dear forumites, i need your advise please.. i would like to write a letter to the world headquarters of the jehovah's witnesses regarding a subject that i've published an article recently.
i would like to draw the attention of the gb to said article, which i will send in print form (therefore, no attention would be drawn to the website where it was published).. naturally, because i am a jehovah's witness in good standing in the congregation and what i'll be discussing in my letter will be a dissenting view from the official doctrine/practice, i want to protect my identity and i don't want to be harassed by elders or subjected to any sort of judicial investigation.
nevertheless, i would be very interested in reading their response (if any) to my letter.. how can i do that?
EDEN - your motive for writing to the GB (to explain their un-scriptural practice of shunning) is the reason why a) you wouldn't receive a scriptural response, or b) you would be putting a noose around your own neck!
You cannot tell 'God's sole channel of communication on earth' that they are doing something wrong!!!
They'll either ignore you or "execute" you - don't waste your time. Do you honestly think that they don't know already?
i've got a 6 years old brother who recently expressed his concerns about my spirituality.
he said that he had a dream about me being dead (i am at college, far away from my parents).
he also told my parents that he was afraid i would no longer be a jw and in that case he wouldn't hug me again anymore; and that he was crying and felt very sad.. my dad called me today and told me all this and more.
I have a question which I am going to put to elder/s at some point -
"Does the GB actually say that Higher Education is unscriptural for a Christian? If so, what scriptures confirm this reasoning, and if it's wrong, why does the Organisation accept Brothers/Sisters with college degrees into The Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses?". (2005 Yearbook, p. 30)
i personally recorded a district overseer's statement he made in a talk, regarding calling someone a "despicable fool".
(matthew 5:22) .
he basically equated that term with calling someone an apostate!!!
CB - Yes!
Thanks for that Bobcat.
i personally recorded a district overseer's statement he made in a talk, regarding calling someone a "despicable fool".
(matthew 5:22) .
he basically equated that term with calling someone an apostate!!!
THANKS APOGNOPHOS - Here's the D.O.'s statement;
http://soundcloud.com/followthemoney-1/fool-mp3
He is effectively telling the GB et al that they are condemning themselves and blatantly disregarding Christ's warning if they call anyone an apostate!
i personally recorded a district overseer's statement he made in a talk, regarding calling someone a "despicable fool".
(matthew 5:22) .
he basically equated that term with calling someone an apostate!!!
No, better than that - he said that if you called someone such a name, you could be liable for Gehenna!!
i personally recorded a district overseer's statement he made in a talk, regarding calling someone a "despicable fool".
(matthew 5:22) .
he basically equated that term with calling someone an apostate!!!
I personally recorded a District Overseer's statement he made in a talk, regarding calling someone a "despicable fool". (Matthew 5:22)
He basically equated that term with calling someone an apostate!!! (the original Greek word used, can mean God-less)
And what did Jesus say would happen to such a name-caller? Gehenna!!! Have you ever heard anybody calling someone 'an apostate'? Me neither!!! :)
I'd like to share it with others here, but don't know how to upload the very short sound file. Can someone advise me how to do so? Thanks in advance!
as a fader, i'm working on a mental guide to field service.
because most of this is a mental exercise realizing that your new knowledge, the mental side of things, is what makes it so hard to preach after learning ttatt.
what presentations have you used in field service as a fader to preach the good news without preaching jw propaganda?.
Pronomo - I stopped offering ALL literature a long time ago, except the one or two tracts which don't contradict the Bible.
I just tell the householder the truth - I'm trying to encourage people to take a fresh look at what the Bible has to say!
At the same time, I do not attempt to get them to engage in a doorstep study. I don't want them coming to the KH!!!!!!
99.99% of people do not want to discuss anything at the door, so they're quite pleased that they are just being handed a tract!
if i've got something wrong here, i welcome any corrections in my understanding;.
1. circuit assembly costs are funded by each congregation in the circuit contributing from their kh funds.. 2. donations are requested during the c.a.
program to offset the costs of 'providing' the facilities.. if the c.a.
In essence, the WTBTS motto seems to be - "Wherever 2 or 3 are gathered in Christ's name, lighten their wallets!".
It's one of my saved FAVOURITES on the Wt CD ROM Library!!
w10 9/15 p. 8 par. 7 Earnestly Seek Jehovah’s Blessing
"Without the assistance of “the faithful and discreet slave,” we would neither understand the full import of what we read in God’s Word nor know how to apply it."
God help any man who believes this of themself!
if i've got something wrong here, i welcome any corrections in my understanding;.
1. circuit assembly costs are funded by each congregation in the circuit contributing from their kh funds.. 2. donations are requested during the c.a.
program to offset the costs of 'providing' the facilities.. if the c.a.
If I've got something wrong here, I welcome any corrections in my understanding;
1. Circuit Assembly costs are funded by each congregation in the Circuit contributing from their KH funds.
2. Donations are requested during the C.A. program to offset the costs of 'providing' the facilities.
If the C.A. costs are already funded by the 'sheep' prior to attending, (via the KH accounts) why are they urged to pay a second time?
The donations boxes are unmarked - they don't have a label stating "Circuit Donations" or suchlike - therefore, do all the donations stay within the Circuit account, or is a portion hived off to the Branch account?
The system seems to be deliberately unclear so as to facilitate the extraction of more money from the sheep.
Someone on JWN must have inside info on this apparently tacky set-up!
