the latest wt celebrates the 100th anniversary of 1920 with an article about what happened that year:.
on march 21, 1920, joseph f. ruther-ford .
spoke on the subject“millions now living will never die.” the bi-ble students left no stone unturned in theirquest to invite interested ones to this event.they rented one of the largest theaters innew york city and distributed some 320,-000 invitations.the public responded beyond all expecta-tions.
As I recall, those MILLIONS are now ALL DEAD.
I think the strategy of the WT has been to "celebrate" the 100th anniversaries of 1914, 1918, and now 1920.
To NOT do so, would look like they were "hiding" them. This way it appears they are something to celebrate.
been reading here for a few years.. 4th gen jw, born and raised, served for a few years which was the catalyst for me.
the politics, backstabbing, slandering and coercive tactics in particular caused a constant internal struggle.
i started researching and focused only on the stories of ex-elders/servants to see if i was the only one - i wasn't.. the rest is history..
Welcome! But don’t you mean four overlapping generations?
this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?
isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?
isn't that the purpose of prophesy?.
Maybe we were just gullible
are you reticent to express your opinion when it comes to religion or politics?.
when we were jws , we had to be so careful that we didn’t stumble anyone.
are you comfortable saying that you don’t agree with someone or something even if it appears you are in the minority?
You know what they say about opinions!
this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?
isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?
isn't that the purpose of prophesy?.
Well, you know Rub, Joe Hoover only gives us what information we need or we "can handle" at any given time. He reveals such things in a timely manner to "his servants the prophets". Proper food at the proper time. Of course, his "servants" are imperfect men an they can make mistakes. (As we well know!)
a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.
of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?
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Rub, that's a BIG 10-4!
this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?
isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?
isn't that the purpose of prophesy?.
this is a news report from march 2017 but it's still as relevant today as it was then.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8koav8xzck.
This is not a tough life or slavery!!!! How laughable! I don’t know about over taxation where you are, I agree they waste our taxes.
I think losing 50% of what you've earned to taxes does not need to be debated as to whether that is "over taxation". If you must work for "free" to qualify as slavery, then I guess 50% is only half-slavery. So when is it enough (or too much)? 70% 80% 90% ? AOC proposes 70% for the super-wealthy (over $10 million) in her Green New Deal.
a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.
of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?
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And when the house plant dies:
Welcome President Stacy Abrams
a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.
of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?
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Supreme Court appointments are at risk. RBG is on life support (not literally folks, just a hyperbole). Stephen Breyer is 81, but doesn't seem to have failing health. (But I do like his ice cream!)
Even if another liberal justice is appointed to replace RBG, the court will still lean to a 5-4 conservative bias. But only if Roberts can be depended on to side with the conservatives. He's been wishy-washy lately.
Will the 2nd Amendment be at risk if Trump does not have the opportunity to appoint the replacement for RBG?
