this was always one of the main justifications for me in leaving the wt behind.
i was just wondering how many of you have ever reasoned in the same way.. i have often wondered how jesus christ would react if he came back to the earth now and how he would view the organisation who claim to represent his standards?.
would jesus really want to be associated with paedophilia, false prophecies, shunning, the destruction of families, lies, untruths, hypocritical leaders and the lack of love amongst members?.
Probably something like : When the Son of Man returns will he find true religion on the earth?
NOPE!! Everyone (org religion) has their own "spin" on things ... and they all seem to be power hungry money loving pedo freaks.
Probably why it says that individuals will be wisked away to be gathered and not groups.
leon weaver gave a talk here in england recently at the east pennines assembly hall.
he mentioned the 15 july 2010 wt but did not expand on it.
i had never heard of him but found a photo of him in 2003 yearbook and also noted he was mentioned in coc.
Apostacy as described in the Bible is denying that Christ came in the flesh & was the Son of God.
Apostacy as defined by the WBTS is disagreeing with anything they say.
If we went by JW rules, Paul would be labled an apostate for disagreeing with the Jerusalem group over the issue of circumsizing gentiles. How dare he!
JWs are soooooo screwed up. Its best to ignore thier silliness.
ok another poster just went to the two day assembly and i just went to the one day special assembly day sunday.
at both of them it seems there was strong words against getting married.
they had on the stage a group of young men about three of them an older sister who is not that attractive but she is really nice, of course not brother would give her the time of day, and this older brother who is in his 60's and nice but very strange.. they all went on and on and on about not getting married.
Don't think I've ever read anything in the Bible regarding getting married or having chilins in the NS TM
i decided to update my resume and realized that i have to take out a couple of things.
my pioneer school under education and bible instructor under volunteer experience.
i can't believe i actually put those on there and got hired.
I'd leave them in. Most good companies & even corporations like to hire people who have some 'public service' or 'charity' in their backgrounds. It tells them you care about something other than just yourself & you know how to talk to people. Plus it looks good when they decide to do some charity that you know what you are doing and aren't going to behave like a spoiled brat who doesn't wish to get involved in helping out.
And if you can deliver the keynote address at some internal ceremony .... whoo hoo ... they really love you.
I've done it and have gotten every last job I applied for.
i guess you would have to be kind of old school to have met the guy.
i've only met a current gb member before he joined.
he seemed nice.
I met McMillain(sp?) he was kinda odd but he seemed to know I had some special skill they needed and gave me a Bethel app. (Didn't get to go because elder PO's no skilled son got the spot.)
are there any tests/interviews they have to go thru to prove it?.
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I don't think the GB have "suffered" like those of the 1st Century. & the GB has too cushy a life to have ever "suffered "anything. [Well maybe the batteries dying in the remote control.]
Now those folks over in various African countries whose villages get wiped out at machete blade (or imprisoned) for refusing to deny Christ ... those folks know the true suffering. Some Asian countries also & definitely some ME countries.
In Western countries, folks have no idea what true suffering for refusing to deny Christ is about; specially not the US.
dubs - paradoxes from hell.
jesus said his yoke was kindly and light.. dubs brag their religion is the "hardest religion in the world.".
the bible tells children to honor their parents.. the wts tells children to betray their parents.. if dubs really live in a "spiritual paradise," why do their lives have to be threatened to stay in it?.
Classic
the only fully human man recorded to have been resurected from the dead and the bible says nothing.. the religious leaders of jesus day were all over people that jesus 'cured' etc, and the bible records these events.
questioning them, the parents etc.. but lazarus?
zip, nada, nothing save the account that he was resurected.
My answer
Just read John 11-12 ... the high priests were intending to kill Lazarus but too many in the village (probably the entire village) plus Jews who went there to console the sisters had witnessed what happened for the event to be questioned.
today i was remembering how angry i used to get at the meetings and all the little irritations that in the end would just make my blood boil these included:.
prayers that go on foreverstudy or wt conductors still taking comments when its clear that the point has been covered 20 times alreadymeetings over running by more than 5 minsmy favourite was this one elder who would play guess the point i am thinking of.
he would keep rephrasing the question from the wt until someone would bring up the point he was thinking of.
people who never spoke to you all of a sudden having a bunch of "love" whenever the DO or CO popped in .... -phoooooonnnnnyyyyy!
today i was remembering how angry i used to get at the meetings and all the little irritations that in the end would just make my blood boil these included:.
prayers that go on foreverstudy or wt conductors still taking comments when its clear that the point has been covered 20 times alreadymeetings over running by more than 5 minsmy favourite was this one elder who would play guess the point i am thinking of.
he would keep rephrasing the question from the wt until someone would bring up the point he was thinking of.
Crazy!!! Jesus didn't get baptized until he was 30. [The ancient and true age of Isrealite manhood]
