https://youtu.be/6ga9v7ffrwk?si=0lor5qquapmq8ck4.
what you are about to watch is another leaked instalment from the recent annual meeting delivered by kenneth cook with the theme "help to tear down and build up" and highlights tge new take o disfellowshipping that will from now concentrate on major wrongdoing whereas minor wrongdoing will be dealt with kind and love.so the watchtower's at it again, rewriting the narrative like an old tv show that conveniently forgets a character's past.
for decades, the organization has been the ultimate gatekeeper, quick to kick out members for even minor missteps—let's not forget how jehovah's witnesses have had to grovel and practically beg to be reinstated.
What are they up to?
Well, they are up to their necks in law suits and governmental scrutiny, which leaks what they are most fond of... filthy lucre!
They are having to tweak and adjust their policies so they don't continue to pay out money out their corporate wazoo.
They hate losing money and that is what drives their decisions.
he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.
a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.
generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..
Sooo, if she finds any type of sexual intimacy with her husband to be sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience, then tough luck dude welcome to a life of celibacy, at least with your wife, and well isn't that how CT Russell and Joe Rutherford's marriages were?
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7 jehovah’s theocratic organization today "when christ came for judgment in 1918 (1) he found some associated with this group that thought the lord had delayed his coming and they were oppressing their fellow slaves in christ.
these were cast off as the “evil slave” class.
Even in 1952 they couldn't accept the fact that some Bible Students saw Rutherford's power grab and left the WT, and branded these dissidents the Evil Slave when in fact the Evil one was Joe Rutherford and his conspiratorial cronies.
Now they try to hide the fact saying the Evil Slave is just a literary construct and not part of a prophecy. It was never a prophecy, it was a parable, an illustration.
The WT can't have it both ways, either the Evil Slave is a real thing or It's not. Frankly, the WT hierarchy acts like the Evil Slave in the parable, plain and simple.
a&r means announcements and reminders.. 2024**s*147. here:.
https://pdfhost.io/v/diikuykdl_untitled_1 .
petra!
What I also found surprising is that by attending a kingdom school for a couple of months one could become a missionary or a circuit overseer at 21 y.o.a.
can i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
I remember the old posts that Leolalia used to make. They were long but they were her own research and her own words. They were definitely worth reading.
However, these long quoted from someone else's work are best shared through a link, frankly, I Don't read the whole post if It's more than a few paragraphs if it seems people are just throwing information out.
To me such long quote posting smacks of someone who lacks reasoning skills and who doesn't want to spend the time discussing anything.
october 6th 1974 debbie and i tied the knot.
the elder that performed the ceremony managed to personalize it a bit for us.
seems like something worked.
Congratulations!🖒💖
the jw idea that believers are destined either for heavenly life or for endless life on earth comes in for significant criticism by critics of various kinds.
even some groups, such as the christadelphians, who share belief in a future paradise earth, don’t share the view that some christians are destined for life in heaven.
yet there is surprisingly quite a lot of evidence in the bible for the existence of two distinct groups of believers.
Moses was talking to Jehovah face-to-face. Just like He did in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve.
@ FreeTheMasons, the Jehovah talking with Moses or with Abraham at the trees of Mamre was the Word, the Angel of Jehovah. Go read "Two Powers in Heaven" by Alan Segal, you can find it in Amazon.com and it has excellent points explaining this.
for jws who believe that jehovah had a hand in reviving the truth in the nineteenth century this is enough explanation for how jws managed to achieve a closer approximation to early christian beliefs and practices than other groups.
but is there an explanation for this phenomenon that doesn’t rely on supernatural intervention?
new testament scholar james dunn explains the difficulty of interpreting the biblical texts in this way:.
... is just three weeks from this saturday.
the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.
now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.
It’s probably safe to say that more people have encountered JWs preaching than any other religion
Indeed, and the result is they have turned them off from following Jesus as the only way to salvation, for some end up disgusted at their abusive cultish practices and others they dupe to follow men and not their savior, give the WT the best years of their productive lives and resources ending up nearly destitute for the benefit of a man made organization.
on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.
in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
Nobody here is angry that I've seen. There are some sincere people here but there are also a bunch of paranoid Watchtower two-faced fakers who are trying to cover for their falling tower.
Better take cover. WT's falling fast.
Well, FTM when you start flinging Sh*t pile emojis around it can be taken for hostile and angry statements.
But as to the WT falling fast, my opinion is that you're sadly mistaken. The "tens of billions" in the Ireland assets management scheme will keep them going for a lot longer than we have years to live, most likely.
Much wishful thinking and conspiracy mongering will not bring the WT down any time soon.
