after reading the "beware the voice of strangers" article, a thought occurred to me.
it has been suggested in the past that a number of board members ought to attend a particular meeting all on the same day.
why not on the sunday when this article is studied?
After reading the "Beware the Voice of Strangers" article, a thought occurred to me. It has been suggested in the past that a number of board members ought to attend a particular meeting all on the same day.
Why not on the Sunday when this article is studied? Tell me that wouldn't be a major statement that might give the R&F anything from the heebie jeebies to actual pause for thought about the tripe they are being fed.
Thoughts?
i managed to get my scanner working on another pc.
i'm not sure about the policy about posting scans of watchtowers here so if you want me to send you the scans let me know.
the scans are in a zip file which is password protected.
Paragraph 13 is a disgusting insinuation equating apostates on Internet chatrooms with "perverse" people who prey on children on the Internet. In other words, when apostates aren't trying to subvert JWs faith, they are perverts luring children into lurid sexual acts.
This is sick reasoning.
i managed to get my scanner working on another pc.
i'm not sure about the policy about posting scans of watchtowers here so if you want me to send you the scans let me know.
the scans are in a zip file which is password protected.
I have a comment re: paragraph 9. The Serpent told them that "God knows that in the very day of your eating it your eyes are bound to become opened" and subsequently in the Bilbe verse that "they would be like God knowing evil". Then they question he motives of the Serpent in saying that.
HOWEVER if you read verse 22 of Genesis 1, God says "The man has become like one of us knowing good and evil."
Umm... was this "stranger" Satan telling a lie according to the Bible? Seems to me he told the TRUTH - they came to know good and evil as promised and that God was withholding that information from them! It kinda reminds me of how the Society says that people who listen to apostates have often had major doubts raised in their minds with the inference being that "yes - apostates actually have information that will cause you to question the Society".
Appalling article. The leaps in logic they use are horrible.
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
You are right Derek about the copyright... too many apostates could alter the docs if Joe Blow were posting his own copies of things. Doesn't forgive them for not publishing them on their own official site.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/news/story.asp?datetime=22+jul+2004+19%3a22&tbrand=estonline&tcategory=news&category=news&brand=estonline&itemid=iped22+jul+2004+08%3a22%3a52%3a517
man lay dead for weeks, inquest told
july 22, 2004 19:22 .
Matthew 25:40 - And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
Precisely Sunspot - much like the admonition not to distribute the WT CD-ROM to anyone but Witnesses. They need to keep control over who has that kind of resource.
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
Estee is on the right track - no hardcopy publications = no donation money from the average dub.
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
Life insurance is a different matter Cheech. I am talking about that nest-egg for 20 or 30 years down the road.
I can guarantee that most of the single mothers struggling to get by aren't putting aside anything, but that most elders are. Wonder how many got screwed in 1975 thinking they'd never hit retirement in 2000? Cleaning toilets and washing windows isn't very kind to the knees and joints of your average septugenarian.
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
I can attest that a significant number of elders I have asked in the last few years have sheepishly said "yes" they have retirement savings and contribute yearly (some in their late 30s and early 40s).
some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with elders etc.
when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.. .
i present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates.
Some do not like to discuss doctrinal issues with Elders etc. when leaving the org or studying feeling inadequate.
I present for your consumption some very simple questions to ask that reveal motives and objectives to use in lieu of doctrinal debates. I have asked these many times and never get an answer. BTW I copied and pasted these from another post I made in another thread:
I would encourage people who think that the elders are rock-solid company men, to ask them the following questions:
1 - Do you have retirement savings (401K/RRSP)?
2 - Why do you save for retirement if the end of this system is right around the corner? Doesn't that show a lack of faith?
3 - Why isn't all of the literature published on the Internet if it is indeed life-saving material? Why publish printed magazines and other literature if electronic distribution would be cheaper for NA and Europe that have pervasive Internet access for the common man?
4 - If the publications are life-saving material passed down to God's Organization on earth from him, why would the WTS object to republication and vigourously defend their copyright?
These are very, very simple questions that have nothing at all to do with doctrine, and yet paint a pretty telling picture of what is actually going on.
