i was baptized at the 1976 "sacret secret" dc at inglewood ca there must have been 50,000 people there..
Vancouver , British Columbia,
1969 Peace on Earth, International Assembly
Percy Norman Pool , along with over 1,600 others.
I was 17 years old and the congregation servant previously told my mother he cried tears that I was not baptized by then.
My mother strongly ENCOURAGED me to be baptized, which I dutifully did. Quite overwhelming for a 17 year old.
hypothetical scenario.
you are a city manager in a major metropolitan city with a population of 3,000,000.. .
if the governing body was truly convinced themselves of the impending disaster and the fact that the end is imminent would they not focus their efforts in spreading the message through effective means such as telephone, television, internet, social networks etc?
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looking at the public dec 2013 watchtower under bible questions answered it looks like they are saying that the invisible return of christ is completely in the future.
i thought that they always said it started in 1914?
am i reading this wrong?.
Why is this so hard to understand? Jesus has come and then left but then returned but never left and then returned again.
The principle has been adequately explained by the faithful and discreet slave/governing body.
It is called the 'overlapping' principle. Being here but not being here but not leaving but arriving after.
Simply put, Jesus visits are overlapping. Got that, OVERLAPPING !
Sheesh.
the first article in the study edition is full of lots of little holes and contradictions.. pargraph 4:.
4 however, in the 1870sabout four decades before the last days begana small group of sincere christians in pennsylvania, u.s.a., met together to study the bible diligently and to search for the true knowledge.
(2 tim.
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i remember when a gb member spoke at a circuit assembly, how the society would not pick him up for the airport unless he was dressed in a suit.
i found it a strange thing to say, because i believed him in charge.
but he was not.. of course, this is common knowledge, but im mostly typing this to make sense of it:.
Marked
i've just finished putting together a fairly exhaustive article that summarizes a number of key details about the governing body that most jehovah's witnesses are completely unaware of.
a link to the article is below:.
http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-governing-body-of-jehovahs-witnesses-explained.
M
each and every organization that deals with children should have its president, board, and all employees watch this film, and then read this column so that they can identify the players, the machinations, and the mistakes that institutions make when it comes to children and pedophiles.
december 3, 2012 marci a. hamilton.
a review of the documentary mea maxima culpa: silence in the house of god, which reveals the paradigm of institution-based child sex abuse.
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attention all uk congregations: .
the december 15th 2013 study edition contains a study article which will be used to 'prime' the sheep for fleecing in 2014 - in order to finance the new uk branch complex.. for those who are prepared to speak up on behalf of their hard pressed brothers and sisters, raise your hand and ask one relevant question before the elders' probable resolution/s - either to send a chunk of your congregation's bank balance to mill hill, or for each publisher to 'pledge' as much as they can;.
"can the body of elders explain to the congregation why the new branch isn't being self- financed by the miions gained from the sale of all the london properties?
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9124458/witnesses-sell-elim-buys.
it was the national headquarters for the jehovah's witnesses for 30 years.. but the 7.5ha wattle downs property has now been sold to elim church and could soon house a new christian college.. jehovah's witness minister george gray says advances in technology mean the property is no longer needed for running the church's new zealand and south pacific activities which will now be administered from australia.. elim church bought the property for its growing south auckland congregation and volunteers helped transform the site in just a matter of days.. pastor boyd ratnaraja says the congregation moved in on a sunday straight after morning services at their much smaller weymouth rd premises.. "they have done a superb job of setting up," he says.. the church will hold services for its 450-strong congregation at its new home as well as running counselling sessions and operating an op shop and a weekly soup kitchen.. "we believe in reaching out to the community.
we want this to be a centre of hope.
"We had favour with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They wanted to give it to a faith-based organisation."
Assuming that the Watchtower representatives did not speak directly to the representatives of the false religious organisation we can logically assume that the following may have occurred.
A number of conversations took place between the Watchtower representatives and their real estate agent[s]. Their real estate agent[s] would then relay the contents of these conversations to the representatives of the false religion [or their agents] interested in purchasing the property.
The questions that arise are the following:
1 - If the false religious organisation is correct in their understanding that the Jehovahs' Witnesses did show them special favour, what words did the Watchtower use to convey such information?
2 - Would these words constitute a breech of adherence to pure worship, such as would be supported by numerous scriptures?
3 - Could those Jehovahs' Witnesses who uttered these words, at whatever level or position they occupy, be guilty of a disfellowshipping offense?
4 - Would it be possible to find out the identity of this real estate agent and question them about the Watchtowers' attitude to the Elim Church?
5 - Could someone approach the Elim Church and asked them what lead them to understand that the Watchtower favoured them?
We need someone to play the detective, to make innocent inquiries into the matter and then report your findings to this forum.
Thanks for you help.
i'm on the brink of publishing my book.
here are some survey questions that will help me make some important decisions.. if you were ever going to actually buy a book about an ex-jehovah's witness conscientious objector who went to prison, would you:.
a. prefer the book to be 8 1/2 x 11 ?.
6 x 9
