jehovah's witness gets 8 seconds total in new 52 minute video,.
'in their own words pope francis'.
closeup picture of (fuzzy 1:00-1:01), 43:48-50, and 44:54-59. .
what benefits are there from Aux pioneering?
Your name gets announced from the platform. You get a round of applause. You appear to be "spiritual" for a month. If the CO is visiting you get the "privilege" of sitting in for his hour long meeting with the regular pioneers.
Short answer: Temporary prestige and an ego boost.
jehovah's witness gets 8 seconds total in new 52 minute video,.
'in their own words pope francis'.
closeup picture of (fuzzy 1:00-1:01), 43:48-50, and 44:54-59. .
You've probably read about the "15 minute" provision that's been in place for probably 10 or so years - elderly / infirm JWs, with "permission" granted from the service committee, can count their "time" in 15 minute increments. Just 15 minutes in a month keeps you from being "irregular" or "inactive".
Since the COVID lockdown began, they've waived both the "15 minute" and "permission" pieces. If you have "witnessed" for any amount of time (yes, even 8 seconds) you can report simply that you were "Active" in the ministry for that month. On your (now electronic) publisher card, the secretary will enter "active" for the month and you will be considered an active publisher.
If you had more time (that can be measured in hours), you are still expected to provide the number.
I don't recall if this "even one second is enough" policy was announced just to elders, or to everyone in the congregations.
after all that has been happening these past years and changes that have been made on many fronts in the religion ,beliefs ,practices ,policies child abuse ,shunning ,etc, and different countries now taking a closer look at the religion ,i just wonder if the lawyers are now pulling the strings on how the organization functions and operates.. what are your thoughts about this ?.
I don't think they (legal) create anything themselves, but I'm 99.9999% sure they have "veto power" on any doctrine, policy, practice, or guideline that might possibly have legal repercussions.
i remember when i was a jw, drinking a good wine or other liquor was looked down upon.
it’s better to put that money towards the worldwide work donations i always got told.
so the best thing i ever got was johnny walker red back then (johnny walker is cheap blend).
If you get counseled for consuming [X] drinks, it's a pretty safe bet that the elder giving the counsel regularly consumes [2X] or even [3x] at a go.
"Ability to hold your liquor without appearing to be drunk" is one of the top "unwritten" requirements for being an elder, along with "10+ hours of field service per month" and "does his family do anything embarrassing?".
They do the music, but everyone is on mute (or at least they are supposed to be).Everybody just sings along at home.
It sounds really awful, due to differing bandwidth and connection speeds, to try to harmonize 60, 70, 80 devices that typically join in for a meeting. So they just mute everyone.
What's funny is to watch them sing as they are muted. Some folks really apparently get into it. I think to myself "poor neighbors..."
each eye-opener in my awakening had nothing to do with apostates.
it was always by looking directly at the so-called spiritual food that helped me awaken.. in 2019 they changed the wording of the second of two baptismal questions which are answered aloud before the audience.
now i realize that these questions have been adjusted over the years.
Do you understand that your baptism identifies you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with Jehovah’s organization?
Full question, with the implied part fully written:
Do you understand that your baptism identifies you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with Jehovah’s organization, and therefore you voluntarily and completely agree to give us carte blanche to use the threat of disfellowshipping and the implied subsequent loss of association and affection of all of your family and friends as emotional blackmail to coerce you into doing what we demand?
i remember when i was a jw, drinking a good wine or other liquor was looked down upon.
it’s better to put that money towards the worldwide work donations i always got told.
so the best thing i ever got was johnny walker red back then (johnny walker is cheap blend).
I remember when I was a JW, drinking a good wine or other liquor was looked down upon.
Hoo-wee, I can tell we never belonged to any of the same congregations.
In most if not all of the congregations I attended, your popularity was directly correlated to the quality of the booze you provided at your parties drinking bouts get-togethers.
You knew you were "in good" with Brother X if he pulled you aside, or invited you to stay a bit longer after everyone else left, and he'd pull out "the really good stuff".
i just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.
i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.
well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.
How a Christian chooses to protect himself, his family, or his possessions is, of course, largely a personal matter
They seem to be suggesting a sort of "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding what measures a JW might employ, short of firearms.
I know an elder whose "open secret" was that he kept a baseball bat under his bat for any unwelcome visitors.
As I understand, a bat is considered one of the best defensive weapons in the case of an intruder not carrying a firearm.
spiritually mature Christians choose not to keep a firearm for protection against other humans.
Translation: Keeping a firearm for the purpose of self-defense will get you removed from any "privileges" (elder, pioneer, etc.) but won't get you DF'ed.
going to preach in countries where jehovah's witnesses are banned is a sign of faith!
powerful by faith 2021 convention of jehovah's witnesses - friday morning.
the latest video is about a sister preaching in a country where there are only 3 publishers.
experience of a SINGLE SISTER sent to a Country where the work is banned.
It may have been slightly more subtle if they would have put a flashing red & black chyron occupying the bottom half of the screen reading "This is China. This sister was in China. CHINA we said".
they wear jewelry like they are some don from the cosa nostra.
watches and rings like some cheap pimp.
hey they are cheap pimps.
Pinky rings! All the best dons wear them.
