the bible says so much about so many things.
is there an organization that does everything the bible says?
The second flaw is that we're not expected to preach God's name.
Acts 20:20-21, the 'go to' verse to prove the door to door work says:
"...while I did not hold back from telling you any of the things that were profitable nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house. But I thoroughly bore witness both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus."
So the message should be "repent and have faith in Jesus", not "God's name is Jehovah".
all along the watch tower: annual convention returns next month.
cornwall seaway news.
may 04, 2015. cornwall, ontario - it's nearly time for the annual pilgrimage to cornwall for thousands of jehovah's witnesses.. the faithful will start converging in cornwall on june 12 for the first of three watch tower conventions being held at the cornwall civic complex in the ed lumley arena.. altogether more than 7,500 delegates will be attending the three conventions, pumping in excess of $3.5 million dollars in economic benefits into the community, the city said monday.
They are allowed if there are no males available to do so.
That is the theory, but I've never seen it happen.
all along the watch tower: annual convention returns next month.
cornwall seaway news.
may 04, 2015. cornwall, ontario - it's nearly time for the annual pilgrimage to cornwall for thousands of jehovah's witnesses.. the faithful will start converging in cornwall on june 12 for the first of three watch tower conventions being held at the cornwall civic complex in the ed lumley arena.. altogether more than 7,500 delegates will be attending the three conventions, pumping in excess of $3.5 million dollars in economic benefits into the community, the city said monday.
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
Lett can't even read the autocue properly. He reads in groups of three or four words instead of sentences.
We have 7 year olds on the TMS who read better than Lett does.
i went to a j.w funeral and saw some people i used to hang out with many years ago and they all seemed to want to tell me if they or any member of their family were elders,m.s's,pioneers ect.. karter..
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
Taken from the 2013 and 2014 yearbooks;
During the 2012 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $184 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments.
During the 2013 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent nearly $200 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments.
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
Where is that AM3 broadcast where he talks about churches keep asking for money, then says "we never want to be like that?"
It's been posted here quite recently.
i overheard an elder and sister talking last sunday.
she has been helping her mother move things out of her house to get ready for moving into a retirement home.
she told the elder that her mother gave her one of those "praying hands" plaques and asked if she should keep it or throw it out.
Elders make up rules as they go along.
If you don't want to hear made up rules, don't ask an elder for their opinion.
just a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).
what purpose did it serve?.
well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.
Gold represents kingship, royalty.
Frankincense is the priestly incense used in offerings.
Myrrh is used in death preparations.
So these gifts identified a king priest who would have a significant death.
I also think this can be easily debunked.
i have a friend who is still in.
this friend is a partaker, but has serious doubts about the org.
this friend wants to stand up as a man, and wants to call wtbts hq.
It will go one of three ways, in descending likelihood.
1. He's told to wait on Jehovah and don't cause ructions in the meantime.
2. He's reprimanded by the elders on the say so of the CO who has now been involved.
3. They ask him to come and join them on the GB.
