it has been almost one year since the members of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses resigned as directors of the legal corporations.
the expressed reason for this change was printed as a special announcement in the january 15, 2001 watchtower, page 31:.
this decision is beneficial indeed.
AlanF,
Oh yes I forgot, we will be judged based on how we "treat the least of Christ brother" (the GB). I guess we do that by blindly following the heavy loads they put upon the R&F and hope they will give us a favorable ruling when they are sitting on their glorious thrones judging mankind.
And if we don't, well they will go ahead and judge us now, throw us out of the congregation destine for everlasting destruction.
it has been almost one year since the members of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses resigned as directors of the legal corporations.
the expressed reason for this change was printed as a special announcement in the january 15, 2001 watchtower, page 31:.
this decision is beneficial indeed.
Good day nytelecom1,
sure they have, they have been able to prepare a special
meeting the day after the annual meeting
Do you know what the nature of this meeting is? Will some new light be flashed forth?
Inquiring minds want to know.
when a minister skied to church, his board of elders accused him of desecrating the sabbath.
''why mom,ye skied on the lord's holy day,'' said one of the elders.
the minister protested; but that was the only way i could have come to services.
Interesting, I recently moved next door to a SDA church. I noticed that they hold a service on Saturday mornings instead of Sunday. Why is this? Is the Sabbath on Saturday or Sunday for the SDA? or is this just a local thing in my area? What can/can't a SDA do on a Sabbath day?
i have never felt the intervention of the holy spirit in my life.
maybe that is one of the reasons i never felt like a good christian.. i think someone can take any situation and say it was the holy spirit acting in their life if they want to believe bad enough.
i saw my mother do this many times.. anyone here had any experiences that they felt was the holy spirit acting in their lives?
I have never felt the intervention of the Holy Spirit in my life. Maybe that is one of the reasons I never felt like a good christian.
I think someone can take any situation and say it was the Holy Spirit acting in their life if they want to believe bad enough. I saw my mother do this many times.
Anyone here had any experiences that they felt was the Holy Spirit acting in their lives? And for those who did, how do you feel about it now that you are no longer a JW? Could it have been just a coincidence or do you still feel it was Holy Spirit?
deep, dark secrets.. horrible, ugly things that dwell in shadows.. things no one speaks about.
topics that are avoided.. in some groups, it might be a murder, or an act of incest.. but with the watchtower, of all the dark secrets hidden from view,.
there is one uglier and more horrible than any other by far.. it is this:.
Hello Metatron,
Great Post,
This shows where the priorities for the WTBS are:
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ over the lives of their own followers.
The best these men can hope for is that they were wrong about everything and will not face any judgement before god. Then they can just die and leave the problem to someone else to worry about.
it has been almost one year since the members of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses resigned as directors of the legal corporations.
the expressed reason for this change was printed as a special announcement in the january 15, 2001 watchtower, page 31:.
this decision is beneficial indeed.
It has been almost one year since the members of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses resigned as directors of the legal corporations.
The expressed reason for this change was printed as “A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT” in the January 15, 2001 Watchtower, page 31:
This decision is beneficial indeed. It allows members of the Governing Body to spend more time in preparing spiritual food and in otherwise caring for the spiritual needs of the worldwide brotherhood.
Many Witnesses rejoiced over this change last October, as it would undoubtedly benefit the rank and file Witnesses with spiritual food and new light.
The majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses know that adjustments to policy or “current truth” come by way of the Questions From Readers column in the Watchtower magazine.
So what has the Governing Body been doing for the past year to up-build the flock with spiritual food?
The latest QFR should give us a clue. October 15, 2001 Questions From Readers asks:
How were the poles for carrying the ark of the covenant positioned, since 1 Kings 8:8 indicates that they were visible from the Holy?
We then get a full page of information on just how the poles for the ark of the covenant might have been stored while not being transported and yet able to be seen from the holy. In paragraph 3 the writer states:
While this explanation is plausible, we cannot be dogmatic about it.
Thank God for that! I was worried that being dogmatic about how the poles of the ark were stored might somehow upset my life in a major way.
Yet the GB can hypocritically be dogmatic about other stupid rules that were enforced by way of the QFR many years ago that seriously effect peoples lives every day. These rules are in no way bible based; however violation of them will get you dis-fellowshipped from the congregation based on nothing more than a QFR column.
How is it that the GB can be dogmatic about these rules, and then proudly state how they can’t be dogmatic about how the poles are stored for the ark that was destroyed over 2500 years ago?
Loyal JW’s wake up. This GB is doing NOTHING to help the flock if this is the best they can come up with after a year of working at it full time.
it seems part of the experience of seeing the truth about 'the troof' is an abundance of negative feelings.
this can be detrimental even if it is necessary.. so in the interest of helping us balance out our negative feelings, here's a list of "happiness tips":.
1. think happy.
Hello Ozzie,
Thanks for sharing these tips! I have printed them off and will be sharing them with my children this weekend.
I don't think that we can overdose on happieness. The more the better.
can you all enlighten me, i have heard certain "bethel rules" and wanted to find out if they are fact or fiction.
1. only one item on any surface at any time (a phone or lamp etc.. as long as it is just 1 item.).
2. allowance of $80 a month for toiletries etc... (has that allowance gone up).
basically, its like a collage dorm from what he says :)
If the WTS did a better job to advertise advertise advertise they would have one serious waiting list.
can you all enlighten me, i have heard certain "bethel rules" and wanted to find out if they are fact or fiction.
1. only one item on any surface at any time (a phone or lamp etc.. as long as it is just 1 item.).
2. allowance of $80 a month for toiletries etc... (has that allowance gone up).
Is it true that when flushing the toilet you must stand there and watch it go down, and then give a second flush if needed?
anyone pick up the latest copy of newsweek?
on the cover is a bunch of mormomns and they stare at me as if to say bwahahahaha.. anyone read the article?
it looks in favor of mormons and ignores the many signs of it being a cult.
I get Newsweek and only got a quick look until one of my family members made off with the magazine.
What I did manage to pick out from the article so far was:
1. 12 million Mormons, most in the USA
2. 90% of all politicians in Utah are Mormon.
3. Most heads of all business in Utah are Mormon.
4. They are renaming the church from "The Mormon Church"
to the "Christian church of Christ" ? Something like that, the
point is they want to be known as Christians.
5. They are trying to put more emphasis on Jesus and less on their
Unique prophets.
6. They are trying to become more mainstream.
7. They are using the Olympics to show case the Mormon religion.
However they deny that they are using the Olympics to try and
recruit
If I can find the Mag tonight I will post more later.
