during the watchtower study today, i browsed genesis and looked for evidence of noah ever preaching to anyone.
from what i could glean from the scriptures, it was a foregone conclusion that noah's family would be it on the ark.
(unless they towed some rafts behind) my wife says that building the ark could be considered a witness of his faith to the wicked world, but that seems kind of lame to me.. so, should i just assume that god decided not to give anyone else a chance for redemption?
If Noah(and his family) were preachers of righteousness, then they were g'damn lousy preachers, IMHO! How could they possibly preach that many years and not convert even one soul?
As Blondie metnioned,
"Likely", or "We can assume", or "From this we can imply"
that jehober did not bless his ministry! How heartwarming and fulfilling it must have been for Noah and his family to have witnessed such a thrilling vindication of jehober's name as millions got to drown to death.
just saying!
vigil help for burney man who died after being set on fire.
community members shared their memories of wicks, a member of the jehovah's witness hall in burney.
many of them remember him from his post at the shell station, where he worked along with his wife.
When we first heard about this horrific event, we were stunned and saddened like so many others. My jw wife's reaction was, "Jehovah will surely remember him in the resurrection". My apostate reply to her was, "Well I certainly hope so, but it would have been much more loving of God to have stepped in and protected his loyal servant from dying in such a horrific manner".
just saying!
https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/commercial-real-estate/10-biggest-nyc-real-estate-stories-2016-69239.
december 23, 2016. the 10 biggest nyc real estate stories of 2016.
wikimedia: jud mccranie .
I will admit that the wt society did help increase the desirability of the Brooklyn Heights area. They showed how run down property in that neighborhood could be restored. After all, the labor was basically free so why not?
just saying!
do all potential converts have to take part in field service before baptism?
and do new members generally try to bring in their friends and family or do they generally keep their religion to themselves?
what do pioneers do if they're going door to door and chance on someone they know or work with in their personal lives?
Show up and endure the next 1-2 hours of utter non sense trying to avoid anyone that really has a real question! It's only important to show up which makes a pretense of righteousness!
just saying!
who celebrated even in their heart?
what were your grievances?.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/festivus.
Even during my 50 plus years as a true blue dub, I always enjoyed this time of the year. Contrary to what we were suppose to believe about people being angry ans selfish during the holiday season, I found it to be the complete opposite. It's a time for family and time off work. What could be better?
Oh yea, getting ready for a jw convention. Oh what joy!
Back to reality, I wish all a happy, loving, and prosperous fest of your life!
just saying!
i recently spoke to an old friend of mine who is still under the clutches of the watchtower.
a while back, i had told him about all the child sex abuse coverups, false prophecies, false doctrines etc.
he was really shocked and surprised.
JW's have a little brown book of 'canned responses' and even "practice sessions", (so to speak), on how to refute anything negative about the wtbts. The book is "Reasoning from the Scriptures" (lol). Having a "canned reply" makes them feel like they have done something so truly wonderful. They have defended the troof! How do I know?
eye use 2 b a dub 4 50 plus years!
just saying!
there are two kingdom halls in two parts of the county i live in.
one is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one.. just posting because i noticed posts saying their wasn't new khs being built.
and i learned this today from someone..
In the small town of Chowchilla, CA they will soon be building a "new kh". It will replace the basically "new kh" that already exists on the property. 'Apparently', or 'clearly' the RBC did a poor job of checking out the building site. They built a "quick build" kh on an abandoned landfill about 5-6 years ago. lol The existing kh and parking lot have since partially caved in. What a fiasco for those poor brothers in Chowchilla!
Praise jah!
just saying!
jesus taught a surviving generation, a group inhering everlasting life, an escape route to avoid a global disaster worse than the flood, a generation that "will not pass away--" an infinite generation.
wt teaches a generation that dies, ends, passes away, at the first sign of real trouble, the great tribulation.. what do you believe about this wt assertion?
(apart from that there is no talking snake, it is all irrelevant).
Village Idiot: It is not the "overlapping" that is wrong, it is idiotic of course.
I started my neatly trimmed goatee a few months ago after that ambiguous WT on beards etc. Had not too much flack from anyone at the kh. Last week a couple of brothers stopped by to encourage me since I am inactive. They commented on my goatee, referring to it a beard. I told them to think of it as just an "overlapping mustache". There was an uncomfortable laugh by them because what I said was stupid but then again there were no further comments on the goatee.
of publisher numbers go up its a sign jehovah must be blessing the work if they go down it a sign the end must be near .
if there's an earthquake it a sign.if there's a war it's a sign ..i'm sure donald trump is sign.
karter.
Castro's death is a sign. It's a sign that we ALL grow old and die!
just saying!
of publisher numbers go up its a sign jehovah must be blessing the work if they go down it a sign the end must be near .
if there's an earthquake it a sign.if there's a war it's a sign ..i'm sure donald trump is sign.
karter.
Fidel Castro's death is a sign---that we ALL grow old and die!
just saying!
