Cult.
G.
during the "do you love me more than these" watchtower study on sunday, i got so angry on many occasions, hearing people make comments like "if you enjoy your job, you're an enemy of jehovah" and "the only reason we're here is to preach.
work and relaxation only exist to help us to preach".. the paragraph talking about the "do more!
" attitude in the world getting people down really got me down just reading it, as it applies so much to the borg.. i also found the ecclesiastes scripture quoted to be ironic, as the rest of the article tells is that nothing is better or more of a priority than to preach;.
Cult.
G.
yes folks.
over the past few days i can honestly say the convention was relatively quite good.
most of the talks, videos, symposiums were in line with scripture if you have faith in the bible.
OMG that is what you call a climax or anti climax.
Missing this years congres due to far away holiday 😎
G.
i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.
what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.
has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.
It's policy. A plan, made behind a desk.
G.
ok. so i'm sitting there at the convention.
the video comes up about 1975 and the fact that the faithful brother in the video maintained his faith in the bible by adhering to the scripture that says:.
'no one knows the day or the hour as to when the lord is coming'.
The big question for me is: why do they take this dirt out of the bin in 2017? Heart no obe about 1975 since many years.
G.
i was born in 1984 so was only 9yo in 1995. i read on various posts on here and on other websites about false expectations about 1975 and 1995. i'm aware of the 1975 failure but what was said in 1995?.
It was a big issue then in our congregations in the western part of Holland. Some JW's had a from the US faxed magazine, because it was not yet simultanious in print. They new it earlier then the CO and elders. 😁
Those were the times. Since then the change went continue to the now mainstream broadcasting religion.
G.
i was born in 1984 so was only 9yo in 1995. i read on various posts on here and on other websites about false expectations about 1975 and 1995. i'm aware of the 1975 failure but what was said in 1995?.
For me the beginning of the end, start of fade...
G.
i was born in 1984 so was only 9yo in 1995. i read on various posts on here and on other websites about false expectations about 1975 and 1995. i'm aware of the 1975 failure but what was said in 1995?.
And the rank and file got the blame. "Some witness thought that" and "some witness expected that...".
G.
i've noticed a few of my local grocery stores are stocking a. vogel homeopathy products.
a. vogel is a company ran primarily by jehovah's witnesses, the "brains" behind the operation, alfred vogel, has since died but he claimed to be one of the anointed.
the bolle family (co-founders of the company) is a well-known, (now very wealthy) family in the netherlands and there have been significant "contributions" in the past from the company to the watchtower organization.. alfred vogel was a well-known conman, he claimed blood transfusions would change someone's personality, he claimed to have studied native american herbal healing methods... from a native american tourist photo-op actor.
Old news I think. Vogel was in reorganization some 10 years ago and the change manager was a former leader of the Catholic party here. So I think the JW connexxion is no more.
G.
i heard this expression very often and even said it often myself.
now that i am out, i realize this isn't always the case.
there were many times i was going out in service saturday morning and couldn't wait for 12:00 to come along so that we could go swimming, bicycling, play basket ball, go to the beach... .
Gorby's remember his father saying: "let's finish this block before going home".
G.
what would happen when the man on the picture below, would ring the bell at 1. kings drive in texudo.
" the guard asked with a routine smile on his face.
"maybe i can help you, i presume?
What would happen when the man on the picture below, would ring the bell at 1. Kings drive in Texudo. "Can we help you?" the guard asked with a routine smile on his face. "Maybe I can help you, I presume?" the visitor said quietly. "Please tell your brothers that the Master has arrived". The guard's face changed and asked "sorry, I have to look at the visitor list, Master was the name is it? Company name JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs?" The visitor said calm: "My name is Christ, also known as Yeshua". The guard with jw.org logo on his corporated dress, said with clear voice "sorry mister Christ, we don't expect you or someone from your Master corporation today. Please make an appointment with your contact again. Please visit jw.org for contact information".