since the sect's leadership had painted itself into a corner a change had to come about.
governing body members were required to be of the "anointed" class, composed of men who became witnesses as adults before the year 1935. this excludes younger men, and limits the governing body to an older group each year.
few men in their 80s or 90s are up to running a corporation.. during the mid-1990s the witnesses attempted to sidestep the problem by beginning to appoint a few younger men who had earlier declared themselves to be of the anointed.
The Watchtower - the only company in the world that is concerned about all of it's Governing Body DYING OF OLD AGE!!! HEHE! They are ridiculous! I'm glad some slightly intelligent glorified janitor has finally been allowed to plan for a restructuring - soon the down-sizing will begin! All Dubs will be fired! I'm talking absolute nonsense aren't I!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
or so ananova says.
no need to grab your water bottles and run for the mountains tho, as it's only coming in about 850 years.
that should give you plenty of time to stock up on beer!.
Or so Ananova says. No need to grab your water bottles and run for the mountains tho, as it's only coming in about 850 years. That should give you plenty of time to stock up on BEER!
Maybe this is Armageddon? Must be, because at the rate the Dub Armageddon predictions have been coming true, I see the 'End' coming in about a millenium or so...and I'm being OPTIMISTIC here!
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_557184.html
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
satans dirty deed in 1914
the poster bjc2012 got me a little perturbed, not much, but a little.
he wrote:.
just when you think your immune to the pain from family members shunning you get a surprise.
my sister hasn't talked or communicated with us for nearly 2 years.
in november my mom bought her granddaughter ashley a beautiful doll.
dear brothers and sisters in the worldwide brotherhood of jehovahs witnessestm,.
there has been much public interest in our beliefs lately, so we have prepared a very brief summary of our core beliefs in a new pamphlet which you may offer to interested persons.
hopefully, this pamphlet will generate enough interest with honest-hearted people and enable you to start many new bible studies.
i'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
i'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
we recently had the visit of the co, during the elders meeting he addressed his concern over the decline in meeting attendance, especially for the tms & sm.
our particular congregation saw a decline of 30% from his last visit 6 months ago.
in a private conversation with him i asked if our congregation was unique in this regard and he said no, some congregations have seen a much higher percentage of decline, 50-60%.
Snow doesn't happen in South Africa, let alone bloody snowstorms, so there was never a 'cancellation phone-call' from any Elder. If anything, I have a feeling that the Elders would have sold their souls to the Devil before actually cancelling ANY meeting whatsoever!!! I always felt so joyously happy whenever my parents said we weren't going to the meeting - my heart would literally be bursting with joy, and I could see my sister was very happy about it too!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
i have submitted an article on kuro5hin.org ( http://www.kuro5hin.org).
please stop on over, login and go to "moderate submissions" and vote for my article to be published on the site!.
mike
K5 is one of the 'Big Three' online discussion sites, along with Slashdot and Adequacy. They get a very large amount of traffic, and it only takes a few moments to sign up, get a user account, and mod the article up. Really, if you like the WTBTS, you don't have to do it. Support a fellow Apostate today!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
the thread on cutting back the number of weekly meetings to two got me thinking:.
do you think the jw organization will continue to hold district conventions for very long?.
i wonder, how many people *really* feel upbuilt after attending a dc?