for those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
Hello JWD,
it is nice to have you giving the latest news
and events about Japan. Here in Europe, in the last 2 years
Japan has hardly been the subjetc of comments...I wonder why!!
Hippikon: very nice and original cartoon, and interesting
comments.
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
many of mankinds most infamous leaders have had as their central idea that in order to solve whatever they have perceived as mankinds problems can be solved by genocide.
one of the best know in our time is adolf hitler.
he followed an old european/biblical tradition of blaming the jews for all the problems facing the german people and the world.
Hello Norm,
as usual a very good research.
The best way to deal with those who do not accept " your words,
your statements " is to present what they themselves have said,
written and published all over.
Thanks again, agape J.C.MacHislopp
P.S. My favorite:
"It is good for all of us to resist any inclination to act as judges, recognizing that in the final analysis, Jehovah’s judgment by means of Jesus Christ is what counts."—Questions From Readers,
The Watchtower, 1993 5/15: 31
many of the senior witnesses out there, i am sure will remember the spring/summer of 1975 and the amount of excitement that was in the air surrounding the anticipation of what the new year would bring.. i have no recollection of such events as i was still in short trousers and wearing a strange cap, but anyway.... fred franz, the vice president at the time gave many talks to 000's of people about how much everyone was looking forward to 1975 and the wonderful things it would bring... without making an explicit statement as such, but the implications were all there.
these talks actually began in about 1966. the anticipation grew too much for some people and many began to heed mr franz's advice about selling their property to live out the last months on the earth in the pioneer service.
he also encouraged the young people not to pursue a career but rather to be more active in "the truth".
Hello everyone,
it is good to remember...!
Around this part of the world the CO,PO and others would
increase expectations with words like "...we are only months
away...some brothers and sisters are really waiting for it"!!
Now, as many of you have written in the post "1975 " has become
the "ghost" or the "the things unheard of.." or even better
"the fruit of the fervid imaginations of some ...sincere brothers
and sisters"!!!
Enough to make you sick.
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
man it's good to be home, relaxed and de-stressing right now!
how many times today, i just wanted to say aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhh!!!!
at my circuit's one-day assembly.
Hello everyone,
I'll try to give you a fast one:
*av. pub. 1961 ....884,587
*tot. bapt. from 62 until 2000 ....7,783430
*Total .............8,668017
***Peak pub. 2000 6,035453
***total missing in the last 39 years....2,632453
(this include Disf., diss. dead and inactives)
On average 67.498 missing every year for the last
39 years.
I'll come back to that, Agape J.C. MacHislopp
many of the senior witnesses out there, i am sure will remember the spring/summer of 1975 and the amount of excitement that was in the air surrounding the anticipation of what the new year would bring.. i have no recollection of such events as i was still in short trousers and wearing a strange cap, but anyway.... fred franz, the vice president at the time gave many talks to 000's of people about how much everyone was looking forward to 1975 and the wonderful things it would bring... without making an explicit statement as such, but the implications were all there.
these talks actually began in about 1966. the anticipation grew too much for some people and many began to heed mr franz's advice about selling their property to live out the last months on the earth in the pioneer service.
he also encouraged the young people not to pursue a career but rather to be more active in "the truth".
Hello everyone,
old subject but always very sensitive one
for many of us. I do agree that the most damaging thing was
the WTS " blaming " as usual ...some plus all the grammatical,
illogical explanation...all to avoid stating clearly that
- THEY MADE A HUGE, SERIOUS MISTAKE - clearly going much, much too
far than the Scriptures !
Agape J.C. MacHislopp
looking for research material:.
the process of apheresis donation involves removal of whole blood from a patient or donor.
within a centrifugal type instrument components of the whole blood are separated.
Hello Marvin,
good information. I'll search on wt
publications anything published on "apheresis " and post
again. Thanks.
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
Hello Tallyman,
excellent research in "old treasures"!
This should be printed in the latest Wt magazines.
Thanks ..for the addition to my files.
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
i have read some very interesting posts from norm, focus, farkel, jan, and alan f regarding the silliness of the wt.
(if i left someone out i apologize forthwith.
i have decided to enter my analysis of joseph franklin rutherford to the mix.. during rutherford's administration, he was referred to as "the world's foremost bible scholar.
Hello Iarc,
excellent post!
Very good remarks :
"By they way, as many of you know, no one has to write an "apostate" book. Their own writings over time are enough to condemn them, and the rank and file don't even know it. It was reading the kinds of things I have quoted here that caused me to leave, not because of any so-called apostate books."
TRUE. Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
i just recieved this today and thought i'd post it!.
a friend heard (already hearsay, right?
) that the wt society is thinking about or is already in the process of setting up a college.
Hello VeniceIT,
it would be interesting to see any other
"real" information about this one. After the Educational
Center in Hawaii...(millions of dollars worth) maybe the next
one will be built in EUROPE!!!
Btw, FredHall... try to be more polite, logical and in tune with
the topic when commenting in this forum. Thanks.
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
"only on a rare occasion have i seen a society form returned with a red-line though a recommendation, indicating they reject the appointment.
this was in a case where the brother was under 25 years old, or some other minor defect.
never was there any rationale mentioned by the society at the their reasons based on spiritual qualifications lacking.
Hello slipnslidemaster,
good reply to the post:
"When I left until now, it seems like they are appointing elders like they hand out medals at the Special Olympics. Which translated means there are elders that are 23-25 out there now."
Still true today in many European countries!!!
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp
