http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.
if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.
it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.
I thought maybe he took out the trash or made the coffee.
Evidently, even before he was promoted, he was part of the "faithful slave class" "at headquarters."
OMG Breakfast of Champions I love the perfect usage of the word "evidently" there. In true WT fashion.
Alec
right, so that was hours ago, so i'm waiting for the replyi'll keep you posted.. the elders have been trying to invite me for the memorial, and the email in question basically said.... .
i d like to remind you about the memorial.
it will be held tomorrow, tuesday the 26th at 8:45 pm in our kingdom hall.hope to see you with us remembering the most important day of this year.i replied...hi brother elder,.
So, three days after emailing the elder in reply to his email invitation for the memorial and not a pip from him. Just got an invite by email from members of the congregation about them going for pizza somewhere, but of course I have not replied. Seriously, what were they thinking.
Well, the last time I stepped on the Kingdom Hell was to have a man-to-man conversation with the CBOE in the spirit of Matthew 18:15-17. We had this conversation in the end of the meeting just there, publicly, at the back of the hall in plain sight of everyone. So the elders are not new to being challenged by me and they know I am not afraid of them. What was that scripture that says that 'trembling before men is what lays a snare'....
Alec
remember the guys that started the shit storm with the deaf sign language video?
the multiple funny versions at youtube?.
this time they are mocking the tract (the guy that started this isn't even a ex-jw, but they are pretty good at taking down cults!).
Oh my God guys this is amazing!
LOL
eventually with out sourcing of printing being more efficiantly and cheaply done, and the decrease in demand for printed material, what should be done with all those career bethelites that are past the age of 65?.
maybe they should just turn bethel into an retirement home for thoses that gave their all to the corporation.. maybe keep a few of the more attractive young brothers to do remakes of their famous masturbation no no videos for the closet gays on the governing body?
to keep things from getting tideously dull and boring..
Yes.
lol
with cedars release of leaked watchtower new light "adjusting" understanding of "who" the faithful and discreet slave is.....i am struck by something which similarly struck me back in 1967.in 1967 i had just been imprisoned.
being a male jehovah's witness during the viet nam war meant certain "issues" arose affecting a decision to respond to the military draft.i have told the story before.
but, i'd like go at it from another angle in view of the above mentioned new light about the fds fora different reason.it was first in 1967 i began to discover that there are two watchtower societies.let me explain why i say this and for what reasons.first of all, anybody standing in a kingdom hall or sitting in a seat at a vast international assembly saw people they would identify as all on the same page.
Wow, I really like this thread, thanks Terry.
I was a born in who really believed it was the truth, and I liked to read, study, and research to 'keep testing whether I was in the faith' and to 'make the truth my own'. And exactly what you described happened to me, I stood at a crossroads and could not comply anymore.
What I find very true in your post is that I have a very good friend who up to a point agrees with me a lot of things are wrong in the WT but he simply doesn't show me any concrete signs that he cares. He just goes through the motions, doesn't want to lose his friends now nor his ticket to paradise. He barely goes out in service or anything, but is semi-regular at the meetings.
He thinks I'm entitled to do what I want but not to upset the little consciences of others by speaking out against the WT, he expressed this view when I told him I was thinking of starting a blog to put my views in writing and available to anyone.
So he seems to fit your description of those who don't care.
But I'm sure there some in there who do and who need us. And that is why we do not keep silent.
That is why we do not give up on them.
Alec
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here is where i found this pic.
bangalore.
Wow! Amazing Mouthy! Really nice.
Alec
http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.
if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.
it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.
Thanks a lot, Cedars!!!
It seems like the GB has not even bothered to explain what role if any the rest of the anointed have in the organization now that they have been demoted by them. Just sit tight and wait and if you behave and obey us then you'll also be appointed over the belongings (but WE are the FDS, not you).
It seems like taking Russell out of the big picture matches the change in the language coming from the WT now regarding their founder. I remember reading in chapters 1 and 2 of the Proclaimers book that Abel was the first JW, and Jesus was a JW too. But now an FAQ on JW.org says Jesus is the founder of Jehovah's Witnesses.
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/founder/
Also Cedars, it seems that until 1931 there was an editorial committee who was able to exercise some control over what was published in the magazines. Still, as president of the Society, is it correct to say that the ultimate authority on doctrinal matters rested solely with Rutherford? If so, that would make him the FDS.
In the Olin Moyle trial court transcript, page 865, we can read Fred Franz's very own words that in 1931 the committee was disbanded because it was not allowing what were felt to be 'timely and vital truths originating from him to be disseminated to the Lord’s people'. From that point forward, there was nothing even remotely resembling a governing body as we know it today. Doctrine published in the Watchtower came from or was filtered and approved by Rutherford.
http://ia700301.us.archive.org/14/items/OlinR.MoyleTrial/1943_Olin_Moyle_Trial.pdf
appeal dismissed for failure to file opening brief.
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/briefing.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
congratulations candice!!!!.
I see Cedars, appreciate it.
Alec
appeal dismissed for failure to file opening brief.
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/briefing.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
congratulations candice!!!!.
It's past 10pm and the page is the same: nothing apparently filed yet...
Alec
