Sending the specially selected, trained troops in as reinforcements.
This was another opportunity for the GB members to dignify and glorify themselves, no doubt they believe this is also God's will.
whoah this video is so sad and cultlike - the most uncomfortable 6 minutes i've sat through for awhile.
the gb have seemingly pulled the rug from beneath the gillead missionaries and assigned them internally to bolster the organisation.
closing the ranks.. .
Sending the specially selected, trained troops in as reinforcements.
This was another opportunity for the GB members to dignify and glorify themselves, no doubt they believe this is also God's will.
looks like they're trying to transition from john 17:3 old new world translation to new new world revised gray sword bibles john 17:3 from:.
"their taking in knowledge of you" to "knowing you".. looks like it will be a new feature column, here it is in january 1st 2014 wt:.
bible questions answeredwhat do you know about god?
Does that mean they will do away with the numerous pre baptism questions?
it is painful to read.
check out the 1/15/14 wt.
i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
I noticed that too SkinnedSheep -
By enthroning his Son as the Messianic King, Jehovah had, indeed, become King in a new sense!
I can only think that they are up to their normal tricks by just throwing in a statement that will totally confuse the sheepies, that way you distract them from thinking deeply about the rest of message. Also, if you don't really believe that Jesus became King in 1914 then you could just consider that in some sense he did.
Or someone is trying to introduce the idea of the trinity.
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
The more you try to explain untruths the more you get your knickers in a knot.
They don't even know who the anointed are as they don't keep any record of them. How do they even know that the second group are 'advancing in years'? Soon they'll be telling JWs that they are only talking about anointed members who make up the FDS.
The 'we understand' refers to the group of 8 men sitting in a room discussing the issue. If this is the type of new light they can come up with then we are going to be thouroughly entertained in the future.
so i waz reading the august 15 wt study article, elisha saw fiery chariots, do you?
and it made me think about this forum.
if you remember, syria was hunting god's prophet, elisha.
Insight and faith are not the same thing and you obviously need more insight to understand that.
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hey folks...had a skype conversation with my parents (hard-core, extremist jws)...and the cult still has a tight grip on them....like others on here, youre perhaps just watching your parents, growing older, giving to the cult more and more....with nothing in return.. they were happy to tell me how theyre enjoying their new bibles and how this provision is fantastic and show jehovahs blessings blah blah blah.. we then spoke about how their congregation will be getting a new khall, although many persons in the congregation didnt agree with its location.
"My mom jumped into the conversation and said that the COBE mentioned that if that’s where Jehovah wants the khall to be, then so be it"
I still can't help but cringe when I hear things like this being said and I do think there comes a point in time when some JWs know that attributing everything as being God's will is not right. I also think that these JWs just shake their head but are prepared to go along with it because all that really becomes important to them is their belief in God and they know no other way of serving him.
this is brother mike starting a new topic called the jw report.
i was thinking about making a 30-40 minute podcast every week that will help expose the watchtower and his true meaning behind this so called worshiping the one and only true god and many other lies that they have been telling for decades.
if you think this is an interesting idea please feel free to support me by commenting.
Have you done any so far, it would help in giving an opinion.
it was announced at this years general meeting that the new years text is let your kingdom come.
matt 6:10 .
the speaker clearly sounded vexed as he went on to say and why not as 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of christs heavenly reign.
Let your kingdom come just around the corner.
a normal person, upon hearing that a new (or revised) bible translation has been released, would have 2 questions spring to mind almost immediately:.
1) who did the work, and what are their credentials?.
2) what manuscripts is the work based on?.
They made it clear at the start of the AGM that there would be plenty of new light presented at the meeting. That new light was the revised translation.
By their own words new light can only be developed by the GB members working together as a team.
we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.
fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.
i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.
Sorry to hear this Winston, it is far from easy and so heartbreaking. Don't forget that even though it is your mother's decision in some ways it isn't, she is just following what she believes is right and it would no doubt be very hard on her.
Nevertheless comments like this are maddening -
"So now we both live with the consequences of your decision."
It is sad to see her become so judgemental of your wife, she is choosing to shun her because of your actions. It is actually the height of hypocrisy when you look at her letter as a whole. Had you just faded she would not have shunned you (or her) even though she really does know how you feel. It seems to be a typical JW trait. Because things are out in the open she has no choice but to shun, it is all about appearance.