we just had our co visit a few weeks ago.
apparently, he was encouraging all who could to regular pioneer, to at least try it out for a year.
because of this, we had a few people in our hall become one.. so this weekend we were on zoom service, and the sister that was just appointed was talking about it.
"Proof" for the draft board, huh?
I never heard of that; must have been more of an American thing.
Makes sense, though.
Although I'd've thought the Org leadership would prefer young guys to be imprisoned rather than given a pass...
...they sure liked setting up the rank-and-file for "persecution" back in the day, after all.
do jehovah's witnesses interpret the bible properly?.
jehovah's witnesses see the bible as an organizational book which only the faithful and discreet slave (currently 8 men headquartered in warwick new york) can interpret properly.
the faithful slave was first appointed in brooklyn in 1919 and given the exclusive right and ability to understand and teach the bible properly.
Personally, I don't think there is a "correct" way to interpret the Bible...
...but there are endless agenda-driven ways to do it.
i just heard this story from one of my relatives.
i'm leaving a lot of things out.. a jw couple had three kids and raised them in the religion.
the oldest one got disfellowshipped at 18 years of age because he committed fornication with a jw girl.
GrreatTeacher - "I'm not really sure that half truths are much better than lies..."
title: אחות מתזמן (sister scheduler) .
אחות מתזמן would be based on 1 kings 11:3.. 'he had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines' .
אחות מתזמן job is to arrange solomon quality time with his legal babes.
"JesusVision"...
..."Where in The World are Caleb and Sophia?"...
...and a balls-out, batshit insane adaptation of the "Revelation-Climax" book.
They could hire Tom Ellis to play Satan.
crusaders: ex jehovah's witnesses speak out8:30pm, sbs viceland.
ma15+usa, 2021genre: documentarylanguage: englishdirector: aaron kaufmanwhat's it about?whistleblowers leak stolen documents in a crusade to expose allegations of abuse and mind control within the global religious organisation, the jehovah's witnesses.. on sbs viceland victoria australia 8:30 wednesday 13/10/21 if it`s been on before and you have missed it here it is again..
Don't have to time to watch.
What kind of "stolen documents"?
we just had our co visit a few weeks ago.
apparently, he was encouraging all who could to regular pioneer, to at least try it out for a year.
because of this, we had a few people in our hall become one.. so this weekend we were on zoom service, and the sister that was just appointed was talking about it.
Since I suspect the whole door-to-door record-keeping thing was actually to maintain a “charity”-related paper trail (in case of auditing), and the Org’s tax-exemption is likely approaching it’s end, there probably isn’t much point, anymore.
so, i saw dune (1984) yesterday.
i knew it wasn't gonna be great, but deary me.
i'm not gonna lie - this film is not good, in fact it's laughably bad in places.. first, i'd like to know the thought process that went behind choosing david lynch to write/direct.
The new Dune remake is terrific.
It adapts the first half of the book, with more to come.
i've been out of this loop (or any other) for a while.
can someone tell me if the bethel farm facilities are still there in wallkill county, ny?
i was there for about a year.
All of ‘em?????
Impressive. 😎
There were always little itty bitty things that added up less and less, but looking back it was realizing that evolution had to be true…
…and eventually figuring out the Truth about the Truth on my own.
I eventually started looking online for confirmation more than anything else.
Thats the funny thing about reading XJW material on the net…
…contrary to what the WTS says, it doesn’t turn you “apostate”.
It just helps you realize you already are one.
imagine you were a leader of a "gender equality" group started as part of the 'metoo' movement?.
now fast-forward and you're the one trying to discredit victims who have come forward with accusations.
but not they are accusations against someone you work for.. it's a perfect example of how activists so often end up unwittingly (or quite intentionally) perpetuating the very problem they claim to be against.
Clearly, I'm in the wrong line of work.
