It's not an actual editorial merge of the two magazines; it's simply a logistic arrangement to cut some costs. It already happens where I live for about 2 years now. But I do predict that the two will eventually merge.
Eden
this was posted on a jw site and it would be nice if we could verify.. .. .. as of february 2015, the awake!
will come as a part of the watchtower public edition instead of as a separate magazine.
this is a huge change... with serious cost savings.
It's not an actual editorial merge of the two magazines; it's simply a logistic arrangement to cut some costs. It already happens where I live for about 2 years now. But I do predict that the two will eventually merge.
Eden
this was posted on a jw site and it would be nice if we could verify.. .. .. as of february 2015, the awake!
will come as a part of the watchtower public edition instead of as a separate magazine.
this is a huge change... with serious cost savings.
Ahem...I did predict that.
:P
Eden
that is the conclusion you must accept if you are a jehovah's witness as my wife tries to explain to me that even if what they are teaching today contradicts what they were previously teaching, they had the truth then and they have the truth now.
the difference is, they (the witnesses and the governing body) simply believed that what they were teaching at the time was the truth but when they discovered new information they adjusted their thinking.
so since they formerly believed it to be the truth, they were in the truth.. an example she gave involved people who once believed the earth was flat.
Interesting OT, I've dealt with this kind of mentality very often lately. It's sooo nerve-wrecking. But some good arguments are made here.
Eden
i'm in a little urgency to know this, so please, if you can help:.
as far as i understand, this is the sequence of events:.
a) june 14th 2012 - on a trial by jury, cancace conti wins a civil law case involving child sexual abuse.
Justice is painfully slow everywhere, I guess. Where I live, it's a real joke.
Eden
no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
never a jw ...check this space in the coming days, I'm sure there will be a lot more info coming for this story.
Eden
no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
Because I'm still wanting to keep my extended family in touch, and some of the friends still "in". but oh well ... as Bob Dylan sang, "when you got nothing, you got nothing to lose". There's more, a LOT more to tell, but ... later.
Eden
no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
Actually, talesin, PAUL Grundy (JWFacts)
:) Just sayin'
Eden
much has been written, twitted and youtubed about the extent to which the wtbts may go in order to keep its members from peeking out of the box.
from name calling, constantly telling members about the dangers of apostasy, all the way to dfing anyone who dares to look outside.
many tools and theories have been brought forward.
no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
JC tomorrow
Eden
no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
So here I am
The time has finally come
I’ve come this far
To take my final stand
I wish you’d see
The face I’m wearing now
I’m torn inside
But I’ll be brave somehow
How would you feel
If you were walking in my shoes?
What would you say
If you’d be the one to be accused?
I wish you knew
How much I’ve missed you friend
A simple word
Would make a difference in the end
I won’t go down without a fight
One must stand up for what is right
I’m just a reed against the flood
But I am willing to shed my blood
So now its time
Two monkeys and a beast
Gathering for the feast
Why there’s no witness to this crime?
I’ve done no wrong
And yet you left me in the dry
I clinged my fist
And cried out “lord, oh why, oh why”?
I won’t go down without a fight
One must stand up to do what’s right
I’m coming down, a blazing flame
And if I live, won’t be the same
So I made my stand
They feasted off my lifeless shell
But in the end
They lived the living hell
So this it it
I hope you understand
I’m moving on
Too bad you’re staying my old friend
I won’t go down without a fight
One must stand up for what is right
I rose again and held my head high
I carried on, to live my life
I rest my case, my friend .... goodbye
Eden