did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.
australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.
Not once do they say what happened to the abuser or for the victim to seek out therapy.
I think the whole purpose of the video was to tell those abused that having dark days is normal and all they need to do is pray on the matter, keep themselves occupied physically and to leave the matter to God.
had two lovely jws (stephen and ruth) visit this morning.
this was our second study in the last 2 weeks.
they first knocked on my door (bell is out) 3 weeks ago and i shared my testimony and we arranged to meet last tuesday which we did.. our first study went like this:.
I like the way you think Mr Vanderhoven. What point was the most successful in getting them to think?
crows and those on patios______________.
terry: i write.
among the things i write are analyses debunking religious fundamentalism.. lou: sure.
He kept saying you were a funny guy. I get the feeling that this was just an attempt in his own mind to not take you seriously or to consider that what you were saying were just amusing tales.
I like Lou, he was prepared to ask questions.
just a quick question.
who actually writes the awake!
and the watchtower publications ?
Dr Who, your friend has made a reasonable assumption. Look at all the material written by Russell and then Rutherford. Now there are 8 GB members you would think they would have more than enough man power to write the little material they are producing these days.
i was really puzzled when i opened this edition of the wt magazine at the above “study”.
what on earth has this picture at the top of page 13 got to do with christian watchfulness?
i wasn’t making a connection at all.
They are now stumbling around in the dark. They have no oil left in their lamps because they used it all on their false dates.
... where's the good sense preventing them from again making a date prediction for the end and using a non-sequitur to justify their claim in the face of matthew 24:36?
"... but christ has been empowered in heaven to wage war against satan's world.
(rev 19:11-16) thus, it is reasonable to conclude that jesus now knows when armageddon will occur...." - watchtower july 2016, page 14, par.
There reason for saying that Jesus knows the date is because he has been commissioned to fight the war. On that basis then the anointed must also know the date because they say that they will be fighting the war along with Jesus.
school for kingdom evangelizers office guidelines skeog-e 10/14.
and to help you prepare for the ske .... bscc tests and answer keys.
Notice the play on words in discussing appointments? On the one hand they are talking about individuals whereas the Governing body is a group.
The Governing Body is appointed by Jesus.
Would they mind telling us how the Governing Body members are appointed?
just a quick question.
who actually writes the awake!
and the watchtower publications ?
I believe it is mostly done at Bethel and branches. Unannointeded Brothers could only write non biblical articles, that may have changed. The GB authorise the article's.
dear budgetarian grocery-buyers,.
i am an artist though hardly a starving artist.
some of my patrons kindly feed me and i do have my well-stocked freezer.
I've been buying short cut bacon. It is only the top part of the bacon which has the most meat and less fat. When it's on special I will buy a kilo or two, break it up into much smaller quantities, put it in freezer bags and freeze it.
It's a great addition to many dishes for extra flavour and I don't add extra salt. It can also serve as the only meat in some dishes, with very little needed. That includes fried rice, spaghetti sauce and baked potato dishes.
One of my favourite soup's is split pea. Soak the dried split peas overnight then cook with plenty of water, bacon or bacon bones, a little grated carrot and finely diced onion and celery. Celery is a great addition in any soup, it adds a lot of flavour.
............into believing that inferred "statements" are actual facts, while never stating anything!
w07 1/1 p. 28 pars.
11,12 "the first resurrection"—now under way!
These are some quotes from JW Files, there may have been earlier statements made by Rutherford
These angels are invisible to human eyes and are there to carry out the orders of the Lord. No doubt they first hear the instruction which the Lord issues to his remnant and then these invisible messengers pass such instruction on to the remnant. The facts show that the angels of the Lord with him as his temple have been thus rendering service unto the remnant since 1919.” (Vindication III, 1932, pg. 250)
The Lord Jesus came to his temple in 1918 and that would mark the time of the cessation of the work of the holy spirit as an advocate, helper and comforter for the members of the church on earth." (Preservation, 1932, pg. 202-203
