the GB has just cancelled the next two years

by neat blue dog 28 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • neat blue dog
    neat blue dog

    Even some Democrats are advocating for reopening society, and are at least HOPING for some point in 2021, but the Governing Body just announced that they're canceling the assemblies in 2022 as well, aiming to restart in 2023.

    They're REALLY milking this 'pandemic', because as soon as things go back to normal that sense of urgency will start to die again, and publisher counts / meeting attendance will go down as well. I wonder how many JWs are suffering form (additional) depression from this as well, because with meetings, assemblies and conventions at least you could see and meet new people, as well as socialize.

    Now, everyone is stuck within the same small social group with little one on one interaction, because JWs tend to be more scared of the 'pandemic' as they view doing otherwise as being disobedient to the GB. Much of the civilized world is on hold, but perhaps JWs even more so, as they can't turn to 'worldly' people for companionship and their already small community is now even smaller.

  • Pete Zahut
    Pete Zahut
    the Governing Body just announced that they're canceling the assemblies in 2022 as well, aiming to restart in 2023.

    Whoo hoo....what a relief it must be for those in charge...they have an almost 2 year break from having to come up with material and organizing assemblies.

    I wonder how many JWs are suffering form (additional) depression from this as well, because with meetings, assemblies and conventions at least you could see and meet new people, as well as socialize.

    I'm guessing any additional depression that may be caused by isolation might be offset by the absence of anxiety caused by the weekly doom and gloom sessions which are part and parcel of the end times cult they belong to. I'm sure the impact the meetings may normally have on individuals, has been lessened by viewing them via zoom.

    Much of the civilized world is on hold, but perhaps JWs even more so, as they can't turn to 'worldly' people for companionship and their already small community is now even smaller.

    I live in the epicenter of Covid and most of the Churches around here have been meeting in big Marquee tents set up in their parking lots, ever since this whole mess started. They know the value of in person association and that meeting online doesn't have the same impact. They prove how much they trust that "god's Holy Spirit" will keep them safe. (Not saying they should) but JW's don't put their faith to the test as much as they claim to.


  • waton
    waton
    meet new people, as well as socialize

    nbd: socialize one on one, and not having to listen of the blabber of all the gallery.

    socializing with people you pick from 10 000 not the same narcissistic monopolizers of the zoom screen.

    wt plan: divide and conquer.

  • neat blue dog
    neat blue dog
    any additional depression that may be caused by isolation might be offset by the absence of anxiety caused by the weekly doom and gloom sessions

    Any true believer is also regular at zoom meetings and JW Broadcasting, so there is no balance. In fact, many JWs sincerely believe that the pandemic will lead to the Great Tribulation.

    most of the Churches around here have been meeting in big Marquee tents set up in their parking lots

    Because most Christians are also politically conservative. JWs on the other hand have been blatantly virtue signaling about their compliance with the 'superior authorities' and how seriously they're supposedly taking things.

  • a watcher
    a watcher

    I like the assemblies/conventions being online, but I hate Zoom. I want to go back to the KH and the door-to-door work.

  • road to nowhere
    road to nowhere

    A watcher

    You kidding? The brightside is zooming off camera, no ties no travel

    I really am glad to miss dtd

  • redvip2000
    redvip2000

    evidently Jellohoba does not have enough power to prevent people to get contaminated at the assemblies. Imagine a god that actually exists seeing this as a good opportunity to show that at the gatherings of his true religion he ensures nobody gets sick.

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    many JWs sincerely believe that the pandemic will lead to the Great Tribulation.

    Just as many sincere JW's believe other events were leading right into their Great Tribulation

    WWI

    Great Depression

    WWII

    Cold War

    End of 6000 years of mankind's existence (1975)

    International Year of Peace

    HIV/AIDS Epidemic

    9/11

    End of the 20th Century

    BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

  • asp59
    asp59
    They have gone online. That was that with this. No point having KHs standing empty for two years. It's gonna be sold.
  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    That is one thing they should just leave closed down forever, pandemic or none. As I see it, Christi-SCAM-ity is an even worse pandemic that has far more serious effects than any coronavirus could ever have. As it is, coronavirus itself is about as serious as a cold, and if you take quercetin and zinc, probably a pretty wimpy one at that. Even something as serious as the Plague would only kill 75% of the population, and there would be at least a few left unscathed. Plus, you only die from that one lifetime.

    With the christian pandemic, you lose the use of your whole lifetime. You suffer through, and end up with lasting damage to your whole soul. And you support the reptilians enslaving the whole world, eventually taking the whole planet for themselves and using it as a base to ruin yet other planets until they ruin the whole universe. Try that with any virus, even the Plague.

    And, there is zero chance of being unscathed. If you are infected with the xian plague, your whole soul is damaged. This also does damage to everyone else, far worse than even a Plague-sized pandemic, because you create dirty energy with that thing. (And help influence laws that prohibit nature.) And this damage goes beyond your death--you experience hang-ups into all future lifetimes, plus there is the risk of having your soul becoming a meal for the reptilians (which is what "going to heaven" actually involves). I would say that is by far the worst pandemic ever experienced.

    And, with the xian pandemic, there is no protection that works. Everyone is affected. Masks, "social" distancing, staying at home, and hand washing will not work if you abide by that filthy bible (the primary vector of this horrible disease) or go online to find your church to worship this filthy abomination. Yet, I don't see churches and mosques being closed down to protect people from the worst pandemic (Islam is part of this pandemic) ever experienced.

    As for me, I would rather have all churches and mosques (synagogues, too--they are not exempt from being vectors of this hyper-pandemic) closed down forever for this. Open everything else back up (except xian stores, of course--the last thing we need in this xianity pandemic is more bibles). Open up legal adult porn shops, movies (except those promoting xian filth), music shops (again, except xian trash--I would rather listen to Led Zeppelin), gyms, salons, and so on. Give people options for effective school that teaches people to think on their own--not that indoctrination system that leaves them vulnerable to the xian pandemic. By all means eliminate unsound debt (that is, debt that was forced on us--which is related to the xian pandemic), but allow people to work for a living.

    As for vaccination against the xian pandemic, there is no physical shot for this. It is important for sound education from the earliest point, to train people to think for themselves. The whole of Christi-SCAM-ity needs to be weeded out of our legal structure. A good science program also helps--and not the science that just serves the interest of communism. Unfortunately, there is no "quercetin and zinc" program to mitigate the effects of xianity.

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