It doesn't matter if they ever allow them.....anyone with a brain would wonder "why were they ever disallowed?"
Then again, they attract people that love a good 'concession'
a minny man in a local congregation has a beard...he was bullied by the elders to remove it.. then the co came along and told the elders to allow him to keep his beard.
(not as the result of any skin condition or anything).. i kid you not!!!.
what do you make of that?.
It doesn't matter if they ever allow them.....anyone with a brain would wonder "why were they ever disallowed?"
Then again, they attract people that love a good 'concession'
so, the round of "regional" conventions has been going on for a few months now.
for those that attended, or those that got transcripts of the parts,.
what was the most absurd thing you heard at yours?.
Oh my god....reading these first two posts......did they really do that??? That was from the stage???
It will never stop amazing me that those actually listening believe this crap
yes, the jws continue to bleed their young ones, so far in my local kh 3 were dfd, one girl just turned 18 this month and packed her bags and said goodbye to the cult and her cultish parents, another young 18 year old man decided to have a non-jw girlfriend and decided to stop attending and is no longer a witness.
they continue to leave and wt leaders dont give a damn.
they dont do anything to help kids be successful and live a healthy life.. .
....this all started with these youths with a Sparlock toy
from the 2013 new world translation 2 tim.
all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. .
as jw's we must have read that scripture a thousand times.
This is the ONE and ONLY question I ask a JW these days....if they believe every word of that scripture.
they of course say "yes"
Then I ask them 'well why are you a Jehovah's Witness then?"
Cue the stammering
i have often wondered how the wt gets away with this.
every other "non-profit" or charitable group i know of that takes in donations, has a board, etc must publicly show how they spent their money, how many donations have been given, their assets, etc.
even the individual congregations read the accounts each month and post them on the bulletin board.
I've wondered it for years.....I always thought it should be part of the annual report/WT Study in January
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlbwnjglymu.
LOL....I'm crying tears of laugher....I've used that EXACT SAME SCENE in several conversations about JW's........eerie!!!
i don't know whether i should laugh, or run screaming into the night.. tonights "local needs" was titled "are you following 'the slave' "?.
the theme scripture was 1 peter 2: 21. it was applied that by following jesus steps closely we would then be able to keep up with 'the slave'.
now i don't know about others, but if i were to follow one person and that meant to keep up with someone else, it would mean that the person i was following was following the other person.
It is surreal to see them pushing technology down everyone's throat......bizarre to read that.
Nevertheless, they all sit their nodding their heads.
i asked the below questions to 2 of my elders a few week ago ................................silence.
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LOL....since when to JW's follow the Bible?
Cults have a way of making up their own rules. See the baptism questions mentioned.
there are a million of them and mine is by no means the most important question to ask them if i only had one shot at it.
but, i have always wondered what kind of bs excuse they would give as an answer to this question: "brother goober bum, given that there are both male and female partakers here on earth who claim to be of the 'anointed' and plan on being of the 144,000 ruling with christ in heaven for eternity........ why are the female 'anointed' treated as submissive, second class citizens and why is their opinion on doctrinal matters, matters of teaching and reproving, anything at all.... why are they not recognized while here on earth even though you claim that jesus has selected them to become angels to rule with him?
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Have you gone beyond the things that are written?
Be very careful how you answer......
what would make a man throw away all his earthly riches to expose the cult?
what did ray franz have to gain by leaving in total poverty?
if ray franz had stayed in place, he could have lived like a god, why did he leave?
Have you ever tried to sell something you know isn't true, doesn't work or is a fraud?
It's very difficult for men of honor.