i was at the regional convention and asked an elder why is that at the assemblies their is an accounts report but not at the conventions?
he said, well actually they got a letter and in it said that in a little while they will do away with the accounts report stating how much the assembly costs for the weekend and just go to donation basis like at the conventions.. my first thought was, "they will donate even less now.".
anybody else hear about such a thing?.
I don't think that could be.
In the last 5 years, the only thing that has been pushed more than staying loyal to the GB is GIVE MORE MONEY.
If they don't keep hounding people at the Conventions and Assemblies - they will NOT get what they want.
90% of JW donations are done out of guilt (I believe).
we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.
but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.
his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.
It seems like turning their backs on 1914 will get next to impossible.
To many people, my age (50s) would just flip out over that.
It invalidates everything.
The only other thing the could change that would be as big a shock to the R&F would be saying Evolution is right.
we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.
but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.
his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.
One thing that became clear to me was:
Why would god - user the term Generation - and then start "the time of the end" SOOOOO early?
Why would it take over 100 years and counting to do the crap he said would need to happen before the big A?
No argument for it taking this long holds any water, especially "being a god of love" since every year 1/4 of a million NEW JWs are saved from the system - but about 150 million people are born who WONT be JWs and will need to be killed by the loving god?
at a local meeting, one of the elders said that if jesus were on the earth today 'you can be sure' he would be preaching by showing videos on a tablet.. i kid you not.. i wonder what videos he'd be playing?.
obviously this was the elder's own pet theory.
wasn't it?.
Of course, he would use an APPLE product, what do you think he is a fool?
I remember being the first elder in our circuit to use an iPad for giving talks, as well as district talks.
I did it because I could do tweaks up to the end without reprinting 70 times, and page count was not an issue, and font size could be what I wanted.
Then it became evil because I would be causing DIVISIONS cuz some friends cant afford a tablet.
WHAT F-ing BullShit it all was.
I really never heard that one.
Joe Tucker I think was the CO who was down on Disney and thought Bell would want to make girls bang their dogs :)
Did anyone go through the COs saying that Disney is bad - and that Beauty and the Beast was promoting bestiality?
i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.
they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.
god failed to prove his right to rule.
I think there have been a few dozen mistrials - only explanation why its taking over a 100 years :)
jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.
now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
All goes to show that god is a horrible branding and marketing guy.
He really should have hired a better agency to get his story out.
Cant believe how far and wide that BS spread.
I am east coast, did it reach west coast too?
