what is the harm or downside of being pimo?.
i get all the good things about being in the cong, good social life lots of invites to bbqs and meals out.
lots of interesting gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
LongHairGal
When I think of the OP and being PIMO and faking it, I wonder just HOW many Witnesses in any given congregation are genuine?
and I wonder about the Bethelites too. I can recall many years ago, when I was ‘in’,having conversations in the corridor at the branch office about certain ‘anomalies’ in teachings - all in very hushed tones of course ! I knew at that time some leaders had doubts. They were willing to “wait on Jehovah”. What about now? I wonder.
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar
Are you saying that it is only in the Anglican church there are Christians?
Now come on!
the important ‘label’ is to be known as a christian. They happen to attend a particular church but unlike JWs they don’t see themselves in a separate religion (or even the “true christians” ) because of the particular church or denomination they attend.
let’s return to that then, they see themselves as christians who happen to attend an anglican church.
better?
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar JW
The people I’ve met in churches describe themselves as christians who attend an anglican church.
🙂
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar
unlike a Church born out of the divorce of an English king circa 1534 AD.
Wasn’t the church born at Pentecost ?
(asking with a smile on my face😊)
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
original reddit post (removed).
I don't think he can ever be free because his life post watchtower is still all about them!
Precisely !
His life actually needs the Watchtower !
What a sad existence.
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
scholar
The Anglican church is a “broad church” and that appealed to me after the uniformity of the Kingdom Halls.
However, although recognising the Book of Common Prayer, there is some variety in liturgy and forms of service.
My local church has two services on Sunday, the traditional prayerbook service and the modern ‘Family service’. Either and both are acceptable and both congregations enjoy rich loving fellowship both within their congregations and between them as a whole ‘church’ - so different to what I may have expected from a Dub mindset.
You’d be welcome to join me !
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar
my friend you must be unaware !
A benefit of having streamed services because of Covid restrictions opens Sydney Anglican parishes and their weekly services to public view. In two of my ‘favourite’ churches, this past couple of weeks, their prayer time has highlighted and prayed for Christ’s return.
Indeed in my own church this was the case this very morning!
The Borg likes to parrot what it considers as failings on the part of “Christendom “ (the churches in general) and condition the R&F to believe much that is simply untrue. Once Mrs Ozzie and I left the Borg we each decided that we must examine more and I had to find out for myself.
It has now been a quarter century since leaving the Borg and examining Church teachings and practices at first hand.
What did I find?
I found that what the Borg-masters teach the R&F about the so-called wicked and Satanic churches is utter *****. It’s lies designed to keep a R&F in obedience.
I’m sharing in leading a church where we study the Word diligently and proclaim the risen Christ and his imminent return.
This morning after service I was even speaking of this at coffee time.
Sorry scholar and any others, you’re misled!
Cheers, Ozzie 🙂🍷
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar
i take your point although not adopting the JW interpretation.
The big difference must be on the JW teaching of “presence” (parousia) and “coming”. JWs teach that Christ is already present invisibly and the faithful have to accept this unprovable teaching, just as they must accept that an invisible Christ appointed eight men to control the JW organisation which they claim Christ controls. No evidence for any of that - it’s unprovable..
The teaching of Christ’s Return is part of mainstream christian beliefs and I know that in Anglican churches in Sydney public prayers include the desire to witness that and soon.
The churches teach the need to keep on the watch, preparedness, but all without the pressure to keep in servitude found in the JW world.
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Scholar
Not wishing to try and get the last word, can I instead pose this question in all sincerity.
if the year 1914 is so important eschatologically, what do you think it heralded?
And what does that mean for christians?
That’s a “Dorothy Dixer” I guess. 🙂
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
Fisherman
owyergoin? 👋
The discrepancy or otherwise in the Gentile Times is a side-alley for me, despite me highlighting it over the years with Scholar.
The Gentile Times may be of interest to those of the end Times variety but not to mainstream Christianity- they’ve got it sorted.
However, for end Timers it’s relevant to point out and especially to Dubs the seeming discrepancy in their own teaching.
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
