folks: regarding all the recent changes about dis-fellowshipping and time for re-instatement.
(and, even speaking to persons who are dis-fellowshpped.
) back in 1972, a new book was released at the summer district convention, that replaced the yellow-colored "lamp": book.
Yes, Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry, a drab olive green colour.
The '74 change was due to Ray Franz, the lightening up, more humane view. It's in CoC.
Then after he resigned and was hunted down and DFed for "apostasy", the hardliners under Ted Jaracz, as you put it, "reversed the policy/thought" of being humane.
Now the current GB, under pressure from Caesar, have jettisoned Jaracz and his ways, especially after dumping Tony Morris, evidently the final holdout from the old school.
i am sure we were all shocked at the governing body update #2 with the unusual and impulsive changes set forth.. i am an insider at whq, and when i was on reddit and in communication with avoidjw i explained to the best of my ability that the approach on disfellowshipping was going to change based on the new light at the 2023 agm, that the jubilee rumor was false, and there were going to be changes on how jws approached disfellowshipping in response to the norway situation if it didn't turn out in watchtower's favor.
the decision came because of a legal blow to watchtower, not because "holy spirit" wad directing a faithful slave, who is going to become the "evil slave", more explanation on this soon.. everything i stated came true.
i left reddit exjw community due to the immature and mentally unstable nature there, and yet as has been the case my words came true.
Already on Reddit I'm gaining much attention
This speaks volumes. resetter2 wants attention. Believe him/her at your own risk.
it took them much longer than expected, but all the wt chorus videos in which he was a member have been removed from the music videos section.
interestingly the audio version of song 141 in which he sings, as well as even his solos like song number 127 all remain, but as we know appearance is all that matters.
also of course his role in the drama "these words must be on your heart" can't be easily fixed but that's less of a problem as he was playing a 'bad guy' to begin with..
Thx, Listener. Now I see the ID. It is a common name.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ap8kcp/robert_hendricks_removed robert hendricks removed?.
any info would be appreciated..
Thanks Mike. Can you provide any details such as why, how he fell into disfavor, etc? Your source for confirmation?
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ap8kcp/robert_hendricks_removed robert hendricks removed?.
any info would be appreciated..
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ap8kcp/robert_hendricks_removed Robert Hendricks Removed?
Any info would be appreciated.
it took them much longer than expected, but all the wt chorus videos in which he was a member have been removed from the music videos section.
interestingly the audio version of song 141 in which he sings, as well as even his solos like song number 127 all remain, but as we know appearance is all that matters.
also of course his role in the drama "these words must be on your heart" can't be easily fixed but that's less of a problem as he was playing a 'bad guy' to begin with..
Excuse my ignorance but who is this Nicolas King? The name is common enough. There's the Hollywood actor who died in 2012 and another chap with that name who's a Catholic Bible translator, but obviously the one here must be some well-known Witness. Anybody want help out here?
hi does any body know if the watchtower are printing any new awakes etc as these past 8 months or so i have had magazines from four different carts from four different towns 100s of miles apart and the most recent magazines that they all had were from 2021..
Don't you think that the current GB has found it (1) easier to publish less since they are so limited mentally and (2) much cheaper not to have all those presses, press operators, delivery trucks, and so on?
Then, of course, they have made themselves celebrities to a far greater degree than GB I ever did by means all this video stuff they're constantly churning out. They seem to like that. I doubt that GB I members would have, just like GB I would never have constantly told the flock, "we love you" ad nauseum.
the story of judas iscariot in the gospels provides the reader with a fascinating picture of how the plot and details of the narratives were gleaned from the ot and embellished in different ways.
the evangelists and the tradents that preceded them looked to the ot (and other affiliated literature) for information on what happened to jesus, employing a haggadaic method of biblical interpretation similar to how rabbis and authors of pseudepigraphs in the second temple era expanded the brief stories of the patriarchs in genesis with reams of new detail and legendary episodes -- through the means of exegesis aimed to penetrate beyond a plain reading of the text to "fill in the blanks" of what must have happened.
the authors of the gospels also scoured through the ot to discover what was supposed to happen to jesus and wrote their stories accordingly.
P.P.,
Now I see that your P.S. was not "Postscript" after your fist paragraph, but PioneerSchmioneer. Sorry that I missed that!
Yeah, Loelaia is sorely missed. So many of the early group of posters here have gone on.
i’m sure this has been covered in the past but there are a lot of videos appearing lately bringing this up again.. this chap phoned bethel in london about it and as soon as he said song book the service desk said i’m hanging up now.
they obviously know about it.. https://youtu.be/0dn-gj73r5u?si=ao4cd-0rpg7rv3ws.
so was there some pimos in the art department or was it more sinister and this organisation wanted to but pedo messages on the song book a bit like the demonic hand in the rev book?.
I guess some copies of Darek Barefoot's book have become available again?
https://www.amazon.com/Jehovahs-Witnesses-hour-darkness-subversion/dp/B0006P20PM
Also, 2 years ago JWD member Corney provided this link to an academic review of the book. The author has corresponded with Barefoot, so at the end there is more info about him: https://www.academicpublishing.co/uploads/1/3/5/3/135306095/wjcs_1_2_4.pdf.
the story of judas iscariot in the gospels provides the reader with a fascinating picture of how the plot and details of the narratives were gleaned from the ot and embellished in different ways.
the evangelists and the tradents that preceded them looked to the ot (and other affiliated literature) for information on what happened to jesus, employing a haggadaic method of biblical interpretation similar to how rabbis and authors of pseudepigraphs in the second temple era expanded the brief stories of the patriarchs in genesis with reams of new detail and legendary episodes -- through the means of exegesis aimed to penetrate beyond a plain reading of the text to "fill in the blanks" of what must have happened.
the authors of the gospels also scoured through the ot to discover what was supposed to happen to jesus and wrote their stories accordingly.
PP,
Well, I didn't mean to disappoint you or anyone. Judas Iscariot is not been of much interest to me over the years, so I have not particularly pursued scholarship on him or the issues he represents. We all make decisions, whether fully conscious or not (or just from what crosses our path), regarding how we will spend our time researching things. My limited time just does not include this topic, nor likely will it. Sorry that I have little to contribute on the subject.
I love learning too, but we all have our limits as to time spent on anything.
