since covid in france, especially in the countryside with lack of brothers, it was quite common that some sisters were using the computer at the back of the kingdom hall to manage zoom session.. i heard a rumor that new instructions, maybe a july letter, stated that this was reserved for male only, even unbaptised publishers, but no sister if there is at least a male available.
that would be a steps back and disappointment for these sisters.
last week i heard at my mom’s house how they were happy that this service was available for them, a proof that the org was moving forward.
I've always thought it so bizarre that women aren't allowed to do absurdly practical and not at all spiritual things like running mics and working a sound desk, even as a witness.
I mean at least there is something in the Bible about men and women's dress codes. Of course we all know women were used as deacons and apostles (messengers) in the Bible. Phoebe and Junia (who was imprisoned for her service!). But no. Ladies we get to wear trousers. :/
Whoop De doo.
this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?
god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.
in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.
"A wise man protects innocent ones"
I agree Fragrant. That is why this story in Genesis has always been very difficult for me to understand and process. You have this creature who according to our teaching is hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than we are (including brain power presumably).With the attendant wisdom that comes with being eons of years old. A creature that cheered and clapped when our grandparents were created by God and knew how relatively young and utterly innocent they were. Yet this creature chose to take advantage of that innocence and fool us to our everlasting detriment. To what end? It just makes him look the way an adult male that steals candy from a baby would look! Then the father of the baby arrives and severely punishes the baby, even though he can see the real culprit standing there with the candy - grinning from ear to ear!
In fact, as Nicolaou said, any three year old child would have more wit than Adam and Eve had!!!
The only person that comes out of this story with any credibility was EVE in my opinion....at least she acted out of complete naivety!
gillies is moving up quick.
wonder what kind of devilish acts he's done to get that job so fast.
hey, look!
JW Spellcasting...I've got to admit that is kinda funny 😂
there have been a few post about robert king, the first was 16 years ago, the last was 9 years ago.
just to the let the old timers here know, he's still at it.
and for you newbies, robert king who wrote "jehovah himself has become king.
Boy I miss Outlaw...
("Side show Bob😂😂😂)
the ra is underway and there is a common thread through the first day.
they have a "presenter" who comes across as an educated historian handling early bible fragments and translations as if he knows what he's doing.
the impression given is that he is an unassailable font of all knowledge, with his rich scottish accent he prints himself as across as professor gravitas.. i find this disturbing, we have no idea who he is or what if any his qualifications are to speak such with authority.
....who is this guy is right.
Just not sure we're talking about the same guy😂
from reddit.. a summary of changes: .
we are all sinners, so we have to be reasonable how we punish sinners.
if elders and congregation do not quickly help someone come to be reinstated they would be imitating satan the devil, not jehovah (yes that actually is what is said in the tagalog version in translation!
The “Box” may “explain” the WT teaching but like the song says “it ain’t necessarily so".
Watchtower man speak with forked tongue, Ozzie. You know it ; ) 🍷
Wozza honey stuff👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
from reddit ex jw, a user posted this material of a hypothetical new light on dissociated people......i'm posting it only for the record, nothing else is known.
it seems that the topic has been deleted either by the moderators or by the user himself.
understanding dissociation in light of the scriptures.
KerryK The problem is that they announce the same thing from the platform, 'such and such is no longer a jw'.
I guess they just won't announce disassociated ones if it's no longer mandated you need to shun them.
I'm thinking this is how they're planning to get around the non shunning of disfellowshipped minors (which is how they can be legally sanctioned without question). They'll simply ensure all minors are made to disassociate themselves if they're caught committing a 'sin', instead of being DF.
what are your memories of hall cleaning?.
i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.
the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.
I was always assigned to lawn care, so it was a thrill driving a ride-on lawn mower and 15/16 years old. After the clean, we would all go to Pizza Hut (back when Pizza Hut had that buffet and personal pan pizzas served on the skillet pan thing),
Nice! ;)
these days i seem to talk more to chatgpt than my husband .
for fun, today i asked: why was the aug. 2024 watchtower deleted?
the august 2024 issue of the "watchtower" magazine was withdrawn due to internal controversies and significant content concerns.
Or....is Mark Saunderson - finally - going to come out?⛅🥳😸🌈
