from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.
's, here are my conclusions:.
's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.
Interesting observation, but I really think there is a 3rd group and it's by far the largest:
Those that just keep going because their family/friends are.... and barely know how to spell the word Bible, much less study it or their literature.
Some people need that sense of belonging to something.
this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.
Of course! They need more kids to cough up their ice cream money......like Sophia!!!
this picture is in the new publication from this year's convention, titled "return to jehovah".
part 1the lost one i will search for.
personally, the animal looks scared of the shepherd.
All I could think is that the 'shepherd' looks reasonably fit and good looking.....
Most elders I served with were pushing 300 lbs. and alcoholics....
Enh, just details... LOL
there is a quote in the new june episode of jw broadcasting, which says isaiah 11:6 applies to people inside the congregations now who have their personalities transformed.. in the 1980's and 1990's, when i attended meetings all the time, i always heard them say this scripture had a literal fulfillment and the animals will be at peace with one another.. here is the scripture:.
isaiah 11:6 (nwt): the wolf will reside for a while with the lamb, and with the young goat the leopard will lie down, and the calf and the lion and the fattened animal will all be together; and a little boy will lead them.. after hearing the quote, i did a search on jw.org, and i found this statement regarding that scripture:.
isaiah book 1, pages 163-165:.
my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.
current belief is:.
watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.
I have a question
Since they had us out there telling everyone for a century that we were in the Last Days.....and we clearly weren't ..(it's 2015).....what has the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society done to correct that message to every single, solitary soul that heard that misinformation and made decisions based on this info from 'God's servant?'
Oh.....nothing?
Cult.
help from a loving jehovah's witness elder part 1. this elder is clearly out of touch with all emotion period as this poor girl pours her heart out to him.
can these untrained, unloving, pharisees possibly be fit to represent a god of love?
a god of anything?
But, but....but......he was chosen by Holy Spirit and Jesus himself!!!
i just watched this film on netflix.
if you haven't seen it its worth watching just for the ways he demolishes the religious advocates he interviews.. the most worrying things i saw in it were the us senator who says that having a high iq isn't a criteria for being senator and also all the muslims he interviews who despite claiming to have read the quran also claim that islam is a religion of peace..
That is one of the funniest movies you will EVER watch......once you get past the discomfort of realizing you used to be like them!!
i was informed today by a jw that the watchtower doesn't use images and propaganda to instil fear.
i would really like to see a compilation of all their armageddon illustrations.
maybe a thread or web page already exists that had this content.. the one i am really wanting is the most recent picture of the witnesses in the basement during the tribulation.. this will be a massive help so thank you..
LOL LOL......a JW actually said that to you????????
Just another minor example of how their own people don't read or study.
original thread here.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.
i am not a regular visitor to this site, every now and then then i get twisted up about something i come back lol.
i am sure this has been discussed many times so a link to another thread would be great or if someone has the patience to explain again please?
i have read the july 15 2013 wt many times but i simply don't understand the significance of 1919 from the bible.
It is all tied to the fantasy of 1914; which cannot be proved from history OR the Bible
In addition, I've simplified the entire thing when people ask or I ask a JW who is teetering:
"Faithful and Discreet Slave......is that a parable/illustration or a prophecy"
After they answer...... have them read Luke 12:41 and ask "what did the Apostle Peter call it?"
You will get either a look of nausea or denial.
