i was born in 1964, so, i was 10 when the buildup to 1975 was happening (and watched the subsequent failure of that).then, when i was a teenager, i got to see the fallour of the big apostacy events in the 1980s.during all of this, i was told by my parents and by people of my parents' peer group that "this old system won't last much longer, and won't the new system be great!
"it is now 2024. i am going to be 60 years old in a few months.
over half a century.my mom died two months after her 80th birthday last year, after suffering for years of chronic poor health (some of it brought on by a very sedentary lifestyle, but also plagued by emotional and mental issues and family drama which did not help overall.
I’ve come to suspect that Jaracz’s heavy-handed legacy is the Org’s real millstone, and the so-called “reforms” they’re trying to implement are like sticking more and more fingers into a dam’s holes.
Eventually they’re gonna run out of fingers.
I could be wrong.
from reddit.. a summary of changes: .
we are all sinners, so we have to be reasonable how we punish sinners.
if elders and congregation do not quickly help someone come to be reinstated they would be imitating satan the devil, not jehovah (yes that actually is what is said in the tagalog version in translation!
One thing’s for certain…
… they finally clued in (or, more likely, had to have it explained 🙄) that heavy-handed sentences make a DFed JW a lot less scared to take a look at “apostate” material on the net…
…which means the longer they stay away, the less likely they are to come back.
the ra is underway and there is a common thread through the first day.
they have a "presenter" who comes across as an educated historian handling early bible fragments and translations as if he knows what he's doing.
the impression given is that he is an unassailable font of all knowledge, with his rich scottish accent he prints himself as across as professor gravitas.. i find this disturbing, we have no idea who he is or what if any his qualifications are to speak such with authority.
Fragrant - “…they tend to promote the most slimy people to the highest positions…”
I don’t think it’s done on purpose.
Its just that if/when you spend decades alienating intelligent, conscientious folks with flawed, ideology-driven decisions…
…eventually, all you’ll be left with are monsters.
"hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.
" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.
why don't german police just use guns?.
Here’s another:
Why… and how… would an embassy (regardless of where it was) kill a guy just for attacking a crossbow?
😵💫
the ra is underway and there is a common thread through the first day.
they have a "presenter" who comes across as an educated historian handling early bible fragments and translations as if he knows what he's doing.
the impression given is that he is an unassailable font of all knowledge, with his rich scottish accent he prints himself as across as professor gravitas.. i find this disturbing, we have no idea who he is or what if any his qualifications are to speak such with authority.
I’m amazed the guy could do all that and keep a straight face.
"hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.
" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.
why don't german police just use guns?.
Which reminds me…
… is “misunderestimate” officially a word, yet?
the ra is underway and there is a common thread through the first day.
they have a "presenter" who comes across as an educated historian handling early bible fragments and translations as if he knows what he's doing.
the impression given is that he is an unassailable font of all knowledge, with his rich scottish accent he prints himself as across as professor gravitas.. i find this disturbing, we have no idea who he is or what if any his qualifications are to speak such with authority.
NotFormer- “…They would be facsimiles; not even the WT could afford real manuscripts.”
At this point, I’d be surprised if the WT could even afford facsimiles.
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the ra is underway and there is a common thread through the first day.
they have a "presenter" who comes across as an educated historian handling early bible fragments and translations as if he knows what he's doing.
the impression given is that he is an unassailable font of all knowledge, with his rich scottish accent he prints himself as across as professor gravitas.. i find this disturbing, we have no idea who he is or what if any his qualifications are to speak such with authority.
@ Fragrant re. Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”…
…Halestorm’s metal cover is better than the original.
🤘
Nice deep-cut ref to Austin Powers, BTW.
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Piece of advice, though?
Not everything is some kind of Biblical fulfillment, Satanic conspiracy, or secret agenda…
…more often than not , shit just happens.
wt nwt bible says in their study note that satan entered into judas iscariot on nisan 12. which means jesus ate with, interacted with, prayed with, and washed the feet of .
a "known apostate" (bible says jesus knew the one betraying him from the beginning of when judas started to go bad).
there is no "scriptural basis" for wt to say "shun apostates".
Loyalists might argue that Jesus’ “perfection” (somehow) made him immune.
from reddit.. a summary of changes: .
we are all sinners, so we have to be reasonable how we punish sinners.
if elders and congregation do not quickly help someone come to be reinstated they would be imitating satan the devil, not jehovah (yes that actually is what is said in the tagalog version in translation!
Just remember…
… it’s not about maintaining a pimpin’ lifestyle for the GB, or just having wealth for wealth’s sake.
These “reforms” aren’t gonna start filling the donation boxes, and they know it.
This is about keeping their tax-exemption to stave off insolvency.
