Posts by 4thgen

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Speculation: Female Ministerial Servants coming soon

by Londo111 in

ive no source for this, just personal speculation.. * there is a good case to be made that there were female deacons (ministerial servants) in the bible.. * there is a lack of qualified brothers for basic assignments such as microphones, accounts, literature.

in some cases, elders have had to do double duty because of a lack of ministerial servants or qualified brothers.. * women outnumber men in the organization.. * there is supposedly a surprising change coming "down the pipe".. perhaps the only difference between male and female ministerial servants is that women will still not be allowed to teach..

4thgen

Hi Londo, don't hold your breath....

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Speculation: Female Ministerial Servants coming soon

by Londo111 in

ive no source for this, just personal speculation.. * there is a good case to be made that there were female deacons (ministerial servants) in the bible.. * there is a lack of qualified brothers for basic assignments such as microphones, accounts, literature.

in some cases, elders have had to do double duty because of a lack of ministerial servants or qualified brothers.. * women outnumber men in the organization.. * there is supposedly a surprising change coming "down the pipe".. perhaps the only difference between male and female ministerial servants is that women will still not be allowed to teach..

4thgen

HI Londo, There is no way in hell they will ever allow women in any position of authority. That would mean that they have some respect for females. Since it is a good-ol-boys club and always will be there is no chance of it EVER happening.

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Some EXJW blogs are more controlling than the WT!

by BucketShopBill in

the owners of jehovahs-witness.net are very honest and decent individuals, he and she allow freedom of speech and the allowance of exchanging ideas.

this is not the case with other active and ex-jw information sites (won't post them, you know who they are) that refuse our allowance to disagree or point out their chronic slanted and often distorted perspective.

the watchtower provides us with enough material there is no reason we need to twist their material.

4thgen

Welcome Bucket, Good point.

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How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

by runForever in

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if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

4thgen

I care about them as much as they care about the sheep. Nada.

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How many things did you toss out in the name of Jehoover

by love2Bworldly in

i had a flash back yesterday.

my non jw husband and i went to disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys.

after a few months i felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized.

4thgen

I destroyed about 50 of my husbands rock albums for fear of demonic messages and backward masking. Boy was he pissed! At the time I felt justified.Now I just feel stupid.

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"Thanks for showing an interest" - why I'd rather be completely shunned.

by Julia Orwell in

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an old jw friend of mine died on saturday, and i used to be best friends with her jw husband.

we were close friends for 14 years.

i was like his daughter.

4thgen

Hi JuliaO, You have a PM

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I'm shocked!! I think I found the REAL reason for no voting, for tons of preaching and no public charity!! The IRS and taxes!

by EndofMysteries in

the wt controls every part of it's members lives.

now if they really allowed voting, then obviously since they have the only channel to god, they would be expected to provide guidance as to who is the best candidate and best party, etc.

well, if you look in the irs booklet for tax exempt organizations, including religions and churches over here, go to page 5, "jeopordizing tax exempt status".

4thgen

You are probably onto something. In order to keep tax exempt they must track volunteer hours.

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JW.ORG jewellery and pendants?

by stuckinarut2 in

how long will it be before witnesses start getting jewellery made up with jw.org as the pendant?.

can you imagine a nice gold neck chain, with a diamond jw.org hanging from it?.

or a small ring with the logo on it?.

4thgen

well they are a printing company after all. $$$$ 1st!

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one reason for the dumbing down of the org

by Magnum in

a lot of us have said that theres been a dumbing down in jw land.

its just not like it used to be especially a few decades ago.

it seems to me that if jw are right and the end of the world is near, the spiritual food should get tastier and more nourishing as time goes on, but it's getting more and more bland and less nourishing.

4thgen

"Stupid is as stupid does"

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jw.org getting out of hand

by Gorbatchov in

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it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .

4thgen

I hate it too!

When you think about it, they are a PRINTING AND PUBLISHING company, after all.

So the printed word is out of style, must move onto printing and distributing company logo items... to keep the publishing company alive! And the models of the latest logo brand items are the GB!