i'm considering resigning as an elder.
i'm not planning to fade or stop as one of jehovah's witnesses, just stop serving as an elder.. i have responsibility in the congregation and in circuit, district, rbc, etc.
and i'm completely exhausted.
Gumption: courage, spunk, guts
Good, old fashioned GUMPTION !
Why don't people have gumption anymore?
Why is everyone afraid?
Grown men, being worn to the nub, becoming more and more usless to their families, more distant to their wives and children and they don't have the GUMPTION to simply say, ' My work here is over, PERIOD.'
i'm considering resigning as an elder.
i'm not planning to fade or stop as one of jehovah's witnesses, just stop serving as an elder.. i have responsibility in the congregation and in circuit, district, rbc, etc.
and i'm completely exhausted.
leaving_quietly said: " Oh, and don't offer to give them back the Shepherd book. If they ask for it, fine, but don't offer it."
Tell them your still making copies.
2014-03-29 adjustment to financing kingdom hall and assembly hall construction worldwide.
pdf version: http://adf.ly/juxnc.
instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.
It is quite amazing that the power of the internet and some determined people can make a 'For Your Eyes Only' letter, addressed to a very few, available for the whole world to view, discuss, criticize and evaluate.
here's another example of how the society uses selective quotations.
(see the thread blood, the watchtower and deceit for two other examples, carefully documented.
under the title "is it wrong to pronounce gods name?
mark
barbara anderson's attention was called to the thread about the differences in policy of great britain and the us regarding child abuse; as you know she has championed a change in that policy.
another post caught her eye, and she expressed the desire to share some thoughts with you.
i'm delighted to share her first post, which i know you will find riveting.
mark
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140215/hail-christ-glorious-king/.
http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.
united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.
The 1 - 10 hierarchy you outlined...
you forgot the ... legal department.
this article is sickening, not a single word about love towards others, care for the needy or any kind act.
but since i worked 72 hours each week in a hotel restaurant, i first had to make some changes.. i asked my boss whether he would allow me to work 60 hours instead.
i next asked to be allowed to work only 36 hours per week, or 6 hours on 6 days, and that request was also granted.
... Beginning in 1949, they had for various reasons cut ties with the organization and had formed their own congregations. Yet, they continued to preach and to baptize. They also went to prison for their Christian neutrality, just as the brothers did who were part of the organization that was approved by world headquarters....On the second night of discussion, Brother Albu persuaded his four fellow elders to unite with us when he said, “If we do not do it now, we may never get another chance.” Subsequently, about 5,000 brothers were integrated into the organization. What a victory for Jehovah and what a blow for Satan!...
The Watchtower Society is adept at obscuring and trivializing that which may shed a bad light on them, thus the term, '...various reasons...'.
By Loschs' own admission the Romanian Witnesses ' ...continued to preach and to baptize...'
It is notable that Losch does not fault the actual preaching and baptizing, therefore the methods must have been 'Christian like'.
... They also went to prison for their Christian neutrality, just as the brothers did who were part of the organization that was approved by world headquarters...
'...Just as ..'. another notable statement leading us to the conclusion that the Society had no criticism of this 'Christian persecution' suffered by the Romanian Christians.
In the end, what exactly was the '... victory for Jehovah ... and ... blow for Satan...?
It was, in fact, the integration of some Romanian Witnesses with the New York controlled Witnesses.
There was NO VICTORY from the Romanians preaching, baptizing, and maintaining Christian neutrality.
NO
The victory was INTEGRATION !
if god [whatever name you would call him/her/it- but - for this post we will simply say the creator] rated you on a scale of 1 - 10 depending on your degree of righteousness,.
and for righteousness we will go with the following definition:.
"arising from a sense of righteous indignation of injustice".
villiagegirl said ," I really feel loved - and I really love the natural unspoiled planet,
and all the beauty I see around me.
A good definition of a righteous person.
if god [whatever name you would call him/her/it- but - for this post we will simply say the creator] rated you on a scale of 1 - 10 depending on your degree of righteousness,.
and for righteousness we will go with the following definition:.
"arising from a sense of righteous indignation of injustice".
If God [whatever name you would call Him/Her/It- BUT - for this post we will simply say THE CREATOR] rated you on a scale of 1 - 10 depending on your degree of RIGHTEOUSNESS,
And for righteousness we will go with the following definition:
"Arising from a sense of righteous indignation of injustice"
How would THE CREATOR rate you on a scale from 1 -10,
10 being TOTAL INDIGNATION TO INJUSTICE and
1 being COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT INJUSTICE.
if god [whatever name you would call him/her/it but for this post we will simply say the creator] rated you on a scale of 1 - 10 depending on your degree of righteousness, : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin 2a: morally right or justifiable <a righteous decision> b: arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality<righteous indignation>3slang: genuine, excellent
I don't know WTH button I hit but I will try again on another NEW TOPIC.
