the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.
the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.
i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.
Isn't the very idea of conventions an American concept like the Democrats National Convention currently taking place in the USA?
It's an opportunity for people to pat themselves on the back and say how wonderful they are, it's nothing more than a self-appreciation society.
i came across this in a psychology magazine i was reading and seeing the left-hand list i immediately thought it was a fair description of my former jw congregation.
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I came across this in a psychology magazine I was reading and seeing the left-hand list I immediately thought it was a fair description of my former JW congregation.
bbc news - catholic church apologises to survivor of sex abuse.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e400rzygzo
if you have not seen this already it is well worth a watch.. brutally traumatic and captures very well one of the biggest issues in this cult.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndapjdzj0ss.
I knew of one committee where the chairman pointed to an empty chair in the room and actually said to everyone present "That chair is for Jesus the head of the congregation who is sitting in it invisibly". As one of the other elders on that committee I had never been on one with this brother before, and can remember thinking what planet is this brother on. It didn't get any better believe me. It was an embarrassment to be there.
Need we say more...
the full report is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/.
the jw case study is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/case-studies/case-study-jehovahs-witnesses/executive-summary/.
you can read it in full from these links.
i don't know if this has been posted before but i think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.. what happens to those who exit jehovah’s witnesses: an investigation of the impact of shunning?.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc9803876/ .
I don't know if this has been posted before but I think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.
What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?
i know from friends who are pimi that circuit overseers are taken off when they hit age 70. since most of them are long serving men it might explain why they are pushing mid-20 year old lads into the circuit work.. are there any similar age restrictions on congregation elders?
because we've known some doddery old men in the past who shouldn't have been kept on as presiding overseers but refused to relinquish their role.
does anyone know?.
I know from friends who are PIMI that circuit overseers are taken off when they hit age 70. Since most of them are long serving men it might explain why they are pushing mid-20 year old lads into the circuit work.
Are there any similar age restrictions on congregation elders? Because we've known some doddery old men in the past who shouldn't have been kept on as presiding overseers but refused to relinquish their role. Does anyone know?
john 14:6 - "jesus said to him, “i am the way, the truth, and the life.
no one comes to the father except through me.".
certain christian denominations lie & contradict jesus' crystal clear statement, by promoting the following dogma:.
aqwsed12345,
Yawn.
I think you need to head over to the Roman Catholic Church Discussion forum because most pomo jws here have no time for organised religion like the RCC, or for people that just copy and paste lengthy articles from unknown sources that are so long that nobody bothers reading them to the end.
the trinity doctrine says god is three persons in one being.. yet the bible says god is one.. gal 3.20 a mediator, however, implies more than one party; but god is one.
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gal 3.20 now a mediator is not for just one person, but god is one.
Am I right to assume that the person arguing for acceptance of belief that Jesus was and is God also accepts therefore that Mary was the Mother of God?
Not arguing, just asking.
