do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.
i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.
i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.
Elders are not to try and force anyone to DA.
I don't have a horse in this race, however since when do elders really ever shive a git about what "official" policy is when they have a chance to flex their "muscle" and try to act like an alpha dog in the WT pack?
when the israelites left egypt in 1513 b.c.e., they may have numbered more than three million.
spanning three or even four generations.
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I asked a few how they could reasonably explain 3,000,000 in the camp of Israel in light of this:
(Deuteronomy 23:12, 13) . . .And a private place should be at your service outside the camp, and you must go out there. 13 And a peg should be at your service along with your implements, and it must occur that when you squat outside, you must also dig a hole with it and turn and cover your excrement. . .
How would THAT work? Imagine having to walk across chicago or some other similar sized city far enough to get out of the city just so you could take a dump?
on tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.
he mentions health and viewing pornography.
those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.
Those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.
Trouble with that is that some have been defining "pornography" in a way that includes women in bathing attire too. What about some art from centuries ago? What about a nude person shown only from the back, above the waist? What is considering "viewing"? A brief glance at a still photo of a bare breast? A long look at a full frontal nude?
There are way too many prudes in WT to have to comply with when answering that question.
everyone sounds like they came out of stepford wives.
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is this supposed to be the way witnesses are to speak?
The JW's are known as a religion however the truth of the matter is that at heart it's simply one big corporation.
I got soundly told off when I made a similar observation. I mentioned that it is wtb&ts INC. and that the minute the INC. was added it became a CORPORATION, and as such it had to function as a corporation including how the main focus was the financial bottom line. Sheesh, talk about a spit flying response from the elder I said that too.
i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.
too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.
maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?
Agree with the 144,000 idea. That would just be reverting to what was taught in the early years, just like the flip-flopping superior authorities explanation. It would also fit with the "overlapping" B.S. and buy more time.
crazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
Here in Florida, I could buy an assault weapon as fast as buying a Big Mac at McDonalds.
Yeah...riigghht!!
crazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
Of course the NRA and the worshipers of old documents (written by people to fit their times and places)
Yeah, who the hell needs to worry about the 1st, 4th, or 5th amendments either?
i'm a member on jw talk (until now at least) and have been regularly checking up on their thread regarding the annual meeting.
there hasn't been a great deal to report on except for this recent post that has been made.
i may get outed but that's no loss.
IDK any more what goofiness will come spilling out of the "Great Ones" pie-holes. All I know is I "buried" ALL my WT publications recently when they went to the landfill in boxes. Pretty sure they won't be confiscated there.
i'm a member on jw talk (until now at least) and have been regularly checking up on their thread regarding the annual meeting.
there hasn't been a great deal to report on except for this recent post that has been made.
i may get outed but that's no loss.
I understand there are two book releases, but what could possibly be so exciting that she would want to come straight home and set up lunch to tell me?
A JW where I live that is always trying to get me back to where I used to be in JWland said that he was told, "the 'great tribulation' has now started, and we should be hiding Bibles and literature in safe spaces' " so we can access it when the government comes after us.
a few seconds ago this hit the net todayhttp://jwvictims.org/conventions-kingdom-halls-relief-funds-and-other-financial-scams-and-schemes-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.
conventions, kingdom halls, relief funds, and other financial scams and schemes of jehovahs witnesses.
jehovahs witnesses often note that at their meetings (like church services), they dont pass a collection plate.
This design above doesn’t say, “Come in to get filled spiritually and celebrate the joys of god’s holy spirit.” It says, “Ask about our great line of affordable home equity loans!”
And now what with the "lock the doors ANY time there is someone in the KH" crap where you have to be known to the "special" door watcher to be allowed in it doesn't even say, "Welcome."
