im spending this morning drinking coffee and assembling/decorating my halloween tree!!!!!
(actually, imma call it a "decemberween tree" because i plan on leaving it up all the way thru new years.
kill two holidays with one stone).
to put in your 13 ghosts? thatll look good. did you see the other suggestion about sticking glow sticks inside the toilet paper tubes? i wanna do that but i dont have shrubs :(
i like the tombstones! youre gonna keep the corpse-coming-out-of the grave right?
yeah i think ill post some pics, but mine will probably be unimpressive since im fading (baby steps lol). next year will be off the chain tho!!!! i think halloween is gonna be my favorite holiday!!!!! :D
i've been thinking a lot about the new faithful and discreet slave understanding.. first of all, i regard the faithful and discreet slave doctrine to be the core doctrine of jehovah's witnesses.
without a single charismatic leader like other cults, the watchtower society needed to have something to keep the rank and file in line.
the fds doctrine was mysterious and served to give the organisation a leadership structure that appeared to be directly connected to god.
but couldnt they announce that "_______ is no longer a Jehovahs witness" without any legal rammifications? isnt that why they stopped using "df'ed & da'ed"? so they can still fommand the cong to shun and not be sued?
im spending this morning drinking coffee and assembling/decorating my halloween tree!!!!!
(actually, imma call it a "decemberween tree" because i plan on leaving it up all the way thru new years.
kill two holidays with one stone).
yeah!!! i saw that on your "halloween at ziddy's house"! im totally gonna try that!!
awww i wish i could go to your housefor halloween. post your decorations & costume this year againpls!!!
im spending this morning drinking coffee and assembling/decorating my halloween tree!!!!!
(actually, imma call it a "decemberween tree" because i plan on leaving it up all the way thru new years.
kill two holidays with one stone).
zid!!! check out my tree!
i've been thinking a lot about the new faithful and discreet slave understanding.. first of all, i regard the faithful and discreet slave doctrine to be the core doctrine of jehovah's witnesses.
without a single charismatic leader like other cults, the watchtower society needed to have something to keep the rank and file in line.
the fds doctrine was mysterious and served to give the organisation a leadership structure that appeared to be directly connected to god.
whoa! DT you just blew mymind with the 1985 thing!! so how did that work (i wasnt aroundback then) did they just announce "if anyone isnt cool with this change, nows your chance to walk away"? and what were the questions pre 1985? why was it such a big change?
i've been thinking a lot about the new faithful and discreet slave understanding.. first of all, i regard the faithful and discreet slave doctrine to be the core doctrine of jehovah's witnesses.
without a single charismatic leader like other cults, the watchtower society needed to have something to keep the rank and file in line.
the fds doctrine was mysterious and served to give the organisation a leadership structure that appeared to be directly connected to god.
DT- i think you've pretty much nailed it with the whole embarrassment over the newly annointed. im not so sure about rival factions being viewed as a threat, im stil "in"and ive never heard about any concerns about this. the fear and dread of apostasy that the GB has already instilled is pretty freakin intense.
i would add to the speculation that they are going to make more changes (even more controversial ones) and this was their needed first step, so their authority could not be questioned by anyone, no matter how weird they get (i have a feeling they are going to get more strict about some things and make some financial decisions that could upset the flock).
snare & racket- also very good points. ive heard some annointed says the same things. wow. interesting what you propose about it just being an 'apostate trap'. i remember one of those circulating around 2000-2001 (something about the door to door work stopping), some people got in some hot water backthen! i dontthink this is a trap but im keepin my mouth shut till its announced at meeting just in case...
im spending this morning drinking coffee and assembling/decorating my halloween tree!!!!!
(actually, imma call it a "decemberween tree" because i plan on leaving it up all the way thru new years.
kill two holidays with one stone).
ohhhhhh hes soooo cute its awesome! what did you name him?
i wanna get one and put him in an easter bunny suit.
no rules anymore! lol!
"strike while the iron is hot!
jehovah's witnesses are confused regarding the present "times and seasons", more brothers and sisters are resigning themselves to the fact, that they will probably die before jesus christ returns.
men and women are realizing things don't make sense, yet they continue to put their heads down and remain loyal to "men", not jehovah god.
oh i sure hope youre right about people leaving wtbts in masses.
its just that, well, when someone says "the end of the watchtowers system of things is so close at hand" my my knee jerk reaction is to think "oh so nothing is gonna happen"...i wonder where i get that...
but it makes sense, i think theyll push the envelope too far withthe crazy and many will reach their breaking point. the elderly will stay tho.
yeah, i also love that sparlock quote! nice one!
the following is pure, 100% speculation, but i think it's fun to do anyway..... .
as has been posted on numerous threads, the "biggie" coming out of the annual meeting this past weekend is that now the "faithful and discreet slave" is considered to be the jw governing body only - not "all anointed nes on earth".. and has been posted, it seems that the most recent direct statement of the "old light" - that the fds is composed of "all anointed" - was made in 2009.. so that makes me think - what happened between 2009 & 2012 to elicit such a change?.
both jack barr & ted jaracz - the last of the "old guard" - died in 2010.. the gb went from 9 members down to 7.. assuming that the "2/3 majority" rule as written about by ray franz was still in effect, this scenario seems plausible:.
i third BoC's suggestion. this was just the groundwork to make sure they ALONE have authority to get as weird and f'd up as they want (theyve been hinting at it for a while).
things are about to get REAL crazy.
oh im so glad im awake now, cause this is some crazy s**t!
ooooooooooh!
who's with me??!?!?.
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yay! thank you Jamie!!!!!!
