I've taken a look at what the Watch Tower Society has implied regarding its building plans in upstate New York and compared that with the Governing Body's beliefs regarding when the end will be.
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When Does the Governing Body Believe the End Will Be - BLOG
by passwordprotected ini've taken a look at what the watch tower society has implied regarding its building plans in upstate new york and compared that with the governing body's beliefs regarding when the end will be.. when does the governing body believe the end will be?.
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UK Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses
by JWB inuk congregations of jehovah's witnesses[a].
aberaeron.
aberdare.
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Not UK, English.
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The Martyring of Matthew Barrie.
by iknowall558 inthis is the kind of thing that the watchtower does not want people to know about.. .
http://thegoverningbody.org/category/ethics/.
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I think they also shatter the illusion that the elders act "out of love" in such cases where "apostasy" is the accused thought-crime.
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The Martyring of Matthew Barrie.
by iknowall558 inthis is the kind of thing that the watchtower does not want people to know about.. .
http://thegoverningbody.org/category/ethics/.
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http://thegoverningbody.org/category/ethics/
JWs on Wikipedia have tried to bury any use of the recordings and transcripts of the judicial committee meetings - and subsequent appeal - in the case of Matthew Barrie (hobotalk) from the Wikipedia entry on discipline within the Watch Tower Society .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_and_congregational_discipline
I've had a submission to my blog of all of the audio and transcripts of the case, along with a study in the ethics involved in such cases.
Thus far the blog ranks highly in Google searches "jehovah's witness judicial hearing" and derivetives.
Let's share this content as widely as possible so that the apologists won't be able to bury the evidence of how judicial committees work.
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A few Dawkins quotes to think about.
by AK - Jeff in"faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.".
"my last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of september 11th 2001, followed by the "national day of prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous martin luther king impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.".
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and it is chaos, pain, terror - not love.
Wow. What was the reductionist's statement about atheists being cheerier than the death cultists?
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A few Dawkins quotes to think about.
by AK - Jeff in"faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.".
"my last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of september 11th 2001, followed by the "national day of prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous martin luther king impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.".
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And why would your comment following that one have any place in this discussion?
Could it be called "having an opinion"?
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A few Dawkins quotes to think about.
by AK - Jeff in"faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.".
"my last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of september 11th 2001, followed by the "national day of prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous martin luther king impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.".
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I find most atheists to be very positive people, unlike the may members of the death cult known as christianity
Reductionism at its finest.
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2011 Convention Releases - PDFs?
by StandFirm indoes anyone have links for pdfs of any of the convention releases this year?.
many thanks..
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StandFirm, just be good and faithful and wait until it's your District Convention. It's bad manners to dip into the banquet bowl before it's your turn to be served.
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Two possible reasons why some elders stay in the organization.
by Iamallcool indo you think some elders stay in the organization just because of prestige and getting horny at some judicial committee meetings?
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I'd answer "yes".
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When did jehovah's witnesses become "the truth"?
by Hobo Ken inwhat's the best explanation?.
always since russell founded them?.
chosen in a specific year by jesus?.
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....and for those looking for the blog article, it can be found here.
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Jehovah's Witnesses have the "truth" right?
Now any witness will tell you they believe they are the true religion on earth right now....
But is that based upon their current beliefs and standing with God?
Or have they perhaps always been God's chosen ones since C . T. Russell founded them?
Or as Franz believed attained such a lofty title at a specific time?
One of the above must be what they believe.
In my opinion the answer to these questions lies in a long term strategy by Governing Body 2.0 to re-shape or abandon doctrines and overhaul the public/religious image of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
In the days of men like Fred Franz and his ilk they totally believed in their own press and thus felt they were in a position of having “special insight”. Fred Franz was merely following in the footsteps of "judge" Rutherford and his predecessor Charles Russell, the religion's founder in his mind-set.
Franz believed they were "chosen" by Jesus himself during an "invisible" visit to earth to inspect the world's religions around the year 1919 a.d.
Now how does that above statement sound ? Would a "householder" in the 21century be likely to buy into that during a visit from a Jehovah's Witness at their door?
Remember ultimately they are a publishing corporation with a product to "sell" whether that be books, donations to the cause or joining the religion. Products have to be saleable and attractive to prospective buyers.
So the previous "product" sold. The end is coming! The people flooded in and so did the money......
Unfortunately the product had passed it's sell-by date in the shape of the combined "insights" of Russell, Rutherford and Franz when they turned out to be poorly judged guesswork and idle speculation at best.