i always hated suit, shirt and tie and wondered why men of all walks of life should be forced to wear these uncomfortable clothes and spend the money on them.
it should be remembered some of the worst people wear them, like creepy joe, putin, dirty corrupt frauds in business, law etc.
and of course al capone.
Mandatory for zoom. Sets the mood they say. Half cameras are off.
Dont forget the dresses and skirts complete with hose. But no pants suits.
I have one very good suit for special occasions; usually a funeral for old workmates. I think it shows respect in certain settings. Of course the witness memorials are still zoom and a sermon. I will wear a tie if on camera to not do anything to detract for the bereaved.
in a recent post ffghost made a comment about how they're always inserting modern concepts into biblical narratives to make it relatable to jw's organization.
here are some that come to mind:.
- the capitalized term "governing body" when referring to the older men in jerusalem (really just another group of christians that paul outspokenly disagreed with and didn't look to for approval).
Lets not forget that bristlecone pine in Awake that predates the flood. You know the flood that covered all the mountains.
in a recent post ffghost made a comment about how they're always inserting modern concepts into biblical narratives to make it relatable to jw's organization.
here are some that come to mind:.
- the capitalized term "governing body" when referring to the older men in jerusalem (really just another group of christians that paul outspokenly disagreed with and didn't look to for approval).
They taught a beard was sign of imperfection too. Perfect man no beard
I think the door to door with scrolls was a study article. J remember the comments like it was a photo.
there is another way to fellowship with your loved ones after disagreeing with the wt besides getting reinstated.
all you have to do is fling yourself off a boat and start drowning, says watchtower:.
"suppose, then, a member of a christian congregation boating on a lake were to see another boat containing a disfellowshiped person capsize, throwing the disfellowshiped one into the water where he struggled to stay afloat.
The sad part is they felt the need to give comments on human actions.
Was there a life jacket? Was the woman hot? And if so was there a second person present?
so a jw elder acquaintance sent me an email "encouraging" me to return to the organization, including this little nugget of a quote from today's wt session,*** w21 november p. 23 par.
11 how strong will your faith be?
***learn to trust those whom jehovah and jesus trust.
The governing body is God's channel because god says so. They themselves hold up the many times they are right as proof
organized shunning will stop when money stops.
I am under the impression the state collects tithes from the public. So I can designate my religion and that portion of my taxes go there. So this would no longer be done.
I am USA so there us a line item for charity. Be it a church, goodwill, St. Jude. Of course most of us working people get the blanket deduction instead under Trumps rewrite.
Aside: two friends complained about about losing itemized deductions. Poor them. I have never gotten it through their thick skulls that if ( for example) your deductions add up to 6000, the directions say to write in 10000 anyway. In my case the deductions add up to 1500 and I still write in 10000.
i have noticed this on many many forums.
so i don't have this forum in mind for this topic.
so you may have noticed this also, but many times on threads once someone does an attack or a negative comment about someone, or the way they write or anything else on the thread, everyone else seems to just pile on by reaction not thought.
Sometimes it is a response to a troll, others it is trolls. Moderators shouid freeze or delete comments, ban some posters but dont
Never is anything constructive gained by the name calling or insults and certainly it closes any chance to learn.
update some upstanding jw are experiencing social isolation isnt that what df and da people feel?reap sow karma..
Prov 18:1. The upper echelons are certainly isolated from real life and seek power and reject common sense.
As for zoom, it is a poor substitute for real interaction. Loud unintelligible conversation, mis focused and aimed cameras, break rooms without your interests being discussed. Meanwhile the world is working, going to stores, eating out, visiting. while true believers are under the bed sucking their thumb waiting for everyone to die.
which sentences are technically correct.
1 the watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 2. the watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 3. the watchtower society keeps changing its doctrines.. 4. watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 5. watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 6. the society keeps changing its doctrines.. 7. the watchtower organization keeps changing its doctrines.. 8. the watch tower organization keeps changing its doctrines..
Van
Right. Slave only has a meaning for in ones, short for the faithful discreet slave class. Watchtower and Jehovah s witnesses are best under stood by the world.
The governing body and branch are mixed up by most. The ocho locos vs. the corporation that runs a particular country or region.
Hall (building) is often used to mean congregation ( a group that usually shares a hall).
when the president is going somewhere to talk about an infrastructure bill, and wants support for ever more endless spending, some of which is for bridge reconstruction, having a bridge collapse on the very day and in the very place he's going just seems "too perfect", doesn't it?.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60173771.
Photo op
Now if only the infrastructure bill would actually cover infrastructure
