Posts by LogCon

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Do You Think The Witnesses Actually Know What They Believe In?

by minimus in

i think they know what they don't believe in, like no blood, no hellfire, no trinity....but they really couldn't explain what their beliefs are and why they believe as they do.

do you agree?

LogCon

Finkelstein

intensionally

Def: 1] The state or quality of being intense. 2] The act of becoming intense or more intense.

Sorry, still suffering from effects of making a big deal of everything.

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Do You Think The Witnesses Actually Know What They Believe In?

by minimus in

i think they know what they don't believe in, like no blood, no hellfire, no trinity....but they really couldn't explain what their beliefs are and why they believe as they do.

do you agree?

I saw a good witness friend yesterday who I have not seen in 5 years. He was cool to me as I have not atteded meetings for a number of years. We used to build off road vehicles together, travel together, fly aircraft together which was great. I can't remember him ever once discussing a scripture, explaining a doctrine, discussing latest WT articles. Simply going to the meetings was sufficient for him. When I got into discussion, sometimes heated [ JW's are good at turning Bible conversations into heated arguments] he would just stand back, listen and smile.

All this was just fine with me as I needed someone to do interesting things with and he fit the bill. If you asked him what the latest generation teaching was he would just smile and shake his head. It would not matter in the least to him. Just keep going to the meetings. Big brother is taking care of everything and big brother says, keep going to the meetings. If the GB required everyone to straighten up and start showing they understand all the current teachings, as a strict requirement for membership, he would simply stop going to the meetings.

Of course the GB would never require strict understanding, as everyones head would explode everytime there is a change or when they realized how many flip-flops have occurred through the years.

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* Video* "Man Escapes Being Crushed By A Boulder"

by rip van winkle in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40ohp0ftbsc&feature=youtube_gdata_player.

LogCon

I'm sure it was a witness Jehovah protected from being crushed. Yes, that must be it.

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New Light related to Watchtower Society Isolation closing the shop? A scenario

by Gorbatchov in

i was thinking about the next scenario:.

the united states (and western world) are losing influence compared to china, india and other new economy's.. with this decline of influence, the watchtower society, a true american religion and it's subsidiary's corporations are losing profits and losing it's base in much country's under china / india / indonesia / brazil influence.

what i see is that the watchtower society is selling it's main assets: landmark buildings in optimal condition.

LogCon

neverendingjourney said

"The GB could certainly draw a salary..."

The purpose of having a high salary is to spend money. You spend money to get a comfortable, even luxurious place to live. Freedom of movement. BUT then the really high salary earners go for trips around the world, control over just about everything and everyone you come in contact with. Even the high money earners only dream of the adoration of huge numbers of people.

The GB body already has all this with the adoration of MILLIONS of people being the icing on the cake, something no amount of money can buy.

Being as they are there until they die, why would they care less about getting a high salary?

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New Light related to Watchtower Society Isolation closing the shop? A scenario

by Gorbatchov in

i was thinking about the next scenario:.

the united states (and western world) are losing influence compared to china, india and other new economy's.. with this decline of influence, the watchtower society, a true american religion and it's subsidiary's corporations are losing profits and losing it's base in much country's under china / india / indonesia / brazil influence.

what i see is that the watchtower society is selling it's main assets: landmark buildings in optimal condition.

LogCon

It's not

"We like this new idea"

.

It's

"We LOVE this teaching".

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I'll give anyone 10 $ if one Syrian soldier knows what he is fighting for and 12 $ if one rebel knows what he is fighting for.

by LogCon in

talk to me..

LogCon

Talk to me.

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Lurkers/faders in the US - a heads up on next week's service meeting (Warwick HQ project to be discussed)

by cedars in

hi folks.

atlantis has very kindly let me see a copy of the aug 21, 2013 letter to all bodies of elders in the united states.. they are being instructed to re-organize the service meeting for the week commencing september 2nd (next week) to include a special recruitment talk to attract skilled volunteer workers for the new warwick hq.. an interesting feature of the letter is its comparison of the project with nehemiah's rebuilding of the walls of jerusalem.

considering the relocation of hq is financially motivated more than anything, the analogy is more than a little bewildering.. here is a scan of the opening comments of the two-page outline, to be given in the next local needs item.... .