since it was the church that put together the bible canon and it was was them that spread the teaching throughout the known world.
thoughts?.
If it were not for the Catholic Church and their wicked wicked crusades and John Sobieski Catholic King of Poland that turned back the muslin hoards from the gaits of Vienna in 1683, we would all be living in the dark ages, speaking arabic and raising our butts to allah.
RB
i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.
price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.
am in shock.
"So far an Islamic group and a Hindu group are interested in it."
- Kingdom hall becomes a mosque, That's a sad day.
So much for being raised up above all the nations or whatever.
RB
at a recent midweek meeting, a short documentary about translator william tyndale was shown.
it begins with this statement about his death:.
"his crime?
Neat blue dog said - Fun fact: The exact same "crime" results in the same thing among
Jehovah's Witnesses, resulting in figurative death, or
disfellowshipping.
John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, John Knox, William Tyndale, Luther and doubtless many more were labelled apostates, and as such paid a high price for challenging the status quo. Their crime was in effect calling the ruling class to account. The greatest apostate of all time would have to be Jesus Christ himself, an apostate from Judaism. The take away from this is the term apostate is no more than a weaponised slur designed by the bullies to marginalise those telling inconvenient truths.
RB
in my experience, there were three types of witnesses.
some were barely witnesses while others were extremely conservative types who followed the letter of the law.
and then you had those in the middle who just went with the flow.. i knew many witnesses who “felt safe” being in a stricter environment.they were actually proud that they belonged to such and such congregation because it was filled with strict bethelites..
Zeb - one thing to be noticed its the obsession about opening windows; they never do.
Don't you remember that convention talk about not breathing the air of the world Zeb?
RB.
a thought came to me as i was posting on another topic.
my reactionary mind, responding to watchtower's cruel and hostile treatment of genuine truthseekers who can no longer reconcile with watchtower's narrative was, " may the collapse begin".. but then my thoughts turned to how that would affect my parents and siblings who are blissfully oblivious with their collective heads in the sand.
all their hopes and future joy has been postponed for decades awaiting paradise while fighting off the black dog that is depression.
Dear Rayo, you have well articulated feelings that I have been wrestling with for some time now.
RB
think of how much time and money the tower stole from any who were in the cult.
think of the vacations as a child you could have taken with your families the memories you could have made instead of sitting in a hot bs week of echo talks and propaganda.
they stole so much from us.
Hmmm, I could write a song about that, it would be a sad one.
RB
to think they have hung the blue and white sign on every building they own in the world and that this was a publicity campaign with the presumed backing of the god of the universe....... it's not going well.. despite the 8.5 million followers, who through design have to visit the site......it isn't even in the top ten..... top fifty..... top one hundred ......top two hundred visited sites globally.. users on average click through 7 pages per visit and don't stay long, averaging about a minute a page.. as for the data on its search over time 'jw.org' is now googled globally at a rate less than 25% of its peak and is usually associated for a search for the daily text.. .
between this and the carts, the only message getting through to real people is 'child abuse' and that woman from king of queens taking an interest!.
i sincerely think we are seeing evidence of what has been anecdotal decline...... waited long enough for it!.
S&R, thanks for posting, if you break it down on a country by country basis, it seems that most of the interest is coming from a few countries in central Africa. That is great news, a very needy people with no money to give.
RB
reports indicate that many people are physically and emotionally getting sick because they are disturbed by political matters.
some require professional help!.
Reports indicate that many people are physically and emotionally getting sick because they are disturbed by political matters. Some require professional help!
Greta Thunberg for example.
apparently someone put this short message on posters and it's driving people mad because they don't know how they are supposed to react to it.. do you agree or disagree?
is it insulting women, islam, both or neither?.
it's a clever sign and really shows up the cognitive dissonance of the lefts identity politics.. https://johnmarksays.com/blog/2019/9/24/islam-is-right-about-women-the-best-meme-of-2019.
Simon Said - Each is happy to use the other thinking they will turn on them at the last minute and have control.
This is exactly what happened in the 1979 Iran revolution, the Ayatollah rose to power on the back of the lefty students and then put them all against the wall.
RB
thought this might be interesting for those considering leaving watchtower religion .
https://youtu.be/pjoor9e77g8.
Reddit should get a boost out of this.
RB
