none of the brothers and sisters in indonesia were hurt or lost in the recent disaster, according to one of the friends who added "we were all praying for them as soon as we heard it on the news, as you do.
and what about the rest of the population?
i know its nothing new in their attitude to the world outside in general, but it makes me so angry!
None of the brothers and sisters in Indonesia were hurt or lost in the recent disaster, according to one of the friends who added "we were all praying for them as soon as we heard it on the news, as you do."
And what about the rest of the population? I know its nothing new in their attitude to the world outside in general, but it makes me so angry!
Thanks for letting me rant, I just needed to vent about it somewhere safe from criticism.
so when we used to roll up to someones house for the book study group, we would study a book.
the jw's don't conduct bible studies, but book studies.
dipping in and out of the bible as they seem fit..
Our WT study conductor always got up on the platform and welcomed everyone to the 'Bible study by means of the Watchtower.'
If the public talk chairman handed over by saying 'we invite Bro. Dick to take us into the Watchtower study.' He immediately started off by saying that 'this isn't a study of the Watchtower magazine but our Bible study by means of the Watchtower....'
I remember he got hot under the collar with me because all I did was ask him why the organisation book referred to his position in the congregation as the 'Watchtower Study overseer' and the handbills we used to distribute listed the meeting as the 'Watchtower study'?
I got told off for being picky, and my hand became invisible if I even put it up.
i think to the world in general it is fucking stupid but what about the every day jw?
is that all that they can say and is this type of public statement commonly known to the r&f?
their statement they abhor it.
If I try to flag up anything in the news about JWs and child abuse, my friends and family throw back that WT quote. To the ordinary witness it means that such things can not happen inside a "spiritual paradise".
To which I say well why do elders serve on judicial committees dealing with all sorts of "perceived sins"? Because sometimes these things happen.
But they reply back that only apostates would take the society to court because they don't care about bringing reproach upon Jehovah’s name.
In other words, you can't win with this brainwashed attitude. The Society is right, me and everyone else is wrong.
i’m sure we all remember those really weird, awkward magazines we were expected to place in service.
and it was before we are had the website or the thing on the back to fall back on.
imagine being a 12 year old girl, and having to place magazines on god’s view of pornography, sex, homosexuality.
I often wondered what householders thought back in the day when they bought the magazines and in the case of the Watchtower came across two weeks study articles inside on disfellowshipping because of porneia or the like.
Worse is the mindset of the average witness that these people who opened the door half asleep on a Saturday morning and who said "no" to your Awake! on Pornography would die at Armageddon because (quote) they had rejected their only opportunity to hear the message of God's Kingdom!
i'm a member on jw talk (until now at least) and have been regularly checking up on their thread regarding the annual meeting.
there hasn't been a great deal to report on except for this recent post that has been made.
i may get outed but that's no loss.
As far as I know no other religion or religious group gives any thought to the obscure writings of a long dead old testament prophet. Only the WTS who have produced reams of speculative articles down through the years. Why? To tie up the rank and file so that they think their understanding makes them the only true religion on the planet, and diverts their attention away from helping out people in a real sense like genuine Christians are called upon to do. Interpretation of obscure passages is all guesswork at best but doing it makes the F&DS look special in the eyes of the average JW.
Yawn. We've seen it all before.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/pure-worship/summary-of-clarifications/.
is christendom the antitype of ancient apostate jerusalem?.
previous understanding: unfaithful jerusalem is a prophetic type of christendom.
I never could understand the logic behind the comparisons to Jerusalem and Christendom.
one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.
"in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.
all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.
One of our friends in Canada posted the following message to their circle of friends. So what do you think of it?
"In our meeting last night, the Coordinator read a letter from the Canadian Branch about the reorganized territories. All the territories in the Fraser Valley from Hope to Vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of Kingdom Halls.
Some congregations have been deleted, others changed and re-named. It'll be a heartwrenching move for many of the brothers but we will all do it. Changes are effective from November 3, 2018. There is always a good reason for these changes since Jehovah God is making the decisions!"
the watchtower and jehovah's witnesses go out of their way to insist that they are not a church like the false ones of christendom.
so why don't they file an irs tax return?
because, according to guidestar they are exempt, since they are a church.
The Watchtower and jehovah's witnesses go out of their way to insist that they are not a church like the false ones of Christendom.
So why don't they file an IRS tax return?
Because, according to guidestar they are exempt, since they are a church.
watchtower society continues to hold real estate valued in $millions.
and avoids paying taxes on it because of its religious status.
http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180924/town-of-newburgh-agrees-to-refund-some-taxes-on-2-watchtower-sites .
Watchtower Society continues to hold real estate valued in $millions. And avoids paying taxes on it because of its religious status.
http://www.startribune.com/jehovah-s-witnesses-accused-of-mishandling-abuse-in-montana/493779331/.
helena, mont.
— two women who say they were sexually abused as children have alleged that the jehovah's witnesses failed to report their abuser to authorities in montana and instead punished him internally by expelling him from the congregation until he repented the following year.. a trial begins monday in the tiny city of thompson falls for one of dozens of lawsuits filed nationwide in the last decade over claims of child sexual abuse in jehovah's witness congregations.
Who are the jw lawyers? Are they an outside firm that the society uses, or are they trained by the organisation? I mean that they'd have to have gone to a university to get a law degree so they are unlikely to be born in JWs. Just being curious, if any of you would know.
