do you think the mags are losing their appeal at the doors these days?.
i mean, if you have the internet and wanted to learn about a particular beetle, recipe or how to cook rice, you could look it up on the web right?.
if you wanted to learn about brightly colored birds and fish, you could go to google.com.
Using the USPS or any other carrier to mail anything that could be digitized is anachronic,.
the WT knows that, but they also know that going all net/digital is a two-edged sword
I think they do use the net just to communicate with branches around the world or branches dial in to a computer host in brooklyn for quick private file transfers which also cost less than mailing and phone calls.
forgive me if this is old news, but i just found it on the "official" site.
gone is the beast = un now it is all governments in their imperfect state.
anyone who takes any active part in any government or even flirts with a government symbol.
The only change has been that since the Society joined the UN as an NGO they have dropped all reference to the UN being the IotWB/SCWB that will destroy BtG.
it would be good to confirm
The best confirmation would be searching and posting ALL references the WT has made about the UN since let's say 1990 till present.
Not hard to do if you have the WT CD
forgive me if this is old news, but i just found it on the "official" site.
gone is the beast = un now it is all governments in their imperfect state.
anyone who takes any active part in any government or even flirts with a government symbol.
A quick reading shows nothing new, no new light, in fact it refer to a very old book for more details
* For an in-depth discussion of these verses, see chapter 28 of the book Revelation?Its Grand Climax At Hand!, published by Jehovah's Witnesses.
My mistake and quick reaction shows that humans may be quickly willing to beleive or accept anything if it goes along our line of thinking..
forgive me if this is old news, but i just found it on the "official" site.
gone is the beast = un now it is all governments in their imperfect state.
anyone who takes any active part in any government or even flirts with a government symbol.
Litle witch are you kidding ???
I will read the article again but just scanning the page i did not see/read what you said.or implied
I read the articule AFTER my previous post, shame on me
forgive me if this is old news, but i just found it on the "official" site.
gone is the beast = un now it is all governments in their imperfect state.
anyone who takes any active part in any government or even flirts with a government symbol.
THANKS LITLE WITCH
Gone is the Beast = UN
THAT'S MAJOR "NEWS", why apostates did not say anything, lucky wt.
FINALLY someone is finding the missing bits. I may have to get "active" and not be so lazy to research, what the hell i dont even have a wt/cd
I was begging, in previous threads, for evidence as to what was the latest wt "news" about the UN BEAST. To me the UN/NGO deal had an strong implication. Now it is becoming clear.
The OLD light was as follows:
Three (3) similar (look alike) seven headed beast mentioned in the bible (Revelation), according to WT they represented
SATAN = dragon, seven headed "snake"
WORLD GOVERNMENTS = a beast with the seven heads representing the seven world power mentioned in the bible the last being USA/BRIT. It shows a 666, 6 meaning imperfed, no godd
repeated 3 times for emphasis. In contras with 7 as the representation of (lucky?) perfect good status.
and THE IMAGE of such a beast the UN (initially the League o Nations) as the representation of world gov. supported by USA/BRT, as it was about to die (wounded) during world war II, but the beast did not die, the beast came well and alive with a new name the UN, thanks to the USA/BRIT also separatly represented by a lamb with two horns.
But now history is shinning strong new light on the WT, FORCING them to change, too many things are changing at the WT and many jw even apostates are not becoming aware.
i?ve been reading some posts about the future of the whole governing body and fds doctrines and have come to notice something.. it seems like recently the literature has been focusing more on personal bible reading and understanding.
oh they still spew crap about how great the publications of the fds are, but i notice a little bit of a trend away from that.
for example: the bible reading highlights on the school.
"Its getting harder to go to meetings and look happy bout being there."
take it as duty to keep the board informed
i posted this about 2 years ago and just came across it again today.
its definately worth re-posting.
last week while travelling i stopped at a zany brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale.
"When 50 million years worth of evolutionary survival instinct "
ROFL
never before i laghted so hard and so much reading a post on this board
i?ve been reading some posts about the future of the whole governing body and fds doctrines and have come to notice something.. it seems like recently the literature has been focusing more on personal bible reading and understanding.
oh they still spew crap about how great the publications of the fds are, but i notice a little bit of a trend away from that.
for example: the bible reading highlights on the school.
What do you guys think? A trend away from dependence on an almost extinct GB? More proof What do you guys think? A trend away from dependence on an almost extinct GB? More proof of a schism at the WTS?
all of the above
Or maybe just keep people so confused they don?t really know what to do?
no, the confusion is the result of "all of the above"
raise your head the end of the fds is around the corner, but jw wont notice it, actually there is no corner but very wide curve taking the jw into another direction... leading who knows where.
i have read on some posts here (but have not found a thread) that wts has abandoned the 7,000 year "creative day" concept in favor of the "we haven't a clue" position.
does anyone know when this happened or if this shift has been documented already?.
euripides
each of the six creative periods, or days, was at least thousands of years in length
1988 = Each day was thousands of years long
*** it-1 p. 545 Creation
Thus, the Bible is not at odds with scientific findings. It indicates that the creative days lasted aeons. It does not support the conclusion of creationists who believe that those days were each 24 hours in length.
they almost said they are not "creationists"...
eon = "a period of time which is so long that it cannot be measured": - http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/eon
what going to happen to the teaching about the "1000 years" after the big A?
little by litle the wt will be doing away with most of their teachings.
do you believe our world is better than it used to be a few hundred/thousands years ago?
do we wage fewer wars?
do people feel safer?
Do you believe our world is better than it used to be a few hundred/thousands years ago? my memory can not go that far
Do we wage fewer wars? no
Do people feel safer? no
Do we have more freedom through more leasure time (or do we work less)?, most are just slaves that work less hours, and in many countries the slaves have cars.
Are we healthier? no, just more prescriptions available
Are we better educated? no, just more knowledge
Is our culture more sophisticated than it used to be, or is it only "differently-sophisticated"? no just more exposure to cultural events but no better quality
What are the greatest failures? too much suffering having the resources to end it worlwide, but instead using to cause more suffering
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What are the greatest achievements? the internet... making possible a goblal community, knowledge is power that can be used for improvenment
what about the distribution of those achievements? very bad distribution
These are all questions about the state of affairs on a global scale.
Ok, I've asked some monumental questions. I hope this thread is not going to be a monumental failure ;-). in that case just add some fluff
