i was raised as a jehovahs witness.
currently i still am part of a congregation, which i gather is also the case for many who come here.
i no longer consider them god's chosen people.
Welcome Moses Joe
good point;
From the gospels we see that even the desciples themselves doubted Jesus, even after all of his miracles, because the scribes taught - accurately - that the bible said elijah must come first. Yet did he scold them? Did he disfellowship them? No. Try doubting the Governing Body and see what happens.
isn't secrecy the same as occultish when it comes to a religious organization?.
m
the annual meeting of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will be in october 2014.. .. in november 2013, just after the last one they published this now famous statement in the 15th of november 2013 watchtower page 16 paragraph 17 says:.
"at that time, the lifesaving direction that we receive from jehovahs organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.".
m
i've been working on a side project for a while.
the goal of the project is to create a comprehensive database of all publications throughout history.
with this database i will be able to instantly find trends in text,sentiment of writing, methods used, and scriptures emphasized.. essentially i will be able to put a word like "apostate" into my tool, and instantly receive a report showing every time the word (or similar words) has been used in all publications since 1870.. i will also be able to create reports showing word density used in publications over time.. so i'll be able to see that the word "governing body" has increased in usage 25% year over year since 1975.. or i will be able to analyze the november 2014 wt and run an algorithm that helps to determine, what the tone and motive of the writing is.. the thing that i am most excited about is the ability to instantly find every occurence of a scripture in every publication.. this will be a great tool to find flip flops in doctrine as well as inaccuracies in biblical interpretation.. i will for sure publish all interesting findings here.. .
m
of course this is a hypothetical question , it will never happen .?
but what if it did , what do you think the society would be like if it did happen .?.
let your imaginations run wild .
Menopausal Governing Body?
It would be much the same as presently.
One of the frequently ignored symptoms of menopause is memory lapses. Women in menopause often find that they have unexplained memory lapses. Memory issues is one of the extremely frustrating symptoms of menopause because many women do not realize that it is one of the beginning symptoms of menopause. In other words, they are not aware that they are experiencing memory lapses as one of their symptoms of menopause.
Judge who?
We said what in 1975?
Ruling authorities? Who are they? I forget.
We said what? Sorry, don't remember!
please don't take this the wrong way if your battling weight problems, that's not what this thread is meant to talk about.
i am asking this question because jehovah's witnesses claim they have "the best way of life", "god's blessing", "the truth" and are trying to change the habits of healthy people by turning them in to their own makings.
i watched people who were great athletes turn all their muscle in to fat because we would get a elder or circuit overseer make remarks they were spending too much time "working out" and "bodily training is beneficial for little".
Witnesses do not promote an unhealthy lifestyle
BUT
they DO NOT promote healthy lifestyles. Without motivation to live a healthy life and with all the marketing propaganda targeting weak willed people, pushing them to eat the fast JUNK FOOD, the easy way is to just give in and put your hope in the New System. If elders starting excercising and getting in shape, which would be a good example to the congregation, there would be far more negative comments than positive.
Imagine an elder starting to get in shape and show some definition, muscles starting to pop out of his short sleeve shirt, walking with a spring in his step that leaves everyone else in the dust. How many congregations could or would tolerate such conduct without murmurings and talk of worldly influence, whereas all the poor sap wants to do is feel better about himself and get rid of his aches and pains.
with the unveiling of the new jw logo, and all of the emphasis placed on it , will the borg dare to put it on a flag?
i hope they do!
imagine all whom would wake up with such an act!
Like Gomer Pyle used to say,
" It makes ya think."
dad: my son, you look like you are writing down something very important.
are you studying the watchtower?.
caleb: no, im just writing down some numbers and names in this notebook.. dad: what numbers and names, my son?.
DOC said,
"I’d like a lot of Kool-Aid to drink . . . . I like grape.
Now isn't that just like a good little JDub! "
Caleb does not like grape.
Caleb's DAD likes grape.
Caleb likes cherry.
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
select "premium download".
(thanks breakfast of champions).
jwo7 said , " If not diesel generators are noisey, solar panels will be visible from outside..."
How about Vin Diesel generators?
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
select "premium download".
(thanks breakfast of champions).
The woman to the elders left is thinking,
" I want to go back to Gaza."
