when we were practising witnesses we heard a lot about the need to be "sheeplike" , having a sheeplike attitude and personality .
a typical comment might be :.
"lasting peace & happiness just ahead" 2009 p 30.
The other thing to remember about sheep is that they are not even bright enough to follow the shephard, they follow each other . Each one following wherever the one in front goes....whether that be over a precipice or straight into the slaughter house.
They are also corralled on the basis of fear...of the wolf ( or sheepdog, as anyone who has seen "Babe" will tell you!)
just watching makes me shiver.
https://youtu.be/z1aaludti04.
We wouldn't be where we are today were it not for that propensity in human beings. Naturally inquisitive, natural risk takers.
i have gotten hooked on podcasts, one of which is fresh air, a pbs podcast.
this past week the re-aired an interview with the late leonard cohen.
here is a link to the pbs site that includes the interview:.
My big son was obsessed with The Future when he was 4, he used to carry around a walkman and play it all the time. Funny. But yes a good album.
of publisher numbers go up its a sign jehovah must be blessing the work if they go down it a sign the end must be near .
if there's an earthquake it a sign.if there's a war it's a sign ..i'm sure donald trump is sign.
karter.
The their current numbers are a sign of the END drawing close I think we can safely say Satan has one the bet hands down.
on december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
or what it's worth, YouTuber 'The Unwitness'(Joel I think)said a few months ago that he was disappointed with the delay but had been told the reason why and it was legit. Also that it will be well worth the delay from what he had heard and to be patient. He said he couldn't say anymore.
😆😆😆😆 I don't know who this dude is but he sounds like I've every witness I've ever met!!!
on december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
I am a proud member of the pirating class, although I don't call you a sucker, I think it was extremely estimable of you. Many people offered to help Deborah - even publishing professionals. Actually I was given the website of the p DF on here, which is why I thought that whole ' cease and desist' out cry on here a couple of years ago so hypocritical.
Unfortunately, I think you guys are on to something, if the lady in question is an exJW the delay in publishing may be down to old fashioned superstition of the deity.
So you know what I'm going to say now, don't you? 1 2 3...
Publish and be damned!!!
several months ago i approached a nice young couple who were standing by a jw literature stand in my local community.
they were pleasant and polite but incredibly stilted when it came to answering my "innocent" questions about their beliefs.
this was the occasion of jws featuring the article headlined "is religion dying?".
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I think the Gov body is discouraging conversations in an effort to keep the RF from hearing all the negative they would hear otherwise. The indefensible can decay some people's trust in the Governing Blotto.
That's what I've wondered for some time. Do they want witnesses to stay away form worldly types with tatt?
it's great that the following is officially mentioned in the royal commission's report:.
when asked if the governing body members saw themselves as ‘jehovah god’s spokespeople on earth’, mr geoffrey jackson answered that it ‘would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using’.
mr jackson’s response seems to be inconsistent with the documentary evidence before the royal commission, which shows that jehovah’s witnesses believe that the governing body is the ‘channel’ by which jehovah’s ‘will’ is communicated to them..
your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to go onto jw.org.
take one of their pics from any publication and add your own speech bubbles or caption.. here's mine.
picture taken from the watchtower feb 2017.. .
I wish I could see them! I'll have to have a gander on me tablet.
i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.
i hear a haunting sound from another room.
"is that a children's song?
