Lv101 what do you mean?
G.
friends,.
in an earlier posting gorby wrote about attending the international convention in utrecht this weekend, to keep the family happy and make some observations.. guests were gb member jackson and his assistent van der zande, a dutch helper of the gb.. 42.000+ attenders and +/- 250 baptisers.. the convention theme about "love" was not bad at all, from a christian viewpoint.. jackson and van der zande made a good presentation with humor.. the colorfull witness from arround the word were nice and nice to see.. typical witness doctrine about 1914, king of the north, being obient when your kingdom hall will be sold etcetera were hard to listen to.. but the love theme was not bad, and sometimes oké.. i see a transformation to an evangelical kind of tv church.. ifthe typical jw doctrine about years, endtime, education, blood and armageddon would be downplayed, gorby could see some positive side of jw-ism.. mainpoint is that jw try to show love but on a forced base, because they are told to do so.. but, not a bad convention, and a good, humble part of jackson and van der zande, did not expect this.. i write some positive because it is, what it is.. see your opinion.. gorby.
Lv101 what do you mean?
G.
friends,.
in an earlier posting gorby wrote about attending the international convention in utrecht this weekend, to keep the family happy and make some observations.. guests were gb member jackson and his assistent van der zande, a dutch helper of the gb.. 42.000+ attenders and +/- 250 baptisers.. the convention theme about "love" was not bad at all, from a christian viewpoint.. jackson and van der zande made a good presentation with humor.. the colorfull witness from arround the word were nice and nice to see.. typical witness doctrine about 1914, king of the north, being obient when your kingdom hall will be sold etcetera were hard to listen to.. but the love theme was not bad, and sometimes oké.. i see a transformation to an evangelical kind of tv church.. ifthe typical jw doctrine about years, endtime, education, blood and armageddon would be downplayed, gorby could see some positive side of jw-ism.. mainpoint is that jw try to show love but on a forced base, because they are told to do so.. but, not a bad convention, and a good, humble part of jackson and van der zande, did not expect this.. i write some positive because it is, what it is.. see your opinion.. gorby.
Fulano,
Yes his name was Van der Selm, and not Van der Zande. My mistake!
G.
friends,.
in an earlier posting gorby wrote about attending the international convention in utrecht this weekend, to keep the family happy and make some observations.. guests were gb member jackson and his assistent van der zande, a dutch helper of the gb.. 42.000+ attenders and +/- 250 baptisers.. the convention theme about "love" was not bad at all, from a christian viewpoint.. jackson and van der zande made a good presentation with humor.. the colorfull witness from arround the word were nice and nice to see.. typical witness doctrine about 1914, king of the north, being obient when your kingdom hall will be sold etcetera were hard to listen to.. but the love theme was not bad, and sometimes oké.. i see a transformation to an evangelical kind of tv church.. ifthe typical jw doctrine about years, endtime, education, blood and armageddon would be downplayed, gorby could see some positive side of jw-ism.. mainpoint is that jw try to show love but on a forced base, because they are told to do so.. but, not a bad convention, and a good, humble part of jackson and van der zande, did not expect this.. i write some positive because it is, what it is.. see your opinion.. gorby.
Friends,
In an earlier posting Gorby wrote about attending the international convention in Utrecht this weekend, to keep the family happy and make some observations.
Guests were GB member Jackson and his assistent Van der Zande, a Dutch helper of the GB.
42.000+ attenders and +/- 250 baptisers.
The convention theme about "Love" was not bad at all, from a Christian viewpoint.
Jackson and Van der Zande made a good presentation with humor.
The colorfull witness from arround the word were nice and nice to see.
Typical witness doctrine about 1914, King of the North, being obient when your kingdom hall will be sold etcetera were hard to listen to.
But the love theme was not bad, and sometimes oké.
I see a transformation to an evangelical kind of TV church.
Ifthe typical JW doctrine about years, endtime, education, blood and Armageddon would be downplayed, Gorby could see some positive side of JW-ism.
Mainpoint is that JW try to show love but on a forced base, because they are told to do so.
But, not a bad convention, and a good, humble part of Jackson and Van der Zande, did not expect this.
I write some positive because it is, what it is.
See your opinion.
Gorby
this week i see many jw going over the top and beat their (sometimes medical) limits for the convention preparation with music, ethnic cloats and greeting costumes.. my jw grandparents will turn in their grave.. my opinion is that the jw organization has given their blessing at it because of "give them bread and games".
it keeps the rank and file busy.. what i don't get is that the oldtimers accept all these changes.
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Gorby attends 2 days to keep the family happy. We don't go to other meetings.
Meanwhile G. listens to the key parts of the convention for observation.
G.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xofz--1fq2u.
"and along with making us seem legit comes cash...tons of it.
i mean, what do you think we're doing planning all of these conventions?
The maffia is organized.
G.
this week i see many jw going over the top and beat their (sometimes medical) limits for the convention preparation with music, ethnic cloats and greeting costumes.. my jw grandparents will turn in their grave.. my opinion is that the jw organization has given their blessing at it because of "give them bread and games".
it keeps the rank and file busy.. what i don't get is that the oldtimers accept all these changes.
.
Gorby is also in Utrecht this weekend due to family reasons.
G.
this week i see many jw going over the top and beat their (sometimes medical) limits for the convention preparation with music, ethnic cloats and greeting costumes.. my jw grandparents will turn in their grave.. my opinion is that the jw organization has given their blessing at it because of "give them bread and games".
it keeps the rank and file busy.. what i don't get is that the oldtimers accept all these changes.
.
This week I see many JW going over the top and beat their (sometimes medical) limits for the convention preparation with music, ethnic cloats and greeting costumes.
My JW grandparents will turn in their grave.
My opinion is that the JW organization has given their blessing at it because of "Give them bread and games". It keeps the rank and file busy.
What I don't get is that the oldtimers accept all these changes.
G.
i see so many old and young dubbers on fb who are wishing each other a happy bday.
when i was in the cult it was a huge no no.
is this a doctrinal change or is it just a bunch of dubbers who are bending the rules?.
Some JW do.
G.
a new sentence in norway.
the court has invalidated a disfellowshipping!.
https://testimonidigeovaconsapevoli.blogspot.com/2019/07/norvegia-nuova-condanna.html.
This is good news.
G.
does anyone know what eventually happened to the vocal and well loved irish elder john joseph may, who found out about the franz scandal and went to visit the gb in new york, but was turned away?
i remember there was a documentary made about himself and martin merryman.
all this happened back in the 80s/90s so he must be getting up in years by now.. he seemed such a genuine soul i truly hope things turned out well for him.. https://youtu.be/dnwsq2pdbxk.