what is the most insensitive thing an overseer or elder has ever said and done to you?
i have had many insensitive things said to me by some elders, but for some reason one self-righteous elder was always on my case.
he didn't like the fact that i missed meetings, didn't like that i never went out in field service, that i didn't answer at the weekly meetings and he didn't like that i carried my books and magazines in my hands and not a service/book bag.
I could probably give you a big list. I remember one elder greeting a sister who hadn't set foot inside the KH for months because of serious health and employment issues with the words "OMG, look what the cat's dragged in." Then face-to-face to her, "sure nobody here remembers you, you have been gone so long!"
She stayed for the meeting but never returned. Last time we met her in the hospital one day she said she was happy going to a local pentecostal church who'd welcomed her with open arms.
so many changes in the 2013 nwt seem needless and spoil familiar phrases.
take isaiah 41:10 in the nwt classic rendering:.
do not be afraid, for i am with you.
Mind you Psalm 94:19 now reads as "When anxieties overwhelmed me, you comforted and soothed me."
Now that definitely reads better than the previous intimate description of "you fondled my soul."
Perhaps the word FONDLE had too many negative connotations for the WTS?
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i am doing research on the history of jeovah's witnesses and would like to know if any of you have this research work to share: .
jehovah's witnesses: the effects of millenarianism on the maintenance of a religious sect.
Are any of the links in this page still valid?
how are they handling the memorial this year?
zoom or open kh's?
how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?
I can't understand why each person has to have their own red wine and bread.
Surely (when we were in) we were always told that the other sheep were only there as respectful observers. So if they are zooming it either from Warwick or from a local location, can't the OS just observe?
As for putting emphasis on "passing the emblems" that is the height of nonsense. It makes a tradition out of moving a plate/tumbler back and forth! What is meant to be the spiritual significance of that? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
jehovah can't be your father in this life.
'they [jw members] address him prospectively as "our father.
jesus is not your mediator:.
Wasn't there a recent WT article someone mentioned it on here recently where they link not giving up your worldly friends to sinning against God!?
Just found it after a bit of a search, December 2020, page 9. "There is a lesson for us today: No good can come from choosing as regular associates those who have a live-for-the-moment outlook. Being with such ones can ruin a true Christian’s viewpoint and habits. In fact, it might lead him to have a lifestyle that includes what God hates—sin. Thus, Paul strongly urged: “Come to your senses in a righteous way and do not practice sin.” - 1 Cor 15:33, 34."
i came across this older wt which i assume c t russell wrote the article.
unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.. and he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the great harlot with 18 letters [in english] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!
strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title.
I came across this older WT which I assume C T Russell wrote the article. Unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, Russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.
And he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the Great Harlot with 18 letters [in English] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!
Strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title. It is "Charles Taze Russell" adding up to 18 letters or 666.
It'd make you laugh, except for the fact that people took everything Russell said as if it was coming from the mouth of Jehovah. A flawed way of thinking that permeates right down to this day.
some say according to polls that it has affected it in a positive way.
not much you can do when in quarantine so this passes the time, right?
lol .
Have any of you tried finding a fuck buddy in your local area?
jehovah’s witnesses file copyright lawsuit in response to blundering christmas album - listen, obey, and be blessed.
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https://www.toptutorials.co.uk/jehovahs-witnesses-file-copyright-lawsuit-in-response-to-blundering-christmas-album-torrentfreak/.
Jehovah’s Witnesses File Copyright Lawsuit in Response to Blundering Christmas Album - Listen, Obey, and Be Blessed.
we were told by watchtower that no way jesus was born on dec. 25th.
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what do you think now?.
Don't you think it's funny how the witnesses can buy an old church, renovate it, and then re-dedicate it as a house for Jehovah.
However when the early Christian churches took a pagan sun festival and re-dedicated it to their own son of God birthday - the witnesses now point the finger at the churches and criticise them.
what questions should be asked to a jehovah`s witness when confronted with them.. a jw gives his sermon.
"you" immediately ask him by what authority he has from god that you should take notice of him ,seeing their are over 40,000 different christian religions in the world who claim to represent god,.
jw.
I don't think there's any questions that get through to the dyed in the wool JW because they believe that shit 100% as I used to do also.
With me it was looking at Scriptures and looking at the org. Jesus said "come to me all you who are toiling and loaded down and I will refresh you." Why did I seldom feel refreshed after attending the meetings? Why were we being loaded down with petty rules? And why did Jesus say "come to me" when we were knocking on doors telling people to "come to the WT organisation“? That is just one example.
