let's add to the following list.
jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.
1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.
"....the first-century governing body settled the circumcision issue..."(bt chap. 13 p. 103)
Galatians 2:1-6 show that it was the apostle Paul who was used to resolve the issue. Paul was directed by a revelationt to teach the older men in Jerusalem - not the other way around! (especially verses 2 & 6)
this year locally the memorial will be broadcast to the congregation using zoom software.
it will be a video broadcast, however no one locally will be partaking, so what arrangements are needed for bread and wine?.
local elders plan to deliver small portions of the bread and wine to each household ready for the celebration..
I received the first official contact from an elder in over two years yesterday - to invite me to join up to ZOOM for the memorial!
When I reminded him that the 'slave' said memorial emblems were not required, he said, "Jehovah knows what's in everyone's heart."
@ Dubtown - in view of UK government restrictions, the bread & wine delivery elders will breaking laws which I feel will be enacted some time later today. :)
9 files arrived today.
(as of march 24, 2020).
2020-03-16--maintaining congregation meetings2020-03-16--public ministry during covid-192020-03-17--cancellation of branch visit2020-03-17--kingdom hall maintenance 2020-03-19--covid-19 events in kingdom halls2020-03-22--announcement2020-03-17--gbr--seldom-worked territory survey 20202020--setting up zoom manualzoom--online video-conferencing and meetingsall in zipped folder:https://we.tl/t-0tvs24jmlh petra!https://docdro.id/mzoh1pv
Petra - woo-hoo, I'll drink to that! Say thanks to Atlantis for me.
9 files arrived today.
(as of march 24, 2020).
2020-03-16--maintaining congregation meetings2020-03-16--public ministry during covid-192020-03-17--cancellation of branch visit2020-03-17--kingdom hall maintenance 2020-03-19--covid-19 events in kingdom halls2020-03-22--announcement2020-03-17--gbr--seldom-worked territory survey 20202020--setting up zoom manualzoom--online video-conferencing and meetingsall in zipped folder:https://we.tl/t-0tvs24jmlh petra!https://docdro.id/mzoh1pv
Thanks Atlantis & Petra.
Just one look and then my heart went boom......
what will happen after the covid-19 crisis?.
- economy with all the stand still corporations, people without work and mass injections of support money?.
- politics with the end of globalisation, closed borders and new geopolitic friends (italy / china russia), lack of support and working together in eu and local politics, did the current politician the right thing?.
Maybe - just maybe, because so many major governments will be in dire financial straits, they will turn their attention to all the tax-free religions to tell them that the gravy train has hit the buffers and it's now time for religions to pay their fair share in taxes.
Tax-free charitable status for religions cannot & should not be tolerated after this cataclysm!
people are not willing to accept the popularity of the watchtower and awake as these magazines belong to jw.
a listing site has declared the watchtower the most popular magazine in the world.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.
in comment section of this link people are abusing again jehovah's witnesses.
OK, your statistic might be 100% true. So what?
Any statistic which is based on numbers does not prove that something is good, true, or beneficial.
BBC World News has the largest audience of any news channel in the world.
Do you believe that everything the BBC says is true, or do you use your own reasoning?
although the effects of covid 19 are only just beginning to bite in most countries, i reckon that countless millions of people worldwide will remember 2020 as the year in which they lost something - whether it be a loved one, their business, their job, their home - the list will be very long.. the draconian measures in the uk alone mean that various rights and freedoms have already been lost by a nation, albeit temporarily..
Although the effects of Covid 19 are only just beginning to bite in most countries, I reckon that countless millions of people worldwide will remember 2020 as the year in which they lost something - whether it be a loved one, their business, their job, their home - the list will be very long.
The draconian measures in the UK alone mean that various rights and freedoms have already been lost by a nation, albeit temporarily.
3 german files as of march 23, 2020.. .
2020-03-18 letter.
2020-03-20 letter.
Danke schon!
let's add to the following list.
jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.
1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.
JWs are mistaken when they believe the Bible teaches that foreigners were not participants of the law covenant.
(the 'slave' teaches this in order to create a type/antitype for the 'anointed' and the 'other sheep.' wt 98 2/1 p.19, par. 6) Deuteronomy 29:10-15 rejects this false teaching.
@ COFTY - the intolerance of some people when Bible topics are raised, is very disheartening to many here IMO.
"while we have seen increased usage of our service globally, there are no assurances that we will also experience an increase in paying customers or that new or existing users will continue to utilize our services at the same levels after the outbreak has tempered,” zoom said in the filing.. https://mspoweruser.com/zoom-warns-investors-they-may-become-a-victim-of-their-own-success-as-costs-spiral/.
at the moment lots of jdumbs are using the 40 minute free modes, but the paper says it has made it free since the corona crisis.. i was just thinking this could lead to either a problem for jdumbs if zoom puts a hefty price for users or,their may be a opportunity for washtowel to dig their fingers into the pie as we have seen in their dealings.
its all about the money.. perhaps washtowel will develop their own and sell it to their members since they have most of this technology set up....donations can pour in again like water.... what are your thoughts!.
JW's - get ready to "voluntarily contribute" to the org's payment for Zoom. LOL.
The Warwick shysters will never pass up an opportunity to squeeze more cash from the sheeple.
