i am always a little pi***d when i see jw illustrations showing lions and tigers in the close vacinity of samll children, lambs and other meaty treats with no safety barriers.
[why this is paradise is beyound me - these anaimals smell].. so if we assume an intelligent creator, why would he create large meat eating preditors if he really ment them to eat grass?
every thing about their make up is about specialistation, from teeth, to jaws, to how their stomachs work.
Phineas T. Barnum was a legendary figure of the 19th century who was known for his great showmanship, including the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
At one point in time, P.T. Barnum had an exhibition of fierce jungle cats, and all of them lying down together with a single lamb. In a way, it was kind of a preview of the fulfillment of the passage from Isaiah.
When asked how it worked out, Barnum said it was fine, as long as he didn't run out of lambs.
Eyeslice
while surfing e-watchman's paradise forum, i clicked on one of the topics i never go to, "our meetings & assemblies" and found an interesting post on the wt bleeding financially.. it was posted 3 months ago.. http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/viewtopic.php?t=2888&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0.
in my neck of the woods (which shall remain anonymous) the do and co have been circulating the rumour that the watchtower society is in financial straights and is being bled dry.
this must be very pressing.
I just can't see that they are hurting financially. The model is such as they just can't lose money - they might not be making so much - hence the down sizing. Eyeslice
do you think that any dub would ever go into field service if they didnt have to record hours of service?
i dont believe it at all.
in fact, you could see that everything they do is because there is some sort of record keeping behind it, i.e.
Some would, some wouldn't.
Even amoungst the witnesses it is generally acknowledged that housing to house witnessing is not a 'natural work'. In other words to be faithful to Jehovah we have to put aside our natural tendancies of shyness, fear of rejection, etc. Yes, a few like the field service but these are not the 'norm'.
Another, point, if there was no field service record keeping, they would find it difficult to appoint MS and elders. I no of no appointment that was ever made without having first examined a field service record. No matter how Christian the brother was, our body of elders always expected 10 hour plus before appointing as an elder, more like 12 to 14 hours if the brother had a family study (i.e. 10 hours minus 4 hours for family study = not such a good an example.)
Eyeslice
so study of the new brochure- keep on the watch started this week pretty much world-wide.
this is from page 1. .
note the religious scene comment...it says .
I agree with FairMind; the simplistic study material forced on the rank and file is an insult to the intelligence.
Eyeslice
i have read in here a few post, and would expect to see these kind of post.
where people hope the religion will end some day and perhaps then all that has happened as a former witness to us, will be stopped and the witnesses will see the error of their ways and life will be good again.
i never think they will end, and here are some reasons why i think this way.. third world countries thinking.
Also, there are also lots of people who love enforcing the rules and laws of the witnesses.
So as long as there are people who want the comfort of a rules based religion and sufficient people to enforce them, the relgion will live on.
Eyeslice
the local needs talk on thursday discussed a few different things, according to my mom.
but the one that stood out most was that he announced that based on the new book, the elders will be checking on those that have not been associating with the congregation for some time.
they will ask, "do you still want to be a jehovah's witness?
This is a serious issue for those of us who do not associate any more but have family in and therefore do not want to end up dissassociated.
I have the elders round at my housing asking similar questions in the past - like "do you still believe it is the truth?" I try to be very vague with my answers. I try to turn round with comments like "we all need to have a personal relationship with God based on the truth of his word the Bible which I believe". I must admit they get a bit confused with answers like that; they quite tell if I am saying I believe what JWs teach or I am simply saying I believe in God.
Eyeslice
i had a quick look on ebay usa for jw literature and then moved on to uk.
if anyone is interested there is a pay attention book for sale on ebay.co.uk - going for less than a pound!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&category=1131&item=8310975052&rd=1&sspagename=wdvw.
I had a quick look on ebay USA for JW literature and then moved on to UK.
If anyone is interested there is a Pay Attention Book for sale on ebay.co.uk - going for less than a pound!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1131&item=8310975052&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Eyeslice
Note: link doesn't seem to work - try cutting and pasting the link into a new window.
just wondering, do you know of any?
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Not to my knowledge.
Because they regard themselves as God's only channel for dealing with mankind, they do not support any external charity; religious or non-religious.
Eyeslice
i think from time to time we have posters here that may be assigned by the gb to speak xjw speak and try to discourage posters from attacking the organization, or to just give up our internet fight to expose them, to just give up our efforts and forget about the wt.
if they did this they would have to keep close tabs on whoever they assign because they know that there is a great possiblity they may turn on them.
or perhaps they would trust no one except themselves and so you might even have a member of the gb actually posting in disguise.
No - I don't think so.
Eyeslice
i started a somewhat tongue in cheek, perhaps slightly anti-usa thread yesterday.
i was really playing 'devil's advocate', so here is a chance to redress the balance.
i think the usa is great because ..... .
Terapod:
I agree - the USA had the drive and determination to put a man on the moon. An event that typifies the spirit of human imagination and adventure.
Eyeslice
