https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jcahege9us.
20,149 comments made between Dec 7th and Jan 1! That's amazing!
It seems all the spanish speaking JW's are watching this video.
I wonder if there will be a mass exodus of the spanish congregations due to this video? I wonder if they will go back to being Catholic again?
http://www.kptv.com/story/37498850/sheriff-jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-in-clackamas-co. .
sheriff: jehovah's witness sexual abuse suspect arrested in clackamas co.. posted: feb 13, 2018 5:39 pm cstupdated: feb 13, 2018 6:21 pm cst.
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Thank you for keeping us updated LizD. Keep strong. We're all with you.
You are so correct about the nasty nature of JW's. I've experienced so many unloving, self righteous people in this religion. They protect the organization's image at all costs. One might say it's idol worship. It probably is.
jehovah's witnesses... who sent the star of bethlehem?.
the watchtower teach their followers that the star of bethlehem was sent by non other than satan... however as we take a look at the scriptures by comparing spiritual things with spiritual we begin to see that the star of bethlehem was not sent by satan, but used for the glory of god.a seasonal message to end the year.. watch now here :.
"Where there is Foo, there is Fire."
Foo Fighter - A bright light or a ball of fire perceived as a UFO.
It's up to you to decide whether a foo fighter is an agent of good or evil.
it just amazes me how the clown factory at the borgs basilica in warwick could produce 8 clown popes that act like self-licking ice cream cones and the jdubs take them so seriously.
if the popes said that they were going to have a bible signing session at a king dumb hall 8 hours away that so many jdubs would make the trip the town would be swamped with traffic.. you know what is truly sad is when during jdub public prayers, the governing body gets more praise than the head of the congregation.
all jesus gets is the final "in jesus name.".
You know what is truly sad is when during JDub public prayers, the Governing Body gets more praise than the head of the congregation. All Jesus gets is the final "in Jesus name."
What's kind of sad is that if you mention Jesus too much in your prayer at the KH you will be branded a Trinitarian. They'll think you're giving undue praise to Jesus when it should be going to Jehovah.
The GB are always mentioned in the prayers at the meetings now. I remember a time when they were never mentioned in the past.
this was the reply i was given by our coordinator at our recent kingdom hall security meeting.. he explained that they aren't allowed to buy any appliances or do any changes to the kingdom hall without branch approval.
"we put in our letter that a video security system could be purchased for around $600 locally and an app could be downloaded for the attendants to monitor the cameras what's going onoutside.
" they said;" such a system would not be needed in our area of the country, if standard protocols of security are followed as outline by the branch.
It sounds like your kingdom hall doesn't have a future with the WT. If they refuse to give it a technological upgrade then I see a time when the property will be sold. Maybe if you had 4 congregation attending that kingdom hall then I could see the LDC wanting to install a security system. If you only have 1 or 2 congregations there, then beware of a future sale.
I saw the interview Leonard Nimoy gave when he explained where he got the Vulcan hand gesture. He said when he was young everybody in the Synagogue was to make the dual hand Tetragrammaton gesture and everybody was supposed to close their eyes. His parents told him if anyone opened their eyes during the ceremony the female form of the holy spirit would blind you. Shouldn't the drawing show the priests with their eyes closed?
the gospel of matthew's homily on the signs connected with the imagined return of christ, features an element of the sign that seems to really scare superstitious people.. matthew 24:29 reads: "immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;".
in the nineteenth century such an even occurred twice in the 19th century and apparently became part of charlie russell's conviction that the end of the world was nigh, charlie, of course, was a 'man of faith' accepting the bible as true and not willing to search for alternative explanation for such events.
if charlie r. had been the sort of person that continually asks why, his life and ours may have taken a different course.. i cannot quote where in his mass of writings he cites those 19th c events (its a long time since i've bothered to be interested in his writings), but mention them he did, and saw these events as proof of the imminent return of jesus christ.. so let's look at these two 19th c.natural occurrences, and compare them to another occurrence some 1400 years ago.. the 19th c events occurred in 1814-16 and again circa, 1883. the reason for the sun and moon being darkened was volcanic activity, easy for us to appreciate, but more difficult for religiously superstitious people.. the wikipedia encyclopedia notes the 1814-16 event: quote.
Norse mythology has an event called Fimbulwinter that supposed to happen in the future. This is a time when there are 3 consecutive winters with no warming between them. Odin reports that Fenrir, the wolf, has devoured the sun and he asks the other gods on how it will be replaced. After the 3 winters are over and the sun is replaced then the gods go to war with each other. That war is called Ragnarok. Odin and Fenrir kill each other. Thor and a giant snake serpent kill each other. Loki and Heimdallr kill each other. Tyr, the god of war, kills and is killed by Garmr the Hell hound.
act 1 of the podcast below are experiences between young lds women and their disciplinary meetings with lds elders and the aftermath.. it reminded me of conversations we just had in tahoe last summer from several who had to go before a panel of jw elders, alone, 13-14 years old, scared out of their wits in having to confess a wrong doing.
parents are unsupportive of their children, instead force these young girls into these confessional meetings.
the scars are deep and pervasive.. so the same with the ladies in this podcast.
I would like to mention that a recently deceased Governing Body member named Guy Pierce was a former LDS. I wonder if he changed some JC policies that are now similar to the Mormons. I heard the Family worship arrangement the JW's have today was already well established with the LDS. People think Guy Pierce introduced that while he was at the top.
so my mum died from mild form of lukemia which can simply be treated with a blood transfusion each month.
to me this was a watchtower assisted suicide.
the liaison elder encouraged her to "stay strong" and said a prayer.
A friend of mine related an experience to me about this subject. He found out an uber JW he knows declared that if a GB member said red was blue that person would believe it.
That kind of thinking is very dangerous, Jim Jones dangerous. There are so many different sects of Christianity and modern Jews that have taken a different path with the Hebrew God. Any one thing or interpretation that comes out of these religious leaders could be false. If something doesn't seem right then you should follow your gut feeling.
There's one exception. The only person who can say red is blue is the one that has supernatural powers to back his statements. Moses and Jesus are no longer here to defend the bible's statements so it's all up to interpretation. Don't blindly follow men or women.
i think this can help some people.
i had a family member who due to holiday issues, felt they had to start shunning me unless i returned to the religion.
and you know they think those of us who leave still believe it's the truth and we are choosing to willfully rebel against god, etc.
If a family member chooses not to talk to you ever after a DF or DA then they didn't really love you. Most JW's are cold as ice when it comes to relationships. No wonder why they're not getting anymore converts in the ministry. Come join us so we can remove the love from your heart and give it to the Organization.
