i remember a long time ago, about 40 years ago, when my father said to me "things changed when the elder arrangement came in to focus.
" his view was that the elder arrangement was providing such a power and that sometimes it was abused.
my father was not opposed to the fact of their being elders, because the scriptures talk about the use of elders/shepherds helping the flock so to speak.
the apostle Paul said that he "came in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,"
I suspect that was false modesty or self deprecation since Paul didn't seem to mind changing the whole spin of Christianity so that he is often referred to as the "first apostate". The Bible books penned by Paul are nothing like the Christianity of Jesus Christ.
i have been away from the jw cult for many years.
i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.
so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.
Not into many discussions with JWs any longer, but the JW family members don't give any kind of indication that they think the Org is in any kind of trouble. The Ukrainian war and Middle East tensions are fueling the fire that Armageddon is "very, very soon" to take place.
They know nothing about European branches having their status as a religion at risk. Very few even seem to know anything about the CSA lawsuit awards and settlements. (Or else they know not to mention it.)
elon was looking at the way they audit within the government agencies.
he found there are no links to payments made.
250 million payment………..to………………..consultant……..name ………..unknown.
I work for a large company. I suppose the CEO could decide to fire a huge percentage of employees tomorrow without regard or understanding of their actual job duties and in the very very short term brag about all the money saved since they no longer have to meet that payroll. But in a few months the wheels are gonna start to fall off.
Musk cut the staff of Twitter by 80% and it seems to be doing OK.
Most of us in the US know that when we go into any government office, there is one person that really knows what's going on and does the work, while numerous others (standing around or playing on their phones) are there because of their relationship to some politician who owed them a job. That is IF they even come into the office.
when god hates certain things does that mean you are not expected to do that particular thing or certain things 100% .
1. god hates divorce does that mean we are not expected to divorce at all?
(hint: jesus allow divorce) .
If God hates something bad enough I suspect he has the power to tell you directly if he is really that concerned.
(Based on that, you can probably go ahead and masturbate without guilt.)
quote from karoline leavitt, white house press secretary.
why is the media so against cutting waste, fraud, & abuse?'.
“we won’t be deter from people like you and the press, who are clearly adamantly opposed to cutting wast fraud and abuse.
Do main stream media companies get taxpayer money in the US?
They are not supposed to. They are supposed to be a free, impartial press. Tax payer funds do help support PBS & NPR. However, DOGE has exposed some payments having been made to at least a couple (highly biased) secular news groups.
strange that after 2 years we still don't know the facts about anthony's resignation.
grant davus writes:.
the announcement.
Watchtower, as a highly secretive organization, will certainly not provide any further information.
True. But JWs R&F have the loosest lips of any one group when it comes to gossiping. It's absolutely astonishing to me that there has been no reported "sighting" of him by JWs or ex-JWs in two years.
january 2021: the norwegian state denies state subsidies to jehovah's witnesses, citing exclusion policies.. august 2021: a norwegian court annuls a disfellowshipping decision by jehovah's witnesses.. may 3, 2022: the supreme court of norway upholds the decision to annul the disfellowshipping.. october 25, 2022: the county governor of oslo and viken demands changes to jehovah's witnesses' practices.. december 22, 2022: jehovah's witnesses' registration as a religious community is revoked.
—---anthony morris iii officially stepped down from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses on february 22, 2023.
march 4, 2024: oslo county court rules in favor of the state, upholding the decision to withhold funding and retract registration.. february 3-14, 2025: the oslo appeal court hears the latest appeal from jehovah's witnesses.
may 2025 study article 21 seek the city that will remain.
what i remember was, when you see the romans, flee to the mountains.
now the wt is saying that's not enough.
From what I saw/heard is that everything the WTS/GB said during that time is to do all the CDC and WHO said to do. Stay home, wear mask, take vax shot, etc.
They didn't want to risk losing any stimulus money from the Gov't nor take the risk of any retribution coming their way from the Gov't. In OTHER countries, that's OK. But not here where they might personally be held accountable.
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
the issue is in fact the one found in the very beginning at the garden of Eden.
FINALLY! Someone interjects something factual -- with solid evidence -- into the discussion.
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
We get old because Jehovah had to prove to all the Angels that his way of ruling was the best? That's the sorriest argument the Watchtower has come up with. ~ Liam
We get old and die because we are disconnected from God, the Source of all life, because of sin. . . Christ took the sins we committed onto Himself to pay the price for us. ~ Breeze
And that's about the sorriest argument any man made religion has come up with. There is NO EVIDENCE to support any of it or to give reason to have faith in it. Credulity! *
* Credulity means gullibility, or a willingness to believe anything. Credulity is a tendency to believe in things too easily and without evidence.
Go live your dream instead of living in a fantasy.
