everybody plays the fool.
lyrics.
'okay, so your heart is brokenyou sit around mopin'cryin' and cryin'you say you're even thinkin' about dyin'well, before you do anything rash, dig this.
Even before "old me" was around.
Even years before I was around(born.) This was published.,,. Here I am eyeing retirement. LoL.ROFL.
This was published 55 years ago.
Even this 'article' itself is at 'retirement' age. 55 years old.
Hello!!!!!! Wake up PIMIs.
Anyone who retains older bound volumes,,,books etc,,,,please hang on to em. They're worth their weight in gold!!!
as there has been some discussion calling bs on this topic, .
i will paste the text from my 10 year plan post and i will critically evaluate how i feel things will turn out.
i will add bold italics my thoughts.. the governing body has a 10-year marketing plan to remodel the organization to become closer to a mainstream christian religion.
Good observation.
as there has been some discussion calling bs on this topic, .
i will paste the text from my 10 year plan post and i will critically evaluate how i feel things will turn out.
i will add bold italics my thoughts.. the governing body has a 10-year marketing plan to remodel the organization to become closer to a mainstream christian religion.
""" ... the first almost sounds as though the WT and the GB are...separate entities?""
They might as well be.
The shifts in beliefs,,, they never get anything right.
The GB has said they're " not inspired".
They might as well be separate entities.
and as a reminder to all my atheist friends, here's a list of 12 facts on the resurrection most scholars (skeptic, jewish and otherwise) agree to.
2000 years ago a man announced that he would be killed and while he was dead, he would resurrect himself from the dead.
just wow!.
Happy Easter everyone.
the latest study edition mentions hypothetical scenarios of jws who are no longer serving at bethel or no longer elders, etc.
and says we shouldn't speculate, as defaming them could border on slander.. we could unintentionally defame someone by spreading negative information.
..... would it be proper to speculate on the reasons why these adjustments were made and to share that opinion with others?.
WT speculates " the Bible does not say"".
In other words "we just dont know'
Weve actually heard them admit this
They simply" don't know"..
as there has been some discussion calling bs on this topic, .
i will paste the text from my 10 year plan post and i will critically evaluate how i feel things will turn out.
i will add bold italics my thoughts.. the governing body has a 10-year marketing plan to remodel the organization to become closer to a mainstream christian religion.
Multiple plans like a business?
Short term? Long term?
And a 10 year plan?
WT members are victims. The Borg perpetually leads them on that the end is " nigh",, but behind their backs ""these long term plans" but forever dangle this carrot in front of them.
so the wt society is going to contest the recent norway ruling.. jehovah’s witnesses to appeal unconstitutional ruling in norway (jw.org).
their true colours are shown in the statement: "the decision to deregister jehovah’s witnesses denies us the financial aid and other benefits that the government provides to over 700 registered religious communities in the country.
additional consequences include losing the right to appoint and authorize ministers of jehovah’s witnesses as officiants for weddings.".
Yup
I remember having my morning coffee on Tuesday March 5th reading about Norway ruling on the Borg.
I was thinking "" the Borg will appeal this within a month"".
Well it took 25 days.
A week short of a month.
I guessed right.
so the wt society is going to contest the recent norway ruling.. jehovah’s witnesses to appeal unconstitutional ruling in norway (jw.org).
their true colours are shown in the statement: "the decision to deregister jehovah’s witnesses denies us the financial aid and other benefits that the government provides to over 700 registered religious communities in the country.
additional consequences include losing the right to appoint and authorize ministers of jehovah’s witnesses as officiants for weddings.".
Im actually hoping the Borg is stupid enough to appeal to the European Supreme Court.
Likely the higher court will uphold the lower court.
The Borg gets their asses handed to them too.
Then the Borg will likely have burned down all their bridges with all the countries in Europe.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
On this subject of Alternative Military Service.
In case you haven't read Raymond Franz book Crisis of Conscience there was an excellent chapter on this whole thing.
How its affected the lives of thousands of JW men tremendously. Only to have the Borg change its mind later,, with ni explanation or apology.
Ray Franz books. Crisis of Conscience & In Search of Christian Freedom. I suggest you get them. Outstanding reads.
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.
anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
No we haven't heard of Terry lately come to think about it.
I believe he has been one of the longest posters on here going back this forums infancy,,,well before the youtube era in the early age of social media.
Hope he's ok.
