actually, just one musing.. there are a number of scriptures that wtbts uses to support their doctrine of everlasting life on paradise earth.
the vast majority come from the hebrew scriptures.
using just one verse, i believe i can disprove this doctrine quite soundly.. the verse is john 6:68.. simon peter answered him: lord, whom shall we go away to?
Great point. The disciples knew those scriptures in psalms and such were just over the top songs about future blessings from Jah / promised land yada yada...No real outlined purpose or plans for the future restoration of Eden for the "great crowd" and all that. I swear the more this TTATT stuff sinks in the more comical jw beliefs sound.
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here is what the jw's say about disfellowinshipping.
i can not seem to past the text from their website help.. .
The only spiritual counsel any df person gets is "attend all the meetings and check back with us in 6 months .... Oh and stop doing whatever you were df'd for"
such BS ... They write it like counseling services are available continuously. I guess you could hound the elders and constantly ask for a meeting, but that would only work a couple of times. The df person would be avoided like the plague after that.
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ldc semininar @ patterson nov 15-18, 2014 .
entire ldc dept included remote workers/design/legal/real estate/purchasing.
oversight.
I had a conversation with a brother that is involved with scoping out the costs of building these new "Kingdom Halls". I spouted off about what I knew about the design changes and the new plans (which I learned from this thread lol) and he asked how I knew all this because it was suppose to be confidential. He told me he has seen pics and blueprints for these new commercial units. I'm not sure if the pics were real buildings or digital drawings though.
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read here: what jesus says at matthew 24 .
36 but about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son,[f] but only the father.
37 as it was in the days of noah, so it will be at the coming of the son of man.
Sounds like alien abduction to me.
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a new site so i decided i needed a new look also, like so many others have done.. smiddy .
Like it! Change is good...
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when i look at the front page of this site i wish there was a count for new members that joined.
that day, the month or even quartly.. the jdubs always brag about new members and how many are getting baptized.
but, yet they are still under 8 million with probably about half actually attending meetings.
My original post was acknowledging that I agree it would be cool to see the surge in members after an event like the Tony Turd disaster (branch visit).
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well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
How do the like/dislike buttons work? I have tried a click a couple of them and nothing happens.
I will say though the updated design looks way more modern and I love that we can change our avatar and post pics straight from our computer. Thanks Simon!
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i tried starting a thread with a picture of an irreverent nativity scene and i guess the hoooly spirit must have stopped it.. .
now just seeing if i can start a thread at all.. .
om.
Sweet!
You can just post from your desktop or whatever. I am using chrome.
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i tried starting a thread with a picture of an irreverent nativity scene and i guess the hoooly spirit must have stopped it.. .
now just seeing if i can start a thread at all.. .
om.
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earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.
many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.
they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.
They are indirectly and directly making money from the site. Despite their claims, the site is 99% for the members.
The members can make donations once logged in under their username. You can make a one-time donation or setup recurring monthly donations to take place on the date of your choosing - how kind!
The site is a big way to posture themselves as "preaching the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth" and for delivering content to the dubs which creates reciprocity (we give you a new video - you give us a donation).
Whether they ever setup a donation button for the public remains to be seen. For now they are wanting to look like this is all a free service for the Lord (lol).
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