Lots of things in life are "Interesting Possibilities"
But most of them never become "Realities"
ok, this is from the january 1, 2007 craptower.
page 25 is the study article called "the first resurrection---now under way".
it's too boring to type all the stupidity written, but here's a brief synopsis of where they come up with the brainiac idea that the first resurrection occurred in 1918 onwards:.
Lots of things in life are "Interesting Possibilities"
But most of them never become "Realities"
does anyone know if this has happened in any 1st world countries?
Gill
I'm not sure that the WTS would have cut the umbillical cord.
If just ONE bolshie body of elders said "no we're not going to cover the deficit, but we will monitor our order more closely in the future" the WTS would have shortfall but I'm not convinced that they would have had any alternative but to keep supplying literature.
Multiply that by 1000 congs and WTS goes bust.
I know, I know. I'm dreaming
pub
ok, this is from the january 1, 2007 craptower.
page 25 is the study article called "the first resurrection---now under way".
it's too boring to type all the stupidity written, but here's a brief synopsis of where they come up with the brainiac idea that the first resurrection occurred in 1918 onwards:.
Life of Brian.
"ooooooh. You're making it up. Go on. Your making it up"
does anyone know if this has happened in any 1st world countries?
Gill
It would have been interesting to have called London's bluff and seen if they actually stopped the literature deliveries.
Pub
i'm curious ~ has anyone noticed how young elders are these days?
in my old congregation, 6 of our 8 elders were under the age of 30, one of them 23, unmarried.
the father being the p.o...ironically.
When I left the Circuit overseer assigned to our cong was . . . . 32!
What a donkey
a guy walks into a glasgow library and says to the prim librarian:.
"excuse me miss, de ye hiv any books on suicide?".
to which she stops doing her tasks,.
Been waiting for you for nearly 2 hours!
am i correct to say that the "annointed" are the 144,000 that will be with jesus in heaven, according to the watchtower?.
if so, in ....luke 23:43...jesus said to "dismas" (the good thief) who was also being crucified along with jesus, "truly i tell you today you will be with me in paradise".. wouldn't this make dismus "one of the annointed"?.
wouldn't this also show that dismus, who had no qualifications for being of the annointed, went to heaven with jesus and became one?.
If you have ANY qualifications it means you went to college and you are instantly unannointed.
i used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
per day and read a few other threads that interest me.
I have a window open most times I'm on the computer.
But I don't always post. Nowhere near 15 posts a day.
i had to stop in and post this link.
it came via a jw chain email.
all of the jw's on the chain are super excited about robertson admitting that god's name is jehover.
My local church, which we went through the Alpha course with within a few days of leaving the JWs was re-ordered just before we started attending.
It cost them quite a lot of money (over £200k between '97 and '99)
They raised the money through local congregational giving. Part of the thinking behind the re-ordering was that the church was approx 150 years old and it was the responsibility of the current congregation to ensure that it was in a condition to see through the next 150 years.
They very tastefully modernised a traditional steepled building into a warm modern setting for worship and fellowship.
As an acknowledgement they put a big plaque over the inner entrance.
The FIRST thing that I saw when I walked in was "Jehovah Jireh - the LORD has provided"
I took it as a sign!!!
We've been there ever since.
so my hubby wanted to go to church yesterday.
it was a non-denominational one in the town next to ours.
i went along because he feels he needs a church to attend to keep him on the right track.
German XJW
"Why not?"
Because that is an illogical and irrational decision to reach from that experience.