since finding the meetings too morally repugnant to attend (coupla months now) i have.
been reaquainting myself with the joys of sat morn's at home.. imagine my disappointment to find the group study overseer and his wife pulling up out front.
the thought bubble over my head read "oh poo, poo and double poo!!".
I have a freind that was accused of being "too smart"
My own mother tried to agure the JW point of view quickly gave up and wanted "someone smarter" than her to talk me. Graned my mother is not a deep thinker.
I also know several very intelligent people in the org, I don't understand how they stay in.
i missed the recent ca, but checked out the program posted on jw.org.
in what to listen for they had this:.
3. what should be our reaction when.
I hope someone records this one. I would like to hear it.
george orwell's animal farm reminds me a lot of the wt organization.
often we find jwn members quoting from 1984, and so appropriately too.. but animal farm has the pigs being "more equal" than other animals in the farm.
what started as a "congregation of brothers" if it ever really was that in the russellite beginings has become a hierarchy controlled by an oligarchy where some, as the governing body, are more "equal", and thus more powerful and can do no wrong by the less powerful and loyal subjects.. .
I keep this picture in my photobucket for a reason. That reason is it applys in so many places in life.
i'm just curious speaking from a person who has stopped going to meetings.
i have heard reports from inactive ones (or from ones who the elders suspect of going to the dark side) of having so many visits from elders (cong members) that it got to the point of harassment.
surprisingly i have to say from personal experience and from numerous others that i have spoken to that the exact opposite has been the case.
The only two non-elder visits we ever had was people dropping by while they were in field service.
There were the once a year drop by of two elders leading up to the CO visit. But that only happened maybe three times.
So that is 5 visits is 5 years.
16-20. we shall also have to raise up against him seven shepherds, yes, eight dukes of mankind.mic.
what is the most important thing that you can do now to prepare for any future attack on gods people?.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. .
I'm thinking we may see a day when you have to be pre-approved to partake. Maybe sit in front of your elders for a QandA and review of your time sheets.
Billy...
Right click your link, do "copy link address" then paste it into a text editor to see the link. Since it redirects you won't see it happen in the browser.
what ya all think about this?
of course, admitting we made a mistake is the right, honest and decent thing to do.
it is also the course of wisdom.
The individual members who become the "SLAVE" are not infallible, but is the "SLAVE" infallible?
data-dog, I would argue that is exactly the perception they are pushing.
what ya all think about this?
of course, admitting we made a mistake is the right, honest and decent thing to do.
it is also the course of wisdom.
The answer I would expect:
If you are referring to the Governing Body, they can't make a mistake, because the term only applies when they are acting as a group with holy spirit, so this shields them as individuals.
But as individuals they can make mistakes, but as individuals they don’t run the organization.
Interestingly the Mormons have a relatable moniker.
As a group they think they really are prophets, so when something has to change they blame the individual and say “he was speaking as a man” and this somehow covers over everything.
16-20. we shall also have to raise up against him seven shepherds, yes, eight dukes of mankind.mic.
what is the most important thing that you can do now to prepare for any future attack on gods people?.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. .
baltar447 comment is correct, that is strange, Billy any chance you have a browser hijacker?
in the u.s. there are fewer venues this year, but they will be held in larger facilities.
as long as i can remember my family travelled no more than 2 hours to attend and in the last few years the dc was local (within a few minutes travel).
this year my family is driving 6 hours to a major u.s. city.
Here in Atlanta they are going to use the GA Dome, it seats about 50,000. Proabably have only one convetion for all english speaking congs in the state.
I thinking that every convetion is going to get a GB member to vsit this year, or a video hookup at the least, haveing fewer conventions would make that possible.
one fb friend posted the faq link about "why dont jw's celebrate xmas?
" after reading the link i concluded that it is either another collossal lie the wt is telling, or it is now ok to celebrate x-mas!.
from jw.org faq:.
The couple of times I was dragged in field service on Christmas day I sure as hell felt like I was interfering in their Christmas celebration.
