i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.
8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.
wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.
This view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a Bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.
Is this no long the case? I was semi listening in to this study but didn't pick up on this if it has changed? They still mentioned that if a sister was in a teaching role , she had to wear a head covering.
since leaving the jws the governing body upgraded their status to being the "faithful & discreet slave".
in a sense, the gb declared themselves the 8 popes of wallkill.
absolute, unquestioning loyalty to the gb has become the central belief of the watchtower and declared the only source of salvation for the "great crowd".. the gb has instructed their followers to believe what they say and only believe what they say.
Those that they call Helpers to the GB would step up.
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let's all open up our crystals to 2 facet 1: 1 - here we lean about how buddha escapes prism.
Thinking about sold kingdom halls around this area, one became an art gallery, one was transformed into a rental house.
Here is a classic example how you can support the advancement of so called false religion, yet I am not allowed to step foot into an op shop that is run by a church to buy a $2 shirt.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/9124458/Witnesses-sell-Elim-buys
well i did it.. i attended the zoom memorial ( in respect for my mum).
it was very strange to say the least.
everyone had bread and wine at their houses.
Stan, nows the time. 7pm it starts.
well i did it.. i attended the zoom memorial ( in respect for my mum).
it was very strange to say the least.
everyone had bread and wine at their houses.
is it tonight
It was last night, Saturday 27th March. We had 132 on our zoom memorial, which is a little more than our average meeting.
most of the witnesses i knew never really talked about sex.
whatever couples did was pretty much kept quiet.
every once in a while a wife might complain to the elders or a friend that the husband is too demanding or even immoral because of the sex practices the husband wanted.
I knew of many teens who I found out later were not that “chaste” but were known for being excellent examples
Yes, totally agree. So many stories I can recall after I joined WT in my early 20s and hanging out with the teenages. Although remaining chaste myself while single. Some of the sexually active young one's got reproved announcements made. Then there were others that openly talked about their teenage sex experiences and nothing was ever done about it. I can relate what happened to me with my first witness girlfriend, we had been close friends for a number of years, then we found ourselves spending almost all our spare time together, just hanging out, doing it all the correct way we had been instructed. Then a single brother moved into our congregation, and within a few days, another brother who was a friend mentioned to me that this new guy was keen on my girl. So 5 days after he told me this i thought I would go around to my friends place to get an update, and who should find in bed under the covers together, none other than this new guy with the girl I had been friends with for so long. A week later she tried to deny everything between them, and I know nothing else happened with them, it was just a quick sexual get together for them. But that was enough of a warning for me.
I do wonder if the witness teenages today are has sexually active as they were in the congregations I was associated with during the 1990s.
i am just curios if the letter about not having unauthorized studies has been announced yet to the congregation?.
i am just wondering if it will opens anyone's eyes.
i sure hope it does.
Cha ching, even pre 2000, pre studying the WT in a group other than your close family, was stopped, for this very same reason. They were worried that there was no control over how deep possible researching beyond the WT study contents could go.
i am just curios if the letter about not having unauthorized studies has been announced yet to the congregation?.
i am just wondering if it will opens anyone's eyes.
i sure hope it does.
Yes, it was briefly announced at our congregation, but only in reference to the days text being done over zoom. We had to many in our congregation joining in each morning and doing a group days text on zoom. That put an instant stop to that little unauthorized meeting.
source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.
this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!
"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.
luckynedpepper
Welcome to this board, your comments above are spot on. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.
source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.
this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!
"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.
The family worship arrangement must almost be going against their own rules. Except that it is approved. Shouldn't it be called family study? The term worship used in connection with any other word that is not Jehovah, gives the wrong meaning as to what is being worshiped.
