the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
What Rutherford trumped up with banishing xmas/holidays & birthdays has worked for the borg through the decades.
If it ain't broke,,dont fix it. For the borgs sake.
Its sparing the borg having the rank and file lose focus on wt things,,,keeping the focus on wt things and more $$$ for the contribution boxes.
what if the truly unthinkable happened and the tower went down?
perhaps the irs swooped in and claimed fraud and padlocked the headquarters and kingdom hall doors?
or the gb took the money and ran to a nice non-extradition country to live out their years?
I think the rank and file would think its Armageddon starting,,at least the far majority of em.
Thats what the longtimers have pinned their 5 or 6 or more decades on is the big 'A' saving their skins.
Until we learn of some gb skipping the country and vanishing to cayman islands,, Barbados,,Costa Rica. And we hear of them stumbling around in public from drinking too much.
here i will quote a post written by "littleone" on another forum:.
when that original congregation apostasized, it formed the roman catholic church.
was it that the roman catholic church was jehovah's organization?
Miracle wheat please!!
Over here too.🙂
i have a question about this article.. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-education-school/.
higher education can lead to moral and spiritual dangers.
a bible proverb says: "the shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself.
They have to reap the benefits of the educated.
Meanwhile mentally abuse and manipulate those who are not educated.
the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
Not one person I know of or anyone else out there likes to admit they have been fooled or hoodwinked.
It's obvious that's what the Borg has done to us.
Scrapping of holidays & birthdays is nothing more than an isolation tool to keep the focus on the Borg,,and it seems to work for it's $heeple.
The Borg gives nothing but a flimsy,, feeble explanation as to why the holidays and birthdays were scrapped.
Theres an ulterior motive.
a long, long time ago, when i was young, i became a 'special' pioneer.
it meant that i had to spend 150 hours a month, and i received a small allowance.
i was then assigned to a small country congregation, in western nsw (australia).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cozLcb_OHOc
Hey, its Monday.
In case you missed it. Here is Stacys latest weekly video. Hes awesome.
it feels like the change in reporting of hours becomes a fundamentally bigger deal every day.
the weight and importance placed on quantity was enormous, and now it's just gone.
even tho most witnesses really didn't keep "accurate" records so to speak hehehe.... this could very well be a precursor to even bigger doctrinal changes, like 1914. damn, would would happen then?.
I dont know if any of you watch Jehovah 4life(formerly known as jane doe youtube channel)
She illustrates the point the more you mention something key words they stick in your head.
Whats all the borg rails into its members heads?
Governing body, faithful slave, loyalty and Armageddon,,etc...
The less you say it has a reverse trend,,,it slips away.
The borg just cant toss 1914,,,,ramifications are massive.
Theyll just say it less and less...and less..
And keeping the the governing body praise,, faithful slave,,loyalty bit..
the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
Banning of Holidays and Birthdays is just a way to isolate their members.
To keep the members focus on the Borg,,and keep away from themselves and families.
Rutherford adopted this,,the Borg accepted it and has enforced it ever since. Because its working for them.
Communication between bethel and government over legal issues??
Holy smokes!!!
What other way would there be?
it feels like the change in reporting of hours becomes a fundamentally bigger deal every day.
the weight and importance placed on quantity was enormous, and now it's just gone.
even tho most witnesses really didn't keep "accurate" records so to speak hehehe.... this could very well be a precursor to even bigger doctrinal changes, like 1914. damn, would would happen then?.
1914 tossed?
As we see fallacy of the 607BCE coming to fruition that it is a lie,,,1914 wil probably not be tossed,,,but somehow forgotten about.
It will fall by the wayside.
I just cant see it being dropped in one fell swoop. It will cause too much of a stir.
It will die slowly.
