in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.
Ugot2bekiddingme1 - “The Borg is full of easy offended assholes who are so weak and so easy upset if they don't get their way.”
Folks like that often automatically (and even subconsciously) gravitate towards high-control groups specifically because they perceive that those environments readily allow for and enable that.
so you can see from multiple topics here (& elsewhere), based on gb update #4, jws now have permission to toast.. there’s been a boatload of “xyz is now allowed” over the past couple of years….beards, no ties in field service or at the kh, sister can wear pants at the kh & in field service…... what do you think is next?.
a lot of folks are speculating on birthday celebrations being allowed, and i agree that will eventually come, but i don’t think it is next.
too big of a jump.. heres my guess:.
These days, virtually everything is a “conscience matter”…
…they Org’s just really good at letting the rank-and-file know which specific “option” they want their consciences to choose.
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i have a hard time watching the org's vids and reading the publications.
however, that's not the case with others here.
hence this post.
Data-Dog - “…How are JWs to know who’s going to pass the final, Final Test and gain Everlasting Life (conditional) if everyone has beards!!?!??”
Headbands?
in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.
Rock concerts.
Assorted movies.
Proving strict, uptight assholes wrong.
japan since the 1970''s has had amazing publisher increases!
every year the number of witnesses shot up by many thousands.
this peaked in 1998, since then the number of witnesses and congregations has continued to drop!.
slimboyfat - “…I wonder if the end of JW growth in Japan coincides with a broader disillusionment with American influence in Japanese culture in general…”
Absolutely.
Why else would JW.borg go out of its way to deny that it’s an “American” religion?
often flicking through watchtower bound volumes i would see pictures of eden which shows the snake in the tree of knowledge with legs??
even the photo drama of creation shows a snake with legs.. watchtower 1964 p.352 "genisis 3;14 {snake}on your belly you will go and dust you shall eat...before god curse it the snake had legs, that elivated it above the ground...god transformed it's body so that it ceased to have legs and was able to move on it's belly.".
god's eternal purpose 1974 "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimized by satan.. forrest gump watchtower science is price-less!.
Believe it or not, but the WTS was relatively liberal before Knorr.
"jehovah’s witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we (the g.b.
) believe that such celebrations displease god.
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/birthdays/.
Lightgrowsbrighter - “…followers are trained to be told how to act instead of recognizing Christian freedom (Gal. 1), and make decisions based on love, not a long list of rules.”
A good tip to remember…
…if a long list of rules is the only way your religion can maintain its legitimacy…
…it’s not real legitimacy.
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.
and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
NotFormer - “…Let me know when the GB changes something of actual importance.”
Mic drop. 🤘
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.
and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
Biahi - “…I wish someone with the skills would make a meme of Rutherford and Jaracz in Hell together…”
Narratively, I imagine it going something like this:
“Actually, Maze, you can go find something else to do.
I’ll handle these two myself.”
japan since the 1970''s has had amazing publisher increases!
every year the number of witnesses shot up by many thousands.
this peaked in 1998, since then the number of witnesses and congregations has continued to drop!.
Earnest - “…nothing much has changed since then in relative terms.”
Assuming that any stats the WT cranks out aren’t complete horseshit.
