we're you regular at the 3 meetings days watchtower hade?
i remember our was tuesday, thursdays and saturdays.
in reality it's crazy they hade so many meetings.
In Sarf London we say "All mouth and no trousers"☺️
Not being in London, Sarf or otherwise, we tend to say "All fur coat and no knickers!"
In answer to the question however, I am sad to say yes, I was regular at all the meetings. Tuesday evening group study plus an hour D2D prior to that during the summer. Thursday evening M/S and S/M. Saturday morning D2D, Sunday morning D2D, afternoon P/T and W/T.
Talk about a waste of a life.
George
if jesus memorial meal is meant to follow on from the jewish passover celebration, would someone explain to me why the jehovah's witness community are holding their "lord's evening meal" on tuesday 4th april; when the jewish community are not holding their 2023 passover until the 5th april 2023?
doesn't this mean that the jehovahs have got their date wrong?.
https://www.londonworld.com/read-this/passover-2023-what-is-passover-dates-and-greetings-4091833.
JW's calculate Nisan 14 to be 14 days from when they estimate the crescent of the said new moon will be visible over Jerusalem. Needless to say they are often wrong. A few years ago they said the new moon would NOT be visible on this particular day but in fact it was clearly visible both in Jerusalem and also the UK.
The Jews calculate Passover to be on Nisan 15 which they calculate as 14 days from the astronomical new moon which is why Passover almost always coincides with the full moon and the JW Memorial usually does not. This year the full moon is about 06:30 tomorrow (Thursday) but still on Nisan 15.
The Israelites left Egypt on the morning after the Passover, it was still Nisan 14 of course by JW reckoning. In view this I asked an elder to explain the meaning of Numbers 33:3. He told me I think too much which is not good!
For anyone interested it's worth drawing out a timeline of events for Nisan 14/15 bearing in mind the crazy explanation for "between the two evenings". Then ask how long it would take you to kill a sheep, bleed it, skin and gut it and then roast it whole over an open fire. I've never tried it but extrapolating from the time it takes Sis England to cook a leg of lamb in a modern insulated fan oven.........
George
i have a friend who is a witness, and i wanted to send them a message on tuesday, but i'm not entirely sure what to say.
"happy memorial" doesn't seem quite right.
what are some appropriate greetings to send on the day of the memorial of jesus christ?.
Why is it Tuesday the 4th instead of Friday the 7th ("Good Friday," when may other Christian denominations commemorate the death of Christ)?
Easter is a "Moveable Feast" so it will always fall on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. There is a readily available formula to calculate this.
As explained above JW's Memorial is calculated similarly to the Passover in most years.
George
this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
Is it possible to come off being anointed and be other sheep and still be an Bethel elder?
As I understand it if an anointed one is disfellowshipped and later reinstated they do not become one of the other sheep. They remain as anointed, there is no "second prize".
This situation arose years ago with an anointed sister who fell away and disassociated for many years. Then her son died tragically and she came back to the meetings and resumed D2D etc. At the first Memorial she did not partake but apparently the CO had words with her as above and she resumed partaking until her death.
As regards AMIII I have never heard a single comment about him in the congregation so I assume no one knows/cares about the situation.
George
mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.
at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.
single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.
live broadcast of memorial service
Is there a recording of this?
George
mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.
at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.
single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.
There was a special forces armed unit or whatever very close to the KH at the time of the shooting and their very prompt arrival undoubtedly saved many lives. A sister in our congregation said this was clearly Jehovah's direction to save so many. I despair.
George
i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.
a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.
quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.
Neither have any experience in life. They have never had a full time job, family, mortgage, utility bills and generally making ends meet. When did they last rush in from work, grab a bite, a shower and off to the meeting with the wife and kids?
George
the org is always so late.
i remember the last in person meetings before went to zoom, none of us were wearing facemasks and i thought why is the org so late with this.
they just announced older ones shouldn’t come but most large organisations had already stopped in person.
they are always so late with everything ⏰
Including Armageddon.
George
hi everyone i’m not pimi or pimo i’m pima.. i don’t think the gb have everything right but i’m sitting on the fence that maybe they do some things.. if the great trib starts i will jump that side of the fence.. this is a definite little sneaky advantage dodging but even by their own doctrine last min some could come in.. i suspect many are like me.. i spent years in bethel and am very disappointed and disillusioned by it all.. but at the end of the day i love the bible and think it is the word of god and i don’t see any other religion that comes as close to what jesus describes his true followers or who are fulfilling mat 24:14..
I'm just sittin' on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too hard I find
So I'm sittin on a fence
Reminded me of the old Stones song but you will need to be of a certain age to remember that one.
George
hey.
does anyone else dread attending (in person or on zoom) the memorial months in advance?.
literally as soon as new year hits, i feel sick and super anxious, and i've realised it's because of the memorial, which i only attend because of family, who kinda tell me the reason they have bad health is cuz i left the jw sevel years ago..
Find a gullible looking elder and ask him to explain why the Passover is not even given a mention at the Memorial anymore.
You could even sing him a little reminder song... 'twas Nisan 14 when your glory was seen... The Passover lamb was then eaten, and Israel 12 tribes went forth free....
George
