Posts by FFGhost

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So, When Did They Stop Singing?

by Atlantis in

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rutherford said:.

a few words like the above pronounced at the beginning of the study would be far more beneficial than to occupy the same time in singing songs, which often express much that is out of harmony with the truth of and concerning god's kingdom.watchtower/1938/may/1st/pg.139 .

back then, they had what was called: order of study, and this is what every overseer was instructed to say to the audience.. .

FFGhost

Good gravy, that statement reads like something written by a pompous ass drunk on (not necessarily in this order) his own sense of self-importance and unfiltered corn whiskey.

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How did Revelation make it in the bible?? It's a drug fuelled trip!

by Witness 007 in

catholic church killed off alot of christian books from the "offical" bible collection.

so why let thru the weird book of revelation?

have you read the watchtowers explanation it's a joke rutherford's conventions play a huge part..

FFGhost

IIRC there was a big big controversy about whether to finally include it or not in the canon of accepted books. I'm pretty sure it is documented somewhere, all the back and forth of the debate.

Yes, it was definitely written under the influence of....something!

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“A Better World Is Near.”

by Rattigan350 in

"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

FFGhost

When is this campaign?

Right now - the month of November 2021.

LOL - good to know this "special campaign" is every bit as effective as the lass 80 or 90 "special campaigns" they've held - 99.9% of the globe's population has no idea about it.

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So I was at a jw wedding and guess what!

by nowwhat? in

the major topic of conversation was that almost all do not want to go back to the meetings and field service!

and we are talking very zealous and active witnesses!

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FFGhost

Over on the JW Talk website, which is pretty vigilantly guarded against "apostates", virtually all of the posted comments related to meeting again the KHs is negative.

It's really surprising (1) that there is so much strong feeling against it and (2) that JW Talk permits it.

I echo SBF - the WTS is severely underestimating the resistance JWs will have to starting back up to a "normal" routine.

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“A Better World Is Near.”

by Rattigan350 in

"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

FFGhost

it`s not just around the corner , not soon ,but near.?

"Very soon now!"

142 years of "very soon now".

If it delays a few more centuries, I might have to consider the possibility that they don't know what they are talking about.

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Sad thing about JW funerals

by joe134cd in

i live in a country that has had reasonably low levels of covid.

bearing this in mind i’d like to discuss my thoughts on 2 jw funerals i attended during this time.. (funeral 1) even though there were no governmental restrictions at the time, the official stance of wt was the halls were shut down.

despite this the local congregation decided to open the hall up for the service and a reception at a private premises.

FFGhost

The last few funerals I attended were far more "personalized" than in years past.

Yes, it's still primarily an infomercial, but they do seem to have progressed from "30 second biography followed by 30 minute Sunday talk" to something a bit warmer.

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