we are all familiar with the classic use by the society of proverbs 4:18 about "light getting brighter".
they say it applies to revealed truth, and doctrinal changes etc.. have you ever just read that chapter (and even the surrounding chapters) in full??.
it has nothing to do with doctrinal changes or teachings.. it has to do with acquiring wisdom and life skills in order to live a successful life.
if the bible says what it says and doesn't say what it doesn't say then =
THIS SCRIPTURE IS TALKING ABOUT THE "PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS ONE",
it doesn't say:
"In the last days of this world Jehovah will have a mouthpiece that gets a lot of things wrong."
1. you can't have sex until your married.. 2. you're not married until you've gone through a legal ceremony.. 3. you get 'unscriptually' (although legally) divorced therefore not 'free' to remarry'.
4. can you still 'scriptually' have sex with your former spouse?.
I've always wanted to ask this same question because many people are in this situation. And all are told by elders to remain celibate, yet there is no discussion of this in Watchtower print anywhere.
If you are married in the eyes of Jehovah then you can f*ck in the eyes of Jehovah. This is logical, but of course JW dogma and logic have never been friends.
i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.
really, wtf!.
the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.
Biggest problem is the DNC. They are the least honest in my opinion. Trump overcame the RNC establishment, while Sanders couldn't. My opinion as to why: The RNC is sincerely deluded, the DNC knows they are full of shit hypocrites.
study article: who is leading god's people today?
start of paragraph 12.. standard version: "the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.
therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction.".
Since the GB makes mistakes, the question isn't what are they wrong about, it's: What are they right about?
update on u.s. local design/construction arrangement—november 2016 video will be considered the week of november 7, 2016. english and spanish.
Paying medical bills for middle-aged and older special full time servants is a huge monthly bill worldwide. It is something that has hit them huge and they don't talk about it.
for the first time in 108 years, the chicago cubs won the mlb 2016 world series, which is not news to too many of us.
but the volunteers at warwick bethel have an interesting opportunity today.
they can congratulate tony morris on seeing another chicago cub win.
For the first time in 108 years, the Chicago Cubs won the MLB 2016 World Series, which is not news to too many of us. But the volunteers at Warwick Bethel have an interesting opportunity today. They can congratulate Tony Morris on seeing another Chicago Cub win. He is of the generation of 1914, along with most, if not the rest, of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.
While Tony didn't get to see the last WS victory for the Cubbies with his own eyes (1908), he "kinda?" did. Since he is of the second overlapping "group" of the generation of the Jehovah's Witness anointed of 1914, (did I digress? oh no that's what they teach) that means HIS GENERATION was around to see there previous WS win!
So let's all congratulate the Governing Body, perhaps they thought their generation would never see another Cubs win, since it's been 108 years since last happened, but IT DID!!! Congrats to them! High fives all around!
just wondering.
for you scotch lovers, i've been partial to singles for a long time, but was recently given a bottle of johnnie walker green.
i think i've fallen in love.
jehovah's witnesses believe:.
1. man was created in 4026 bce.
2. a global flood occurred in 2370 bce.
What did spider webs catch pre-Edenic fall?
several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.
they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.
you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.
Always fun to hear a pro MLMer sound off on one of these threads.
ACN
Just got hit up to buy electricity from an ACN MLMer two weeks ago. Her sales strategy was the classic dishonest MLMer style. She asked to see one of my bills, said she could save me money, she gave me a quote. It was for a three year contract with a $350.00 early termination fee. I was "month to month" with my provider at the time. I looked on my provider's website and signed up for a one year contract that was 20 percent cheaper than what she offered. Did she lie? No. Was she being selfishly dishonest knowing full well that she wasn't comparing oranges to oranges? Hell yes.
MLM products and services, an uneducated consumer is their best customer.
But mostly I do hate the culty culture and tactics that perhaps all MLMs use in recruiting victims. "It looks like a church because we are dealing with groups of people." LOL and ROFL Someone needs some better apologetics for their business cult.
we all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.
and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.
in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.
I've served on bodies of elders which had multi-millionaires on them, more than once. Not all of them are janitors.
