in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.
during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.
but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.
Welcome Leslie. I went a good bit further than you did: when I started to 'see' certain teachings conflicted/opposed what the Bible actually said, I shared them with the whole congregation via the WT study or Sevice Meeting Q&A items.
I always quoted scriptures to confirm what I was saying. Not once was I ever questioned by elders at the end of any meeting.
so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.
things must be improving, eh?.
@ markweatherill - You may be right, then again I'm basing my opinion on what I've seen, and what I've seen are large crowds of Ukrainians following their team to European stadiums over the past year or two.
Perhaps they're neutrals who want to show their support.
we know that with our hands we touch what everybody else does: money, handles, buttons, etc.. we also know for sure, since the xix century, that our hands carry bacteria and germs causing serious illnesses because of that.. despite more than 25,000 jws dying because of the covid, showing they are not immune, they were proudly declaring how good they were in handling this pandemic.. now, jws have started to shake hundreds of hands per week at their meetings, like before, even if covid is not over yet demonstrating hygiene knowledge back to medieval times.. i am wondering: are they the only religion/community/group still doing this or others are doing the same?.
@ psyco - the official narrative says people died because of covid, whereas the evidence shows they died with covid. Example: UK motorcyclist died after hitting a tree: tested positive for covid = covid death.
Masks, injections, and lockdowns never saved anyone from death, people's immune systems saved them - the elephant in the room which governments and their "experts" refused to promote or mention.
this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
A recent REDDIT post actually published TM111 new home address.
so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.
things must be improving, eh?.
@ markweatherill - according to the BBC, more than 5000 Ukrainians obtained tickets to attend the match.
Looking at TV footage, that figure appeared to be an underestimate.
so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.
things must be improving, eh?.
People who haven't seen it, should view the movie, "Official Secrets." (with Keira Knightley)
It may change their finger-pointing at Mr. Putin to include other parties.
so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.
things must be improving, eh?.
So nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age Ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach Wembley to support their national football team yesterday. Things must be improving, eh?
.......you will experience a fate worse than death!
you have been warned - don't come crying to me if you don't go.
you've got one month to change your mind.
@ Hellothere - "Jesus death seems not to amount to much according to watchtower."
Jesus' death amounts to zero, according to the governing body's teachings!
Virtually every human who has ever lived, wiped out all of their sins via their own death - they didn't need Christ to die for them.
Watchtower May 15th 1982, pp. 8,9 - "The Bible explains that at death a person is set free or released from any sins he committed."
Bible Teach p. 214 par. 3 - "..the judgment will not focus on what people did before they died... Those resurrected thus come to life with a clean slate, so to speak."
If this doesn't merit being called "antichrist," then nothing dies!
we all know that despite many scriptures to the contrary, jw's believe that when they die, their consciousness will cease.
my question is this: what will be the likely reaction of jw's if they find themselves conscious after death?.
Genesis 3:19 - "...you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return." (NET Bible)
Non-existent before, non-existent after.
Acts 2:34 - "For David did not ascend into heaven.." (was David not good enough, but Lazarus was?)
John 3:13 - "No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven - the Son of Man."
during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.
the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.
do the branch help at all?
Dozy said - "...an announcement was made every month about how [KH] funds were spent..."
Any chance a JW can ask Warwick HQ how they are spending donations?
Go on lurkers, I double-dare you to ask for a statement! (ever had a judicial meeting before?)
