today's wt study (nov 15, 2014 page 4, par 4.. the governing body in jerusalem sent the apostles peter and john to these samaritan converts, and they laid their hands on them, and they began to receive holy spirit.
(acts 8:5, 6, 14-17) .
there are multiple references to acts 15 whereby "the apostles and older men" were the governing body.. i have never noticed this applied to "the apostles" only in acts 8:14 before.. is this another new item to reinforce the concept of the governing body?.
I think they pushed the notion of a 1st century GB more this wt study than ever before. It's bold and telling of who they are and what their agenda is. Fear mongering, insisting on God-given authority, all the while planning very ungodly business maneuverings aka real estate empire building.
-TE
1. the meeting notes (which seem to be genuine, several sources now) for the ldc roll out talk about the need for 500, yes, 500 new halls.. 2. they are not interested in what property is available, but instead what is 'optimal', and are training couples to search for 'optimal' property.. 3. if the buildings did not have a sign that said jw .org (i refuse to give them a free link) and kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses, you could not tell it from a small bank or office building, just check the pictures.. .
this makes me think that a) they either need to build and sell commercial property very quickly, or they just want to build and sell commercial property very quickly.. .
think about this: to build a kingdom hall (church), you need a variance, whether commercial or residential.. i predict they will put these in primarily commercial locations, ie, 'optimal' locations.. .
1% growth does not a need make.
-TE
left completely unsaid at the meeting: who is going to be the owner of the property & building when all of these new khs are built?
in the current arrangement, in most cases, a local trust is set up to hold ownership.
of course, the most likely answer is "the watchtower (or whatever shell corporations they set up) will own the land & building".
The reason for the front door style, the literature trolleys, is just a BS smokescreen; it is a commercial design, not a church design. How dumb are witnesses if they believe this crap? - pistoff
Thank You. My sentiments exactly.
TE
new kindumb halls in a neighborhood near you.
notes and highlights from todays meeting.
opening statement about this meeting being a historic event, over 100k elders under the us branch together live from nyc..
Too bad God can't make gold bars appear under the GB's bed. That would be so much easier than blessing all this worldly business stuff. Oh well. I guess he knows best.
-TE
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they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .
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Looks like a medical clinic waiting to happen.
Also doesn't look like an elder's basement.
-TE
back in the day, if someone was put on probation for an offence, rather than being disfellowshipped, if he re-offended whilst that probation was in force, disfellowshipping was automatic.
normally a probation lasted 12 months.
after the probation was finished that was it.
It depends on what the "sin" is. Where I am, if you get in trouble for fornication and then commit fornication again 6 months later, then you would be found "unrepentant" and DF'd.
-TE
i know dubs are delusional.
i know dubs don't reason well.
i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.
I want to comment on the height of this cartoon boy compared to my personal height at various ages. I was as tall as my mom at 11-12 years of age. I know I am just one example. These cartoon characters are much shorter than their mother, and it appears their mother is average height like my mother is. For this to be a representation of myself, it would have to be ttattelder at like age 8 or 9.
Look how tiny the boy is compared to the brother baptizing him. It's obvious what the angle is. Get baptized in elementary school.
-TE
apologies if this has already been posted but i am speechless.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs&x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260#t=72.
this video was not made to promote anything. It was not made for the general public - itkh
That's what you're supposed to think.
-TE
apologies if this has already been posted but i am speechless.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs&x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260#t=72.
It's a viral video. It's marketing in 2015. It was planned.
-TE
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
I feel a mixture of cynicism and deep, deep sadness. - steve2
I feel your pain. I have a long history of family in this thing also. What's weird to think about is actually what our grandparents joined into. It's not even close to the same religion, but people always refer to their "heritage in the truth". My original peeps weren't even called Jehovah's Witnesses. Craziness.
But back to the topic... the org is just doing the same ole game of moving the cheese.
-TE
