as some of u may know i'm still currently a j-dubbie and i'm enrolled in the tms and i'm starting to prepare for my talk in dec.17.
but my question is .
how has the transfiguration vision been fulfilled?
Hi,
Just tell them that many of the Witnesses that thought the end was near.in Knorr's day,that is Nathan Knorr, well they are now booking into the the Jah Jirah old folks home run by Witnesses and if they want more information log onto their website.Stand back in case of stampede.
Best Wishes,
Edmond.
i have heard several people refer to the society as publishing company in the business.
of selling books and magazines.. i just don't see how this view can be valid considering that i almost never see.
any "voluntary contributions" come in from the door-to-door work.
Hi,
The whole rotten edifice has been built up on sales of Watchtower publications.We were told to push for magazine subscriptions in the early sixties. We were told not to give the product away because the buyer would appreciate them more if there was a monetary value to the books etc.Of course we were not selling we were placing which is the same objective.
Edmond.
allow me to point out that, per the society's regulations, every kingdom hall has a pile of metaphorical dynamite within.
every kingdom hall.
is required to keep judicial files - often going back decades - locked in the kingdom hall.
Around the back of the KH I can just see the smoke rising with bits of charred paper floating on the breeze as the panic sets in when they realise that access to stored information must be made available on request by the individuals who have been besmirched.
"Your name vill also go on zee list;" "name?" "DON'T tell him Pike.!" (British sit. com.Dads' Army)
we've already had a post on this, but there were other interesting comments.. the brother giving the announcements said that there would be a new understanding of jesus' reference to the generation as discussed at the annual meeting.. an elder giving a service meeting part review of different watchtower articles from the current year brought out the new light concerning 1935.. he asks: "when is the sealing of the anounted ones?".
elder answers: "there is no specific date".
later after the meeting, i asked an elder if the new understanding of the remnant now meant that younger people could go to heaven.. he answered with an affirmative "yes" and that we would be getting the new understanding of the generation jesus spoke of in a future 2008 watchtower.. .
This is what you get from a do it yourself relgion .They make it up as they go along.With the boardroom boys calling all the shots how can you take them seriously.
It's all a complete waste of time .What benefit to mankind are they?, answer none whatsoever .They might as well go and platt sawdust.
danny you have been fearless in your exposing jws for the cult they are and the harm they have done and are doing.
keep up the good work.
but please be careful in what you do as this board and recovering xjws need people like you who are fearless in exposing the wt.
After all these years Danny must be feeling suppressed and seeing what he did in the video is a picture of that suppression becoming a flame.
Unfortunately he let the wrong guys have it. The morons at the top who run the excuse for christianity should have been in the firing line and a bucket of cold water would have been more suitable .Danny, in future please chose your weapons carefully remember the pen is mightier than the sword and remember don't take the law into your own hands.You can in law stop them from calling on you.
There is a way to stop the Whacktower and that is by letting the the world know of their stupid practices.
after the sunday culttower study is over, everyone will be expected to preach because the end is soooooooo close!.
[minimus i have added to the title so people can read yor correction.
otherwise i think people might just miss it.
Hi,
All this talk about action by the Borg. reminds of that scene in the film The Battle of Britain when Trevor Howard slowly walks around the quiet radar opperations room where everyone is anticipating, watching and waiting for an enemy attack, waiting for the phones to ring ,when he looks up and says "well they're up to something."
Then all hell breaks loose. Bandits at three o'clock better scramble.
with having so many close to me serve in the armed forces, it only helps me appreciate even more those that serve in them.
i've had 7 uncles and a grandfather serve in the u.s. army, another grandfather in the u.s. navy, my late brother-in-law served for 6 years in the air force right on up to his death earlier this year, and my father also served in the air force in his pre-jw days.. even while being a very devout jw, i still had the utmost respect and appreciation for those serving.
from what i understand after chatting with many of you is that some among us on jwd have entered the military after leaving the religion.
