Posts by markweatherill

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How many different "rules" do Jehovah's Witnesses have to obey? Can you count them?

by Balaamsass2 in

all the big changes for jws since this last fall brought me back to this site, and got me and the wife talking.

just how many things were we not allowed to do growing up as jehovah's witnesses?

we were so used to all the rules, customs, and traditions, that we became used to them.. one site i found claims there are 141 unique rules!!

markweatherill

Just to point out the link in the first post seems to have been hijacked.

Anyway, what's that about beards and pants? Keep up with Jehovah's chariot, brother!

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The epicenter of Friday’s metro-area quake was around Watchtower's former Mountain Farm in Lebanon, NJ

by was a new boy in

'the epicenter of friday’s metro-area quake was around the sleepy, tiny, agricultural town of lebanon, nj — where the temblor sent residents running home from work to check their houses and loved ones.. the us geological survey confirmed that the rare historic 4.8 earthquake struck around 10.23 a.m. near the small borough in hunterdon county — just a stone’s throw from donald trump’s national golf club in bedminster, where a 2.0 magnitude aftershock was felt shortly after.. the incident caused buildings to shake everywhere from the big apple to pennsylvania, connecticut and delaware.. “i was working from my home office in town, and everything started falling off the shelves,” lebanon mayor james pittinger told the post.

“i felt a shake like i’ve never felt in the 30 years i’ve lived here.. “it was one of the craziest things i’ve ever experienced.”.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/us-news/what-it-felt-like-in-lebanon-nj-sleepy-tiny-town-near-quake-epicenter/.

markweatherill

Oh no! it was a few days early. Imagine if it had happened just as the solar eclipse (due 8 Apr 24) was passing over.

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Was it Designed?

by Jeffro in

the jw website is currently featuring a piece: the shell of the diabolical ironclad beetle—was it designed?

it is part of their regular tedious 'was it designed?

' series that purports that very very specific animal species must have been specifically designed because of some seemingly amazing feature.. but they seem completely unaware that this directly contradicts their notion that only very broad 'kinds' were required on the mythical 'ark'.

markweatherill

I wonder if they'd be content with the idea that God caused a very intensive 'selective breeding' program from the 'kinds' on the Ark, in order to arrive at the multitude of species we see today?

Just don't call it 'evolution'! And it could happen within 6000 years, I mean that's a long time, right?

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Im hearing some say that the Org is about to reverse the No Blood policy - about to change...

by BeaverEater in

uh, i wonder if that is true... hearing this from friends within bethel... gonna laugh my ass of if they change this....

markweatherill

it may go like this: 'Some brothers reasoned that receiving a blood transfusion is tantamount to consuming blood, and therefore believed that the Bible's prohibitions on blood made it impossible for a Christian to accept blood transfusions. Of course, they were led by their Bible-trained consciences, in light of the understandings of their day. Today, Christians may hold a different view of the meaning of Leviticus 17:10, or Acts 15:28.'

And the Faithful Slave did adjust its understanding and did instruct every man of Spiritual Israel to adjust their understanding likewise. But Jehovah appeared before the Faithful Slave, holding a copy of 'Awake! Youths Who Put God First', and saying, 'What have you done? The blood of these children is crying out to me from the ground.'

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What exactly IS 1914 these days?

by Halcon in

it's no longer a year tying to the present (the old pre-1995 generation belief).

realistically, that's the only reason why it mattered.

and if it doesn't really matter what it is anymore, why would jw not do away with it?.

markweatherill

What exactly is 1914? It's the kingdom hall burglar alarm code, and how did you find out?

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Disaster preparedness

by ElderBerry in

as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

markweatherill

'disaster preparedness' is all very well but what happened to Armageddon? Surely that's so much more likely than any old earthquake, flood or volcano.

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Former Jehovah's Witness elder committed to stand trial accused of Sunshine Coast rapes, sexual abuse

by yalbmert99 in

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/former-jehovahs-witness-elder-to-stand-trial-accused-of-rape/103612422.

markweatherill

This case reminds me chillingly of Gary Breaux's 'Pillowgate' talk.

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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

you heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!

the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.

summary: .

markweatherill

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that Mark Sanderson didn't mention the 'faithful and discreet slave' at all in his talk, instead it was all 'the governing body has decided'..?

If that's so, I have some ideas what it's the start of laying the foundations for.

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