indy - The fat old men who make up the GB are definitely vax pushers,
I wonder what's in it for them?
Also, why are you still doing the JW thing?
the upcoming km school for all elders and servants is going to be in person only with no provision for video conferencing.. only fully vaccinated may attend.
meaning if you missed your last booster you are no longer fully vaccinated.. every coordinator of body of elders has to ask every single ms and elder if they have kept up with all their boosters and are fully vaccinated or they can’t attend.. this seems to be a census the gb want to know how many are keeping up with booster shots.
indy - The fat old men who make up the GB are definitely vax pushers,
I wonder what's in it for them?
Also, why are you still doing the JW thing?
isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
'highlight their positive aspects of the 2022 service year'
No room for truth. Just spin.
Once you see the propaganda control methods, you can't unsee them.
were you ever on a congregation picnic?
i was on several occasions.. the arrangements were often announced from the platform after the closing song and prayer by the last elder up on the platform.. sometimes it was included in the service meeting announcements as "on saturday we're meeting at 10.00am at the kingdom hall for field service, and after field service for anyone who wishes, especially for the younger ones, we will be having a congregation picnic meeting at the beach carpark on seaview road.".
well, according to the new elders manual you won't be hearing those words again.
Yes. We all had to be sensible and on our best behaviour. It was worse than terminal constipation. The Jobots were all trying to pretend they were enjoying themselves.
so perhaps we all heard the jw story about jesus talking to gehenna and he was referring to a place outside the city where there was a dump burning refuse and everyone knew what it meant.. according to jw.org: tradition relates that the valley of hinnom thereafter became a place for the disposal of garbage.
and the bible provides confirmation for this.
at jeremiah 31:40, for example, the valley of hinnom is evidently called the “low plain of the carcasses and of the fatty ashes.” there was also the “gate of the ash-heaps,” a gate that seems to have opened out onto the eastern extremity of the valley of hinnom at its juncture with the kidron valley.—nehemiah 3:13, 14.. i think i heard that in the study of the greatest teacher book first.
Living in the UK
...except of course jw's!.
g84 8/22 p. 28 - "the catholic church occupies a very significant position in the world and claims to be the way of salvation for hundreds of millions of people.
any organization that assumes that position should be willing to submit to scrutiny and criticism.".
They scrutinise themselves. No one else is allowed to.
When they scrutinise themselves, how odd, they come out smelling of roses....or in the case of drunken TOMO....whiskey!
isn`t that an admittion that they don`t have the "truth" ?
about god ?.
Imagine the cost of re-branding the name.
a tous ceux qui parviennent à ce message, j'envoie mes meilleurs vœux pour la nouvelle année 2023. pas de fausses prophéties, pas de doctrines sordides, pas de lumières changeantes... juste une amitié sincère et durable.
marcial, qui depuis la france, remercie chaleureusement atlantis et petra pour leur courage et leur fidélité.. .
A quick Google Translate and we're there.
Bon.
if there is evidence that jesus invisibly chose specific men at headquarters in brooklyn new york in 1919 to be his faithful slave and that mandate and ability passed on to future directors...then the answer might just be a resounding maybe.. what is the evidence for this invisible appointment and what is the evidence that this is just watchtower mythology?.
i hope jws like scholar and fisherman will explain why the trust the gb.. i must be honest, i see no evidence at all to put trust in either the 1919 selection or the current men taking the lead in warwick.
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The JWs don't have much choice...............until they wake up. Then, they're not JWs anymore.
i don`t think so .
hasn`t science ,astronomy ,time , .....proven it an illogical beleif ?.
with the information about this solar system and it`s planets ,other stars and their planets that we have information about ,and the fact that no god has ever revealed him/her self in any shape or form 'there is no evidence that a creator / god has ever existed.. except in the minds of humans who want to control a section of humanity .. the fact that religions rely on "you have to have faith" to beleive in a god ,surely is a cop out.. i look forward to your comments .. and a happy new year to you all..
This is where we get into definitions of 'creators' and all that stuff.
It can end up being a battle of semantics and personal philosophy.
Where do you end up?
Back to square 1 often because of our biases.
I remain ever the sceptic. Heck, I don't even believe what I'm told by newsreaders.
Until it is proven to my satisfaction (yes, I used the term 'my'), then it will all remain in the realms of fiction.
i feel like i am burning another "friend" bridge.
i just can't seem to keep the lies the wt prints to myself!
i don't know how the pimo do it!
A geezer I know had a chat with me when I was leaving the disgusting cult of Watchtower(tm).
He said that a true friend is a friend all the time, no matter what. Any 'friend' not like that, you're better off without.
That's life, mate!