"when will this hope be fulfilled?
the bible foretold events that would signal that god’s kingdom is about to begin its rule over the earth.
present world conditions match what the bible foretold.
Watchtower 1989 Jan 1 p.12
"He was laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century." (continues
That is what the original WT said. By the time the WT volume was produced early the following year and subsequently the digital version, it had been changed to:
He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day.
Obviously they had lost their confidence with only a decade left of the 20th Century!
George
i found out recently that michelangelo's painting of adam on the sistine chapel depicts him without a belly button.
i had never noticed this before and it makes sense that neither adam nor eve would have belly buttons, not having been born in the usual way.
then i realized all the first animals were created rather than born, according to the religious views of the origin of life.
I found out recently that Michelangelo's painting of Adam on the Sistine Chapel depicts him without a belly button.
I just looked at that painting on Wikipedia and he certainly appears to have a navel.
George
i have been reading through old threads discussing circuit overseers from the past.
i saw a photo of a list from the mid 2000s someone took at london bethel, which was helpful for that time.
i'm extremely interested in compiling a list of current circuit overseers from across the uk, seeing that the circuits had a massive change in recent years.
Prior to Errol Flynn we had Sean Smart, probably one of the best CO's I have ever known. He was moved to Bedfordshire (?) area I think.
George
i have been reading through old threads discussing circuit overseers from the past.
i saw a photo of a list from the mid 2000s someone took at london bethel, which was helpful for that time.
i'm extremely interested in compiling a list of current circuit overseers from across the uk, seeing that the circuits had a massive change in recent years.
Errol Flynn is CO for Sussex area. Decent kind of guy.
George
the last two seem very young.. will there be any further new gb members or will they all die off?.
i still remember when tony morris and a few other joined many were disappointed thinking the current crop would be the last.
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Not Gilles though, he is too old and apparently he did not partake this year.
That's interesting that he did not partake this year. Not sure about his age, he's younger than me but so is the majority of the population.
He fits the pious prick profile.
Probably why I picked him!
George
Edit:- Apparently he is 70/71, older than I thought.
i'm trying to find out how many jw there were globally in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. the watchtower of 1926 says that there were 25,000 in attendance at the magdeburg convention for the public address, but the same watchtower say that one the last day of the convention there were 15,000 present, so i assume at least 10,000 were interested persons - non jw.
the watchtower 1955 says: "for this year of 1927 the number in attendance at the spring memorial internationally was 88,544, yet of these only some 18,602 were active as house-to-house kingdom announcers".
these statistics would seem to imply that the majority of jw in 1926 were at the magdeburg convention.
I was always under the impression that statistics for this period were never produced due to "the great disappointment".
Nothing happened in 1925 when JFR said all the old prophets would return to rule the earth.
George
the last two seem very young.. will there be any further new gb members or will they all die off?.
i still remember when tony morris and a few other joined many were disappointed thinking the current crop would be the last.
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Sam Herd born 1935 - Life Story: A Poor Start—A Rich Ending | Samuel F. Herd (jw.org)
I think Paul Gilles may be on the list for the future.
George
i know from friends who are pimi that circuit overseers are taken off when they hit age 70. since most of them are long serving men it might explain why they are pushing mid-20 year old lads into the circuit work.. are there any similar age restrictions on congregation elders?
because we've known some doddery old men in the past who shouldn't have been kept on as presiding overseers but refused to relinquish their role.
does anyone know?.
No age limit for elders. We have several that are around the 90 mark. On the download version of the recent RC there was a 100 year old brother that gave a talk. He must be an elder to do that.
George
https://youtu.be/sbh213gbedo?si=ceeaip451t6i0zjp.
so as they say one picture is as strong as a thousand words and here you have it guys in the latest study edition of the watchtower for october 2024 that has just been posted on their website a middle aged jw window cleaner dreaming of the new system where things will get better.
why does the watchtower need to talk now about jws on minial self employed jobs?
I remember a few years ago a visiting speaker mentioning in his Public Talk that he was still working as a window cleaner even though he was in his mid seventies. He said he wished Armageddon would come soon as that would be the only way he could retire due to the high cost of living here in SE England.
Judging by what window cleaners here charge they probably earn plenty but it's also a case of saving and financial planning for old age. That's the old age that so many never expected to reach!
George
i'm interested to know the age demographics here.
it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.
it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.
I too well remember 1975 and all the speculation in the years leading up to it. On 1st January 1976 I should have walked away but with wife, parents, in laws, family it would have been very difficult.
Almost 50 years on it's well too late but I can dream of what might have been.
George
