thinks this are the last, of the last, of the last days.
Delusional people say crazy things. The more delusional they are, the crazier their sayings are, as they try to align reality with their beliefs.
