I agree with you. However there are elders who have used their position to advocate for leniency when their kids screw up. As a former Elder I remember one meeting where an Elder argued that he should retain his privilege despite his kid smoking weed. The kid was privately reproved and the Elder remained as such. I am convinced it was because no one wanted to take on his job of secretary.
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Letting go of Highly Qualified Men
by James Jackson ini have been posting for a few months now and have read the life stories of tech49, confusedandalone, winston smith and other brothers who have held prominent positions in the organization who were dismissed not for any gross sins, but mainly for not keeping their child toeing the line.
they have been "cast aside", nit picked to death, and made to feel unworthy for their years of dedicated service.
even in my case, having my best friends treat me like the plague to jockey for position of recogntion.. is this what the organization is resorting to now?
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No more by us!
by Atlantis inno more boes or kingdom ministries will be posted by us on this board.
there is a very important reason why!
beware of anyone encouraging you to post any boes on this board.
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Skinnedsheep
What's going on? Sorry I am lost.
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New Study Watchtower Celebrates 100 year Anniversary of the Kingdom
by Skinnedsheep init is painful to read.
check out the 1/15/14 wt.
i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
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Skinnedsheep
They are doubling down on 1914. I can't believe how crazy this religion is. Instead of looking back at 100 years of unfullfilled expectations and cutting their losses , they look back and celebrate the "knowledge" that they have.
Also did you catch that Jehovah became king in 1914?
3 Toward the end of the 19th century, light began to shine on a 2,500-year-old prophecy recorded by Daniel: “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.” (Dan. 2:44) The Bible Students spent decades pointing out that the year 1914 would be significant. Many people at that time were optimistic. As one writer states: “The world of 1914 was full of hope and promise.” With the outbreak of World War I later that year, however, Bible prophecy came true. The subsequent famines, earthquakes, and pestilences as well as the fulfillment of other Bible prophecies proved conclusively that Jesus Christ had begun to rule in heaven as King of God’s Kingdom in 1914. * By enthroning his Son as the Messianic King, Jehovah had, indeed, become King in a new sense!
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New Study Watchtower Celebrates 100 year Anniversary of the Kingdom
by Skinnedsheep init is painful to read.
check out the 1/15/14 wt.
i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
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Skinnedsheep
Good point min. However the argument is he has benefitted his subjects by education and organizing them.
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New Study Watchtower Celebrates 100 year Anniversary of the Kingdom
by Skinnedsheep init is painful to read.
check out the 1/15/14 wt.
i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
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Skinnedsheep
it is painful to read. Check out the 1/15/14 wt. I am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
Seriously the message is we can tell that Jesus is ruling because everything went to hell the last 100 years.
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Why the delay on the 1/15/14 study edition?
by Skinnedsheep init has been more than a month since the last study edition release.
come on "mother" your children are hungry.
i need some of the craziness that only your deluded fds chefs can cook up.. aren't they usually on the dot when it comes to the release of the magazines?.
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Skinnedsheep
It has been more than a month since the last study edition release. Come on "mother" your children are hungry. I need some of the craziness that only your deluded fds chefs can cook up.
aren't they usually on the dot when it comes to the release of the magazines?
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Governing Body Of JW's Vs. Latter-day Saint's Prophets & Apostles
by lambsbottom inmormon.org/discoverfollow the prophetwe follow the prophet because the prophet follows god.
listening to what the prophets teach will bring us peace and guide us to heaven.. .
have you ever heard one person tell one side of a story, then heard another person tell the opposite side, and both versions sound true?
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Skinnedsheep
Can you post the link to this?
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Mark Sanderson - Why Is the Newest GB Member Suddenly So Prominent?
by Oubliette ini've noticed something that is very odd even by wt/gb standards.
why is mark sanderson suddenly so prominent in all things wt/jw?.
others have commented on the obvious narcissism of the gb pushing themselves to the fore recently, in particular after their huge doctrinal change at proclaiming themselves and only themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. this is clearly true as evidenced at the agm, not only throughout the agm, but also in the video that was featured as part of that meeting.
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Skinnedsheep
Cause he is so photogenic
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The new translation of John 17:3 seems like a major shift.
by paul from cleveland inup until now, everlasting life was dependent on "taking in knowledge".
it was a perfect fit for a publishing house to interpret that scripture that way.
if we didn't keep up with the endless stream of publications from the watchtower our salvation would be in jeopardy.
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Skinnedsheep
Slim boy fat, yes it is elders instead of older men now.
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Money making business
by Skinnedsheep inguesses.
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number of bibles printed 2,000,000. suggested donation for each- $50-60.
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Skinnedsheep
Less than a dollar to print a deluxe bible with a leather cover??
what country do you live in?
The estimate may be well off but it is not less than a dollar when you factor in insurance, labor, housing, food, medical, power, paper, ink, glue, leather, cardboard, trucks, fuel to ship, etc.