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).
I can only remember when the RPs were put on a pedestal when the monthly requirement was 90 hrs.
All kinds of fringe benefits. Invites to special suppers with the CO when he was around. Other events too, like a wine and dine every few months. Trips to the lake for a camping night..
Im thinking around late 1980s early 90s, with the 90 hrs thing.
150 hrs!!
That must be a really long time ago.
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?.
"About" means that...speculative.
Leathercrop btw,,, welcome to the forum.
those who will be taken to heaven will first need to be “changed, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, during the last trumpet.” therefore, while we do not use the term “rapture” here because of its wrong connotation, the remaining faithful anointed will be gathered together in an instant of time.
- the watchtower—study edition | july 2015. ok so they refuse to use the word "rapture".
kinda like they refuse to use the word church and clergy (except when it suits their purposes in court cases).
....until the holy gb are found hungover & stumbling around on some tropical island. With loads of money.
the latest.
stkirsch24 minutes ago.
there is no question: the leaked data shows the vaccines have killed over 13 million people worldwide.
Teddnzo:
Just another way of the Borg having it both ways.
And when lives are stake.
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?.
Yes. They are bound to the hips of the lunacy of the 1914 fallacy.
No scripture anywhere to prove such.
Just the false 607BCE reasoning.
Without 1914 the 'faithful slave' doctrine collapses in on itself,, which they boast was chosen in 1919.
Its the ""not having to die"" mindset of the JWs.
What keeps the victims working is that mindset plus that fictional paradise.
Combined with that sunk cost fallacy..
It really is all about Jesus.🙂
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.
