after being brought up a jw, going to mts, bethel, pioneer school multiple times, serving in foreign assignments and having been an elder for decades my conclusion is that i am now pima, physically in mentally agnostic.. agnostic means you think it can’t be proven either way creation or evolution.
i do tend to lean towards evolution but creation at the very start because you can’t get life from dead matter.
but i’m open to the possibility of chance theory at the origin of it all.
Do 'viruses' cause disease?! Very interesting info: https://open.substack.com/pub/christinemasseyfois/p/a-response-to-dr-vernon-coleman?r=2o118d&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
The above response by Massey provides links of Dr. Andrew Kaufman, Dr. Tom Cowan and others.
hello my friends,.
here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.
revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).
Kosy - maybe food shortage/starvation already started within past 3 yrs per some info. I'm sure I could dig up source but too busy -- hope not new normal.
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
Re/above post by Newly Enlightened: Which Board (Reddit or Quora) is defensive/protective of WT? Thanks.
after being brought up a jw, going to mts, bethel, pioneer school multiple times, serving in foreign assignments and having been an elder for decades my conclusion is that i am now pima, physically in mentally agnostic.. agnostic means you think it can’t be proven either way creation or evolution.
i do tend to lean towards evolution but creation at the very start because you can’t get life from dead matter.
but i’m open to the possibility of chance theory at the origin of it all.
my grandmother, an immigrant from austria, was.
two of my aunts, their husbands, both elders, various cousins and two of my sisters are witnesses.
so is my grand uncle.
It won't do any good if they do read it -- they know and have structured the evil system.
now that they no longer have to report hours do they still need a territory guy?
maps?
etc...?.
Teddnzo -- congregations could be likened to pubs or bars these days just without the drinks, those come at other times. Hilarious!
an announcement to all congregations those with legal experience please come and work for free to cover up child abusers.. i mean what else would it be for?.
the cheek of it.. so the direction was always don’t go for advanced education and careers but now they are looking for such ones to give if their time and education for free?.
Longey -- I'm sure the 'worthless religion' would love having a 'fringey' like you back in the ranks contributing in the new tithing program. Hard to believe they hit on the single women for handouts - what a group of misfits. I recall slugs throwing around the term, 'he/she/they don't like to share' their possessions, etc. Parasites had found their religion for prey🙏🏻. Salvation army and respectable charitable orgs had probably tossed them to the curb or they were double-hitting.
so i have an eye out for a couple of the more nefarious jw books from the past.
i look on ebay etsy and others.
i see that the older books are selling for a good price.
First time I noticed RolRod's reply to my post 😂. Great reply Rolrod wherever you are.
an announcement to all congregations those with legal experience please come and work for free to cover up child abusers.. i mean what else would it be for?.
the cheek of it.. so the direction was always don’t go for advanced education and careers but now they are looking for such ones to give if their time and education for free?.
FedUpJW - Love what your father suggested -- that's brilliant!
there has already been much discussion about how the watchtower society has declared in australia that going door to door is part of a personal ministry.
this seems to be a lame attempt to avoid liability considering that they require time reports and have formal meetings for field service at the kingdom hall.. this is a bit of a dilemma.
reporting time and formal meetings for field service are important methods of control, however it's not clear if the organization is willing or able to handle the potential liability that may come from this.. imagine what would happen if they lost these methods of control.
