when was that first preached , with the book babylon the great has fallen gods kingdom rules ,the 1970`s ?
where they claimed that false religion had a fall in 1919 and that it was continuing to that day .
however today we see not babylon the great that is falling ,but the jehovah`s witnesses religion that are on the decline ,selling off branches , kingdom halls in one place after another throughout the earth .. and only a couple of years ago they were predicting they would be needing thousands of kingdom halls to be built for the expected influx of new worshippers ?
That hefty tome "Babylon the Great has fallen - God's Kingdom rules" was released in 1963. I placed a few of those but never got much response when returning (Back calls!). Not the most readable text and today's dumbed down JW's wouldn't have a clue. Maybe if they made it into a Caleb & Sophie video...…..
George
it's very odd that the jan. 2020 watchtower was nearly 3 weeks later than normal.
another odd thing about this watchtower is that it has two articles (about the anointed) that is very similar to two articles they wrote only four years earlier.the fact that they have even reprinted two articles that are only four years old suggests that they continue to have numerous problems surrounding their teaching's of the anointed and problems with those claiming to be anointed.here are a few of the differences between both the 2016 and 2020 articles -2016 watchtower states.
anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah just like everyone else.. 2020 watchtower statesof course, anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah through the congregation just like everyone else.. four years ago, they acknowledged that it was only jehovah who were teaching the anointed but the newest watchtower now states that it is through the congregation.watchtower 2016 states there will be 144,000 ruling with jesus in heaven.
Evidently the number of partakers is up again this year.
George
i saw this mentioned on reddit but no link - i found the article form this weeks bible study..... in the “congregation bible study” part of the meeting this week there was a part that said and i quote: “only jehovah god and his son can receive someone into the heavenly kingdom or the paradise on earth under that kingdom.
we should diligently cultivate friendship with them by using what material riches we have in supporting kingdom interests”.
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“Only Jehovah God and his Son can receive someone into the heavenly Kingdom or the Paradise on earth under that Kingdom. We should diligently cultivate friendship with them by using what material riches we have in supporting Kingdom interests”
Like so many I was surprised/shocked at that. However, I checked it against the old 1991 "Greatest Man" book and it was word for word the same back then. Guess I was just coasting then!
George
2019--prison witnessing training seminar.
2019--10-14--follow up tp prison witnessing training seminar.
2019--example notice to cease and desist for congregation2019--example notice to cease and desist for watchtower2019--guide to configuring kingdom hall audio and video system computer-s-132-e2019--example midweek meeting schedule-s-140-e2020--example year text-yt20-eall are in this zipped folderhttps://we.tl/t-dheuiguqtf atlantis!
Many thanks Atlantis.
As regards the "Do Not Call", is that an old file? I did not think 25 Columbia Heights to be a current address for the WT Society.
George
matt 28: 19 is the year text.
new understanding on joel ch 2 who are the locusts?.
there is a new building addition to warwick in the works.
So today's day's Text (Matt 28:19) was no coincidence. I guess even the GB like to have a joke!
George
the annual meeting (2019) is happening as i am posting this.. any comments yet or information from what is being presented?.
rub a dub.
One of the speculations on that list is a new Revelation Book.
After six previous attempts plus revisions I think they should leave that topic well alone!
George
looks like the update i pushed yesterday broke the "new topic" link.
if this shows up, then it's fixed :).
there are quite a few other updates, nothing should be visually different but the backend is changing in preparation for more noticeable changes and just to improve performance..
^^^^^
As above
George
i have a friend of mine who is a jw is getting one.
its sad.
its going to be sad if he is going to be destroyed by jehovah for doing this..
I would have thought it is just like any organ transplant, a personal decision these days. Gone are the days of considering transplants as cannibalism.
George
my uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
Weird - The usually have the Annual meeting the first October weekend of the year
Very unusual, as said, normally the first Saturday in October. What are they up to? Hopefully Lynnie you will be able to keep us posted.
George
oh boy, the meetings lined up for december are culty.. it all starts with a 5 minute talk someone has to give on the topic "why should we not be troubled by the increase of memorial partakers in recent years?".
the next week again inserts jws into bible prophecy, first with "the earth swallowed up the river", which claims that court victories for the org are really god's doing.
there is no mention on who is responsible for the many judgements against the org.. then there's this chart to be discussed that same night:.
"Why should we not be troubled by the increase of Memorial partakers in recent years?"
Evidently the numbers are up again this year.
George
