pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.
1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.
2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.
1. I don't see where Jesus was supposed to ever have a second coming. So no. But he did become king of the messianic kingdom in 1914.
2. Since there is no "coming", it is not.
3. It is the same as the Catholic's "on this rock" doctrine. Something used to gain and hold power.
4. No one knows.
5. yes, the gentile times ended in 1914. 2520 years after they started in 607bce.
6. We will see.
7. yes
8.why should the anointed read it?
9. No one knows.
improving our skills in the ministrydeveloping a magazine route.
what does delivering magazines have to do with skills in a ministry?.
"many people who enjoy reading our magazines do not wish to study the bible with us.".
Improving Our Skills in the Ministry—Developing a Magazine Route
What does delivering magazines have to do with skills in a ministry?
"Many people who enjoy reading our magazines do not wish to study the Bible with us."
Really? How many?
"Try This During theMonth: Make a list of those who could be on a magazine route. Offer them the current issues of the magazines, and tell them that you will bring them the next issue."
Brainless ministry
oh, the possibilities!
there is a lot of wasted talent.
when i was a young teenager, i went to london for a big convention.. while sightseeing in the centre of london, my friend and i stopped to watch a guy offering people the chance to win easy money - simply by picking the correct playing card out of three which he put on a little table.
he called it, "find the lady".
(aka 3 card monte) never having seen it before, i thought this was so easy to win money, but as an unbaptized witness, gambling was wrong, so i didn't participate.. on returning home after the convention ended, i related this experience to my non-witness dad.
i've always suspected this was the wt society's view when i was in the jehovah's witness organization - but never knew the head of the writing committee karl adams had written a letter to nathan knorr ( then wt president ) recommending a change regarding reporting field service time as it wrongly emphasized jw members being seen as mainly being approved due to field service statistics - instead of emphasizing christian qualities of love, kindness, peace, etc.. karl adams had been personally handpicked by nathan knorr to be the head of the writing department.
in 1971 he wrote a letter to knorr which he wanted shared with the entire governing body as well .
i'll share the main parts of that letter.. on pg.
" I'll just put 10 hours, 6 mags, and 2 rv on my slip at the end of the month and leave it at that."
I would do that at the beginning of the month, just to see if they would notice.
The fact that they only care about the CO and stats shows from when I stopped going out in FS and turning in FSR. Several months later the Secretary said to me that he didn't have my reports for several months, and he said that he knew that I had been out as he saw me. I just made up numbers for him since he was nice about it.
He saw me when I wasn't out but they don't see me when I am. just numbers for the CO.
elders in wealthy lands may find it difficult to encourage baptized brothers in their 20s or 30s to do more in the congregation.
ex- perienced elders in about 20 lands told us why they believe that some young brothers do not do more in the congregation.
most of them said that when some brothers were young, their parents did not encour- age them to set goals in jehovahs ser- vice.
the movie american sniper is breaking box office records and of course there is some irony that a movie about a sniper is released on martin luther king day (who was shot by one).. but of course there is a world of difference between an assassin and a military sniper ... or is there?.
some are making a big stink about it and claiming that "snipers are cowards".
it seems unfair to me.
If it is not hand to hand combat, it is cowardice.
Unless a light saber is involved.
i know we must have alot ofpeople on here huge football fans like myself.
born and raised in boston, i am a huge sports fan, and of course patriots fan.
so anyone here go to another meeting, makeup some bs excuse, illness, flat out miss the meeting or anything else to watch game if your meeting happened to go from the 9am to the 3pm in january ?.
cults tend to have a total explanation for everything- everything that ever happened, everything that is happening now, and everything that ever will happen.
that certainly fits watchtower.
they have a black-and-white perception of everything, they are never wrong, there are no gray areas.
Only the Sith believe in absolutes.
This just shows how fake everyone is and is encouraged to be. People can't display their real feelings for fear of being judged. Married couples are fake to each other, children towards parents, etc.
couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.
i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.
they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).
This all goes back to the days when there was a pioneer discount on the books and meal tickets. Pioneers had to count that time and do it properly to make sure that they earned that discount.
There has been no pioneer discount since 1989 but people still think they need to earn it.
