You really have to wonder about the intelligence /IQ level of those that have been in the religion for decades and still believe in this religion.?
my mind boggles
we got a call from close jw family, that it is now time to visit the kingdom hall again because armagedon is a question of a few months.
now it will happen in a very close time, the brothers say so, was the message.. i had earlier the feeling that jw's think the time has arrived because what they say and what they do, work like mad men with their chart every weekend.. so the expetations are high.. gorby's wife replied "how do you know, you should not know day and hour".
stay alert was the reaction.. so sad and so stupid.. g. .
You really have to wonder about the intelligence /IQ level of those that have been in the religion for decades and still believe in this religion.?
my mind boggles
w11 8/15 p. 22 questions from readers - “we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
the governing body does not keep a list of all partakers.. see this - s-21-e congregation's publisher record (2018-12).pdf
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6255453529964544/2019-elders-manual-whole-lot-more.
So in light of what has been advanced before us in previous posts are the GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses bare faced LIARS ? as the OP suggests ?
Or are we mis-interpretating it ?
Or do they get out of jail free card .?
in another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.
can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.
Maybe the GB /JW`s don`t commit themselves to explicitly saying a specific date ,but they sure as hell have implied many dates , many times in their publications ,special talks ,etc,etc.
What happened to the statement "This system of things can`t last any more than 5 years now things are so bad in the world" which I first heard when I converted in 1960 .
What a dickhead I am/was for staying in for 33 years and subjecting my family in it.
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14:1 says: "welcome the man having weaknesses in his faith, but do not pass judgment on differing opinions.
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These declarations make us wonder how the Society can reconcile their controlling and judgmental attitude and policies toward the brotherhood with those expressed statements above. What do you say?
I say, I can`t see how the WTB&TS / Jehovah`s Witnesses can justify anything they teach on any level when you compare what the Bible actually says about any subject and the interpretations the GB members through the WT publications demand their followers to adhere to or face a Judicial inquiry or be DF for not obeying the directions of the GB, who admit they make mistakes and are not inspired ?
Without ever apologizing ever for mistakes they don`t admit to ever making .
on saturday 02-02-2019 german jws got there silver sword.
rumour has it that all of europe received the translation yesterday, because gerrit lösch visited the european branch in selters (germany).
can anyone confirm that?.
Maybe one day they will thank their lucky stars they never received a Silver sword.
late yesterday there was a phone call from an old friend who i had not seen for some 5 years.
let's go out to dinner to celebrate the spring festival.
i should explain that my friend had just arrived that morning from china, had slept for a few hours and then called me.
Sounds like you had a great time FTS its good to catch up with old friends and have a good social outing.
in the elders manual under apostasy,.
"1) celebrating false religious holidays: (ex.
32:4-6; jer.
Don`t forget to have a VB,Fosters ,Carlton draught or any other true blue Ozzie beer zeb mate.
so i picked up an original copy of the 1920 millions book.
can anyone give me some of the most crazy wrong predictions in this book?
its a rare book that is a bit hard to find.
I was always a bit dubious about people who said the JW`s predicted the end was coming in 1925 ,I always understood that 1925 only dealt with the "resurrection of the faithful men of old " such as Abraham Isaac and Jacob.?
To rule as princes in all of the earth ?
Did I just answer my own question ?
Can you highlight where they state that the end would come in that year 1925 ?
I was a fan of Glenn Miller in the 50-60`s bought records of his music swing music as it was called.
I also liked the movie about him with Jimmy Stewart playing him.
The rumour was that his plane was accidently bombed by an American bombing raid while he was entertaing the troops during the war and we never saw or heard from him again.
Other great bands of that era were Tommy Dorsey ,Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman all excellent musos.
Thanks for the memory
smiddy
jehovah`s witnesses make a big deal about the 2 or 3 witnesses in judicial decisions yet they ignore that evidence when it suits them.. firstly :.
regarding the length of a generation matthew ch.1:17 gives a strong clue ,their are 3 lots of 14 generations mentioned which equal 42 generations from the time of abraham to jesus .. watchtower publications give abrahams birth as 2018 bc......they also give jesus birth as of 2 bc a period of 2016 years .
2016 yrs.
I bump this thread for the many newbies and lurkers who have visited this site with regards to a ballpark figure for the Biblical years of a generation.