since jws are so obsessed to disclose the pagan origin of almost everything that is giving joy, uniting family, healthy etc, i suggest we can list out all the other things that are pagan related or somehow somewhere practiced by pagans here.
the purpose?
let see how far we can go as pagan-free..
Pants -- http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/humour/186405/1/Merry-Pantsmas-Everyone
JWs may as well admit they're worshipping Satan when they step into their trousers. All Jehovah worshippers in the Bible wore skirts... modest skirts, I should add.
so according to people in every congregation i've mentionned it to, the slave isn't producing any more bibles.
at first i thought that they were going to release an updated translation, like the updated brochures that were given at the latest convention, but that didn't happen, and everyone from the branch claims that there is "a reason for it", yet they're being extremely secretive.. .
can anyone who's got ties to bethel help me out here?
They're going to have to do something. My dad's Bible probably won't last another 3 months. If the Bibles don't reappear in stock as mysteriously as they disappeared from stock, they are going to have to say something about the issue at the Annual Meeting.
Otherwise, I would think that WT would be afraid that the sheeple won't contribute enough if everyone were to suddenly have to replace their Bibles.
I dunno what will happen, but it's fun to speculate... Maybe they're working on a deal with OfficeMax to sell an official WT Tablet loaded with the NWT, available at a "discount" to the brothers and sisters.
is someone in your congregation confused?
coming soon to the local congregations:.
anointification neutralizer100 suppositories.
Rumor is... COs will be supplied with these to reduce the number of partakers:
Enjoy your Anointification Neutralizer darts embedded in your butt cheeks all you nibblers and sippers!
so according to people in every congregation i've mentionned it to, the slave isn't producing any more bibles.
at first i thought that they were going to release an updated translation, like the updated brochures that were given at the latest convention, but that didn't happen, and everyone from the branch claims that there is "a reason for it", yet they're being extremely secretive.. .
can anyone who's got ties to bethel help me out here?
gold: "things like this make me nervous that there's a possibility they might have been right, as they did say they'd stop accepting new members before the system ends."
There still needs to be a decisive cry of "Peace and Security"... and this is 2013, so all the BS about the supposed cry of "peace and Security" back in the 1980s is, like, a generation ago now. Also, the King of the North needs to reappear, according to their interpretation of Daniel, and then the UN and it's members are going to end religion, according to their interpretation of Isaiah and Revelation. That's when they will have "closed the ark door." I'd certainly never heard any kind of prophecy that Armageddon would start when WT stopped printing Bibles... although I wouldn't put it past some of the nutso COs to start saying something like that now.
so according to people in every congregation i've mentionned it to, the slave isn't producing any more bibles.
at first i thought that they were going to release an updated translation, like the updated brochures that were given at the latest convention, but that didn't happen, and everyone from the branch claims that there is "a reason for it", yet they're being extremely secretive.. .
can anyone who's got ties to bethel help me out here?
Lois: The general expectation was that there would be new Bibles released at the DC this summer, but that didn't happen. I know my parents were disappointed.
The only frame of reference I have for them making a big deal about changing the Bible was when they did a major overhaul of the French NWT. It was rather awkward. The biggest change was that they changed all the traditional French OT names for Watchtowerized names. Jeremie became Jeremiah. A lot of wording was changed so wording would be less "Catholic". Changing the English version would be most tricky since all foreign language Bibles are based on the English version, not based directly on the original language.
Oh, and the other rumor I thought about starting was that they were going to release a revised translation and include the names of all the translators so the NWT would be able to stand up to scholarly review and criticism.
the scoop of humanity at one khall, the anointed ones" were a mixed group.. one bro, h. had been in for eons.
he was df for adultery, back in the day when they would announce your sin openly from the platform to everyone.
he just kept on coming and partaking until he was reinstated.
I've known plenty, from the GB members all the way down to some 20-something brother that started partaking just months after he was reinstated. They all needed a healthy dose of this:
so according to people in every congregation i've mentionned it to, the slave isn't producing any more bibles.
at first i thought that they were going to release an updated translation, like the updated brochures that were given at the latest convention, but that didn't happen, and everyone from the branch claims that there is "a reason for it", yet they're being extremely secretive.. .
can anyone who's got ties to bethel help me out here?
Last rumor I heard was from my mom who heard it from a sister whose husband is a subCO. She said that they're so busy printing Bibles in Chinese that they're behind on English Bibles. That makes no sense.
So, sorry, but I have no insight on the Bible absence.
I've thought about starting the rumor that they will be arranging to SELL the Bibles through an online business.
we were told today, yes!
our accusers will be there.
is it true?
I'd call the CO for direction .
AND/OR
I'd start some rumors about all those elders to make sure they have something current to talk to me about. Then I'd show up at the JC and inform them that I've DFd them in absentia for laziness and jerkitude.
AND/OR
I'd send letters to the branch asking for direction on how to answer certain questions... then I'd sign those brothers names to the "apostate" letters.
i have been lurking here for months now, and i just decided to post here and actually interact with this community.
i have a very specific/unordinary life, so i will not divulge too much information to protect my privacy.
i am a baptized publisher who is under the age of 25 who attends college, and i do have responsiblities within the congregation.
Hello and Welcome! Sorry I didn't see this thread sooner. I'm glad to see that you've already gotten great advice.
First of all, take a deep breathe. It's not like armageddon is coming tomorrow so you MUST get out now or MUST stay in. Your education is priority, you are still young, and time is on your side.
I'm in university and have a pretty successful fade going, although I'm A LOT older than you. I've started a few threads about the psychology I've used in my fade. Several recent posts have given me more ideas for threads. If there's any way that you think I might help, send me a PM.
Congrats! It's been 2 years for me.
My siblings are also "awake" and in various progressions of fading. My parents have been very cooperative about building a nonJW relationship.
As I've already said too many times, if it came down to it, I'd disfellowship all the JWs I know (and notify them accordingly) before they had a chance to DF me.
