a recent wacktower had hinted that the year 2034 would be the final date for armaggedon.
if armageddon has not arrived by 2035 then will the wts close shop for good or will they simply accuse the past presidents of apostacy and regroup to form another daughter of the tower offshoot baseless religion?.
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I remember talks mentioning Newtons speculations said with the caveat that it was too late a prediction and with world conditions being so bad that the inside of the magazines said the end of this system would come during this 20th century and that was only a few years away.
Well the 20th century is come and gone. Newton's predictions included dates like 2034 and 2060. I wouldn't be surprised if they now pushed Newton dates as being a possibility of the end.
boa tarde, sera que existem membros no forum que pertencam a congregacoes em portugal?
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official current list as published by watchtower >>> here.
official list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.
list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.
All those names and only one seemingly Latino person among them. Yet with the most growth of the bOrganization happening in Spanish and Portuguese congregations one would think they'd have mote folks who come from the culture and are familiar with customs and outlooks.
Names however, don't necessarily mean they are connected to the customs--like the case of former CO Rodrigues who pronounces his name as "ROD-ricks." He's managed to white wash himself out of any ethnicity and is more full of air than Wonder bread.
simple and easy way to prove jehovah's witnesses are a dishonest organizationmost jehovah's witnesses do not realize that their elders secret manual instructs the elders to deny people their rights to record their own conversations and interactions with the elders.
this includes judicial meetings and so-called shepherding calls.elders have even been warned at their elder training classes that if they allow themselves to be recorded the watchtower society will not defend him in court if they are sued.elders fear being recorded because they do not want to be held accountable and responsible for their words and actions.
no elder has ever given me a cogent reason for refusing people their rights to record interactions with elders.what this creates is a unfair power balance between the elders and anyone they are talking to or judicially dealing with.
In CoC Ray F. told about the times when those suspected of not towing the party line to the full were recorded, even phone conversations, by WT hounders, without the person's knowledge and played back to GB and their cronies.
The WT leadership has always been less than honest. They should expect to be treated like they've treated others.
hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.
i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.
however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..
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i was very tired today, still am.
age is getting to me.
that video will be shown to millions of parents around the world.
the kids will remember the video for about 1 day and then life will get back to normal
I know, right? Short attention spans, but think of this. That video is going to be seen over and over by kids who'll be babysat with that video and others like it. They'll identify closely with Caleb and Sophia. Maybe the WT is trying to curb infant obesity. "Don't eat fatty icecream, give us your money instead, you'll get that dopamine release reward from doing as you've been brainwashed, child!" Bunch of greedy money grabbin GB now turned into drug pushers of feel good brain chemicals!
The craziness over the movie Frozen is ample proof. Four year olds singing along with Anna! Having the time of their lives. But, they're not being asked to give up their icecream money to a Real Estate Development and Publishing Empire masking as a religion.
When their minds are the most pliable and the rate of growth is the highest in brain development. Habits and future mind-sets are formed. This Contributions & No Icecream video is nothing short of blatant, infant brainwashing.
in the video, they repeatedly talk about these big ugly misunderstandings that have taken place between the circuit overseers and the elders,, at least partially, leading to their current money problems fiasco.. if the governing body were intentionally lying, wouldn't they lie to make themselves and their elders look better, instead of worse?.
what would the motive be for them to tell everyone about these big misunderstandings?.
basically, from what i can tell from the new return to jehovah brochure, is that the governing body is now offering amnesty to anyone who has been gone from the congregation but now wants to return.. it claims it doesn't matter what sins you've done, or what caused you to leave, if you repent to jehovah and ask the elders to help you, and return to the meetings, you'll be warmly welcomed with no disciplinary action or judgment against you..
to all brothers and sisters reading this site: "and i love you so" (remember the don mclean song?
)...is the feeling most of us had with regard to the watchtower and the brothers leading it.
but truly, who did we get baptized for?
Your post was very encouraging. Thank you so much.
Likewise, Frank, thanks for your original post in the discussion forum. It took some tenacious daring-do for you, no doubt, since you weren't scared away by some of the other posts people share here.
Take the good and dump the bad, like the dragnet. Each person needs to work out their own salvation through their faith in God and Christ. Although, if we can encourage one another, we should, and that's a blessing.
We can't gain salvation for others, they need to put faith in Jesus Christ. But we can't judge anyone, God can read hearts and knows what each person has gone through. If we had to walk in each others sandals I'm sure we'd see everything with more understanding of who they are and how our experiences have a big part in molding us into who we are as people.
Tell us how you ended up here, feel free to share more, if you're comfortable with that.
go instead to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.
matt 25. so .....when someone anointeded claims they need more of an item of value that we have when they already had and used it unwisely is this the correct response?
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No it just means that they weren't prepared, and someone who is prepared and full of faith in their salvation through holy spirit, can't bestow that blessing on someone else, they have to sort out themselves what belief they hold that can sustain them, until the fulfillment of that salvation arrives.
That's how I understand it anyway.
When a Christian sees someone in need and can do something about it, the right thing is to try to help, so in this case the counsel is not that, not to give of what you can't provide someone else by yourself, you need to go to the one who bought salvation for you by having faith in him, with hope, demonstrated through one's baptism. I cannot buy salvation for you, you can't buy salvation for me. The one selling it at no price, gratis is God himself through one's faith that Jesus is the Christ, that is the promised Messiah.
