this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?
isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?.
i'm sure some of the intelligent people here can guide me but in all honesty, i never understood that..
Prophesy is a fancy way of saying 'trying to predict the future'. It's delusion at it's best! Anyone can be prophet because "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in while!"
I'm still waiting on the 1969 wt prophecy about not growing old in this system to be fulfilled! Maybe in wt speak, 73 in not really old!
just saying!
in my lifetime, (i will include kennedy even though i was probably breast-feeding at the time), but it seems that there have been relatively few presidents that we vote "for.
" my list would be kennedy, reagan, clinton and obama.
i'm not talking about their politics here but who generally got voted for, instead of simply voting against.. any thoughts?.
Absolutely for sure positively the reason that tRump was "elected"! Very unstable person!
just saying!
what a weekend.
i have my normal medications to take; one white pill, one purple pill, one blue pill, one yellow pill ... you get the idea.. but having to watch the regional assembly on-line had me stressed.
i now realized i accidentally took too many of those big purple pills.
I told my wife that if Steve Lett goes door to door, he would scare the shit out of people the way he talks and looks!
just saying!
it is a challenge next sunday for them .
due to starting the convention programme the wt study will be a 30 minute run through ,and deals with this prophecy ... i doubt the younger ones are familiar with it at all bur oldies could debate it at length .we on the look out for the king of the north to enter "the land of decoration" (more to follow,maybe next week).
this article makes a grand claim in par 2.
I think that the wt is trying to tell us that there are "overlapping" kings of the north and south! Anything is possible wt colored glasses on!
just saying!
in the scope of this site, it’s not possible to go too deeply into historical research in a single post but we can give the flavour of things formerly hidden from us when we were jws.. like most things, christianity evolved.. it has unseen roots but many visible branches, 40,000 is the often quoted number!
there never was a moment when it arrived fully formed in the middle of the first century.
its roots in folk mysteries were deliberately concealed by fourth and fifth century christian leaders.
Nice post HB! I've had a similar discussion with my pimi wife and other jw's (who won't turn me in as an apostate). My question/thoughts for them was, how can we be sure that all those ancient writings that supposedly make up the Bible are accurate or even true accounts?
Of course, they let it be know that jehober made sure that 'his word' would be preserved accurately throughout the centuries. Okay, so I always ask them, "Why then did jehober preserve his word but allow his name to be buried for centuries? How about all those hundreds of thousands that lived and never knew god's name?"
just saying!
i know we are living in the "last days" of this system of things, but it is getting creepy around the house..
One of our former CO"s use to tell to the congregation: "The best pillow is a clean conscience!"
I guess he never tried MyPillow!
just saying!
anyone else get a food box delivered by local congregation to your door - allegedly by the society?
weird.
i looked online and found a couple of youtube channels saying the society is taking food from food banks and giving it only to their congregations.
Free??? food?? The wt is getting this free food?? from a government program. The wt is good at freely taking but not so good at freely giving! But it sure beats the hell out of their "free" spiritual food! lol
just saying!
take a look at this photo of a now long extinct publication!ain't she a beauty?.
around 1976 i got the wild idea i'd like to learn greek.
gosh - just look at the gorgeous purple book up there!
What is the greek word for bull shit? As in the Greek interlinear translation of bull shit?
But I really do like Greek yogurt!
just saying!
well known norway elder and watchtower doctrine apologist, (rolf furuli) was disfellowshipped a few days ago for the crime of expressing opinions contrary to some watchtower dictates.. like wt leadership in the past, they have no problem eating their own..
So they just made one of their staunch supporter into an enemy, sounds good
Galatians 4: 16, 17
16 So, then, have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They are zealous to win you over, but not for a good purpose; they want to alienate you............
Finally a scripture that makes sense!
system of things comes to mind.
what does that mean to anyone not a jw?.
how long have you been in the truth?
anointed
heavenly class
last of the last days
great tribulation
blood card
spiritually qualified
goat-like
soooooooooooooooooooon
just saying!
