an official jw.org youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/jehovahswitnessesen/videos,
I can't believe that they have done this. They keep saying that they are no part of the world. Youtube makes it's money out of advertising and the JW video's have plenty of that plastered either on/before the video or on the same page. It would be like having the Watchtower printed in a commercial magazine or newspaper.
There are two other JW org Youtube sites, in two other languages. One of them has a lot more videos posted.
"you have no idea!
yes, people hate jws!".
this statement was made to me by a jw who had just left a meeting to present the notion that they were the persecuted christians.
NeverKnew, those that don't participate in wars because of their own beliefs are know as conscientious objectors. There are some who don't believe in God but would still not go to war.
my wife is pregnant and came across this little jem on the internet.
so should elders start going around and testing mothers breast milk?
and if found shouldn't we disfellowshipp the mother?
Apparently, white blood cells are also present in cow's milk. JWs will not eat meat if they know it hasn't been bled properly but have no problem drinking milk.
jesus said: .
verily i say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but he that shall blaspheme against the holy ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
(mark 3:28-29).
There is an article on this - Watchtower 2007 7/15 "....Any who fear that they have sinned against the holy spirit might ask themselves: ‘Have I blasphemed against the holy spirit? Did I genuinely repent of my sin? Do I have faith in God’s forgiveness? Am I an apostate who has rejected spiritual light?’ Very likely, such individuals will realize that they have not blasphemed against God’s holy spirit, nor have they become apostates. They are repentant, and they have abiding faith in Jehovah’s forgiveness. If so, they have not sinned against Jehovah’s holy spirit....." This would suggest that apostates have committed the unforgivable sin, but apparently it's not so unforgivable at all, all one has to do is repent.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
There is this comment
"So concerning all who would become his anointed followers, Jesus now prays: “Father, as to what you have given me, I wish that, where I am, they also may be with me, in order to beholdmy glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the founding of the world.” (John 17:24) This causes rejoicing, not envy, on the part of Jesus’ other sheep and is further proof of the unity that exists among all true Christians on earth today."
Not only are the other sheep scolded for possibly feeling envy because they do not feel this overwhelming idea that they have a heavenly hope (and therefore anointed) but they are denied being able to consider themselves with Jesus.
the issue july 15th 2013 changes the understanding of the fds dramatically, and it was broiught out here and on other places this creates numerous problems.. here is another one:.
jesus is supposed to be the head of the congregation.
when something goes wrong, he is often portrayed as the one having control over his congregation and also that in time he will act, clean the congo and direct elders (being the stars in his hand).
From the W 2013 July 15
Who, then, is the faithful and discreet slave? . . . that slave is made up of a small group of anointed brothers who are directly involved in preparing and dispensing spiritual food during Christ’s presence.
Although they changed the coming of Jesus to the future in several of the parable's, they are still maintaining that he has been present since 1914. Notice in the quote how they talk about dispensing the food during his presence (now). So according to them Jesus came in 1914 appointed them in 1919, went away and will return again in the future to appoint them over all his belongings but in the meantime he's always been present.
i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.
i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.
i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.
Blondie does such a wonderful job that it wouldn't surprise me if there was the odd person who was jealous.
the committee assigned to build the new complex was called into a meeting with the governing body.
they were told " you finish this project by january 1 2017. we want the keys to the complex and will be headquartered there by that date, do you understand?".
when the brothers protested and said that it would take 6 years for the project to be complete and if they moved that fast there would be many mistakes, the gb responded, "we don't care, that is your deadline".
The GB sounds like they are in a real hurry to get to Warwick, must be because of the underground bunker that they are building. Did I say bunker? Oh, I meant 750 space underground car park.
They've got so much land and they still want to go to all that trouble and expense of building an underground car park.
the committee assigned to build the new complex was called into a meeting with the governing body.
they were told " you finish this project by january 1 2017. we want the keys to the complex and will be headquartered there by that date, do you understand?".
when the brothers protested and said that it would take 6 years for the project to be complete and if they moved that fast there would be many mistakes, the gb responded, "we don't care, that is your deadline".
After a bit of research I was able to find where the idea had come from that JWs agreed to not witness in the town (it relates to Patterson, not Warwick).
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188846/1/The-Kind-of-Publicity-the-WT-Loves
"Griffin, the Patterson town supervisor, also asked the order to not canvass in town and, he said, the Witnesses have complied with that request 100 percent."
If anyone wants to email Griffin, here are his contact details
Michael Griffin, Supervisor
Susan Brown, Confidential Secretary To Supervisor
[email protected]
my father, (still an elder) has suprised me last week with a simple text message.
"we (my mother & father) will be in your city this weekend, please come and have supper with us".
i was delaying my reply, thinking of what to say, when he phoned.
This silent lambs link refers to the lamp book - Qualified to be ministers. In part it states
"So according to Mr. Franz it is “superficial” to say that a policy caused an abused child to not be dealt with properly. Since he authored policy, it appears he is thus excusing his actions in writing a directive that has potentially harmed thousands of children. As a person who served as an overseer in the Service Department as part of the Service Committee, he certainly should have a basic comprehension level of how polices make certain things happen. So while the ‘two eye witnesses’ ruling was used and mentioned in previous books (Lamp Book, Qualified to Be Ministers)) and magazines, yet before Franz wrote about it in the OR book, it was never defined as clearly in a judicial settings pertaining to children than what was written in this chapter. On page 175 of the OR book a segment was entitled "Dealing with Minor Children and Married Couples." The first paragraph included this statement: "
Here is the link
http://www.silentlambs.org/personal_experiences/rayfranz2.cfm
This book appears to be an old version of the shepperding book which is only seen by elders.
What better way to put blame on someone than with a book that is a secret.
Just as an aside (and I don't know the full story) it appears that SilentLambs had hoped that Ray Franz would assist them in regards to exposing child abuse within the organization and Ray was not prepared to do this. So if you go to the link you will see reported another side to Ray from their perspective.
