Posts by trevor

if over time the org has transformed into what it is today what do you think it will be in 10,20,50 years time considering they are a multi million/billion org will it even be a religion anymore

We have seen in recent years a watering down of the whole religion. Three day assemblies are now one day. Meetings are shorter. Less hours for regular pioneers. Many laws have now been deemed matter of conscience - Blood, voting.

The books contain more pictures and less study. I hear they have stopped making the bound volumes. Now the Watchtower is a member only magazine and the three scripture door step sermon of years ago, ending with a three book sale, has been replaced with giving out free tracts, which congregations have to pay for.

The attacks on other religions have ceased. The dress code has changed. It will continue on in this way and as the die hard old GB members die off the new breed will continue the dilution . The watchtower will become a monthly members only journal incorporating the Awake and the Kingdom Ministry. As long as the six million members buy this and a few paperback book a year, the Watchtower will continue to make millions and it’s vast wealth can continue to grow tax- free, while it receives donations and legacies from dying Jehovah’s Witnesses hoping to square things with Jehovah .

One day the Kingdom Halls will be social clubs shared by many congregations who meet once a week. Field service will be a vague memory. There will even be a bar at the back of each hall. At this point I will join and buy shares in the Watchtower Society LTD.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.....

by AK - Jeff in

like many here the addiction to this forum has been like cocaine for me.

laughs, smiles, sharing feelings and fears, has been stimulating to me on a nearly daily basis.

i couldn't miss my daily fix.. then suddenly, maybe two weeks back it happened.

trevor

AK - jeff

Many people leave here once they feel they have said it all. I left for two years 2003-2004. Nobody noticed me leave or return which helped me to realize the futility of owning an ego.

Now I hang around to amuse myself and others. As it has turned out I only seem to amuse myself but I am happy with that.

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Create a Convention name!

by Nosferatu in

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friends

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how about the "godly oatmeal" convention.

....or how about the "divine chocolate cake" assembly?

trevor

The tax avoidance convention for Jehovah's people in association with the United nations

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My eighteen yr. old son wants to get his lip pierced !!!!

by troubled mind in

aghhhhhhhhhh, he thinks it's cool i think it's grosss!

any suggestions that you think may help to persuade him from going through with it ?

trevor

troubled mind

If I were you I would keep your son away from jousting knights and swordfish or he might end up with a bigger piercing that he has planned

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What was the purpose having Eight Day assembly?

by VM44 in

running man has posted his account of an eight day assembly from the 1960s.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/109297/1.ashx.

what i would like to know is, what was the purpose in having eight days for the assembly?.

trevor

Yeah I remember the eight day Twickenham London UK assembly back in the 60’s. Eight of us camped in a field in an old canvass tent - I was just a kid at the time.

My father, a die hard fanatic both then and now explained that we were being prepared for ‘the great tribulation’ when we would lose our home and have to live in tents. This to me meant the end of school, so it was quite an adventure.

Sitting in the stadium for days and days and being force to take notes was hard. My father came to the rescue again. He explained that when we being tortured during ‘the great tribulation’ we would be beaten less because we had learned to stay still. This took the shine off my day but I was a spiritual warrior and hung on with all the tenacity of the battle hardened zealot I was becoming.

Heady days!

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If Jesus did not forgive a repenting satan, would He be a hypocrite?

by DavidChristopher in

he commanded us to forgive anyone who sins agianst us.

" like our current gb?

is the gb authorized to answer this question?

trevor

DavidChristpher

I sympathise with you because I understand how irritating the imperfect people on this forum can be to perfect people like us who have all the correct answers.

We both suffer the frustration of knowing that we can never receive forgiveness if we do wrong because we are perfect.

Tread carefully though, because the devil and his demons were also created perfect and they screwed up big time.

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If Jesus did not forgive a repenting satan, would He be a hypocrite?

by DavidChristopher in

he commanded us to forgive anyone who sins agianst us.

" like our current gb?

is the gb authorized to answer this question?

trevor

According to the Bible, forgiveness applies to fallen imperfect humans. Those created perfect, as The Devil allegedly was, can not be forgiven.

This means that along with The Devil, forgiveness can not be granted to elves, pixies,fairies, goblins or myself.

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General Motors Installs Little black box...

by troubled mind in

general motors has announced they have recently installed little black recording boxes in their new vehicles to record what happens the last minutes before accidents occur.

the data recovered has revealed that in most cases the last thing heard is : " oh shit !

", with the exception of those accidents in arkansas were the last thing heard is : " here , hold my beer i'm gonna try something "

trevor

What is the last thing that goes through the mind of a fly when it hits the windscreen of a car?

Its backside.