study article: who is leading god's people today?
start of paragraph 12.. standard version: "the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.
therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction.".
Well said DD!
The fact that they expect witnesses to "preach" something that can very well turn out to be incorrect, is one of the most disturbing things ever!
I happened to me with the "superior Authorities" at a bible study.(let god be true) I had made a brilliant defense of the untenable, already changed proposition, S.O. = J&J. so:--wt will never make a fool of me again. they are the fools fooling around with doctrine fit for the latrine.
i'm sorry--i'm getting this very sensitive vibe that the org (mainly those at the top) don't have any respect--forget about love--for sisters of color.
i'm coming to this conclusion from a couple of videos on jw broadcasting about single sisters.. after watching this video: .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjrbkggp4g.
There are many matriarchies in the world, and more are emerging. The lionesses of those societies will chafe under the entrenched male ancient religions : Paul: " it is a disgrace for a woman to speak in the assembly of the holy ones,"--" no woman allowed to teach--" . The current Pope: "Woman will never become priests, never. --" , so if you are used to dominate your men, regardless of hue,j ust allowing their macho antics, find a religion that suits you. Now: in praise of Asian woman, colour: pleasant. dominating men without these noticing it.
i notice that anthony weiner is now in 'sex therapy'.
one of the therapy sessions involves him riding a horse around a forested area.
no doubt the tranquil ride through leafy glades and down meandering trails will help to keep his mind off of young girls.
did not Mrs Romney, of near- presidential fame claim a prancing horse as medical expense for hrt therapy?
large article at the top of page 20 in today's - 6th november 2016 - sunday observer, the 'sister' newspaper in the uk of the guardian which only prints monday to saturday.. the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children - nspcc - is the uk's leading children's charity, specialising in child protection and are the only uk children's charity with statutory powers and that means they can take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse.. the headline in the web version is slightly different, but the rest of the article appears to be the same.
nspcc rejects plan for 'mandatory reporting' of suspected child abuse.
the government’s consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect was launched amid concerns about past abuse in some of the country’s major institutions.
This just adds more evidence that child abuse goes right to the top.
and the top does everything to cover up it's involvement.
that is the wt dilemma, the bible does not address the problem. Solomon put a near= pubescent girl (the shulamite, Songs 8:8) under sexual harassment. no sanctions.
so: how do you find your course with savile, Rotherham, Cologne the RC, all taking the headlines.
In germany too, some government agencies want to give the ok to the child marriages among the millions of migrants flooding the country.
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perhaps some of you remember a new understanding of the sheep and the goats in the epic march 2015 wt study edition - specifically the article "loyally supporting christ's brothers".. while this article was studied many months ago, it was instrumental in helping me wake up.
during my study of the 2015 article i recalled that we had just revised our understanding of the sheep and the goats a few years ago and this caused me to research the real progression of the jw understanding of this parable.
i put the results of my research in an excel spreadsheet.. .
THE VERY FACT THAT THE GOATS SAY : --WHEN DID WE NOT FEED YOU,--?
indicates that they expected to have done it, but somehow failed to achieve it. One way of course is ,--to not give it to the genuinely least, but to the brass.
perhaps some of you remember a new understanding of the sheep and the goats in the epic march 2015 wt study edition - specifically the article "loyally supporting christ's brothers".. while this article was studied many months ago, it was instrumental in helping me wake up.
during my study of the 2015 article i recalled that we had just revised our understanding of the sheep and the goats a few years ago and this caused me to research the real progression of the jw understanding of this parable.
i put the results of my research in an excel spreadsheet.. .
The unusual feature of the sheep in the parable is, that they are surprised at the true importance of their humanitarian deed to the needy ones. They ask for an explanation: " when did we--"
Wt has taken the surprise out of that coming judgement, by declaring themselves to be the needy ones.
If ever there will be such a judgement, any help, money given to the fake least ones will obviously not classify those deceived as sheep,
wt, by making the gifts predictable, wt has taken the surprise out of giving. taken the
prospective life from the sheep, by falsifying the detail and spirit of the scripture.
PS: as a matter of fact the supporters of the fake least ones would be compelled to say: "when did we not feed you, --- hey, we gave all to your supposed brothers, the top guys--" who did say that in the parable? you are right, the goats. wt magic, turning sheep into goats without them realizing it, done by false doctrines.
perhaps some of you remember a new understanding of the sheep and the goats in the epic march 2015 wt study edition - specifically the article "loyally supporting christ's brothers".. while this article was studied many months ago, it was instrumental in helping me wake up.
during my study of the 2015 article i recalled that we had just revised our understanding of the sheep and the goats a few years ago and this caused me to research the real progression of the jw understanding of this parable.
i put the results of my research in an excel spreadsheet.. .
wt writers have made this parable a very narrow, scary triage scenario. At the present this "sitting down for judgement" will happen at the end of the overlapping anointed generation. With another Fredrik Franz carrying the baton of life, that will take us into ~2075, a nice centennial to throw wj land into an end-of-the-world franzy. This current light light really says: thanks for the money, the time folks, but sorry you did not live during the judgement session.
Would not the stumbling of wt from one erroneous doctrine version to another disqualifies them from from being family to the ones that can not err, lie? and then the cheerful givers concentrate on the least, and not on the already glorious ones?
ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.
I agree, throughout my long life, i am ~ 86 % through my normal family life expectancy, I have truly enjoyed being close to nature's forces, involved in creating novelty and family life. so, reaching beyond that, is icing on the cake, and normal; about details:
To me, the creator would not be totally shapeless, because his size would always exceed that of the spacetime universe we inhabit. not time less, au contraire, he has all the time in, and outside the world, whereas we at any given moment inhabit only an edge, or point of it. and not positionless, because having created the universe, his position would then have been outside that point, and still be, at minimum, outside the limit of the expansion; any inside "position" would limit him to fit into our confines. so, yes, knowing some science makes the juicy human experience even richer.
ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.
immanentism might be the word that best defines my worldview . Creative laws are being applied again and again. The creator is just that, a worker. Remember, -creation has done quite well without us discovering the details of it now, and that knowledge might instill the illusion in some, that understanding somehow eliminated the creative process to have happened in the first place. Our great science achievements can make us blase^ or deepen our awe and gratitude. imho.
ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.
I see in nature, even inanimate, an irresistible pressure to create novelty, to evolve.
Does any of this matter at all?,
Where? in the same timeframe he was before we emerged from the point in time, moving outward. what is the creator? I do not know. He has no position in the spatial universe. would he need to? He was outside the universe when it was at plank size and he still is, but if you think of "him" as a large female, we would be embraced by him. --semblance to human constructs of the divine now or in the past? no. uninformed feeble misguided attempts. No mechanism for contact have been detected, I imagine there should be a flow of gratitude though. --No, It does not know everything, by choice, not even the future, as we develop it, but even we can predict mechanical events ( August 21, 2017 10 am. ) An eternal creator would already be in the far future, but that does not mean he can or would want to know what we are going to be up to, after all, here are far more interesting possibilities right?
Does it matter? well, my parents matter to me, and I hope I will matter to my children, ---one day.
