so i'm at work and go to my vehicle parked outside the empty property i'm working at and an elderly man comes out of next door and we recognise each other from when we were elders in the same circuit.
he is early 80's in age, a jw since the 1960's and so the next generation in age up from me.. he's an outwardly jolly sort and asks how i am etc.
(knows i'm not an elder but thinks i'm pimi) and asks if i want a cup of tea so i go in and sit in his kitchen for my lunchbreak and have a chat.. i have a little fish around and ask about how jw's in his hall are.
What a sad old man. Yup, everyone is responsible for the consequences of their decisions and actions.
How should we regard such ones who have been deceived and blinded, as many of us here once were? I'll always hold my hand out to such ones. Stupidity by definition is not evil. The real poison within the org is like a snake - it emanates via the head, the G.B. The current GB conclave is overtly more corrupt than any I've ever seen - and they positively revel in their new-found public persona!
Employment for unemployed flag makers! :)
one word for it.....apostate!
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Only 8 years to go - woo-hoo!
fantastic new video by the lovely susan gaskin and friend andrea discusses the huge variety of exjw opinions and why our supposed disunity is in reality our strength.
the witnesses will claim we cannot agree and there are nothing but fights and a lack of harmony within our community whereas they are the most unified religion who believe the same things where ever you go.
however andrea points out that this is just an illusion, there is no unity amoung jws.
Uniformity is not the description I'd ever consider applying to Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide. The word which describes every aspect of JW's lives is CONFORMITY, a system whereby any independent thinking will readily stand out and can be quickly dealt with.
"behaviour that is acceptable because it is similar to the behaviour of everyone else." (Macmillan Dictionary)
hahaha, i’m so “brazen”, lol.
but we’ve had the jws be pretty active in our territory recently, and i got to say this to them on two separate occasions, to three different borgites, lol!
(it was a glorious moment for me, haha!).
Love it, and gonna use it - as long as I ain't infringing your copyrights! :)
I'll bet they were all cringing. Wonderful.
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
Your concern for truth & clarity is commendable. :)
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
@ DARK - Assumed slimboyfat was quoting overall expenditure/savings for the year = "Also notice the financial figure is down: $202 million spent this year compared with $213 million last year."
Silly me, the org will never be transparent about its balance sheets.
.............from a national pizza chain, bearing the message, "merry crustmas.".
i'd like to see them try and capitalise on ramadan by changing that religious festival's name in a similar way.
:).
A Xmas pizza - with a ramadan - a ding - dong.
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
With all their cutbacks on printing, Branches, and various other outgoings, they've only saved $11m?????
Sounds like the "truth" to me.
they seem to think that all they will do is enjoy a carefree life with little or no concerns problems or worries whereas nothing could be further from the truth... according to the bible.. without trying to speculate on these concerns or problems during this one thousand year reign of christ jesus ,lets hear what the bible has to say about the end of his thousand year reign.. rev.20:7-10 satan is to be let out of his prison {as if he hasn`t done enough damage in 6000 years of roaming about in the earth at the same time fraternizing with jesus and jehovah in heaven} i digress.. and the reason he is let out of prison ,lo and behold ,is to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth gog and magog to gather them together for the war.
{ here we go again ,armageddon didn`t solve anything we have to go through another one.
} 1000 years later.. now get this it`s not just some isolated little skirmish with a few hundred or even a few thousand dissenters ,as the bible states they number the sands of the seashore and they advanced over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp {not a nation but a camp} of the holy ones.and the beloved city.. with that description it would seem the holy ones are in the minority and the opposes apparently were spread over all the earth.. so that description of the bible to me about jc 1000 rule does not appear to be one of living in a paradise , that is not on the agenda until after jesus christ 1000 year reign and only if you are lucky enough to survive another test/war of your loyalty after all you have gone through previously.. i wonder if this realization is one of the reasons why so many now are claiming to be of the anointed because as one of the other sheep you have to pass another test after the 1000 years of christ jesus rule whereas of one of the anointed on death now you go straight to heaven ..
Ah Smiddy, you're running wayyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of the chariot - "They seem to think that all they will do is enjoy a carefree life with little or no concerns problems or worries."
The vast majority/all of JW's are totally oblivious to their "faithful slave's" twisted teaching of John 5:28,29 which claims that these sins - the vile things - will be practiced after the resurrection, i.e. during the 1000 year reign. So the JW paradise isn't going to be as carefree as they think!
The operative word in the verse being "practiced" - not one-off sins.
