we're you regular at the 3 meetings days watchtower hade?
i remember our was tuesday, thursdays and saturdays.
in reality it's crazy they hade so many meetings.
"At least on Sunday, it was over by noon and you had the rest of the day to do enjoyable things,"
Like Sunday brunch after the morning Sunday meeting.
As your stomach growls through the WT study thinking ahead of scrambled eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausages. Or on holiday weekends thinking ahead of gravy, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce. Like Easter Sunday,,this weekend sitting through the WT study.
Coffee breaks,,,is what the Witnesses take more seriously than the ministry, seriously.
https://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.
norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.
they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .
Obtaining this ''Shepherding Flock of God'' book is more obtainable than ever. It's well known, obviously.
It's updated thought frequently,,by the time someone downloads it & prints it off,,,it''s already obsolete. My understanding new copies of this ''secret'' book come out in MAY.
IT will be interesting to see the wording of Df'ed or DA'd ones, regarding relatives,,family and alike. I imagine just more paragrapphs or pages on child sexual abuse, or lawsuits about CSA and legal entanglements.
It's just amazing that by the time an updated form of the 'Shepherding the Flock of God' is ready for pdf, that it's already out - of - date. I imagine legal entanglements gallore.
i have not attended any kingdom hall meetings in 10 years.
the elders gave up on me a while ago.. the last 3 years i get phone calls to listen in to zoom meetings.
listened in several times... nothing has changed!
If they ask you ''who gave the talk'',,,,LOL, just say you can't remember,,,,as you passed-out drinking a bottle of wine.
if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.
my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.
the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.
""but you follow direction even if it’s very harmful ""
that's the potential harm with 'mind control' and 'us vs. them' mentality.
i have not attended any kingdom hall meetings in 10 years.
the elders gave up on me a while ago.. the last 3 years i get phone calls to listen in to zoom meetings.
listened in several times... nothing has changed!
The question will 100% come up "who gave the talk"?
I'm on board with the views shared by others.
It's just a "busy" work...to keep up an image. Of pleasing people.
if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.
my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.
the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.
""“Our CO told the assembly that if we had faith in Jehovah, we would have faith in the GB and we would OBEY and take the vxx. They put in a WT study ( I think July of 22 issue ) that Jesus directed them as to c19 protection. “ ""
& as some GB helper said in some broadcast;
""unity takes place over what may seem 'right' "".
There you have it. Blind obedience. Almost scary. I believe many a dubs would do ''something that was not right'''.
in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.
during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.
but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.
"In Search of Christian Freedom".
Beautiful book, well researched, methodical and amazing recounts of personal experiences.
Kudos to this book. Hope it gets re-released.
On a personal note....I thought it was more hard - hitting than "Crisis of Conscience"" . CoC was more about "organization structure"'.
Of course,,I'm not taking anything away from CoC....it is a masterpiece also!!!
my name is ari matthew davies.
i am a life experience consultant counselor i have a doctor's degree theology psychology clinical addictions and computer sciences.
i am also baptized as well as jehovah's witnesses.. if you have a question i've got a lot of experience and a lot of real life training.
"Many e his “degrees” are from reading the Watchtower and Awake! For 10 years. ""
Good point.
If he stands behind the WT's claim that the WT and Awake! are the equivalent of a ''university education'',,,then he has every point to be taken seriously.
