so i've heard lots of talk from within about the 'new light' in this watchtower...i'm yet to look at it in any detail.
i'm kind of surprised actually...i first heard about it here before it was even available but close to the time it did come out people started bringing it up - even our co.. some say things like "have you heard about this?
" or "big changes," or "allot of things they said we believed, i didn't realize,"(lots of that) or "brain-overload" or " too much information, but i've never felt more pumped up" or "it's soo exciting to see jehovah's spirit lead his organization..." or "it requires time to sink in, but it's a good feeling!
Sometimes I wonder if in the same manner that even something unappetizing will be snarfed down by elitists just because it has a fancy sounding name is how some of the jw's will swallow anything as long as it is called new understanding or new light?
Mr Franz made an observation in his second book that was termed "apostate" then, now it is the "new light".
10:00 am why your inner voice needs safeguarding.. entertainment, associates, social networking are from non-jw's.
avoid them!.
10:15 am how to train your conscience.
10:00 AM Why Your Inner Voice Needs Safeguarding.
Entertainment, associates, social networking are from non-jw's. Avoid them!
10:15 AM How To Train Your Conscience
Learn about Jehovah. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY.
10:30 AM Clean From the Blood of All Men--How So?
Be completely devoted to preaching. PREACH, PREACH, PREACH.
10:55 AM Announcements
Thanks for your self-SACRIFICING spirit by giving your money. Boxes are set up in various locations for you to use.
11:05 AM Is your Conscience Truly Guided by Bible Principles?
We're from Bethel. We're special. We work with the GB. A good conscience shops our spirituality when it moves us to PREACH.
11:35 AM Dedication and Baptism
Your dedication is not a contract (?). It is not to a person or organization (?) You do it of your own free will.
1:35 PM Experiences
We have never had a real job. Our "career" is preaching. We are in the circuit work. Everything is great. We have no worries.
1:45 PM Watchtower
2:15 PM Do Not Wound the Conscience of Your Brother
Do not insist on your "perceived" rights. The strong have to cater to the weak. The weakest conscience has final say over all others in the
congregation. If you do something that someone else doesn't think is right, you have hurt their conscience and are as good as dead.
2:30 PM Young ones Who Bear Up Under Grievous Things
5 year olds who wouldn't write a letter to US troops in school or light any fireworks with grandma were made fun of for their (?) stand.
2:45 PM Announcements
We only have taken in $678.00 so far. We sent $2,500.00 to New York plus an additional $650.00. We have $3,100.00 rent in the building.
Give more!
3:55 PM Follow Your Spirit-Directed Conscience
Conscience can act before hand to prevent you from doing something wrong. But if you do wrong anyway your conscience WILL hurt you, and
GOOD if it does. Conscience should condemn you. It shows your inner weakness. A good conscience only comes from confessing to the
elders. (I wonder when confessionals will be part of remodel or new construction plans?) We must follow new light if we want a good
conscience.
So there it is. A recap of the "special" assembly day.
serve god without regrets?.
who said: i do repent [feel regret,.
(b) in what sense has jehovah felt regret,.
-- What would happen to a JW who consulted these same scholars' writings to find out what various Greek words and phrases mean and cited these writers as authorities when commenting during a meeting at the KH?
Years ago I did. The WT claimed a Greek word's literal meaning was quite different than Strong's Concordance of Greek words. I was yanked into the back room for an a--chewing for contradicting the WT.
serve god without regrets?.
who said: i do repent [feel regret,.
(b) in what sense has jehovah felt regret,.
Par. 18
I always believed that, "You can't see where you're going if you're looking at where you've been."
Too bad the "elder" JW's I know didn't follow that saying and also, "You can't see where you're going if you're looking at where I'VE been!"
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20130319_11_0_twowom831238.
It is a good thing that the "worldly" man had a firearm and likely saved these two women's lives. I bet there will be some "local needs" part soon that condemns the owning, carrying, or use of any firearms by good JW's. Many years ago a marking talk was given because as a working cowboy I refused to give up my revolver and saddle rifle. I guess angels would have taken care of mountain lions, snakes, and otherwise dying livestock supernaturally.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20130319_11_0_twowom831238.
