Posts by mikeflood

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WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

by careful in

... is just three weeks from this saturday.

the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

mikeflood

What about 'a new lovable provision'.?. Exciting news !!!

We're gonna be totally online, so each congregation should make arrangements, aka get a printer and ink, if you guys want a physical copy...

That's gonna allow to save a ton of money !!!

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don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

mikeflood

Incredibile that I started this thread two years ago and things in Ukraine are more or less the same ..

Anyway the US and the UK are suggesting to allow Ukraine to use long range missiles against Russia....Putin is saying that if that happens it would "direct involve the US and allies in the conflict"...

Russia has allowed so many red lines to be crossed that the words of the late Sen. Mcain are becoming the truth "Russia is a gas station disguised as a country"

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"We're in the last days!"

by BoogerMan in

not just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.

) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".

but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.

mikeflood

Apocalypticism?

Remember that people need always to be engaged in something mysterious , there's for everyone in sitcoms, youtubers, conspiracy theories of any kind....have you heard about 'climate change' and how everything gonna be destroyed?

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What would happen to a JW for celebrating Christmas?

by Vanderhoven7 in

mark jones writes:.

if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .

if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.

mikeflood

They're gonna go back to Xmas, rather sooner than later....

There's like scriptural base when you read it in the Bible, the angels chorus...the rejoicing, etc

They could spin it by focusing on Jesus, not Santa as nowadays. For example, what a glorious opportunity to give testimony!

People just walk away from studies when they learn about Xmas and birthdays.

However, don't give them ideas.

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The August Study Watchtower: what is the big deal?

by ukpimo in

i have been following a number of posts discussing the august watchtower study magazine.

i really don't believe this common idea being passed around that it's being timed for the annual meeting.

here's why.. the august watchtower will be available on servers not long before its public release.

mikeflood

Well, remember that an announcement said: "If the issue of August 2024 it's not yet ready for when is time for study it....congs. would receive further instructions" .

So it's kind of baffling, at least....

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The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

by ukpimo in

as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

mikeflood

The weirdest thing is that the announcement says that Sept. and Oct. 2024 WT study could be send even if August 2024 not.....and that if by Oct. 2024 is not yet available....congs. would receive further instructions....

Maybe they are gonna start studying old issues....

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The org. Came out with a Christmas song!!!!

by nowwhat? in

holy nativity batman!

on jw broadcasting.

final song for this year's convention.

mikeflood

The Borg stopped Xmas I thing as a Rutherford change.

The Bible says in Luke that was happiness in the heavens when Jesus was born...

So, eventually they're gonna celebrate Christmas again...they could spin it as a "what a glorious opportunity to give testimony to the unbelievers".

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Can God Change his Mind?

by peacefulpete in

is 31:yet he also is wise and will bring disaster and does not retract his words.. 1 sam 15: furthermore, the eternal one of israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.. numbers 23: god is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes his mind.

does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?.

when the god you worship pronounces judgement, is he, really just issuing a warning or has the matter been determined through all the godly powers of insight, foresight and perfect judgement?

mikeflood

Well, the Israelites wanted a king instead of a judge....that change was allowed

Also, you could have wives it changed to one wife, so I guess God changes his mind sometimes....

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Irán attacks....

by mikeflood in

just a moment ago irán started to attack israel, guess they're gonna end in ruins because israel has a way better army than other country in the region and the support of the us....hope the gas prices don't increase too much.... wonder how the borg gonna spin it..

mikeflood

Just a moment ago Irán started to attack Israel, guess they're gonna end in ruins because Israel has a way better army than other country in the region and the support of the US....hope the gas prices don't increase too much...

Wonder how the Borg gonna spin it.

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What exactly IS 1914 these days?

by Halcon in

it's no longer a year tying to the present (the old pre-1995 generation belief).

realistically, that's the only reason why it mattered.

and if it doesn't really matter what it is anymore, why would jw not do away with it?.

mikeflood

Sooner or later 1914 is gonna disappear, it falls under "we don't know things....".

Besides, one elder told me many years ago, "even if the end of the days don't come in our lifetimes"....

Urgency? Yes, they just gonna point at the international situation...