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says posted 6 hours 3 minutes ago which is not true, less than ten minutes ago.
"The great day of Jehovah is near. It is near, and there is a hurrying of it very much."-ZEPHANIAH 1:14.
Why does Zephaniah's scripture sound so much like Yoda from Star Wars? Perhaps Yoda is the Greater Zephaniah. Except Yoda would probably say, "Near the great day of Jehovah is, hurrying of it very much there will be."
zack, on another thread, said he heard this figure from the platform at both the 2006 elders' school and his recent pioneer school:.
that there were 93,000 elders in 1994, and less than 60,000 today, in the united states.. i thought these figures deserved their own thread, as they are shocking to me, and to see if anyone else has heard anything similar.. i'll post a link to the other thread as well.
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This makes me curious enough to find out if the local congregation has fewer elders.
Not that this has much to do with the topic, but there isn't many young men locally, because for some reason most of the local JW families had girls.
When I left 6 years ago, there was 3 elders who was over 60, 2 elders who was over 70, 2 elders who was under 50, and 3 former elders who was under 60. Even if those 3 are working to return to elder status, they would be about 60 by now. We only had one ministerial servant, and he was near 70 himself. Of the young men who didn't have a congregation job, it's hard to say if any of those have reached out yet or if they ever will.
My guess is some of those young ones will reach out for a congregation job. The prospect of expecting Armageddon anytime near 2014 could keep many young ones hooked until then.
just finished reading an article in the morning newspaper about lindsay lohan cheking herself into the wonderland centre for drug and alchohol rehab.. it is sad to see such a beautiful young person getting to need such services with so much of her life ahead.. but the part of the report that made me sit up and think was this, i quote........ "ms lohan was in hospital on january 3 for appendicitis but was seen out partying a couple of hours after she was discharged.. since, she has been seen out almost every night and on monday she attended prince's post golden-globes bash at the beverley wilshire hotel.
a fellow party goer said she obviously was the worse for wear.".
well i'm spewing over this and here are my questions then....... if prince is a jw what the hell is he doing organising a large function without the elders approval?.
The way Lindsay Lohan was going, she was certain to die.
And as far as Prince, leave him alone. He needs to prepare for Super Bowl Sunday.
i think they used to believe that germany was the kng of the north.
what is their official take on that.
btw does the rev grand climax book talk about that ?.
It's Canada! duh!
More specifically, it's OUTLAW and his atomic snow blower. He is able to toss frozen squirrels all the way to the Mexican border.
Serious now...
There has been speculation for years that North Korea could be the King of the North. The problem with North Korea is once Kim Jong Ill is dead, that nation could crumble. Another speculation is China because of their population, cheap labor economy and nukes. Again, not a perfect fit, because if China's largest buyer of goods folds, (USA) they would face economic collapse too. Then the speculation turns to India, another giant population with cheap labor and nukes. India so far hasn't proved to be a big player in world events, and currently seems more interested in the Kashmir territory it disputes with Pakistan. There is also speculation about Iran or one of the other Middle East nations being the King of the North. As unstable as their governments are, at best, they could only cause more terrorism, not dominate the USA who is supposed to be the King of the South.
As stated before, Watchtower has not said who the new King of the North is. They won't do so until there is an obvious candidate. Frankly, Watchtower has stayed far away from publishing anything that would declare a King of the North for fear of being wrong. So much for having God's backing!
remember how many families (maybe even yours) struggled with money issues while being a jdub?
i remember lots of families under stress due to being jdubs.
you are always told by the tower not to work overtime if it conflicts with the meetings and not to go for higher education, for the same reason.
Have you recoverd financially since leving the Tower?
In short, we're still working on it. Education for a better job has become a long term endevor. One of the Witness rules my family still lives by is modesty and moderately. We make sure we don't make purchases we can't afford. Our cars are old, but they still run and are paid for. The house is old, but is constantly being improved as we can afford it. For instance, looking ahead to this Fall, we must get in new plumbing.
The real question is; Are we happy / satisfied financially? We could always use more money, but we are doing okay.
i have seen a counsellor on and off since leaving watchtower land.
she has made efforts to find out more about jehovah's witnesses.. we were discussing why my jw family (not my husbands' they shun us as if we smell bad!!!!
) are beginning to spend more time with us.
I read on another board, that the shunning policy is reaffirmed in January 2007 issue of the Watchtower.
Yes the propaganda machine is still working overtime. It makes me wonder if these "timely messages from Jehovah" are just a reminder that the shunning rule is still on the books.
More and more parents DO NOT want THEIR children to end up like them either.
I hope this is really true.
this is very difficult to write because i am crying.
i am normally not the kind of person you will ever see cry because things don't affect me that much but this has got to be the hardest things i have ever went through.. i just got through discussing with my wife my feelings.
i guess it has been hard to hid some of the things that i have felt since i have learned that many of the wt teachings are false.
There is no way The Almighty Loving God could approve of an organization which operates like this.
There is also no way an Almighty Loving God would approve of her leaving you because of your status in a religion. That is a very unchristian thing to do. I'm sorry for your hurt. I also hope things work out for you.
do you know how to turn your cookies on?..it won`t happen by dressing provocitivly..lol!
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...outlaw
Jayhawk1..What is "Vista"?.....
Microsoft's latest operating system...
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the pasadena rose bowl is in a canyon and this was dead summer, temps.
over 100,000 in attendance.
Gary, I'm beginning to believe Armageddon Okies is closer to a true story than a work of fiction.
we had a co who thought it was funny to wear a sheriff badge like the one above.
did he realize it was modeled after this?.
pentagrams have long since been symbols of protection and that is why they evolved into sheriff badges.
No, wait, was his last name Nichols?
