i struggled mightily to stay awake for today's zoom meeting.
at least we have it on saturday morning, so i don't have to dread it for the rest of my lovely weekend.. i suppose you could summarize today's lesson as such- "the annointed are annointed because they say they are annointed, and the annointed are special because god says they are special, and we know that god says what we say god says because we say god says that what we say god says is what god says.".
lord helmet: everybody got that?!.
I disagree with one point, that "none of them claim to be the Christ"
While they don't outright clam that they are Jesus, they have clearly attributed many of the things said about Jesus to themselves. And it is clear that Jesus is of little importance in their religion.
One example, Jesus said No one comes to the Father except through Me.
JWs say the exact same thing about themselves.
does anybody remember some of the sensational demon stories jw's would tell back in the day?
i was a kid in the early 80's and i remember a few times hearing of people having real life encounters with demons.
for example, one sister claimed that before she became a jdub she would regularly talk to demons and they would even fix stuff like her washing machine!
My theory is that it had to do with the influx of heavy drug users. Which would have been about that time.
this should be fun.
building a wall is unchristian.
i can't understand why the pope is getting involved in american politics.. poor donald..
Could be the beginning of the end for religion if trump gets elected.....
Just sayin....
Of course we could always send the undocumented people to the Vatican....
was a man made date when jesus came and that a generation is not 102 plus years.. why not say something like this.when the disciples asked jesus for a sign and the end of the age.jesus gave them a composite sign and said all these things will take place.when-before the people now living(at the end of the age which no one knows)have all died..
They have already moved it to the 90s with the new overlapping generation teaching. My guess is they will soon be referring to a single generation that started in the 90s.
I was wondering why they used such a confusing explanation to extend the "last generation". And I think I figured it out.
The explanation is much more confusing than it needs to be. I believe this is on purpose. They know that most people will be embarrassed that they are too dumb to get it so will just go along.
That means when they go about dropping 1914 all together and just concentrating on the 90s all the confused people will be relieved that they have an explanation they can finally explain.
in 2009, a new company, traded on the new york stock exchange was initiated.. watchtower inc. wtwr.
corporate headquarters.
100 henry streetbrooklyn, new york 11201united states.
Another interesting link
https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k4j3mzl0l/watchtower-inc/
Note their web page is http://watchtowerdocuments.org/ which appears to be an exjw site?
in 2009, a new company, traded on the new york stock exchange was initiated.. watchtower inc. wtwr.
corporate headquarters.
100 henry streetbrooklyn, new york 11201united states.
@ttdtt remember that where you incorporate doesn't mean much. Nevada has a good tax advantages so people incorporate there.
Looks like a penny stock that failed,
The Company was focused on becoming involved in the growing market for renewable and environmentally sustainable energy and intended to market and resell agricultural based bio-diesel fuels
Definitely sounds like something you might get from a farm.
Phone number search turns up
100 Henry St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
the watchtower of december 2015 reports the following reaction of a family with four teenagers in the country of rwanda with the publication of the nwt, and how grateful they were for it.
the wt magazine said: .
things changed when the new world translation in their language became available.
Think about the term "The Truth".
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
on a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.
i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.
the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.
on a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.
i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.
the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.
Did you miss the bread illustration in the latest video?
Be forwarned yo may never be able to eat bread again....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jlj5ovXmj54
on a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.
i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.
the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.
Did you miss the bread illustration in the latest video?
Be forwarned you may never be able to eat bread again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jlj5ovXmj54
