todays watchtower is very interesting on many levels.
they know that millions are disappointed.. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2023681.
i also found it interesting they talk about brother fred franz and show his picture.
'Telling you before they tell you'.
As I understand it, the important and most disappointing 'new light' from the 2023 annual meeting is going to be in the May 2024 watchtower.
Hence this gentle warning that we don't expect to be feeling any disappointment any time soon. No, not us!
i been reading quite a few experiences on reddit lately, and their seems to be a common theme coming up….
…dialed-up-to-eleven shunning of xjws by their witness relatives.. it reminds me of back in the day, listening to some of the over-the-top vitriol displayed by hard-core loyalists when the topic of evolution or apostates came up….
…i was gobsmacked when i finally realized these guys weren’t offended and indignant because they thought it was lies….
I wouldn't be surprised if the governing body was discovered to have been taken to heaven just as their great tribulation begins.
I'd love to see them apprehended at the airport with one way tickets to a country that has no extradition treaty with the US.
in rutherford's day, it was absolute.
knorr and franz had strong influence, even though the gb had voted themselves into a role of significance.
being a corporation, the wt will still have a president.
...but which president? Which corporation?
Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia
When Jesus said be as innocent as a dove, but also as wise as a serpent, 'evidently' he also meant be as slippery as an eel.
on the subject of beards....i recently realized that the people in three of the youtube channels i love to watch are jw's.
i don;t want to name these channels here, but you can message me if you want to know them.
shortly after the announcement of now being allowed to have a beard, the men on these youtube channels started growing facial hair, whereas until that point, they were clean shaven.
Pennsylvania eh, I wonder if any of those nice youtubers could be involved in that alleged unsavoury stuff...
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/02/09/1000-jehovahs-witnesses-reach-out-super-bowl-fans-las-vegas/ .
1000 lit-up carts at 50 strategic locations near the stadium and on the strip.
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I wonder if you can hear the national anthem from outside the stadium?
If so, what do the JWs do if they happen to be standing up by their carts? They must have a rule about that.
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
That comment was 'disappeared' pretty quick!
But we're getting some interesting details about his return to the mushroom kingdom
2024-01-15-london special preaching campaign!.
https://imgbox.com/lbnsmmyd .
atlantis!.
Thanks Atlantis! I guess this goes with the theme of the 2024 conventions 'Declare the Good News!'
'jehovah's witnesses are heavily vaccinated due to guidance given from july to december 20211 by the governing body.many witnesses have had serious adverse effects following vaccination campaigns and, for the most part, have had great difficulty in expressing them and having them recognized.this website was made to allow each witness touched by these vaccination campaigns to express it so that the community takes it into account.'.
https://adverse-events-jw.org.
I agree that anti vaccination campaigns have adverse effects.
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
things got a bit lively after the agm leaks in october.
there was a lot of discussion going on on this board for a few months.
now that all the leaks have been more or less confirmed as policy, and we've had lively discussions at length concerning the changes, things seem to have slowed down here.. a few suggestions have been raised as to what might be the next changes, such as women being allowed to wear slacks (in the usa, anyway), decoupling from 1914 as an anchoring date and others.. so, what changes do you think will be announced this year?.
I'm not sure how long it's been there, but Part Two of the 2023 annual meeting is available on the jw website, including the small matter of worldly people getting saved at the great tribulation ie 'last minute conversion'.
This seemed like it would be a big deal!
