(revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!
) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.
btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".
Babylon the Great is the world empire of false religion.
That's because the Borg says it is right now. Thats apt to change. The GB makes it up as they go along. If you don't like it out the door you go.
But just wait 6 months. The interpretation of the Babylon could change. Remember they(GB) "are not inspired and can err when it comes to doctrinal matters''.
And no ''apology'' is necessary for not getting it right. Meanwhile affecting many lives adversely. ''No apology."
russia's fsb raids jehovah’s witness office in occupied mariupol.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/15/russias-fsb-raids-jehovahs-witness-office-in-occupied-mariupol-a83726.
Blondie;
"The Bible acknowledges that human governments cause suffering, are under Satan’s control, and will soon be destroyed""
What's ironic here is the WT's publications always preach about this and try to 'mirror' what the bible says. It is ironic, an understatement if the governments of the world team-up and end the WT by prosecution of the erroneous CSA practises. And negating the Borg's tax exempt status. The borg having to pay tax, on everything, ultimately causing the borg to go bankrupt.
Now that would be ironic. Wouldn't it??
things got a bit lively after the agm leaks in october.
there was a lot of discussion going on on this board for a few months.
now that all the leaks have been more or less confirmed as policy, and we've had lively discussions at length concerning the changes, things seem to have slowed down here.. a few suggestions have been raised as to what might be the next changes, such as women being allowed to wear slacks (in the usa, anyway), decoupling from 1914 as an anchoring date and others.. so, what changes do you think will be announced this year?.
Its a fantasy..
The blood doctrine being dropped. The Borg is forever bound to the hip of this doctrine. Its just one of those things they can ""NEHHHVERR" change.
Just like the 2 witnesses rule. We willl "NEHHHVERR" change our ""stance on this subject"".
Because if the above 2 things go,,,so does the Borg.
the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.
many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.
it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.
Dagney,,I hear you.
As for me,, I have the originals of;
My book of Bible stiries 1978
Live Forever book 1982
Evolution or Creation (circa 1985)
Revelation Climax book 1988
Reasoning book 1985
Proclaimers book 1993.
Those are,,,,just a few that come to mind. I know there are more if I dig through down there.
You'll have to pry them from my cold,,dead hands!!!
the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.
many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.
it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.
Dagney;
Im hanging on to such books like those. Theyll have to pry them from my cold, dead hands.
the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.
many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.
it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.
In a few years,, maybe less,,a jw owning a copy of the Reasoning book,, Revelation Climax book,,Live Forever book will equate to ""apostate literature".
things got a bit lively after the agm leaks in october.
there was a lot of discussion going on on this board for a few months.
now that all the leaks have been more or less confirmed as policy, and we've had lively discussions at length concerning the changes, things seem to have slowed down here.. a few suggestions have been raised as to what might be the next changes, such as women being allowed to wear slacks (in the usa, anyway), decoupling from 1914 as an anchoring date and others.. so, what changes do you think will be announced this year?.
1914 tied to 607 has been tied together for decades.
If/when that doctrine is turfed,,,it will be hilarious to see the apologists get their heads around and explain that one.
things got a bit lively after the agm leaks in october.
there was a lot of discussion going on on this board for a few months.
now that all the leaks have been more or less confirmed as policy, and we've had lively discussions at length concerning the changes, things seem to have slowed down here.. a few suggestions have been raised as to what might be the next changes, such as women being allowed to wear slacks (in the usa, anyway), decoupling from 1914 as an anchoring date and others.. so, what changes do you think will be announced this year?.
Obrien;
Good comments and welcome to the forum.
Please feel at home here.
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
Doing something like this would be like a Rutherford 2.0
well--with ww3 widely forecast--can we expect to see a large growth in jw membership ?.
WW3,, terrorist events and catastrophic natural disasters.
The Borg exploits these to round-up faders, drifters & inactives into the fold.
The Borg uses these as propaganda. To instill fear into faders,df'd or whatever to keep inline.
Dont fall. ""Victim"" to propaganda any longer.
