Posts by road to nowhere

i was listening to the co talk to my wife’s congregation on sunday and pretty much the complete talk was justifying doctrinal and organizational changes and pretty much preparing the ‘rank and file’ for upcoming changes.

anyone on hear have any insight of what ‘new light’ is coming in the future?.

road to nowhere

Dang. I fell asleep now i will have to ask for cliff notes. One thing, the talks are written so it is uniform every week. Barely time allowed for local needs which used to be the reason for a CO visit

"Big changes" are usually underwhelming.

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Dedicated funds

by road to nowhere in

in one of the videos there was a mention of how hard the great eight work.

i noticed that they had to decide how to use donated money---not dedicated money.

a subtle difference..

road to nowhere

In one of the videos there was a mention of how hard the great eight work. I noticed that they had to decide how to use donated money---not dedicated money. A subtle difference.

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Advice requested version 3

by Gorb in

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this week i have to travel a long way by car with my 75 year old father.. he was a liberal elder, but with climbing of the years and the correct covid trouble, hé takes all possibility's to let me know the chaos is what we expected and the big a is around the corner.

because of the love and respect i have for him, i want to avoid the conversation, but that will be very dificult.. now i have the idea to talk with him about the conversation at it self, if he starts his endtime speech about woke, gender and putin.. i have a flowchart that i want to discribe the risks of the conversation.. whould this work out?

to talk about the meta factors of the conversation?.

road to nowhere

Just agree. It sounds like he will not remember much anyway.

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Missed opportunity of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Abraham1 in

jesus had foretold that people of "last days" would “faint out of fear” because of things such as “sea-level rise’ as part of “signs of last days” in luke 21:25. bible translators—including new world translation of jehovah’s witnesses—missed the real meaning as they translated it as “roaring of the sea and its agitation.” (https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/nwt/books/luke/21/).

more careful translations such as niv put it: “roaring and tossing of the sea.” (https://biblehub.com/luke/21-25.htm) word for “tossing” is σάλου (salou), from saino; i.e., billow,” (swell outwards).

thus underlying thought is like balloon swelling, or water flowing outwards, as though ready to roll over, thus points to the modern terminology “sea-level rise.” biblos interlinear translation (int:) translates it as “of [the] sea and rolling surge.” “rolling sea.” (a greek lexicon to the new testament, edward robinson (d.d., page 416) (a greek lexicon to the new testament on the basis of dr. robinson ... by c. robson).. jesus’ original use of the wording “tossing of the sea” is another way of saying “sea-level would rise” as a result of pollution of air.

road to nowhere

Risking not taking my own advice. The WT is full on board with climate change, same as earthquakes, you know, ruining the earth.

Didnt jesus say men would be weenies?

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So I was at a jw wedding and guess what!

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the major topic of conversation was that almost all do not want to go back to the meetings and field service!

and we are talking very zealous and active witnesses!

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road to nowhere

Well it is easier to sleep. With no picture and sound the snoring doesn't attract attention. There will be a " I told you so" on having children by the withered crones. We decrepit old ones will have an out for a while.

I do not see a hybrid meeting work. What would work is an honest message not aimed at the slowest mind.

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So, When Did They Stop Singing?

by Atlantis in

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rutherford said:.

a few words like the above pronounced at the beginning of the study would be far more beneficial than to occupy the same time in singing songs, which often express much that is out of harmony with the truth of and concerning god's kingdom.watchtower/1938/may/1st/pg.139 .

back then, they had what was called: order of study, and this is what every overseer was instructed to say to the audience.. .

road to nowhere

They used to sing hymns. Then moved away from any church songs that had " connections" to Babylon the great.

Now the piano is gone, any likeable melody is rewritten ( butchered), and any poetic structure is redone as it may sound "kingjamesey".

Any multilingual? I question translating the songs and keeping the meter, rhyme, and sentiment over a hundred languages

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Sad thing about JW funerals

by joe134cd in

i live in a country that has had reasonably low levels of covid.

bearing this in mind i’d like to discuss my thoughts on 2 jw funerals i attended during this time.. (funeral 1) even though there were no governmental restrictions at the time, the official stance of wt was the halls were shut down.

despite this the local congregation decided to open the hall up for the service and a reception at a private premises.

road to nowhere

And it is a Sunday talk with brief mention of the person. Even in person there is not enough interaction, a lot of attendees go for old times week and the reception. Zoom makes it worse.

I would not have anything if I could. Given that a family needs closure a open buffet, maybe drinks, done by a caterer and my choice of music, or at least not the usual kingdom malady ditty.

The best I have been to were a methodist, Presbyterian, and catholic, complete with piper.

If you remember the Jameson " Dear brother" it had a nice sentiment if the crowd is able bodied

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

road to nowhere

My (faulty at times) memory says some things have doubled over the last 2 or 3 years.

I don't know if it is factored in, but things that would store seldom go on sale. We used to buy extra peanut butter, detergent, canned goods, anything we would use when it was on special. I still have to argue with myself to buy things without the shopping around. The extra gasoline is an ignored consideration. We still plan, Walmart produce is usually poorer quality than a further away grocer, and there are still a few luxury (Target couponed filet) we splurge on.