this is truly terrible.
i just love the statement "instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth.
" in other words, utterly disregard the deceased.
It just goes to show how little the organisation genuinely cares for people. The outline states: "Doctrinal points can be presented as beliefs of the deceased."
In other words; the Organisation will exploit whatever situation it can in order to push its sales message. It only cares about itself and any seeming appearance of love is feigned in order to achieve it's own agenda.
DK
is it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.
anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.
this is the number.
The watchtower study edition is the organisation's primary brain-washing tool. So, of course, the language and phrasing used will be whatever they deem necessary in order to achieve their manipulatory ends.
So yes the study edition will noticably have language that appears more vitriolic and crazier to what is normally included in literature designed for public consumption. Note: the brain-washing / predatory reasoning in the organisations public literature is very subtle so it doesn't come across as harsh and as crazy at first glance, but it's still there.
this is not a prophesy, folks, but rather a train of thought to pursue about the organization, especially in light of its recent legal problems.. could the magazines collapse?
the watchtower is published in 188 languages?
and the awake a rather huge number as well?.
Just as JW's of today are mostly unrecognizable from the Bible students of 100 years ago, the Watch Tower religion and cult will probably still be around in 100 yrs time although it will also be vastly different from the Watch Tower religion and cult of today.
mika nakashima - find the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-9uat_cjzo.
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Hi Possible,
Thanks for posting Find the Way. It's a great song. Unfortunately I don't post much here at all but if I had seen your other posts I probably would have spoken up sooner :-)
DK
mika nakashima - find the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-9uat_cjzo.
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I Mika. Always have, always will :)
Yuki No Hana is still my fave.
DK
no not about the blood issue, though i would say yes to that.. what i'm talking about is in regard to the preaching work.
i recently commented on a thread that i thought field service was an inconvenient necessity when you are a witness.
many active ones probably feel the same way today, as it is their ticket to paradise earth.
Two words: Free Labour
When i was a kid, me and all the other JW kids used to laugh at the picture on the inside of the song book! Anybody find that pic funny as a kid? It's just so comical how they have their mouths open like that!
But at least we know there were only 2 of each kind.
OK I have to throw my two bob in here.
I personally thought the game was enthralling and had a lot of trouble keeping away from the telly while it was on.
After watching this game I'm pretty convinced Australia has definitely lost the edge it has held in world cricket for so many years. I thought the India series was an anomaly and the Aussies would bounce back more aggressively than ever. But I was wrong. Just as India did, South Africa exposed Australia's lack of bowling depth. Australia's batting, while satisfactory and should've have been enough to win the test, was no where near as dominant as it used to be.
But to be fair, although technically SA won by 6 wickets,taking into account their very long batting tail, it was in practice more like a 2 wicket win. In other words SA just scraped through. But probs to the SA batsmen. They remained calm under pressure and that won them the game.
Bring on the Boxing day test!!
DK
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/jehovahs-witness-jailed-for-molesting-boys/2008/11/27/1227491709541.html
"The guilt of the parents for allowing a fellow member of their church to defile their sons is palpable."
I thought that was a really interesting quote from the judge.
But what I want to know is in what way were the parents negligent? What were the signs that there sons were being abused. Did they suspect and do nothing?
