Terry you certainly know how to cut through the fog, very well explained lets hope your summation cuts through to some of those blinded by the false Watchtower history that the Governing Body like to present.
Brilliantly exposed.
in 1925, judge rutherford penned an article of extreme controversy titled the birth of the nation.. the editorial committee (russell had created) would not approve it.. .
ruthford moved swiftly to remove them!
he then hid his massacre cleverly:.
Terry you certainly know how to cut through the fog, very well explained lets hope your summation cuts through to some of those blinded by the false Watchtower history that the Governing Body like to present.
Brilliantly exposed.
i just remembered something from long ago..... i moved to california in 1974 after i had been in "the truth" for 11 years, having full-time pioneered and also having served time in federal prison over the so-called christian neutrality issue.. i felt completely confident that my bible education was the best on planet earth.
i had honed my skills by door to door preaching, discussion, arguments and attendance at the theocratic ministry school.. i began working as an artist in a huge company that manufactured all kinds of art, sculpture and wall hanging.
the head of the artists was a wonderful young man, skilled artist and devout christian who took me under his wing.
I have said it before the Ministry School should be called Selling the Product School it's the place where JWs go to learn how to place the company product and how to overcome objections by becoming part of the company sales team.
It's a sham they tell people that they go to the Kingdom Hall for worship , I don't think so.
i'm watching the 2nd louis theroux visit to the phelps.
i don't feel so well..
How unbalanced does some one have to be before they are sectioned under the the mental health act ?
They have decided who the Anti Christ is well whoop de doop what were these people like before they discovered religion .When they were school chidren were they just normal kids what kind of brain input creates this effect on a person?
what's wrong with you slackers?
huh?
enough with your excuses!!!
Well she obviously stayed alive until 75 but if shes anything like me by the time she gets up the drive and to the front door she might have forgotten whats she's there for.
knock knock ,Who's there ? A little old lady , a little old lady who? I didn't know you could yodell.
with the continual emphasis that the watchtower places on following and trusting the fds and the gb in particular, one can only come to the following conclusion:.
the watchtower (and the jehovah's witnesses) are followers of a cult that worships the fds and the gb!.
essentially everything in the bible refers to the fds/gb.. everyone must listen to and follow what the gb says.. everyone must consume the "rich spiritual food" provided by the fds and the gb!.
How very true they have set themselves up with the most high. They proclaim themselves directed by the one chief director , well two if you count Jesus three if you count Charlie Russell four if count Judge Rutherford and five if you count ------------- oh never mind.
Point is nobody but themselves have done the appointing bit. It's a bit like somebody who walks around claiming to be Napoleon or General Patton. Don't take them seriously just humour them or you will end up as daft as they are. I don't think it's a good idea to follow them down the street marching and singing while they bang on the big base drum seeking attention.
ted dencher wrote a book in 1966 entitled, "why i left jehovah's witnesses.".
one of his chapters is entitled: "effect of anonymity on the mind.".
he points out that the wts goes out of its way to take away jws' individual identities:.
It's unbelievable in this day and age that people still fall for the Watchtower mind control method madness. It must be because people do not realise until it's too late just what they are letting themselves in for.
It is as if the book 1984 had never been written. Maybe a new version should be written called Big Momma is watching you.
a large asteroid is heading for earth... it will destroy the earth.. i would tell my wife, thinks for making my life great.
call my.
daughter that i have not spoke with in 11yrs.
I would seek out as many governing body members as I could and ask them how do they feel knowing that they are about to be destroyed for ever by creation forces
we hear a lot these days about family worship evening, but what is worship?.
is family worship the same as family study?
does study therefore equal worship?.
Good question how do you define worship I think it's to do with content and quality expressed in the way of love of God and fellow man. Also good worship involves saying thank you God for all thats good .
I would say that if it's good worship in a building like a hall associated with main stream christianity for instance take a look at the prayers , hymns or songs, sermons and even the architecture of a magnificant building with it's religious symbols .
However a simple mud hut in Africa can be a place of worship so it might boil down to true love as expressed in the content , practice and method . On the other hand kneeling down in the great outdoors and praying would be classed as worship.
So to sum up perhaps it's to do with content and to me the JWs meetings are more like a product sales get together repeating over and over why they have the best product when in truth they have a faulty product with very little true love for their fellow man.
we hear a lot these days about family worship evening, but what is worship?.
is family worship the same as family study?
does study therefore equal worship?.
The meetings JWs attend do not resemble worship of God in any way whatsoever they are more along the lines of a sales meeting and an instructional gathering on how to recruit to the publishing company. Included in the meeting content of course is the all important emphasis on obediance to the management.
after the horrendous events in japan isn't it time that the human race wakes up to the fact that we are on our own and the sooner we put more effort into discovering how the universe and everything in it really works and get answers as to the how and why the sooner we can look after ourselves because god doesn't appear to be giving us much reason for having faith in him..
After the horrendous events in Japan isn't it time that the human race wakes up to the fact that we are on our own and the sooner we put more effort into discovering how the universe and everything in it really works and get answers as to the how and why the sooner we can look after ourselves because God doesn't appear to be giving us much reason for having faith in him.