a question for those still attending i guess but are all these new jw.telemuppet.org broadcasts advertised to the the rank and file or is it more of a background thing?.
i'm wondering because i just can't believe my 70 year old die-hard jw mum would ever see them if she wasn't sat down in front of a screen and someone clicked 'play' for her.
i really want her to see the wizards behind the curtain.
I get weird looks when I tell anyone that I haven't watched the latest one. They look at me like I have three heads. I always get the same line, "It was so upbuilding!"
In truth, I haven't seen any since the May broadcast, but I've only admitted that to one elder.
http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.
i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.
it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.
We had a special pioneer in my congregation growing up that had long since stopped meeting the hour requirements for special pioneers, but was allowed to keep the title of special pioneer due to her age. This allowed her to continue to receive a stipend. They also allow long time elderly Bethel workers to stay on at Bethel. In both cases, while not calling it "retirement", it is essentially the same thing and it is an ongoing expense.
I would imagine that elderly COs are given a similar stipend once they hit the max age.
hi folks... i was playing a tiny online ipad multiplayer war game last night and one started a dialogue with a another player i was attacking.
in it he quoted a scripture.. and it turns out he he is a 25 year serving jw.
possibly an elder... well.. i spent 6 hours tapping away with one finger in the chat box until 8am this morning with him about all the issues on sex abuse, the money grab and most importantly the subject of jesus turning his attention to the earth and selecting the then bibles students as his one and only people based on what they were teaching (spiritual food) back then.. he knows nothing about any of the current and historic child sex abuse cases (never heard of candice conti etc) and even less about the insane early teachings or russell etc.. i completely blew his mind in our 6 hour text chat not to mention my index finger nearly falling off!.
@Fink,
In that same article they state:
“Appointed over his domestics”: In 1919, Jesus selected capable anointed brothers to be his faithful and discreet slave
Unfortunately your argument won't fly. They claim that they are appointed over the domestics (JWs) but not over his belongings (heavenly authority).
hi folks... i was playing a tiny online ipad multiplayer war game last night and one started a dialogue with a another player i was attacking.
in it he quoted a scripture.. and it turns out he he is a 25 year serving jw.
possibly an elder... well.. i spent 6 hours tapping away with one finger in the chat box until 8am this morning with him about all the issues on sex abuse, the money grab and most importantly the subject of jesus turning his attention to the earth and selecting the then bibles students as his one and only people based on what they were teaching (spiritual food) back then.. he knows nothing about any of the current and historic child sex abuse cases (never heard of candice conti etc) and even less about the insane early teachings or russell etc.. i completely blew his mind in our 6 hour text chat not to mention my index finger nearly falling off!.
Current teaching is that they were selected in 1919, not 1918. See the QFR in the 11/15/14 WT. One thing to point out in that QFR is that the "42 months" is taken as a literal length of time yet the 3.5 days is figurative. Both time-frames are part of the same prophecy. Makes no sense.
As others have mentioned, you can use JWFacts to find a lot of info. For the 1918/1919 debate, you can point to 607 not being the year that Jerusalem was destroyed. That messes up their entire timeline. See this article to prove it from WT literature.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
so i was seating at the meeting this past sunday.
the latest wt article to be studied speaks of "using our imagination" to think about the blessings of the kingdom.
the whole study was centered around how we can, and should, spent time visualizing ourselves in the new world, working along with our brothers.
hitchhiking robot embarking on coast-to-coast tour across u.s.. .
did you hear that, honey?
i dont have time for tv!
and money wasn't an issue, what would it be?
warning: this is rather lengthy.
i thought i would post this information that i took with me to my judicial committee.
the elders promised that we would talk about everything that was bothering me, yet, we ended up talking about less than 10% of it.
have you ever noticed that know one uses first names at the kh?
it is how are you brother jones?
how are you sister smith?
