https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
Hi Skepsis!
The first year I skipped going, I watched it all online.
It just served to make me glad I didn't go...
In latter years I didn't have the wherewithal to watch all that so I read the transcripts of the outlines the speakers were using.
This year, I doubt I will even do that.
Its a process!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
Ironic that in the video they make the statement that personal study such as Jesus words that "no man knows the day nor the hour" are what helped in coping.
That is a reasoning point from Ray Franz book "Crisis of Conscience" in the chapter on 1975.
What do you want to bet that book is reference material for the writing committee now?
this took quite a while this evening.
so worth it though.
hope you enjoy!
Just as good as the first time!
Thanks 2!
P.S. Which GB member is that trying to dance and do a split with the girl?
Remember that song "Would Jesus Wear A Rolex On His Television Show?"
Guess it was prophecy!
Wasnt there a flurry of comments on someones watch once before in a video the Org produced? Then, the next time the person was on a video the watch was absent?
The case of the flip flopping watch brought to you by the flip flopping religion!
i think the finished mystery book probably contains the stupidest beliefs ever recorded!
almost any prophecy publication but especially anything to do with revelation, is unbelievable!
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the belief that anyone turns in an accurate service report!
police are still investigating the cause of death.. az central, 13 may 2017. missing prescott valley 18-year-old found dead.
a prescott valley woman who was reported missing late last month has been found dead, police said friday.. yavapai county sheriff's office deputies joined the prescott valley police in searching for the 18-year-old walmart cashier.surveyors working on a new connector road above glassford hill in prescott valley found her body on friday and contacted authorities, according to the police department.. police in a press release confirmed that the body found off a maintenance road near glassford hill was lefler's.. the case is still being investigated, and the cause of death is unknown.. red more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2017/05/13/missing-prescott-valley-18-year-old-found-dead/321043001/.
gofundme, 3 may 2017. help find lianna lefler gibson.
Reading around at the links she was troubled and suffered from depression.
Sounds about right for a poor kid stuck in the religion, poor thing.
how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.
eg their view of beards.
elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.
Thanks WTWizard. I am no good with dates and trying to work off memory. What you are saying sounds right to me!
So question....do they actually ask people about this stuff or are you supposed to confess? Like their policy on the big "M" word? (masturbation)
how do jw's view the following scripture or how differently does it read in their version?.
1 timothy 5:8- anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.-niv.
but if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.-kjv.
In my experience they apply it this way:
- C.O.s and their wives begrudgingly leave the Circuit work to care for a parent (maybe they are secretly relieved though who knows?) because of that scripture.
- It is used by the Elder body to keep someone from being appointed if they dont want the man in the first place. If they DO want him, it is ignored.
- If you are giving ANY financial help whatsoever either locally to the congregation or to Headquarters, this scripture becomes invisible and no one mentions it at all. The Org trumps scripture. Always.
how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.
eg their view of beards.
elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.
Beards are allowed over here, saw loads at the convention in London last year.
Micro management could also be subject to the whims of your local elders.
Here we had a "no jeans skirts" rule. Meaning the material the skirt was made out of could not be the same as the material blue jeans are made out of. This was strictly enforced - one pioneer sister was threatened with being taken off the Pioneer list if she did not comply.
When my husband came into the truth he was told he could no longer be a DJ (back in the early 80s) and he could no longer go and watch football matches. He was made to give up going to watch is favourite team play.
After reading your post I am thinking that the 80s were a stand out in strictness. So much has been loosened (and at the same time, tightened, so weird) now as compared to then.
