the new york post published how hunter biden was involved with many criminal activities.
they showed how big daddy biden was well aware of what was going on.
the post got called out for this “ non story “.
I think once the news media got wind of Biden's administration appointees they realized it isn't CHANGE, but more of the same old same old, and that nothing will change for the better. But it's too late for any damage control. They spent the last 4 years demonizing Trump.
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i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.
i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.
for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.
I have no desire to take it. I will refuse at risk to my job.
i knew a few pretty intelligent elders .
sometimes i would wonder why they remained as elders or even witnesses because they were successful men who made a good living and were highly respected because of their qualities.. that is a rather small group.
most elders that i know of aren’t the brightest bulbs in the sky.
When I lived in NYC most of our elders were bethelites, they were well versed, don't know if they all stayed. A few years ago I saw one of them on the Faith in Action video, he was portraying Jonas Wendell.
When I lived in Jersey, they were all idiots who could hardly read!
seeing on another post here about former jws throwing away literature.
i am curious as to the various opinions on there value.. for me i have been inactive for 3 years almost 4. i still have alot of books and of course all their bibles ever produced (except a few from the 1800s.).
in my opinion i think there are four books the jws produced that are useful:.
Well with the shortage of toilet paper, I'd say it's all useful
Because the media say so
make jehovah's heart rejoice.
2020-2021. circuit assembly with circuit overseer.
circuit assembly with branch representative.
NO!
we all know that the name "watch tower" is not unique to the society.
there were papers that used that title prior to the society.
but did you know that the advent christian church (to which russell affiliated with) published a journal called the watch tower?.
We all know that the name "Watch Tower" is not unique to the Society. There were papers that used that title prior to the Society. But did you know that the Advent Christian Church (to which Russell affiliated with) published a journal called The Watch Tower?
It began to be published in 1891, I don't know how far it got but it was still being published as late as 1914. While it's not as doctrinal as the Society's Tower, it was still a magazine being published simultaneously with the Society's WT. I only have one issue, and I have not been able to find any others. here is the cover:
the watchtower's most secret book!.
the truth that gives you eternal life, bethel edition.
the truth that gives you eternal life was published on watchtower presses, and is not to be confused with the truth that leads to eternal life published by the watchtowerbible and tract society.
I remember in the early 80s, a letter being read to the congregation from the Society about all the work they were doing and the building of new headquarters in various places and that these places were in need of older literature to stock their libraries for research, and requested that ALL publishers and Kingdom Hall library pack up all pre 1950 books and send them to the Society. I lived in NYC at the time and we had quite a few Bethelites, I remember seeing them going through the Kingdom Hall Library and packing up books.
In a conversation with Randy Watters he admitted to me that it was all BS, that the Society had them all destroyed.
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the watchtower's most secret book!.
the truth that gives you eternal life, bethel edition.
the truth that gives you eternal life was published on watchtower presses, and is not to be confused with the truth that leads to eternal life published by the watchtowerbible and tract society.
i have heard a rumor that if a jw becomes inactive he or she is considered to be an apostate.
is this true?
has anyone here on this forum had such an experience?
I actually stepped down, kick the book study out of my home and refused to even carry the mic. I did go witnessing, but only with my Bible. I eventually moved 50 miles away and despite the elders attempting to reach us, we just ignored them. We became inactive. We did run into Witnesses while visiting my in-Law and no one treated us like lepers.
Of course we left in the early 90s so who knows what "New Light" they may have come up with. To my knowledge we were never announced as disfellowshipped. My in-law would have definitely informed us. Not that it would have mattered to us. we stayed "in" because of her, but when she found out that we didn't believe in it anymore, she threw us out of the house.
