when i was an all-in, younger, somewhat uber-dub - i envisioned the governing body as spending 16 to 18 hours a day at the bethel library, with their noses in the bible and associated research books.
sky-j was propelling his holy spirit directly at them, maybe opening the book to the right page or paragraph, and zap, new light.. when i learned that these dudes only met on wednesday mornings, for as little as 10 minutes, and spent the rest of their time managing and traveling, it was quite a letdown.. anyone have such thoughts of our guardians of doctrine?.
I use to be amazed at the level of GB 'worship' in my younger years. People equated the GB with Jehovah himself.
I had a one on one with Henschel (late 80's), chatted a good bit. He didn't seem any different than anyone else or any more scripturally knowledgeable.
so for the first time ever i went to a church service at my local church (coe) and i have to say it was awful!
it was just like a ritual.
the vicar would say something and then the congregation would all say a phrase in unison back to him.
http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-review.html.
the book costs 140.00, but i bought it.
i agree with dr. de vienne's review.
Biased people can't read unbiased information without complaining and focusing on minor errors. We should all know that from JWism.
With each book of research, we glean more and more information. Looks an interesting read.
o.k.
here's just a little fun, you guys can run with it.. if god existed would he allow the whacktower to be in business?
just sayin... lol.
I'm going with prólogos on this one. Interesting and thoughtful replies.
Maybe further along in time, humans will know. Romans didn't know what an atom bomb was and we don't know yet just how big the universe is and what's out there. We don't even know what's at the bottom of Earth's deepest ocean.
One thing is certain. Humans will keep searching the universe for answers.
i responded to someone on another thread, but would love to know this answer.. if a victim adult or child goes to elders and claims they were abused, don't they have to have clergy confidentiality?
so i was told that they encourage the victim to contact authorities , and they contact bethel, but arent there hands tied if the victim does not want to go to authorities?
an elder made the comment to me once.
No. They would become culpable of not reporting a possible crime.
JWs don't have a "clergy". And it's one of their BIG claims too. Every JW is considered a "Minister". No clergy, no laity is their claim.
If a crime occurs, you call the police not elders or priests and such.
"the creative day" how long was each day?
defend.
maybe this was posted before but i found this site.. search the above site.
At some point they'll figure out that "one day to God is like 1000 years to man" is simply an easy way to explain an infinite time span.
Consider to whom it was being said. People back then could reference Methusalah's lifespan being nothing when it comes to God time.
It isn't a literal fixed time frame. It's an analogy.
So called Christian "leadership" get on my nerves with dumb reasoning when they could simply ask Jews what THEIR early writings mean.
Also, it isn't a JW thing, it's a fundamentalist Christian belief; JWS are like the fundies from wence they came. Adventist groups are crazy like that.
a japanese sister who recently woke up revealed me that she became extremely suspicious about the organization after reading watchtower article .oct.15 2015page31.
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So pretty much, "don't believe the truth" if it isn't positive.
On a Data Dog note, those faithful men of old sure did drink a lot ... after a major killin' of course.
i'm sure prince has already been talked about to death on this site, but a jw family member just liked a video posted by a jw group on facebook that is an interview of prince about his conversion to jw.
it's the comments made by jws that this post is about.. prince was a great artist!
and the world has lost a musical genius in my opinion, but he lost me after he converted.
i looked around my hall and saw so many miserable unbelieving mates and relatives it was actually funny.
they were in a glazed-over stupor.
they looked liked children forced to go to an opera.
peddling god’s timetable: the men who failed.
james ussher (1581-1656).
your name is ussher – james ussher – and you are the archbishop of all of ireland.. you are living in the 1600s and are obsessive-compulsive when it comes to speculative ideas.
It's sad. They basically call Jesus (and therefore God) a liar when they say they know "the time". Their continual guessing is disgusting for those claiming to be followers of Christ. Trying to steal something for themselves. Just like the two thieves Adam and Eve, they claim that you'll know God stuff if you "eat this fruit" which they will provide. Satanic. I HATE them for that.
I once told my mother, a professed anointed, they (the GB) need to stop trying to STEAL from God. It's not for anyone to know. Can't he have one dayum tree and one dayum day to himself?????
