a. in 2026 in what state do you think the organization will be?.
) 9million + members.
) roughly the same amount of members as today (7-9 million)..
A. 5
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4
I put B 1 more foreign language publications as research shows cults thrive when their literature is published in the victims "home or native" language, since the target for cults are in poor undeveloped countries with little access to education or tecnology I expect "niche" language publications to increase.. - the only thing that will ( they may also get public funds/ tax breaks to publish in minority or dying languages)
asking this q because my own feeling about this is that he probably believed in god but his evolutionary thesis is used to support atheism.
how come?
Darwin accompanied his deeply religious wife to church on Sundays but did not enter, waiting outside for her. Research from Cambridge suggests his delay in publishing " Origin.."was due to ill health, in part, combined with a heavy workload. It is considered a myth that he delayed due to religious sensibilities or that he feared censure. He had gathered such vast amounts of evidence supporting evolution via natural selection it would be unthinkable that he could any longer believe the biblical creation narrative and thus Christianity at the very least.
When Astronomer Royal Martin Rees was asked why he still attended church his reply was " loyalty to the tribe".Don't know why I wrote that but it seemed appropriate, somehow.
more "odds and ends".
i liked lyman swingle (governing body member)......he was from alabama, he knew how to curse at the right time.
i think, that’s why i went to him, when i was having so much trouble with my future wife’s parents.
there were other people who either killed themselves or tried to kill themselves while they were at "the house of god.
one person who did kill himself was richard wheelock, press room overseer ......he jumped out of a window at the watchtower farm one day.
it seemed, he was never quite the same after his wife "willy" died.
i decided to put an end to my affiliation with the jws for good.
this decision is not the result of an irrational impulse.
it is quite the contrary.
did you know that job's family celebrated birthdays?
the word translated "his own day" at job 1:4 is the same word translated "day of his birth" in job 3:1. .
seems deceptive, does it not, to change that translation.
And another thing( OK ..a little off topic but I don't know where else to stick it). It's related to " being separate/ different, its also another annoying WT watchword but I have never seen the word " spiritistic" anywhere but within the WT lexicon. Surely it should be " spiritualistic" no?? I guess they think it sounds too much like a condemnation of spiritual. Any thoughts?
cedars site hasn't had anything new since september when the new mid week meeting was disclosed.
wonder if the moles were caught.
NathanutASS though if he was on fire, I would eagerly stomp out the flames.
[ sigh..]
most religions indoctrinate a standard sexual 'morality' into their followers.
sex before marriage is wrong, gay sex is wrong, same sex marriage is wrong, masturbation is wrong.. let's not turn this into another religion bashing thread (too easy), i was wondering how much of that pre-packaged thinking you still hold to?.
i still value marriage, more than ever.
We made it! Checked into our room........... laid down on a bed together for the first time ever and..... fell asleep in one another's arms.
HaHaHa Giordano .....me too!!!Hot stuff didn't happen until the next day! I wonder how many stressed out exhausted couples this actually happens too...a fair few I'm willing to bet!
hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.
i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.
i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..
anyways what are the odds that they would show up as I'm typing my delusional ramblings about my awaking. I just thought it bizarre, if they where writing this story they would of said the angles sent them...LOL. So I Got a meeting with the new CO any thoughts?
If they showed up at a random motel miles away from anywhere remotely connected to you and found you posting at 03.00 am...maybe then you might have reason to suspect the angel connection....NB drug dealers usually turn up at peoples doors just when they are trying to get clean too!!!
Beautiful share...relate to not being " allowed" to truly grieve as a JW, its seen as a weakness. So glad to know you...any friends you make here are unconditional xxxxx
hey everyone!!
i hope everyone is doing good today.
i don't share or comment often, but i'm in the mood to do that today.
