i met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.
but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..
Yes. My grandparents.
I've often considered how they grew up using horse & buggys and yet lived to fly in an airplane and even to witness man land on the moon. Their generation (not overlapping) seemed to qualify as the time when "knowledge will increase". (Dan 12:4)
did you drive?
if so, how nerve wracking was it for you?
i'd be terrified i'd stop concentrating for a moment and out of habit make a right turn at a red light into oncoming traffic.
Not only driving on the "wrong" side of the road but with a stick shift on the wrong side of the driver.
somebody mentioned in a recent topic that they had a conversation with a former elder whose breaking point was when the overlapping generation was highlighted in recent times and how he would never serve again until somebody gave him a scriptural reason to believe it.
i am in a similar position.
i have gone in the last 18 months from taking the wt study, leading fs groups, and doing talks on the mtngs to doing almost nothing, as i resigned a little over a year ago as an elder due to a combination of family responsibilities and huge doubts.
We started our fade nearly 10 years ago. I can only think of three occasions where any of the local elders reached out to encourage us to return to meetings. Only one elder who was a close friend in another congregation, continued regularly to remind us of special events (Memorial, Assemblies, Convention).
OH THE LOVE!
jehovah's witnesses resume sidewalk carts after pandemic pause, soon will do door knocking.. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/08/05/jehovahs-witnesses-resume-sidewalk-carts-door-knocking-next-list/10168175002/.
Cart witnessing -- just going through the motions to claim they are "preaching: again. Have you heard of anyone studying and reaching baptism from cart witnessing?
Door to door -- it will result in even more rejection by homeowners IF they are home. So likely just more "windshielding" despite the price of gasoline.
WE ARE DOING A LIFE-SAVING WORK
THE END IS NEAR!
was it melania?
don jr?
or gary busey's son, eric trump?.
The heavy-handed raid on Trump's Mar-e-Lago estate might even backfire, with Trump coming out of the episode looking better than before it started. ~ LUHE
It seems that is exactly what is happening.
But the GOP has been trying to find ways to either marginalize Trump or convince him to step aside, ~ Tonus
At least the GOP Swamp Creatures. Trump never realized how many of his own party were working against him.
I don't expect Biden to run (or to be allowed to run) in 2024. I also do not expect Kamala Harris to be the nominee, unless the Dems want to lose. I expect them to force both of them off the national stage and try to find someone who can win a race against a GOP turnoutWHO is "sitting on the bench" for the Dems that can come forward as a viable candidate? It's so shallow that even AOL has been suggested. (Speaking of shallow.)
i decided to do this posting because of some comments in the post about pensions.
in the mid to late 1980's there was a flood and the local kingom hall was damaged and many of the friends homes were damaged...groups came in to help repair.
my then mother-in-law literally lost everything-she had no home to repair...she had been renting a small trailer and it washed away.
I recall a "down and out" family seeking a handout who appeared with every family member holding a fountain Coke from a fast food restaurant, and then whining that they only had one piece of KFC chicken remaining for food. My thoughts were that we never bought a soft drink for everyone (6 X $1.00 = $6.00) and we "had the means" to do so. Further, if we were running out of food, we wouldn't run to a restaurant. We'd have gone to the grocery store where you could buy 2x or 3x the amount of food. But, oh my, someone would have to slave over the stove to cook it.
there are actually tons of these experiences.
i wanted to post this one because it involved all the family of born in jws.. post;.
all my freakn dreams came true.
I'm honestly embarrassed to say I am/was a "JW".
Yes. Hard to believe I (we) was so gullible!
But suppose that the teacher allows the rebel to show the class how he would solve the problem."
Of course, the problem with this analogy is Genesis 11:6, NIV: "The LORD said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."
Seems like when "the rebel" got close to solving the problem, the "teacher" (God) stepped in an thwarted his capabilities (this time by confusing the languages).
i will risk showing my ignorance but i had some questioning thoughts in my head lately...maybe those more scholarly than me have insight.
jw teach that the anointed who now die go immediately to heaven.
when lazarus had died martha said she knew he would rise on the last day.
It gets more and more fairytale like as this thread progresses. ~ Vanderhoven7
Well, that certainly seems reasonable considering it seems to be just that -- a fairytale (sic).
having been a victim of this practice twice, i thought i would see if others had the same experience.
on one occassion, i was before the elders being told i was drunk on a certain day at a certain time.
( this was only brought up because when i was pushing for a meeting because of elder mr x adultery , i was threatened somethings would be brought out about me if i persued the meeting.
Matt 18:15 -- the accuser should go directly to the individual first.
Only after that fails should the elders get involved.
