Meant to add:
East Pennine Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses - Accounts
the theme of the in person convention this year is "exercise patience".
looking at the convention map, they are really using their assembly halls and they are using smaller civic centers or city arena.
no more huge stadiums.. are they not expecting a great crowd?
Meant to add:
East Pennine Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses - Accounts
the theme of the in person convention this year is "exercise patience".
looking at the convention map, they are really using their assembly halls and they are using smaller civic centers or city arena.
no more huge stadiums.. are they not expecting a great crowd?
Does anyone believe this: Year after year, the East Pennine Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the UK has been running at a very large loss - sometimes at more than £100,000 per year!
Alleged "expenditure" always exceeds income! Time for some forensic accounting to take place.
a friend of mine was compelled to reach out to as many members as possible in her congregation, by sending them the following letter that i would like to share.. to my brothers and sisters,.
i’m sure you’ve realised by now that something isn’t quite right with me as i haven’t been around in months.
the truth is i have been going through a crisis and the last few months have been the hardest time of my life.
Ding captured my immediate thought: as soon as the first paragraph is read, the JW paranoia will prevent them from reading anything further, because "apostate" will be screaming in their heads.
One 'silver bullet' is needed with JW's - not a scatter-gun.
w81 11/15 p. 21 par.
18 ‘stay awake and keep your senses’ - "...the witness yet includes the invitation to come to jehovah’s organization for salvation...".
such an ironic & tragic title for the article!.
w81 11/15 p. 21 par. 18 ‘Stay Awake and Keep Your Senses’ - "...the witness yet includes the invitation to come to Jehovah’s organization for salvation..."
Such an ironic & tragic title for the article!
.....just as gerrit losch of the g.b.
claimed he has nothing to do with it - or vice versa.. i suppose that's why him & his jw g.b.
cronies assume total control of the wtbts annual meeting every year - because they're totally separate from each other!
.....just as Gerrit Losch of the G.B. claimed he has nothing to do with it - or vice versa.
I suppose that's why him & his JW G.B. cronies assume total control of the WTBTS Annual Meeting every year - because they're totally separate from each other!
km 2/89 p. 3 Our Identification as Jehovah’s Witnesses - "As ministers of the good news, we are known publicly as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Our voluntary participation in the field service is motivated by love of God and neighbor. It is not carried on at the insistence of any man or organization but is according to our God-given commission to preach the “good news” and make disciples. Therefore, publishers do well to avoid representing themselves as agents or representatives of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., or any other corporation* used by “the faithful and discreet slave” to advance Kingdom interests."
* including CCOJW?
few years ago i did a thread that i hope has helped some folks.
maybe it is time to 'recycle' it.. did the writer of rev 11:18 (ruin those who ruin the earth) somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.
secondly, how does the context help to interpret it?.
I used to think that the 'ruining of the earth' in Genesis & Revelation described moral collapse, but now am more inclined to believe that it will be both a limited moral & physical destruction.
The comments regarding nuclear methods appear to be very possible in view of Revelation 16:13, 14 - "And I saw three unclean inspired expressions that looked like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the wild beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and they perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of* the great day of God the Almighty."
It's the earth's military powers who are assembled to battle each other for the last time.
If God was going to destroy them, they wouldn't need to be "gathered together" would they? He would simply destroy them where they are!
The 3 instigators of Armageddon are the dragon, the wild beast, and the false prophet - not God, so a limited nuclear exchange might be deployed - thanks to the "inspired expressions."
* to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. (NIV)
It's God great day, but not His battle. His battle occurs after the 1000 years have ended. Just thinking aloud.
......well it was 50 years ago!!
meanwhile, millions of jw's sing diana ross' song, "i'm still waiting.".
w70 12/15 p. 758 par.
@ SB - So true!
The Bible says the "lamb of God" takes away the sin of the world, while the WTBTS/G.B. claim that Adamic death does the exact same thing! (based on their false teaching of Romans 6:7)
Looks like "God's organization" goes way beyond the things that are written!
......well it was 50 years ago!!
meanwhile, millions of jw's sing diana ross' song, "i'm still waiting.".
w70 12/15 p. 758 par.
......well it was 50 years ago!! Meanwhile, millions of JW's sing Diana Ross' song, "I'm Still Waiting."
w70 12/15 p. 758 par. 33 - End of Worldwide Witnessing Gets Nearer: "But all evidence is persuasive that the climactic end is near. When it does come, shortly, (maybe 1975?) where will it find us?"
(1 corinthians 9:18) "that when i declare the good news, i may offer the good news without cost,....".
yup, a joke - which is anything but funny..
(1 Corinthians 9:18) "That when I declare the good news, I may offer the good news without cost,...."
Yup, a joke - which is anything but funny.
maybe this has been discussed in the past and i wasn't here... what do you think?
are the gb members knowingly pulling a con, or do they have delusions of grandeur?
i will go out on a limb here to say that i think they are con artist.
Bottom line: they're all 'company men' in a multi-billion dollar business who have gained status and power on the Christianity gravy-train.
None of them can have a conscience worth a damn, because they must know many/most of the org's false teachings and corrupt practices.
They're nothing more than front-men who have lackeys to write all the literature articles. Parasitic puppets, living the good life thanks to the sheeples' donations. (Matthew 6:5) Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.