1) jesus set the absolute standard on how to deal with the disagreeable or even with those becoming inimical in matthew/5/43-48.
there he said: ‘don’t behave like pagans who love/greet only those loving/greeting them.
but be like our heavenly father who loves everyone without differentiating whether one is friendly or inimical towards him.’ this is his eternal standard.
I always get a kick out of posts like this.
"No, no, no, that group of guys has interpreted the ramblings of iron age goatherds and shamans all wrong. I, however, an able to interpret those goatherder ramblings absolutely correctly. Everyone reading this should accept my goatherder-rambling-interpretation, and not their goatherder-rambling-interpretation."
study article 50. listen to the voice of the fine shepherd.
9 consider an experience that illustrates how jehovah can care for our material needs.
a couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a christian meeting.
The brother explained: “After the meeting, we invited the sisters for a meal, but then we realized that we had nothing to offer them.”
Sorry, I'm still stuck on this part.
I'm certainly not OCD or anything, but I pretty much have a good idea of whether I have food in my house, and more or less how much. All the time. I'd most certainly know it, and it would be front and center in my mind, if I had [none].
So, they invited the sisters for a meal but somehow forgot they had no food?
Let's see if that's a realistic experience....
"Sure. I'll drive you home from the doctor's office....[2 hours later] wait, I forgot I don't own a car."
"Sure, I'll take care of your cat for 2 weeks while you're on vacation....[after they've gone] wait, I forgot I'm allergic to cats."
"Sure, I'll go with you on your hike through the Grand Canyon....wait, I forgot I'm quadriplegic."
Apparently the WTS writers take us for idiots.
Sadly, most of their readers are.
this 19 minute talk by “governing body” member samuel herd lacks enthusiasm, energy and mostly reads his script.
looks like he was forced to talk about something he no longer believes, but goes along what was written to appease the rest of the ''governing body.''.
mr. herd says, ''sometimes we have to make adjustments.
I find old JWs tend to double down on their beliefs
In public, of course. What are they going to do, get tossed out for "causing divisions" right when they need help the most?
Though there's no way to know for certain, I have to believe that many, in those quiet moments, when no one else is around, lying in bed & wondering "is tomorrow the day I don't wake up?".....that's when it hits.
this 19 minute talk by “governing body” member samuel herd lacks enthusiasm, energy and mostly reads his script.
looks like he was forced to talk about something he no longer believes, but goes along what was written to appease the rest of the ''governing body.''.
mr. herd says, ''sometimes we have to make adjustments.
Old JWs like Herd make me sort of sad.
"Sad" because I suspect that many if not most look back on a life of wasted opportunity and wasted time. They were promised to be in paradise before they got their first wrinkle, their first job, their high school diploma. And now here they are dying of old age, and not even a hint of Armageddon in sight.
"Sort of" because it's hard to feel much pity for someone who is suffering due to their own poor choices in life.
we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.
" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.
"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .
Deleted - never mind
i'm dealing right now with veru extreme situations that most of us have been in this sect.. i've talk to the elders because i was smoking cigarettes and i stopped for a couple of weeks.
the reason i did that because mamy things are going on right now in my life.
i'm out, i don't attend meetings i don't want to do anything with them anymore but i live in a small community so i want to go out without giving attention to anybody.. the reason i told them what i'm doing because my wife is still one of them and other people learn of some other things i have been doing and i had to tell something for obvious reasons.. the elsers tho the haven't answer to me back in 2 weeks almost and today one of them called me to give me some information.
I don't want to get disfellowship
Voluntarily confessing to a couple of elders that you are smoking seems to be incompatible with that desire.
That said, the cat's out of the bag now.
Your only hope would be to convince them that you are "truly repentant". This would involve lots of crying, appearing to utterly gutted about your "damaged relationship with Jehovah", expressing a strong revulsion to smoking and vowing to never do it again, and generally sniveling like a puppy caught with a half-eaten sausage in its mouth.
You mentioned you haven't attended meetings in a long time, so your act would have to be Oscar-worthy.
Good luck, sounds like you will need it.
the real preaching work:.
2 timothy 4:2. preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.. matthew 10:8.
“heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.
Re-revised NWT, 2022 edition:
2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season, unless, of course, breaking data protection laws would lead to the Watchtower Organization being penalized and heavily fined. There is nothing more holy than money belonging the Watchtower Organization, and making sure none of it is lost to any [Satanic] human government is by far the higher priority. But hey, you know, if preaching the word lands a few, or a few hundred, of our adherents in prison, well hey, whatcha gonna do? Them's the breaks. Keep warm and well-fed brothers, the governing body loves you all very much."
we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.
" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.
"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .
If you want some lolz, here is the JW Talk discussion of the articles:
https://jwtalk.net/topic/50596-the-watchtower%E2%80%94study-edition-february-2022/
At the moment, the thread is in the "publicly visible" section so you don't need a login to view it. That may change as the comments become (even more) bizarre.
Lots of talk about disposing of dead bodies after Armageddon, anti-matter, what folks will eat after Armageddon, etc.
Interesting to see the cognitive dissonance arising among the few who spend more than 10 seconds thinking about what a global slaughter of 7 billion people would really be like. Those who recognize the "danger" of this "independent thought" are trying to corral in the rest with "stop thinking about it, Jehovah will take care of it" comments.
If you think you miss the "spiritual conversations" at JW "get-togethers", reading that thread should immunize you for a while.
we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.
" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.
"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .
Love the bunker picture.
Society has broken down. Churches are burning. Martial law is in effect. A "great tribulation" is raging. Crazed demonic hordes are roaming the streets, having vowed to kill any JW on sight. Searching houses...where are the JWs? Where are the JWs? Gotta find the JWs....
Meanwhile, in the JW bunker, electricity is working fine, router & Wi-Fi are A-OK, and it apparently never occurs to anyone that Brother Elder's functioning tablet almost certainly has a GPS locator which will identify to anyone remotely competent exactly where his bunker is.
i was listening to the co talk to my wife’s congregation on sunday and pretty much the complete talk was justifying doctrinal and organizational changes and pretty much preparing the ‘rank and file’ for upcoming changes.
anyone on hear have any insight of what ‘new light’ is coming in the future?.
Credit where credit is due.
"Scholar" is by far the most effective troller I've ever seen.
Pro tips for the amateurs:
-- Stick to just one topic - focus, focus, focus
-- Repeat yourself, er, repeatedly
-- When trapped beyond hope, simply state "that is your interpretation" and plow right on ahead
