in order to "scripturally justify" j.f.
rutherford's rebranding of the bible students by the creation of a designer name which made them stand out from other bible students, the nwt deceptively misuses a verse to perpetuate the falsehood of the unscriptural name, "jehovah's" witnesses!.
(james 2:7) "they blaspheme the fine name by which you were called,* do they not?".
(Acts 11:26) "and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians."
Wow.... WTF? I never noticed that before. They use Isaiah to back up the name JW's but insist that they are modeled after the First Century Congregation.... CALLED CHRISTIANS! Holy Siht. Good catch, seriously.. WTF
it seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.
self righteous ones.
holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.
Perfect JW family...husband an elder, wife pioneers, kids are on the Theocratic School at a young age, publishers at a young age, baptized early. Used on demo's for assemblies, conventions. However wife secretly has a drinking problem and hubby jacks off to porn when everyone is asleep at night because his stuffy, sex-less wife wont put out because she can't stand him and he never gives her the big O.
Know any families like this?
did you decline out of fear?
decline because you hated doing demos?
accept the request graciously?
hated it, still hate being asked and hate asking. The demo's are stupid and not necessary imho.
my question is, why do so many think the watchtower bible tract society is a cult?
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Brother Mike,
You should be asking this question to the brothers and sisters in your congregation since we are all by WT definition "apostates". Why don't you go to one of the elders in your congregation, preferably your CBSO, and inquire. Mention that you were on this site and that you did not get satisfactory answers. Let us know how that works out.
-X
many friends i've spoken with are becoming discouraged.
because of this it's becoming tempting to privately share my views with friends, but i know this is still too dangerous.
most witnesses in my circle are intelligent free thinkers.
I think that morale is lowering but enough die harders" are still around to keep whipping up the masses into a frothy, whipped confection. In my congregation all except for 4 of the elders out of 11 on our body are pioneering. They breathe, speak, eat, and shit WTism. The Coordinator is such a WT man that he watches and counsels any elder or servant that doesnt follow instructions from mother to the tee! Among the lay people I do agree about morale slipping a bit but the threat of being socially ostrasized keeps most in line. I do agree with the poster that each successive generation of children born to WTites will take it less and less seriously. Unfortunately things will likely change very little in our lifetimes.
a friend of mine called me yesterday and he told me about a special meeting up at the assembly hall in newburgh, ny regarding the warwick project this passed saturday that all elders and ministerial servants living within a 55 mile radius were invited to.
he told me a lot of stuff but the gist of it was:.
1. volunteer to work.
A friend of mine called me yesterday and he told me about a special meeting up at the assembly hall in Newburgh, NY regarding the Warwick project this passed Saturday that all elders and ministerial servants living within a 55 mile radius were invited to. He told me a lot of stuff but the gist of it was:
1. Volunteer to work
2. If you can't, send money
3. Don't be critical of those who are
a. volunteering
b. sending in funds
4. Open up your homes to volunteers who need a place to stay for days, weeks, months if needed.
Scheduled date for completion is December 31, 2016
He told me a lot, but most was WT propoganda designed to guilt you or fool you into supporting an unnecessary and ill conceived project. I gave you the main points that he stated to me.
So lame....we have this project and you idiots need to give up your time and money to support it. What was wrong with Brooklyn?
this is what is written in the jan 2014 wt article .
let your kingdom comebut when?in his detailed prophecy about the conclusion of this system of things, jesus said: this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen.
(read matthew 24:33-35.
"in mentioning “this generation,” Jesus was referring to two groups of anointed Christians."
How do they know that he was referring to two groups? Because they say so? lol
has anyone noticed that the gb 2.0 is a lot heavier than the gb 1.0?.
at their age, a normal percentage of body fat should be somewhere in the 18-24% range.. so let's go down the list and see who gets the most invites to dinner.... anthony morris iii - 34% body fatsamuel herd - 40% body fatstephen lett - 29% body fatdavid splane - 25% body fatguy pierce - 24% body fatgerrit losch - 38% body fatgeoffrey jackson - 39% body fattom sanderson - 27% body fatnow that's a whole lotta fat.
frederick franz would be furious.. .
America in general over the years. Getting fatter and more sloppy by the year
..wow, hopefully no newly doubting people are here to take these and other remarks the wrong way. Bitter apostates?!?! Surely not!
i think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.
are you a "spiritual" person?.
I am inclined to believe that there is a god, but I wouldn't be shocked if un refuteable evidence surfaced stating otherwise.
before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
Fascinating, sad story.
Thank you for sharing it
