yes, there’s a post on reddit.
it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.
this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!
What's good for the goose.......IE. If the Governing Body(tm) (Pee be upon them), can ponce money off even poor people, then Jobots can follow their 'fine example(tm). The Holy Grift is on!
At the end of the day (or even at the beginning of it....even half way through), we are ultimately dealing with people.
People are a mistake.
...according to bro.
tony evans, district overseer, @ the voyager school assembly, peterborough, uk 10-2-13:.
"jehovah does not give holy spirit, apart from the scriptures.
the Voyager School Assembly, Peterborough
Bloody hell. I went to that school as a teenager when it was called 'Walton Comprehensive'. I live within easy walking distance of the Voyager. (Bloody stupid name).
Weirdly enough, local Jobots were told to attend a CONvention in another town not their home city of Peterborough. We locals call it Bogboro' because it's a slum of 'diversity is a strength' ghettos.
A fake religion with fake doctrine. It's all empty and depressing.
hey guys!
i'm new on this site and am a non jw here married to a jw.
my husband's family are active members and they daily post articles on facebook from jw.org which i know is meant for me to see and read.
The Corporation(tm) will use any old thing they can to keep their enslaved feeling superior with fake 'accurate knowledge(tm)'.
It's so totally pathetic.
haven't been to a meeting in 13 years.
family that lives 1300 miles away doesn't know.
just visited them and here is what i observed.
ponty - Haven't been to a meeting in 13 years.
That's the best news I heard all day.
Because the Watchtower Corporation(tm) is a fake religion, their doctrines are empty and threatening.
hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.
8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.
spotykamy się, Lori
My name is Paul
Nazywam się Paweł.........just practicing. I used to be an Elder(tm) in a Polish congregation.
I'm still bonkers.
become imitators of me.—1 cor.
11:1.. when paul said this, did he ask us to imitate his preach activities?
it is not a new verse that starts anew, but a verse that ends the previous chapter, so what paul says to imitate is shown in the previous chapter.
pokey - I am asking the true meaning of Paul's words, not whether I am a witness or not.
If 500 theologians sat and discussed this, you'd get differing interpretations.
Far be it from me, a lowly non theologian to interpret these words. So, I won't.
hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.
8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.
I80 - What do you think?
If you had 500 theologians discussing this, lots of them would disagree on their interpretation.
This is why I find discussion of these things a bit pointless.
We all think differently. We may say, 'There's either something after death or there isn't.'
dear brothers!.
we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.
it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
DFbro - I was an elder(tm), and I can assure you, that after what I experienced, the Watchtower Corporation(tm) is not a bona fide religion.
Perhaps it started out with religious intentions but it is now nothing more than a big business posing as a religion. It is fake.
The Corporation(tm)....and that title should give it away, only exists to give the parasites at the top a lifestyle.
Look at the CEO's of the Corporation(tm), the governing Body(tm)(Pee be upon them), I do believe they're only in it for the rock star life style they achieve by duping all the JWs around the world.
Think!
dear brothers!.
we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.
it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
Oh, well. DFBro got that of his chest. There is a lot of pain caused by the ungodly rules of the Watchtower Corporation(tm). Until you come to realise that it isn't a real religion and that it is a big money grabbing business, a fake religion, it's hard to reconcile why they do these unChristian things.
I agree, too long to read all of it, really.
the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.
there are a lot of brits on this board.
what are your thoughts on brexit?
SBF - It’s a complete disaster
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