Posts by St George of England

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Circuit overseers wives.

by stan livedeath in

or..as i remember the title..circuit servants wives.

but then i left 40+ years ago.. any recollections of those females that led such an unnatural existence?.

those that i recall seemed such aloof creatures..

I think the only CO & wife that I really liked were John & Jean Flack. Many of the older ones here in the UK will probably remember them. They stayed with us once about 40 years ago. They were a young couple, probably about 10 years older than my wife and I so they are now well into their 80's.

As soon as the meeting finished they were always keen to get home and change into their jeans and get in front of the TV. I could smell the Chanel No. 5 drifting around the house for a week after they left!

George

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Congregation Letter - 2021 Magazines Delayed???

by JWTom in

we had a letter read in our cong.

last week that said the public wt and awake would be delayed during the beginning of 2021. meaning we would just use the 2020 version into 2021 and there would be no new ones at the beginning of 2021 until an undetermined time sometime during the 1st half of 2021. at least that is the gist that i remember.

it was in what atlantis provided but there was no further detail....very brief.. any more intel or speculation on this?

St George of England

Only the 2021 printed Public magazines are being delayed, no doubt due to lock down at Bethels until February at the earliest.

The digital versions are still being published and if by "2021 weekly study content" you mean the Christian Life and Ministry then the combined Jan/Feb is available on line.

George

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New World Translation In Political Ad!

by Atlantis in

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website:.

https://votehankorleaveitblank.com/.

political ad:.

St George of England

Well, well well. I'd bet that was not sanctioned by the WTS....

Could the WTS actually object? If you give something to a person, in this case a copy of the RNWT, it becomes their property, you cannot control what they subsequently do with it.

Of all the translations to pick though....

George

24

The Myth of being "Spirit Appointed"

by BluesBrother in

back in the first century we read that the apostles would "lay their hands" on someone and the holy spirit would be imparted to that one.

appointments of older men were made in this way - at that time.

in modern times the wts has claimed that their own elders ,min.

St George of England

Watchtower 1992 1/02 p13
However they soon reverted to perpetrating the myth that each appointment is the result of direct action by the Holy Spirit....Why?

Similar to the WT, this quote from 2009:-

To this day, responsible men are selected to serve as overseers in the congregation. The elders carefully consider the Scriptural qualifications required of such overseers, and they pray for the guidance of holy spirit. The congregation thus views such men as appointed by holy spirit. Bearing Witness (2009) p19 par22.

I'm sure this is still the current view and of course the GB is "neither inspired nor infallible" and the Baptismal question was revised recently to remove inspired from "God's Inspired Organisation".

There are too many examples, as shown here, of bad decisions and appointments being made.

George

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something funny happened on the way to November--

by waton in

stude 138 this week is about jesus ruling; seen standing in heaven, sitting at the right hand, standing up for his people, sitting down again for judgement, riding ---but the portion, what he is actually biblical doing right now, col. 1:13 was never read or discussed.

even the whole section of the book's article was not read!.

next month jws are covering the land with their kingdom of 1914 and soon panda paradise saga, but will deaden into silence the ~ 2000 year old real possible kingdom of --- love.. was the whole chapter 138 read in your zoom room?

St George of England

but the portion, what he is actually biblical doing right now, Col. 1:13 was never read or discussed. even the whole section of the book's article was not read!

The Congregation Bible Study was reduced in time this week to allow the 15 min item on Neutrality to replace the 5 min Local Needs item.

George

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What happened to the 2020 Annual Meeting? Was it suspended?

by Misterme in

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anyone know?

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St George of England

I would have thought that the legal part of the AGM, the part that we never see, would have to take place.

Maybe the rest of the AGM will be replaced by GB updates such as we are seeing on JW Broadcasting.

George

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JW's Not Members anymore but Individuals

by pistolpete in

i've been waiting for someone to post this and i've haven't seen it yet, perhaps i overlooked it since i don't visit that often.. but here is the link to the discussion.

in it you will find letters and links to this new light.

whether it's true or not, please verify.. as of .

St George of England

JW's can now request a "territory" to be assigned for them to work. This was announced at our field service meeting last Saturday. It followed another early morning elders ZOOM meeting with the CO. It was emphasised once again that this is the publishers own personal ministry.

So if anything should go wrong, don't call the Branch Office, it's nothing to do with them. This is YOUR own personal ministry.

George

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The Spiritual Food Box!

by Atlantis in

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the spiritual food box.. .

https://www.jw.org/en/library/series/how-your-donations-are-used/a-small-box-that-delivers-spiritual-food/.

petra!.

St George of England

We had a video about this at the meeting on Tuesday.

https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/pub-mwbv_202009_4_VIDEO

George

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Study Book

by Ding in

what is the watchtower's current study book?.

is it what does the bible really teach?.

is it what can the bible teach us?.

St George of England

Currently at the "Congregation Bible Study" (or Bible study without the Bible) "Jesus-The Way, the Truth, the Life" book is examined.

I remember studying the Greatest Man book when I was very little, but was it just for kids? I can’t remember.

The "Jesus - the way the ....etc" is just a reprint of the old Greatest Man book.

George

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Cowardly Change of Policy in the UK

by Slidin Fast in

the britain branch has called a confidential meeting tonight with a controversial announcement.

the message is of such import that it was transmitted by word of mouth only, nothing in writing, ears only.

a decision made by the governing body of jehovah's witnesses and transmitted orally down the chain of command, a decision proving the leadership of this spirit lead body.. the gdpr laws in the uk have been interpreted by wt lawyers so that all record keeping relating to the public has been banned, telephone witnessing and letter writing also, forbidden.. now in a show of supreme bravado the publishers are to be informed that if they wish to, if they dare, they may write to people at their own risk.. bear in mind, nothing is in writing.

St George of England

This is absolutely correct. All our circuit elders met with the CO via zoom early on Saturday morning. This was then conveyed to the congregation at the Saturday FS zoom meeting. No questions could be asked as neither the elder nor the CO knew the answers.

This is an aspect of your "own personal ministry". Which means as has been mentioned if you get problems from the law you have no redress with either the congregation or the Branch office as nothing has been put in writing.

Despicable.

George