I totally believe my family would, I just can tell. Everything which comes from the Borg is gospel.
Beth Sarim
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Would Your Family Stone You to Death?
by cofty inot law required jews to take the lead in stoning a family member who became apostate.. the watchtower has lamented the fact that the law of the land now forbids them from doing so.. if the law permitted it, as it does in some musim countries, and if the watchtower required it, would your family obey?.
my parents are good people and i believe their love for me is genuine, but i think they would follow orders.. what about yours?.
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Musings on recent things
by thedog1 injust some thoughts on all the recent things going on.
i'm still recovering from the whole donation arrangement thing.
was speaking to some relatives who are also jw's and they don't really get what is going on but sense in some way that things are not right.
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Beth Sarim
thedog1
I am sure it must be very tough for you actually being the WT conductor and having all these things about the recent activities with the Borg. I have truly found this site though to be an inspiration for me though, as this site I can listen to what other people are saying, I myself am starting to speak more and more as I was mostly just a lurker for the longest time
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Why Did the Governing Body Change Their Interpretation Of Matthew 24:45-47?
by Cameron_Don insome have wondered if "captives of a concept" had anything to do with why the governing body changed their interpretation of the most important scripture in their theology at their annual meeting on october 6, 2012.. this is because the book places great emphasis on the societys interpretation of matthew 24:45-47 and then holds them to it while examining the organizations history to make sure that went on in its history fits their interpretation.
this comparison is essential to the societys claim to being gods organization.. their previous interpretation came from their former most imminent bible scholar president frederick franzs in his "gods kingdom of a thousand years has approached.
" their history comes from their "jehovahs witnesses proclaimers of gods kingdom.".
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Beth Sarim
it places more Awe and inspiration on them for the rank n file, isolates them from the annointed, possibly a precursor to New light making the annointed 'figurative', symbolic
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CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?
by The Searcher inhow much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?
share your horror story!.
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Beth Sarim
there will be some directive I'm sure that will line the elders up without the rank n file knowing about it, some secret letter which will be directed at the elders only. We will have to watch with some more leaked information.
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How Important Is Progress?
by metatron ini realize that people from many cultures come to this site,though mostly english speaking.
i watched a bbc report about a 3rd country and wondered:.
how important is a sense of progress in your culture - and in the "truth"?.
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Beth Sarim
progress is anything defined as the Borg as kissing the CO A$$, or local elder, any mind numbing task with large amounts of time consumed with next to zero reward
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Shepherd the Flock Book - Did Your Wife or Other Family Member Find It?
by jw07 inthose of you who served as elders, did your wife or other family members / friends find your secret shepherd the flock book?
how did they react?
how did you react?.
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Beth Sarim
wow, at MTS school yet amazing
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Beth Sarim
it just looks so different from street Witnessing which the Dubs have been doing for decades, maybe trying to look more contemporary or something
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Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say...
by NewYork44M ina new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: yes, college is worth it, and its not even close.
for all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.. here is the article from the new york times:.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?hp.
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Beth Sarim
yet this is the very thing which the Borg knocks is going to College and earning something and giving to the Community
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CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?
by The Searcher inhow much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?
share your horror story!.
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Beth Sarim
I know that when the CO makes his rounds he will be an enforcer and make sure that the elders do in fact fork over the money over and above the $5000
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The List, by "Prominent Bethelite"
by morloc ini occasionally pop through here to catch up on the latest, but this time i'm going to pop my own post on here.. some of you internet oldsters may even remember this.
my first experience on the internet regarding discussions about jehovah's witnesses and the watchtower took place on a now-obscure usenet group, before i eventually stumbled across hourglass2.. during those days, there was a poster who went by the name "prominent bethelite," an otherwise anonymous individual whom i remember most for an extensive, exhaustive compilation of date-oriented remarks, predictions, and expectations by the watchtower organization down through the decades of its history.. it became known as "the list" and it's definitely lengthy... but a fascination look at the abundance of errant statements made through the watchtower's history.. if you're curious, it's been available for a long time on hourglass2's site, and can be seen using the link provided below.. the list, compiled by prominent bethelite (1999).
that's about it for this stop through here.
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Beth Sarim
yeah, I was more of a lurker for most of the time until recently with the changes to the donation arrangement and the impending lawsuits. This site has meant so much to me.