i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.
these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.
managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.
I remember knocking on one door and a woman saying Jehovah's Witnesses should be helping the homeless and the poor. I think she worked for a charity.
I had no answer for it. I couldn't think of a reason why we didn't. About an hour later i thought of what I should have said... some crap about "Jesus also fed people spiritually ^_^".
Yes, i was that indoctrinated.
the report is finally out.......... ————————.
recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.
recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..
And unfortunately the rank and file are completely no the wiser about there even being an ARC.
Going by the last broadcast, they think our problem with the "two witness rule" is a general one and wont know we're talking about the safety of children. Their children.
this may have been covered before but have you noticed the logo design of the "inside story" on this months video the 143rd gilead graduation.
it appears as a pyramid containing the masonic symbol of the compass and square, with this reflected below the text.
the art pieces on the shelf are also interesting and maybe someone has some thoughts on these.
No it looks nothing like the square and compass - lol!
They're two completely different symbols. The masonic square an compass creates a small square shape in the middle with overlapping lines.
It looks more like a Domino's Pizza logo if you ask me, but i wouldn't go around suggesting the watchtower society is secretly feeding the members pizza.
this may have been covered before but have you noticed the logo design of the "inside story" on this months video the 143rd gilead graduation.
it appears as a pyramid containing the masonic symbol of the compass and square, with this reflected below the text.
the art pieces on the shelf are also interesting and maybe someone has some thoughts on these.
It looks nothing like the masonic compass and square.
And why would the Watchtower go to the trouble to deliberately leave clues even if they were?
inspired by this weeks clam article which again "reminds" the brothers pdf their obligation/privilege to donate "voluntarily" i have complied a list of articles or videos in the last 5 years where donations are indeed solicited or encouraged.
the society may argue that these are not actual solicitations because no plate was passed around.
but a donation box is just a more discrete and subtle version of the plate.
I'm happy to say that I've never donated a penny to the Watchtower even when i was in. I couldn't afford to! It cost me £80 a month in taxi's to the meetings.
I remember giving a talk about giving to Jehovah. I concluded that one of the most valuable things a person has is time. And brought out that we can donate time to the org in preaching, meeting attendance and study. I didn't mention money because at the time i sincerely believed what out CO had told us, that the org dont worry about money.
I was reprimanded for that by the elders.
december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.
I think it's more likely that with the merging congregations, there's larger distances between them so they're having to re-jiggle the circuits.
not sure if this has been posted already, i didn't see it on here.. looks like a shakeup is coming in britain in regards to the circuits.
apparently the number of circuits has grown and they'd like them all to be about the same size.. i think it's more likely that with the merging congregations, there's larger distances between them so they're having to re-jiggle the circuits.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ardwrqmxdssvvhzathrjioajgpwwgwlm/view.
Turns out it's been posted before, sorry.
Original post by wifibandit here:
not sure if this has been posted already, i didn't see it on here.. looks like a shakeup is coming in britain in regards to the circuits.
apparently the number of circuits has grown and they'd like them all to be about the same size.. i think it's more likely that with the merging congregations, there's larger distances between them so they're having to re-jiggle the circuits.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ardwrqmxdssvvhzathrjioajgpwwgwlm/view.
Not sure if this has been posted already, i didn't see it on here.
Looks like a shakeup is coming in Britain in regards to the circuits. Apparently the number of circuits has grown and they'd like them all to be about the same size.
I think it's more likely that with the merging congregations, there's larger distances between them so they're having to re-jiggle the circuits.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ardwRqmXdSSVvhzatHrJioAJgPwwgwLM/view
chapter 50. life after death.
since i had been in a religion that was focused on death.
it was now time to focus on life.. the wonderful line from shawshank redemption says it so well.
Two things...
First did god kill the baby because it got a blood transfusion to drive the point home to the disobedient husband?
Although the doG of the old testament loved killing children (Bathsheba's baby, firstborn Egyptians) i dont think he was responsible for this one.
He told the elders he was wrong and blamed his “worldly wife” for the pressure she had put one him. He begged them for their forgiveness.
I bet they loved that. Although, even if doG does exist, and even if he is anti-blood transfusion, it's not the elders they should be asking for forgiveness.
What a sad story. And unfortunately, not an isolated incident.
why one woman mysteriously started hearing 'divine' voices.
after doctors admitted the woman to the psychiatric unit of the hospital, they learned that this wasn't the first time she felt a strong interest in religion and spirituality.
she described four previous times in her life, beginning at age 13 and again at ages 23, 32 and 41, when she experienced periods of intense spiritual and religious devotion.during these periods, which lasted about a year or two, she would join jehovah's witnesses and then later resign, when she lost interest, according to the report.as part of her psychiatric evaluation, the woman also underwent an mri.
When i studied hypnosis there was a guy there that could make an atheist have a "spiritual experience" simply using suggestion. He de-converted them afterwards, but the lesson was that we cant just trust our emotional highs as a sign of God or whatever.
Some religious people there actually walked out.
