some things i just didnt notice at the time which now seem so obvious:.
the bible tells us that the end will come like a thief in the night, when we least expect it.
(matthew 24:44).
i just realized now, (ironically by checking on jw.org) that the echr (european court of human rights), the government agency that has been literally saving the jws to be banned in so many countries - and they are very thankful for that, as they say in their recent purple history book - is an agency of the un!.
as it is well known, the gb consider the un as a high-class enemy of god's kingdom, believing it is the beast mentioned in revelation.
this interpretation was totally from f. franz and n. knorr, this last one still being reagarded every now and then as the one who gave the speech with this "new light".
Ok 2 things.
1: The GB already changed their stance on the UN. They now say its a "Coalition of Nations". And they really dont talk about the UN anymore.
2: European Court of Human Rights is NOT part of the UN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights
the first thing i saw when i went in was the two video screens having the watchtower singers chorus doing a number.
the sound wasn't up enough to make out the song, but the video was grotesque.
the singers were swaying to the music, all independent of each other, no discipline, actually sloppy-looking.
Anyone have a link to that New Bunker video? Or is it the original one?
"do jehovah' witnesses believe that it's ok to receive messages from dead people who are in heaven?
re chap.
20 pp.
NICE POINT!
But only a JW would have any way of knowing that - so you would have to OUT yourself.
so, now that some time has passed, i’d like some input/thoughts/analysis/etc.
on the jw construction situation in the last few years.. first, why did they discontinue the rbc arrangement and institute the ldc arrangement?
was it for more and/or better control?
Isn't the funny part how NO ONE BATS AN EYE at it?
Congregations are pumping money to the branch for the MASSIVE building work that was needed.
Yet NO ONE knows of any building.
I was told by someone who was high up in the RBC in our area, that only a handful of new McHalls were building in the USA.
No one figures out the bate and switch? We need a million halls today! We are consolidating halls because we don't need that many!
WTF?
a person may sometimes get swelling on his leg and may have limped a few times—but he is never called lame.
similarly, sometimes a person may slip into selfishness and use his free-will to his own harm or to the harm of others—but this does not make him a sinner because the ability to do the contrary (ability choose to commit virtuous act to any extent) too exists in him.
if one’s occasional sinning does not make him a sinner, sin of another person (such as first human couple) can never make others sinners.
Of course, it is BS.
Sin is a construct made by Religion.
Right and Wrong is a Construct made by the society you live in.
It is just a social agreement.
so a couple of nights ago i was speaking with a relative and we began talking about the organization.
i had to asked her "why do you believe that this religion is the correct one?
" they stood quiet for a second but then said that they view and feel genuine christian love, a type of love that is spoken about in the bible.
Yes it is true!
I experienced the true love of the congregation when I stopped coming to meetings and was preemptively shunned by all of them for NO REASON.
someone said on forum they knew someone df for not going to assigned meeting in old days .
Chook
I agree with you 100%
No idea why I would get 2 negatives? I was an elder for 2 decades, I think my opinion on this isn't crazy.
august 11, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: 2018 memorial invitations and date of special talk .
fyi:.
the 2018 memorial will be held on saturday, march 31, 2018.. the 2019 memorial will be held on friday, april 19, 2019..
I look at this from a different point of view.
This talk is for The IN. Not for those invited by the campaign or RVs.
It was one of the hardest things EVER to get a call or study to come to Memorial.
We had VERY VERY few "interested ones" show up each year.
Believers Family and Faders would be the ones you would see - not anyone from the Campaign work.
I think this is directed at fanning the flames of the BASE.
everything really is up for grabs.. our sense of "absolutes" is always under fire.
we are taught to invest all of our belief in the very idea of something being true and absolute and constant.but--is that illusory?.
examine how this works: jesus was tortured and murdered by hanging him on a cross.
TerryWalstrom10 hours ago10 hours ago10 hours ago10 hours agoThe statue had a clear dedication: The pillar is engraved, "In memory of the boys who wore gray."
And what were the Boys In Grey fighting for?
This is like having a Monument for the Brownshirts in Berlin.
