i have an online ex jw friend who pointed out to me that she stumbled upon a may 15, 1999 watchtower that had pictures of governing body members autographing bibles for people.
i have no bound volumes or cd rom copies anymore so i can verify.
two things came to mind, if this is true:.
Just a bit off the OP but about 10 years ago my family and I visited the farm in Walkill. As part of the "guided tour", by a very beautiful young sister, we stopped and she directed our attention to a small (maybe 3' x 3' x 3') glass enshrinement' that contained CT Russell's and JB Rutherfraud's bibles. I thought right then and there that we were being introduced to idolatry!
Anyone else remember that little enshrinement?
just saying!
it's only a matter of time of course..... jw rumor mills will start up soon, with stories of how jws were "first on the scene" as the flood waters receded..... how the red cross and/or us national guard and/or doctors without borders and/or [you name it] were marveling at just how "organized" the jws are..... how zealous jws were pulling their trolleys thru ankle-deep water to "offer comfort" to victims, by giving them - sandwiches?
bottled water?
to offer them comfort by giving them 16 page "magazines" to read in their spare time..... so as the stories start to come in, you can "deposit" those little nuggets of bs here.. once collected, we'll wrap them in a pretty bow and flush them away where other instances of pure manure go..
There is a giant difference in helping the jw's in 3rd world countries when they experience a catastrophe and jw's in an industrialized country like the usa. 3rd world residents are usually ecstatic just to have a roof put back over their heads and enough to eat. Usually those poor people in 3rd world countries end up with a better place to live if their shack is destroyed. So in those countries, 'volunteer' workers are more than sufficient.
More affluent countries where jw's live expect much more when a catastrophe strikes and the clean up and rebuild begins. I've been to Houston and I know jw's around there. Many live in very luxurious homes so I don't think they will be welcoming 'volunteers' to repair and rebuild their homes.
just saying!
not a peep about all victims, not even a prayer for them.
only pray for jws.
and who or what is jehovah's loving arm of support?
If all those hundred of thousands of prayers and letters didn't help jw's in Russia, it don't seem fair that jehober would answer the prayers for the american jw's. But then again, jw's are an american religion so maybe jehober will hear these prayers. lol NOT
just saying!
i walked to the station yesterday to meet a friend, and on the way, in what must be the quietest street in the entire suburb, were two j.witnesses and their little cart, all set with a literature display.
i wondered what point there may have been to choose that location.
i felt like grabbing one of their bibles and reading matthew 5:15 to them:.
The word PRIVILEGE is and interesting word that definitely means different things to different people. Even though jw's say that they consider it a "privilege" to stand silently while doing the 'cart work', I truly believe that 99% of them are freaking embarrassed to be standing there doing 'nothing'. If I were still a jw, I would not do cart work. I know sisters that are commuter bethelites. They consider it a "privilege" to clean the sh*tty toilets at Warwicked! Holy crap me thinks!
just saying!
organizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.
organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.
The wt organization is a worldwide leader in using technology. A prime example the (silent) cart work. If people just watch the 2 witnesses standing silently by the silent cart, they will surely be impressed by the technology of the wt organization!
just saying!
you received a spirit of adoption as sons, by which spirit we cry out: “abba, father!”—rom.
those who have received this special invitation from god do not need another witness from any other source.
they do not need someone else to verify what has happened to them.
My jw wife and I were discussing this subject a few weeks ago because a brother that we have known fro decades, just received "the calling" this year and he will now be privileged to eat the crackers and drink the wine. He's a phony bs'er . She Pointed out that jehober leaves no doubt in their minds and heart about their "anointing".
So I politely asked her, "How do we explain the millions of other religious people who have also received "the anointing" and are just as convinced in 'their mind and heart' that they have the troof?"
just saying!
it's only a matter of time of course..... jw rumor mills will start up soon, with stories of how jws were "first on the scene" as the flood waters receded..... how the red cross and/or us national guard and/or doctors without borders and/or [you name it] were marveling at just how "organized" the jws are..... how zealous jws were pulling their trolleys thru ankle-deep water to "offer comfort" to victims, by giving them - sandwiches?
bottled water?
to offer them comfort by giving them 16 page "magazines" to read in their spare time..... so as the stories start to come in, you can "deposit" those little nuggets of bs here.. once collected, we'll wrap them in a pretty bow and flush them away where other instances of pure manure go..
As I have tried to reason with my lovely jw wife, if jehober really loves mankind "so much that he gave his only begotten son" to save them why would he allow such catastrophes, both man made and so called natural disasters, to occur that claim so many human lives? If jesus could calm a windstorm on the Sea of Galilee to save his apostles, why doesn't he help the jw's in Houston with this hurricane? And what would really be impressive and prove that jw's have the troof is if jw's were were the only ones unaffected by these catastrophes. Now that would be a witness for sure!
just saying!
there has been some renewed interest in the meaning of the name jehovah on the forum in recent weeks.
combined with the ongoing discussion about the new "overlapping generation" teaching, speculation among the friends and among the ex-friends has been reaching something of a frenzy.
so it's perhaps appropriate that a little more should be revealed now about the meaning behind some of the perplexing events that have been taking place.
The bull sh*t just keeps on 'overlapping'.
just saying!
when originally explaining the "new generations" splaine used the example of joseph and his brothers.. he backed up the time difference between the original anointed, and the new ones by using what he said was a big age difference between the youngest "joseph" and his oldest brothers.. then more recently in a jw broadcast - he said that there was not a big age difference between joseph and his oldest brother.. can any one help me find both those, please?.
One does not need to explain fantasy (overlapping generations) just enjoy it for what it is (stupidity). I truly believe that this "overlapping generation" bull sh*t is the final nail in the coffin for many jw's
just saying!
looking at all the narcissistic bull shit the watchtower corporation has been spewing out for the world to see about suffering of its members to as nothing worth being very concerned about and as jehovah magnificent be vindicated is much more important.
have they really gone off their rocker enough for a very sizable portion of membership to see their insanity and jump ship?.
i think definitely they are losing all respect from their internet savy members as their madness becomes obvious.
In my personal experience I have 'unofficially' faded. I am a rare attender at meetings with no fs and I attend assemblies and conventions so that my wife will not have to be there by herself and answer a bunch of nosy questions from nosy jw's.
Having been an elder for over 2 decades, most of the local brothers still have a fondness and a 'sort of respect' for me. I believe this respect is born out of the fact that I was many times a contrarian but I could back up my contrary view with the bible and/or statements published in the wt literature. Because of this many of my former very close jw friends still ask me questions about things when the borg comes up with their 'nu lite' bs. Many of these life long jw's are losing confidence in the wt and beginning to question some of the sh*t they see and hear. So, IMHO, yes the confidence level is sinking fast.
just saying!
