one of the recent threads on the talk about the hailstone message got me to thinking.
the problem with putting out a message like that is what to do when nothing happens.
i have to think that somebody will be asking that question.
Liked:
"...My wife and I attended an evangelical church for a time after we left the Watchtower. The pastor made a good observation one time. He said that he believed we might well be in the last days, but he would make no specific prophesy for one very good reason. In Bible times if a prophet predicted something that didn't happen, the Israelites would take him to the local stone quarry and make him part of it."
one of the recent threads on the talk about the hailstone message got me to thinking.
the problem with putting out a message like that is what to do when nothing happens.
i have to think that somebody will be asking that question.
Liked:
"...I was there, waiting in 1975... patiently, faithfully... and nothing happened.... and nothing happened... and nothing happened.
Oops it was a few misguided JWs. Yea Right..."
my big one was: .
rev.
20: 5 "but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
Ephesians 6:4: "And you, fathers, do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah."
In their newer 2013 version of their Bible the harsh term 'mental regulating' has been removed and replaced with the softer, loving wording 'admonition'. But way too late...damage is already done to the poor JW youth!
https://wgntv.com/evanston/shots-fired-by-66-year-old-man-in-alleged-financial-deal-gone-wrong-evanston-police-say/.
This has been the teaching of many a cult responsible for many deaths...just shows how dangerous cult teaching can be.
Very similar with Christian Longo (Jehovah’s Witness) in 2002. This JW went from financial security to business failure and financial ruin in rapid succession. Moved his family of wife & 3 children from Ohio to Oregon. Things got much worse. He wound up killing his entire family. At sentencing Longo told the judge that as a Jehovah’s Witness he was taught & believes his wife & children were better off dead as they would have a 'fast-track to paradise' by means of the resurrection.
Yes...these JW cult leaders are responsible for many deaths of innocent members.
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.
we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.
i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
What was a new boy said:
You know the religious party is over when members of the 'fifth generation' are making videos.
This generation are also known as digital natives...those born between 1980 & 1995 and technology is part of their everyday lives...all their activity is mediated/expressed by a screen.
So WT...yes indeed...your being exposed by the younger generations of JWs for what you are...a disgusting fraud!
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.
we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.
i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
A YouTuber many enjoy listening to is brigdet fromaz. Christine has dozens and dozens (maybe into the hundreds) of audio recordings of conversations with Elders, Ministerial Servants and Pioneers on different topics. She's well versed in the Bible; she's well-schooled in WT/JW doctrine & teachings. She's smart, witty & a real hoot to listen to! Here's her channel link...enjoy:
i'm a believer.
believe in blessed or cursed.
what is happening to watchtower is my question.
what else needs to be added to this list?
The WTBTS has reached out to the Catholic Church for help...WT will be utilizing the services of a Pennsylvania Law named Kleinbard Law Firm to handle its Pennsylvania statewide CSA investigation...this is the same law firm that has defended the Catholic Church CSA cases.
The WTBTS and the Catholic Church...partners in crime!
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/pittsburgh-woman-testifies-for-grand-jury-investigation-into-jehovahs-witnesses-and-sexual-abuse/#x.
pittsburgh woman testifies for grand jury investigation into jehovah's witnesses and sexual abuse.
kdka investigator andy sheehan interviewed a woman from pittsburgh who's cooperating with an ongoing state investigation into the jehovah's witness church, testifying before a state grand jury about being sexually assaulted when she was 12 years old and how she says church elders told her she was to blame.mar 6, 2023. .
The Pennsylvania State Attorney General should seriously consider hiring Joe & Barbara Anderson and Mark & Kimmey O'Donnell as expert witnesses or as outside consultants in dealing with the JW/WT Statewide CSA Investigation...Yah!👍
kingdom halls will be the thing of the past.. conventions (mini assembly halls will still be going on) but will charge for attending and parking and always a donation.
elders will play a much smaller role since csa.
cart preaching will replace door to door.
Sorry....in 3) meant to say...WT deems it necessary...
Also...another contender looking to expand & in need of a modern Media Center and likely to submit an offer to WTBTS to take over Ramapo is SDA...Seventh Day Adventist. 🤣
kingdom halls will be the thing of the past.. conventions (mini assembly halls will still be going on) but will charge for attending and parking and always a donation.
elders will play a much smaller role since csa.
cart preaching will replace door to door.
My prediction for the WTBTS in the next five to ten years:
1) Their numbers being drastically reduced due to death rate, very low conversions/baptized and disinterested JW faders from within.
2) Unfavorable costly, huge & enormous CSA court cases.
3) Due to low membership numbers & expensive CSA court battles WT deams it necessary to unload the Ramapo Building Project. The Roman Catholic Church or The Mormons who themselves are in need of a Media Center make an offer to The WTBTS they can't refuse.
4) On a scale of 1 to 10...the possibility/probability of 1 through 3 above happening...9+...Yay!
