the members of the governing body, by being at the reins of a large corporation, must be confronted with situations which force them to think about the validity of their doctrines.. the australian royal commission hearing must have highlighted for the gb, especially jackson, the rational inconsistency of using an iron age dictum of "two witnesses" in a world which has moved beyond such rough justice.
today we have a scientific approach, we examine forensically, we have psychologists who can tell us about individual's minds and behaviour.
today, children's voices are not ignored.. the first and last resort of jws and their leaders is the doctrine of the "inerrancy of the bible".
To them their conscience is clear.
If something is wrong then
1. It is not the proper time for it to be clarified
2. It's not a problem, they are imperfect
3. The answer is to wait on Jehovah to clarify matters
4. In the meantime, they are showing humility by accepting the first 3 points.
5. If they personally believe something is incorrect but not agreed upon by the greater majority of GB members, then the first four principles apply.
just been reading this week's study article for the jws:.
imagine that an experienced guide is leading you on a tour of a wondrous and beautiful city.
the city is new to you and to those with you, so you hang on to the guide’s every word.
Boroean Pickets has a wonderful article on this.
http://beroeans.net/2016/12/04/2016-dec-5-11-our-christian-life-and-ministry/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhsigrwmtew.
They walked right into that, lol.
the watchtower november 2016, page 16, par.
"some may feel that they can interpret the bible on their own.
however, jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the only* channel for dispensing spiritual food.
Winston (Watchtower Examination) has just made a video on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBZf4E1a2U
"of course not- we want to eat from clean dishes!
dishes that have been cleaned thoroughly inside and out.
" we have to be sure the things entering our minds are clean... rejecting exciting fun stuff that features sex.
I'd prefer using dirty dishes over being given 2,000 year old food rehashed into something that was never meant to be. I'm sure I could find two witnesses to testify to that.
just popped on to see if december broadcast was up and it's not.. however, there is a new vid of bro.
morris addressing child abuse within the org.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201507_2_video.
Thanks for that snippet from his speech GoneAwol, for those that don't always click on links I'll transcribe it here
While we cannot control everything that an individual might say, it is clear that over the decades it’s protecting children from abuse that is a top priority for this organization.
We are proud of our reputation in this regard and we look forward to the time in God’s New World when...
very stressfull and upsetting evening was had last night.
i dropped my 2yo daughter off to my ex-wifes home.
all seemed good until i got home.
A Believer - Instead of claiming you're 2 year old is a liar, a group should be gathered with you their, and see if she will still say it.
I'm no child expert but I question whether this is a good approach.
Pale.emporer knows whether his daughter is telling the truth or not. It's highly unlikely that the child just made this up and then told her mum. More likely, is the ex made it up and claimed their daughter told her.
Putting a 2 year old in the middle of this is not appropriate and it's even more wrong to put a young child in front of a group and ask her to repeat something that her mother is claiming and the child, in reality, does not know to be evident when she visits. How confusing for the child.
one part of me is petrified of showing this video.
on the one hand my comedy is not very funny yet.
i also have not let people know who i am.. on the other hand this website has been the most important even after attempting suicide.. ladies and gents i give you my stand up comedy routine.. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10211223943093218&id=1197882608.
That was good Paul and thanks for sharing.
You've got the beginnings of a great stage presence. I can see you are nervous, more so during the first half and practice will help overcome that. It comes as no surprise that even the best comedians repeat their show over and over, just with a new audience.
Just trying to tell a joke to a group of friends is really hard. In comparison you have done an amazing job. You're onto something and have the talent.
I loved the part where the audience was laughing at who knows what and you said you must be better than you thought.
i hope nobody would fall for this.
not sure what can be done though.... .
I've got to admit, they are even more annoying than JWs knocking on doors.
i hope nobody would fall for this.
not sure what can be done though.... .
We were getting weekly calls from the Microsoft scammers, we couldn't get rid of them.
We had a call from India, saying our Internet was going to be cut off in 2 hours. I had fun with that call telling them I was happy about that as I'd been trying to get it disconnected for ages. They were so confused and still trying to convince me that I had a problem. They haven't called back since.
Then there were some calls from India wanting to speak to the person in our household who had had a car accident within the last two years. We kept saying that no one has and continued to get weekly calls. A few weeks ago I played along but since he claimed he was calling from my local area, I asked for his name and address and said I would visit him personally to file the claim. It was a bogus address of course but they still had the gall to call me the next week. So I thanked him very much for urging me to make an insurance claim and I had now done so. He apologised for calling and I haven't had another call.
