awake 73 3/22 p.12 "....the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances, as the new york times reported: most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in games to the chess board.
but in some homes tensions linger long past checkmate.
chess has been a game of war since it was originated 1,400 years ago....the games connections with war are obvious...a play-substitute for the art of war.
I was in the school chess team for five years. My elder father didn't seem to mind.
I was in the school football team too - again I got no flack about that, Lucky I guess.
I think it's all about control - they don't want you doing ANYTHING outside their mind numbing, repetitive brainwashing sessions.
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.
and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
And why the change to being a conscience matter now?
👍 Thanks for the update.
Anyone show a link to the change in the wt literature?
this is the watchtower study article being studied today.
so it’s the current new light!.
what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.
When the hell did they start to call avery shite theocratic job a 'privilege'!!!!
he asked why we have them over for dinner....we are not disfellowshiped just faded away so we can still have dinner with witness friends now we have known for 10 years.
alot of "faders" do same.
you might listen to afew dumb scriptures from them but still friends..
I found that over time, the hardcore JW friends I had couldn't handle any doubt cast on their beliefs
This is one of the things I really really dislike about the jw religion - why can't they just admit that their 'leaders' do not have a telephone line to God and make it all up as they go along??
well, i'm still processing this one.
saturday morning just gone.
my wife says: "there's a man in a suit at the door!
Mmm wonder if they tell the bible studies about this:
video # 1,246: how can the governing body be considered the "channel of communication" from jehovah without being inspired .
the collapse of governing body member jeffrey winder's arguments: a critical look at a jehovah's witness excuse [by watchtower examination, winston gillum - montego bay, jamaica].
the governing body of jehovah's witnesses believe & teach millions upon millions of jehovah's witnesses world wide that they as a body, are not inspired or infallible.
The 'Governing Body' is a WT concept that now treads extremely carefully to avoid any legal comeback for its wacky and totally zany ever changing teachings.
a present-spimi friend texted me to ask me the name of my congregation--which is my former and last one that i left right after becoming completely/presently pomo.
she was a longtime buddy, who was pimq-pimo-ppimi-on-occasion for many decades.
then shortly before the pandemic, she was dating a brother who was reaching out to become an ms [mind you, this guy was a mic-handler for several decades as well--until an older brother (who was a close friend of his uncle--who converted him into the cultporation years ago--encouraged him to the point of harrassing him to move up the wt corporate ladder🙄😤].
I would perhaps ignore the question and carry on the relationship as if the question had never been asked.
Then if she asks again in the future, you know your friend has some sort of agenda.
If like myself you have never signed the contact form asking permission to store your personal details (around 2018??) I'm not sure what the congregation could do about you anyway?
2025*s*147*06*june ( next elder manual is due in september ).
english*german*french.
https://app.filemail.com/d/rausnpplnmhsemj .
Many thanks!
so my wife ran into a elder i new 10 years ago and invites him to dinner!!!!!
he arives and gives me a bear hug...love bombing!
he started talking about armegedon is really very very close.
He started talking about Armageddon is really very very close.
Oh no, and we've already booked our summer holiday for May next year!!!
Nevermind, it was so close, and the end of the end of the end even in the year I was born (1967) from them, so I MIGHT just be ok!!!😉
i just read this.
don’t know if anybody here has seen the video.. the intended result of this is to obviously scare ‘faders’ out of the shadows.
now, they are being threatened with loss of association with their loved ones and friends.
And it's not a cult!!!!!!!
