lets compile a list of all the significant events that took place in watchtower land this year, 2010. the new lights, wt quotes, developments, new procedures, etc.
ill get started, just to mention a few.... 1) the overlapping generation.
2) the death of two members of the governing body.. 3) the death of ray franz.
Hi all,
Let’s compile a list of all the significant events that took place in Watchtower land this year, 2010. The “new lights”, WT quotes, developments, new procedures, etc. I’ll get started, just to mention a few…
1) The “overlapping generation”.
2) The death of two members of the governing body.
3) The death of Ray Franz.
4) The linkage of the new elder’s manual on the internet.
5) New members in JWN….how many?
Anything else?
Onemore
this afternoon i was just trolling the internet, and i went onto the official jw website just to look around.. well, some of the pictures / articles were quite amazing in their sheer ignorance of facts.. one of the most amazing ones for me, (it actually made me laugh out loud while shaking my head in disbelief) is titled: .
have you ever wondered .
.how should a christian view drunkenness?.
ZERODAY: Our PO was a drunk and so was his drunken son/elder. But like everything in JW land it is who you are and who you know...
We might have been at the same cong!
My father (not a JW) was a heavy drinker, one of my uncle die of liver cirrhosis and the other committed suicide by overdosing on Viagra and alcohol (he died on his mistress, to be found dead by his wife… true story).
Because of the damages that the abuse of alcohol caused in my family, I developed certain respect for it and tried to stay away from it, as I was afraid of following on footsteps of my male role models (they were all cool guys, they just drank a lot).
So, when I became a Witness, I was surprised (and disappointed) at the way the alcohol is almost worshiped. The alcohol culture is very strong among the JW in my area. They used to make jokes about my selves imposed limits on the amount of alcohol that I would consume.
Shortly after I became an Elder, I would go through a 30 oz bottle of vodka or cognac in a week. I was turning into a heavy drinker, 6 months after I stepped aside from being an Elder, my consumption went down to a “normal” level (one or two cups a week) and I don’t desire to drink or feel buzz.
on december 1st, a relatively large group of ex-jehovahs witnesses and supporters of human rights held a demonstration in front of the italian parliament in piazza montecitorio.. the manifestation sprung from the reaction of many of those who have been disfellowshipped or expelled by the governance of the jehovahs witnesses cult and who, following the instructions of the watchtower leadership, have been shunned not only by their ex worshipping fellows, but even by the members of their own family.. shunning is an old weapon used by the watchtower leadership against those who stop sharing their views on religious matters and if a demonstration was all that was required to alert the public opinion about it, then it should have been acted upon very long ago.. the reason why the demonstration took place now rather than in the past is because the italian parliament is about to approve a law which would grant the watchtower even more religious freedom and privileges than what it has enjoyed up to now, including the right to receive from the italian state their share of the 0.8% of the income tax revenue paid by the italian tax payers.. while jehovahs witnesses, as an organization, already enjoy a large amount of religious privileges in the country, they claim for themselves from the state the same rights granted to the catholic church and other recognized religious denominations.
but, contrary to those other religious movements, only jehovahs witnesses violate the human rights granted by the un charter, the european union charter and the italian constitutional rights by shunning those who decide to leave the movement, instructing their members to totally discriminate socially, secularly and even family wise, their ex members.. the objective of the demonstration last wednesday was to alert the public opinion about the issue and, because the place where it was held, alert the italian parliament about the law they are about to approve in favor of the watchtower.
the demonstration followed the hundreds of letters sent during the last three months by many ex jehovahs witnesses and other supporters of human rights, directly to individual members of the parliament or to the whole parliamentary commission for the constitutional affairs.. what can be said about the demonstration itself; was it a success or a failure?.
Hi Nick,
Do you know in what month will the final court case take place?
Thanks
Onemore
what is the english word for the spanish word "proposit"?
thank you!
thats all.
No se cyberjesus. quisas nos llamen la atencion por hablar en otro lenguje...o quisas nos deporten. LOL
hi,.
if you have a copy of this book, i'll greatly appreciate if you can send me a copy of a quote that appear on this book, about the false unity in cultish religion.. thanks.
onemore.
Yes blondie. Thanks!
hi,.
if you have a copy of this book, i'll greatly appreciate if you can send me a copy of a quote that appear on this book, about the false unity in cultish religion.. thanks.
onemore.
Hi,
If you have a copy of this book, I'll greatly appreciate if you can send me a copy of a quote that appear on this book, about the false unity in cultish religion.
Thanks
Onemore
some may enjoy this new post at free minds by sherry jansma.
do we have to jump from the watchtowers frying pan into hellfire?.
one of the most appealing doctrines in the theology of jehovahs witnesses is their teaching on hellfire.
Ding you have a PM
randy/dogpatch has posted some interesting material about troubles in the organization.
this info generated a lot of skepticism about the possibility of watchtower fragmentation.
frankly, it is very easy to be skeptical considering everything that ordinary witnesses are willing to believe or put up with.. i think it would be useful to realistically consider what sort of event(s) would bring the watchtower down or cause its fragmentation?
SD-7 -To paraphrase a great man, "Hide your kids, hide your wife, 'cause we've got cult members out here, trying to recruit people."
So....
As for the GB….They don’t have to come and confess, we are searching for “truth”, we gonna find it…we gonna find it….
Mad & Soldier. I'm also down to giving money for at least 2 to 3 billboard. At least for one in NY, and one in Cali.
here in brazil, something new is happening.
ex-members denounce the jehovah's witnesses of religious discrimination.
the brazilian sebastiao ramos (ex-jw) is the responsible for complaint.
Thanks
Some of the other banners being displayed there are:
"JWs cross the road to avoid greeting ex-JWs"
"A JW cannot talk to an ex-JW"
"JWs: When entering, they're all smiles, when leaving they're all enemies"
From: http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/topic/17464/t/The-Brazilian-Great-Tribulation.html.
-What should be the message for the US?
