Is the AGM today?

by hamsterbait 207 Replies latest jw friends

  • Island Man
    Island Man

    With this new light on the identity of Gog, whenever a govt. bans the work of JWs, you'll hear the JWs saying that they're part of Gog's forces and this action is evidence that Gog is getting ready to attack. Who knows, maybe the GB expects to be banned soon in some countries and this new light is just a way of taking in front, so when they do get banned they can always play the Gog card and tell JWs not to listen to any news by the Gog govt. which gives reasons for the ban.

    In essence they could be laying the groundwork for the term "Gog" (or "Gog's company") to be used to demonize any govt. who bans them or investigates them. "Gog" will become the apostate label they slap on govts who are not favorable to the Witnesses and who may publish news items on the JWs that contain TTATT. The Watchtower is probably feeling the heat from Russian and other govts. I hear the charity commission in the UK is currently investigating them. The Watchtower probably expects the proverbial "$s#it to hit the fan" in the near future and so they're using this new doctrine to get JWs looking critically and suspiciously at govts who are critical of the JWs. That way if any govt. bans them and gives reasons, the JWs would have been pre-indoctrinated to disregard any damaging, confidential information that govt. sources have to say about JWs.

  • hildebrando
    hildebrando

    Updates!

    Bethelites with five years or more can serve for a year in missionary assignment.

    On January 2015 a new part of the service meeting entitled "How do you knew the truth" will replace local needs, in which all members of the congregation will tell their experience.

    Next year in September it will be posible to request a new version of pioneering. Currently, we have auxiliary, regular and special pioneering... Now we have this new option called Basic Pioneer of 10 hours and the purpose is to reach the milestone 8 million publishers and avoid inactives....

    http://hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/10/reunion-anual-de-la-watchtower-de.html

  • baltar447
    baltar447

    LOL!!! WHHUUUTT? "Basic Pioneer of 10 Hours"?????

    You have GOT to be kidding me!!

  • Oubliette
    Oubliette

    Basic Pioneer of 10 hours

    Interesting, BP is what the congregation average used to be!

    Is this like, Orange is the New Black!

  • leaving_quietly
    leaving_quietly

    So, I posted the question about "Gog of Magog" begin Satan a couple of years ago (as the girl next door pointed out). Makes me wonder if WTBTS really does get their "nu lite" from this site.

    BTW, it's not "Gog of Magog" in Revelation 20.

    Satan will be released from his prison, and he will go out to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Ma′gog, to gather them together for the war. - Rev 20:7,8

    In context, Gog and Magog represent the nations in the four corners of the earth who are misled BY Satan, not Satan himself.

    Biblically, Gog was a head chieftain of Meschech and Tubal in the land of Ma'gog. Ma'gog was a PLACE, not a person. (Eze 38:3) Another Gog was the grandson of Joel, a descendent of Gad (1 Chron 5:1)

    There was one other Ma'gog, one of the sons born to Japheth after the flood. (Gen 10:2)

    Back to Revelation 20:7,8, what's noteworthy is that this occurs AFTER Satan is released from the abyss, which is AFTER the thousand years have ended. Thus, God and Magog will not be revealed who they are until that time. Whoever they are, they are very many... as it says, the number is as the sand of the sea. (Of course, in WT lingo, that might be just 144,000, since that's apparently what the number of grains of sand and number of star promised to Abraham turn out to be. <sarcasm>)

    What does this mean for JWs? That their doctrine of Gog of Magog BEFORE Armageddon is totally incorrect.

    It may also mean that there is no Armageddon before the thousand years. Perhaps (I don't know for sure) this "war" in Revelation 20 is the same war mentioned in Revelation 16:14.

  • wifibandit
    wifibandit

    Over 4000 were in attendance at the Stanley Theater for the 2014 Annual Meeting. 19,000 listened in overall from other Bethel locations.

  • hamsterbait
    hamsterbait

    SO - - -

    WHAT exactly was this noolite that would make it worthwhile to delay DA oneself? Where is the shock for the old timers?

    More tittillation with spiritual frilly bras and knickers promising NOTHING. Not even a scent worth the sniffing. The Gibbering Buddies are just a bunch of prick teasers - or rather a teasing bunch of pricks.

    AGAIN

    The tinsel wings of jehoobie's chariot are failing to flutter entrancingly.

    AGAIN

  • hoser
    hoser

    Basic pioneer of 10 hours? How low can they go?

  • leaving_quietly
    leaving_quietly

    10 hours is just another carrot to dangle in front of JWs. Now, nearly EVERYONE can have a title!

  • hamsterbait
    hamsterbait

    You are right leaving: it is just a way of conning the gofors into feeling special.

    Even the Mormons do this, sending out pimply yoofs with barely one pubic hair as "ELDER <insert name>" to strut about the streets like bantam cocks...

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