Hi Uzzah,
Keep up the good work.Good on yer as they say around these parts.
i cannot provide any background info on my dad except to say that he is not an attender anymore, but is not apostate.. years ago, my dad showed me why he thought 1975 was wrong, and he gave me a date like 2011, 2012...back in 2004.. it actually made sense to me back then, and obve's posts reminded me of my dad's calculations..... only my dad's calculations were not based on addition or multiplying of random crazy numbers, .
but actually were logical assumptions based on the scriptures as he understood them.. here is his email to me...it might be lengthy, but it is easy to follow and understand.
(sorry for the large font, it was the font he used in the email.
Hi Eclipse,
From what I can gather from what your Dad is saying he has correct understanding of the fact that Jesus would not have used the name Jehovah .
I agree also that Gods' manifestation is found in his creation and that everything apart from that is mankinds' supposition on what God is like which obviously puts human qualities on to the Almighty which may not there in the first place. It seems that the only place to look for God is in nature.
Can you not get your Dad to post on JWD or would that be a step too far?
Edmond.
dear all (especially those in the uk),.
following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.
some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.
Hi,
This topic has always bugged me.Why should the Borg get away without paying taxes,? Their only plea for clemency would be the fact that according to themselves they are spreading their brand of christianity which we know to be questionable to say the least.
According to the Charity Commissions principles a charity must operate for the benefit of those in need of the stated purpose of the charity in question and not for the benefit of the organisors of the charity.We know that the top managers of the Borg live a very comfortable life syle which is funded by their so called charity status of that there is no doubt.
Now it seems to me that it would be very difficult to persuade the Commission that the Watchtower Orgs.' main aim is not the spreading of christianity and therein lies the problem.It depends on how they define it. If challenged It would take years of going through the courts to come up with a ruling.
We know that Watchtower doctrine is harmful and full of error and that they literally get away with murder with blood guilt on their hands.
I suppose if enough of us question the Commission about it at least they might sit up and take notice.
with having so many close to me serve in the armed forces, it only helps me appreciate even more those that serve in them.
i've had 7 uncles and a grandfather serve in the u.s. army, another grandfather in the u.s. navy, my late brother-in-law served for 6 years in the air force right on up to his death earlier this year, and my father also served in the air force in his pre-jw days.. even while being a very devout jw, i still had the utmost respect and appreciation for those serving.
from what i understand after chatting with many of you is that some among us on jwd have entered the military after leaving the religion.
Hi RF
It took me approx. three years after wasting my youth selling product on behalf of Brooklyn Book Club .I never regretted joining the Royal Airforce although during basic training occasionally I thought " what am I doing here?" Especially when the Sergeant yelled at me for not putting enough boot polish on my welts and " IF YOU DROP THAT RIFLE I WANT YOU TO HIT THE FLOOR BEFORE IT DOES",and "IF YOU DON'T SWING THAT ARM I'LL TEAR IT OFF AND HIT YOU WITH THE SOGGY END;" You get my drift.
One of my early doubts about the Witlesses' was based on the fact that one person I knew refused to do National Service and went to prison for it.He then, after coming out of clink ,fell away from the "truth" and it made me think that if a person can leave the Borg. after going to prison for his beliefs he must have had some strong doubts about what he previously believed in.
My parents wished me luck as they waved me goodbye,they were not in the cult, just the opposite they were dead against the Wacktower.
The overaul experience was good although there were moments when as in all walks of life I came across the occasional obnoxious Richard Head.The comradeship was good far better than you ever got from being with the Kingdom Hall Mob and there was a sense of if you had any problems there was always somebody around to help.I was young and single at the time and I think now that every young person should have a couple of years experience in the military even if only part time.
Of course I never expected to get killed it was just something I didn't think about.I did think I was doing something useful which was helping in some small way to the safety of the country, you know what I mean "so everyone can sleep sound in their bed at night." I didn't expect Armageddon to whack me one either.