For a very brief time I lived in town. My ranch dog was very territorial. I displayed a "Beware of Dog" sign as shown on the news story. A lawyer advised me to take it down immediately because it was in fact an admission that I knew the dog could be dangerous and that IF it bit anyone I would be legally liable. Any "Beware of Dog" sign in a urban residential locale is admission of the owners knowledge and thereby makes them liable legal;y for the dogs actions.
BTW, I wonder how the local "elders" will spin this seeings they were "in the ministry" and were seriously injured?
so today one of the local elders came around to "check out how you are doing.".
i didn't really feel like putting up with the interrogation, or the false concern so i decided that i didn't "hear" the doorbell.
the guy decided he needed to circle my home and peek in the windows to see if i was home or not.
Well my poor wife (now also ex) had enough of the harassment and left a couple years ago. the final straw for her was being told by a CO who came by with one of the pious sneers to try to convince her to convert that because she had married me she was a modern day Jezebel. It's too bad that the jw's have cost me two marriages and many friends. I have been fading ever since.
It's strange though that prior to the fade I was told it was my fault if someone else got stumbled, but if I was stumbled by their actions...now wait for it...here it comes...that was MY FAULT TOO!
I have called LE about the window peeping. They claim they can do nothing until they actually witness a crime. Well maybe I should follow the idea of how an old man got the police to respond to a break in. Google the story, it's a hoot!
Thanks all for the comments!
i have noticed the extreme lack of love in this group of people who preach love, love, love.. we recently had serious floods come through our area and the jws couldnt have cared less.
our 'worldly' friends did sooo much for us though.
raising money, giving gifts, cards, accomodation and so much support and hard work.. i personally think jws are one of the most insensitive, uncaring religions around.. three religious groups were absolutely wonderful during the flooding of our area.
Some years ago when I was still trying I had the "great privilege" of being food service coordinator for a RBC project. What started out to be a one meal per day arrangement turned into three squares per day, on my dime. The only help I could scare up was two crippled sisters.
When I mentioned perhaps at one of the meals they could be served first, instead of kissing the RBC big wheels asses the answer from the jack-ass in charge was, "NO! We don't want to set precedent!" So much for love and fellow feelings.
The ONLY way you can get any "love" from these people is if you are a reg'lar pious sneer, a golf buddy of the coordinator, or making big contributions. I went back to a meeting after being out of town for nearly three months and only one person actually asked, "Have you been gone? I didn't see you last week."
so today one of the local elders came around to "check out how you are doing.".
i didn't really feel like putting up with the interrogation, or the false concern so i decided that i didn't "hear" the doorbell.
the guy decided he needed to circle my home and peek in the windows to see if i was home or not.
Thanks for the ideas.
I'm not a woman so I am not worried about that particular aspect of the harassment, but I am getting fed up with the phony concern. This all from the same bunch who read me the riot act when I said I was no longer going to dance to their tune and I was quitting "reaching out". I am one of the ones that as "elder" A said were reprehensible (married a non-jw fifteen years ago), "elder" B said I was not a husband of one wife (jw ex-wife committed adultery and married her new boyfriend twenty years ago), "elder C said no matter how spiritual I tried to be I was only good for field serve us and scrubbing the hall toilets. So basically to Hades with them, and now they are all "concerned" about how I am?
so today one of the local elders came around to "check out how you are doing.".
i didn't really feel like putting up with the interrogation, or the false concern so i decided that i didn't "hear" the doorbell.
the guy decided he needed to circle my home and peek in the windows to see if i was home or not.
So today one of the local elders came around to "check out how you are doing."
I didn't really feel like putting up with the interrogation, or the false concern so I decided that I didn't "hear" the doorbell. The guy decided he needed to circle my home and peek in the windows to see if I was home or not. Why should I need to keep the blinds drawn and doors locked to keep them out? Local LE does nothing. So now what? Any ideas, short of metaphorically protecting myself from an alleged intruder by whatever means?
What have been your experiences with this kind of conduct from so-called elders?
