i have a pretty good intuition but i have to admit i am going back and forth on the jw tv may broadcast.
i keep asking myself are they really in financial trouble (wishful thinking) or are they just grabbing for more money?.
i always appreciate reading everyone's thoughts and ideas on here.. let me know what you think.
It doesn't matter how much money the WT get, they will always overspend and want more.
This is what you get from a gluttonous and insatiable organisation with no idea how the real world works.
This "do more, give more" organisation will never be satisfied.
calling you bible scholars!.
i was asked this:.
how can this apply to jesus when he was not in the grave for 3 nights?.
Barnes commentary notes something interesting to account for the fact Jesus was NOT in the ground for three days and nights.
"It will be seen in the account of the resurrection of Christ that he was in the grave but two nights and a part of three days. This computation is, however, strictly in accordance with the Jewish mode of reckoning. If it had “not” been, the Jews would have understood it, and would have charged our Saviour as being a false prophet, for it was well known to them that he had spoken this prophecy (Mat_27:63). Such a charge, however, was never made; and it is plain, therefore, that what was “meant” by the prediction was accomplished. It was a maxim, also, among the Jews, in computing time, that a part of a day was to be received as the whole. Many instances of this kind occur in both sacred and profane history."
calling you bible scholars!.
i was asked this:.
how can this apply to jesus when he was not in the grave for 3 nights?.
The corresponding WT explanation goes like:
*** w96 5/15 p. 28 Jonah Learns About Jehovah’s Mercy ***
Jesus was dead and in the tomb for at least a period of time on Nisan 14, was entombed throughout the entire day of Nisan 15, and spent the nighttime hours of Nisan 16 in the tomb. When certain women came to the tomb on Sunday morning, he had already been resurrected.
Jesus was in the tomb for parts of three days. His foes thus got “the sign of Jonah.
i'm sorry if this has been posted previously, but i haven't noticed it.. this was posted on reddit.. has anyone seen this moneysuck video:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ylee4u_yu.
Viviane When did Jesus authorize you to determine who was a true Christian?
Classic non sequitur. Eristic and off topic.
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
*** wi (World Without War) p. 25 par. 7 Who Will Lead the Nations to Peace? ***
The scandals among Christendom’s clergy are notorious. Immoral televangelists who rake in millions of dollars and live like kings.
*** g88 3/22 p. 7 Do Today’s Religions Feed or Fleece the Flock? ***
On one of ABC’s Nightline series of programs on the televangelists, ABC correspondent Marshall Frady said: “All the trappings of modern television evangelism seem a long way from the original simplicity of that intense young Galilean mystic without property, without any boards of directors, who just trudged about a dusty corner of the earth talking, two thousand years ago.”
*** w92 12/1 p. 26 Not Peddlers of God’s Word ***
“WE WERE selling our ministry for money.” Those are the words of a former “telephone prayer minister” interviewed in an investigative report of American television evangelists late in 1991.
This program focused on three televangelistic ministries in the United States. It disclosed that people are fleeced of tens of millions of dollars every year by just these three. One “ministry” was described as a “state-of-the-art factory for donations.”
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
-- w97 9/1 p. 13 Beware of False Teachers! "There will also be false teachers among you."—2 PETER 2:1.
Wisely, we take note of how false teachers introduce their corrupt thinking. Peter first says that they do it quietly, or in an unobtrusive, subtle way.
The mouthings of false teachers may seem plausible to one who is not spiritually alert, but their words are carefully designed "to buy" people, seducing them into serving the deceivers' selfish purposes.
Although these corrupt men "consider luxurious living in the daytime a pleasure" and "are spots and blemishes," they are also devious. They act "quietly," using "counterfeit words," as Peter noted earlier.
i hope that writing this, there will be some lurkers that i can shake.. if you have not listened to mays tv broadcast, please do.
it may wake some up.. note @ around 21-22 minutes into the broadcast lett brings up the the kingdom halls/assembly hall loans have been cancelled and the congregation can now send in what they can afford.
wow...how many banks would do that?.
Closer to Fine As much as I wish I could say otherwise, my spouse will most likely donate more money now unfortunately.
Set up a monthly bank payment into a savings account, for all the spare money you have left over each month.
Then tell your spouse that, like the GB, your outgoings are greater than your income each month, so you need extra 'donations' yourself.
Miss a few utility payments so you get reminders come through.
i'm sorry if this has been posted previously, but i haven't noticed it.. this was posted on reddit.. has anyone seen this moneysuck video:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ylee4u_yu.
Because singing about it is much more acceptable than coming right out and keep asking for money.
(Although they do that as well!)
i hope that writing this, there will be some lurkers that i can shake.. if you have not listened to mays tv broadcast, please do.
it may wake some up.. note @ around 21-22 minutes into the broadcast lett brings up the the kingdom halls/assembly hall loans have been cancelled and the congregation can now send in what they can afford.
wow...how many banks would do that?.
The deficit that Lett told us about is the same sort of deficit we see at every convention - manufactured.
By moving money from one corporation to another, a deficit is intentionally created.
They are merely using the small scale deceptions plied upon all convention goers, but now on a world wide scale.
Do they really spend $1billion dollars every 4 weeks? (Or whatever Lett claimed). Of course not. Never.
It's a sneaky, forked tongued deception that might be semantically true, but is an underhanded and deceptive plea for more money.
"We don't ask for money" says Lett, before spending 30 minutes asking for money.
These charlatans have no shame. No. Shame.
Jehovah's witnesses have become the latest televangelists begging for your hard earned dollar.
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".
