it was in this week's bible reading.
mark 6:21: "but a convenient day came along when herod spread an evening meal on his birthday for his top-ranking men and the military commanders and the foremost ones of galilee.".
look at the various renderings of this verse.
This episode was perhaps a thinly veiled (pun intended) pornshow involving possibly an under-age performer.
Once the hormone kick in, things will happen, life expectancy plummet. Prov.7:22
Even today, people in the oil countries if caught, will be shortened by a foot at the top. even if of the royal line.
anniversaries are a celebrationnot not of death but of life. are you alive?
i'm sure many of us still remember these times when the organization used to sell food at conventions.. i also remember that when this was stopped, the official reason was that the "brothers" were missing some of the program because of all the preparations.
typical watchtower "pretend we care" excuse.. i've wondered if there is another reason behind it, tied to perhaps finances or logistics that was the real deciding factor.
history and typical "modus operandi" of the society tells me that if there was some money to be made that way, they would not have stopped.. wonder if anybody has more info on this..
even Jesus gave up after two tries, then cut back to 13. now, patterned after that, food and drink is only for the increasing remnant.
i'm sure many of us still remember these times when the organization used to sell food at conventions.. i also remember that when this was stopped, the official reason was that the "brothers" were missing some of the program because of all the preparations.
typical watchtower "pretend we care" excuse.. i've wondered if there is another reason behind it, tied to perhaps finances or logistics that was the real deciding factor.
history and typical "modus operandi" of the society tells me that if there was some money to be made that way, they would not have stopped.. wonder if anybody has more info on this..
as anything offered "no strings attached", it was probably abused. like the love feasts in early christianity.
I remember the the kids of all ages feeding the alligators in the lake in front of the Griffin road Assembly Hall in FL with the free food.
next step would have been Lion petting zoo if the GT would have come.
reason to stop: high cost, uncertain income, no controlled income in 3rd world countries. could not have been a sustained world wide work.
i was doing some research when i found korah's parable on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/korah.
korah incited all the people against moses, arguing that it was impossible to endure the laws instituted by the latter.
he told them the following parable: "a widow, the mother of two young daughters, had a field.
good research.reminds me of the old kingdom song lyrics: take ---my live, take my all---
no wonder many here wish for watchtower's fall.
Korah is a nice story for those in power.
of course the latter day moses class will not make it into the antitype promised land either.
Killing the goose that layed the golden egg.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/picture-activities/lots-wife-becomes-salt/.
is it me or is this kinda sick?
i mean i can understand learning from the account, but this is kinda deviant.
of course on family worship night Dad can creatively get into the wt-control spirit and read the whole account and
have Lots wife's picture daubed with molasses and mustard to illustrate the tar, brimstone and fire that engulfed all in the neighborhood.
It feels so good playing God. Lesson:
scared to disobey,
Fun to shun (playing God)
1) i wonder why (or how) the wts can claim copyright over the food it dispenses, given that it says the food is spirit directed and from jehovah?
surely the copyright should reside with jehovah himself?
can you copyright god's word(s)?.
In one of the fables of the F&DS, Luke 12, the slave who is "misjudging the time" gets beaten with many strokes. Question:
Does the judge have the right to use the copy-righted material that turned out to be PATENTLY false, erroneous, damaging, kept secret-- in arriving at his judgement? is he likely to?
since all the hidden things will become manifest, will secrecy, copyrights ultimately protect from the consequences?
is there more fear of men than of God?
is there no fear of God because there is no belief in God?
is to copy not a right? is it not right to copy?
in a nutshell: i think that (and i do not enjoy thinking about this)...i think that the crazies within the religion (who range from just low level people to co elder do and up) have won so many battles at this point (over the more balanced people/ideas)......that the people who tend to think in a more balanced fashion (whether they themselves be low level or higher up) are getting to be the real minority.
i think this dynamic, will be what finally sinks the ship.. as we see with any organization (corporate or otherwise), many times there are reports that make you wonder (how is this thing alive or prospering?
), and upon closer scrutiny, there are strong people in the background holding the walls up (who themselves get little attention).
In a nutshell, It will end up with the NUTSinHELL. (pardon the breaking rule 3).
seriously, Gladiators illustration might say it well,
The hammer is going to come down.
Thor at the door.
downside..... sixteen months in total confinement with your spouse.. plus-side..... going into space and becoming the first humans to enter mars orbit.. any takers?.
http://news.sky.com/story/1057890/mars-mission-tito-project-seeks-married-pair.
by the way, it's in 2018 - so if you're not married yet, i guess there's still time!.
water (liquid) will be scares and recicled. all of it. heard of the 7 year itch?
but there were some precedent long distance couples (NOT married) in cramped quarters:-- Emilia Erhard and her navigator and --the non - stop , not refueling earth - circling prop plane flight (plane now hanging in the Smithonian in DC)
Its a stunt. money could be spent better:
Hi tech crash program to educate people stuck in cults. get payd as you learn the real truth.
that's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .
http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.
anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .
scaring kids with salt ladies, close calls with knifes,-- just like Red riding hood's wolf, hansel and gretel's cannibal oven. opening the way of hidden fear and then for swallowing all the other religious bunk.
not getting the message of Rom. 15:4 :" --written aforetimes--through COMFORT from the scriptures --- have HOPE."
not comfort, not hope, CONTROL.
so first, let me explain my mindset upon reading the new light regarding the fds.
as has been commented almost universally i knew right away that a lot of people probably thought it was always this way.
i found it shocking, but thats another issue.
better thought-out spiritual food with more depth is now available for the faithful. . The GB wants to head (for the heard) that development off at the pass, by defining (with punishment of death for dissenters) very narrowly the only sanctioned communal kitchen. :
the FEW ANNOINTED ACTING TOGETHER at headquarters.
No study, no analysing, no humor, no discussion, no spiritual advancement for the "sheep". but
it can not be done without protection Eccl. 7:12 "---Money is for a protection---" there is where the emphasis is. not on truth, not doctrine.
