i started posting on the ex community about five years ago since two of my children have remained under the jw spell.
back then i had little tangible hope of seeing the downfall of the org.
i now see evidence of big cracks forming in their hermetic carapace..
After seeing some of their recent film length videos, I wonder how much it costs to produce one of these.
They are building new studios so the emphasis is going to be on more films. Even the current Regional Convention has something like 40 video clips dotted throughout.
I can see the mid week meetings becoming nothing more than a series of brothers introducing videos, then hosting Q&A sessions on them.
pixel, cappytan, and wifibandit present for your consideration:.
https://youtu.be/g16_p3tncxq?list=plrw9u-n1z2m-_z5_a55vmqj1biuwnslhq.
the saturday program will be added tomorrow, followed by the sunday program the next day..
Tony is the most heartless and callous of them all.
Completely detached from the real world.
i guess the branch isn't happy with the amount being sent each month since we are way lower than our loan amount.
we now have to another financial survey to see the max amount that can be given.
it is "encouraged" for all to be in attendance and give much forethought and consideration to the amount you can donate each month.
so jws have been spreading this picture around claiming it supports the roman torture stake belief.
this is the statue of marsyas the satyr, a greek mythical creature.
he lost a challenge to apollo and was flayed.
Marsyus was the son of Olympus and killed by Apollos, so this is a legend, not a true account.
Apollos was a Greek before being adopted as Roman, the earliest temple to him is in Athens from about 600BCE
There were no nails involved, Marsyus was tied.
He was tied to a tree - I don't know what the original Greek wording is used for 'tree' in the tale.
His method of execution was by flaying, not the same as the Romans used on Jesus.
Apart from that, the evidence is quite compelling.
pixel, cappytan, and wifibandit present for your consideration:.
https://youtu.be/g16_p3tncxq?list=plrw9u-n1z2m-_z5_a55vmqj1biuwnslhq.
the saturday program will be added tomorrow, followed by the sunday program the next day..
Thanks!
Especially thought this was appropriate.
BTW, what's with announcing how long someone has been serving as a pioneer, at bethel or been an elder, as part of introducing the next item?
i believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.
the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..
I guess he got an education, got a job and bought his own appliances.
Or inherited them.
since the wt organization claims 'apostolic succession " who was it that passed the torch to c.t.
russell who founded this organization of sheeple?
ask judge rutherford, or milton henschel, maybe they know.
the jw religion is sort of like norman bates' mother.
she was supposed to be a proper caretaker, teacher, and role model--but--instead she was a corrupting influence.. even after 'mother' is gone--it is so easy to keep her embalmed in our subconscious like norman did in the fruit cellar.. when pressures weigh heavily on us and we start losing it--well, something like the character and personality of 'mother' may creep into our thinking.
mightn't it?we really have to exert our individuality at all times and rise above.
