obviously 607 is a problem, watchower coming out full forces on this one in the latest public edition.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/wp_e_20111001.pdf.
I think this will actually backfire on the Watchtower.
When I was in the Watchtower, I didn't even know there was an issue with the 607 date.
When I realized everyone else on the planet said 587, I started researching and the rest is history.
Thanks Watchtower !
so, i'm new to the site lurked around for a week or so now before signing up.
i'll try to keep this first post short.
just looking to make some connections with others that have been thru similar life experiences and help out anyone that feels empty and alone after leaving the "organization".
It took me about 10 years to untanlge the Watchtower from my brain.
But I did it... f you Watchtower!!
check it out, i played with the band today (all brothers) at the hilton resort by the pool, nice gig but the mother of a 12 year old came up and asked us to sing happy b-day to him, wow very awkward the brother she approached said 'why don't you sing it to him" and shoved the microphone in her face, she refused about 4 or 5 times and was very frustrated we would not sing as this is a really common request of bands.
she was really put on the spot, so she did it and we just stood there, thank god the crowd joined in singing.
when it was over the brother turned to one of the band members and said we should remember to bring the b-day music on mp3 to play when this happens.
It is extremely stupid.
God forbid that parents want to celebrate the birth of their child.
Think about it.
anyone from the uk remember the assemblies at twickenham?
cytrstal place?
gillingham?.
Veteran's Stadium Philadelphia was a literal HELL HOLE.
The place was like a solar cooker. Did enjoy when our convention proceedings were interrupted by the Live Aid concert in 1985.
I remember that concert. It made for even more horrendous parking.
Of course the dubs loved the comparison of the rowdy concert to the clean orderly assembly.
No matter how hot it was, you had to wear a tie.
Vet stadium what a hot, sweaty waste of time !!
this weekend watchtower study at the kh had included a picture on page 31 (watchtower march 15).. on the picture a sister is speaking / testify at a court.. at the wall of the court chamber, there are 2 pictures of imaginal political leaders.. am i wrong, do i see a joke of the wts graphic department?
because they are very similar to 2 governing body members.. fun ?!
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The country this took place in has a super fast judicial system.
Field service at say about 10:00.
Police ride to court house at say about 11:00.
Lunch 12:00.
In front of the Judge 1:00.
Back home changed out of meeting clothes to tell others about it.
What a day !!!!!!!!!
Shame on her for harrassing that elderly woman to the point where she felt compelled to call the police.
Although his word is absolute among the more than 500,000 ..... he objects to being called their leader.
Yeah, makes perfect sense to me
"To me titles mean nothing" he laughed "It doesn't matter whether I'm called Judge or jackass."This is amazing. We can call him jackass Rutherford or Judge Rutherford. Remember this when commenting at the hall.
Rutherford explained Jehovah Wiitnesses could be called neither a sect, cult, church nor organization. LOL
Organization is improper because our work is an individual mission...
Does the GB know about this?
The jackass was really a close footstep follower of Jesus. Remember those 12 apostles? They were really Jesus's body guards.
Great article!
loved this article in australia.
five other end-of-world predictions: .
1. followers of william miller believed the world would end on october 22, 1844.. 2.the jehovah's witness religion has predicted the end of the world in 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and 1994.. 3. charles wesley, founder of the methodist church, predicted the world would end in 1794.. 4. famous forecaster nostradamus predicted doomsday would happen in july 1999.. 5. english mystic joanna southcott predicted the world would end on october 19, 1814, when she gave birth to the messiah.. .
This Time article puts JW in the same company as Harold Camping.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2072748,00.html
Throughout history, movements like these have sprung up, especially in times of war or economic and political instability.
"When you think your world is going to hell in a handbasket, it's comforting to say, 'The world is bad, but God will take me out of this,'" says Doug Weaver, an associate professor of religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, who teaches the history of Christianity.
To that end, apocalyptic movements have surfaced in almost every era of chaos: following the Great Fire of London in 1666, for example, or during the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s.
The outbreak of World War I unleashed a torrent of end-of-the-world predictions: Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses, predicted the second coming of Christ would occur in 1914, which he said would mark the end of time for nonbelievers.
mag available here.
setting is obviously in the "new system", i'd say quite some time after the big a. everything looks neat and clean, so it can't be just few months or even years after the big slaughter.. let me point out few things that made me laugh:.
every effort was made to depict natural materials, but you see leather straps with metal rivets holding the picnic basket lids.
One thing for sure,
With all those fruits Jdubs are always shown with they need not worry about constipation in the noo system.
However they may need to worry about wiping.
things i thought about during the memorial talk last night:.
i don't know if it was just the memorial i went to or if this was across the board, but it seems that the talk was dumbed down a bit more than it had been in the past.
not that it wouldn't surprise me if was dumbed down.
And don't you love how someone has to pass the emblems in front of the guys who just walked all around the all carrying them? I mean, if they wanted to, they could have taken a nibble or sip any time they wanted. Why all the ritual? And the speaker. He's standing next to the table the entire time. He could've just grabbed some when they set it back down...but noooo, we gotta make it a point to give him the plate/glass for him to acutally take in hand and hand back. Growing up in it, I never thought about it, but now it just looks stupid and ritualistic.
I made a comment to a dub about this, I said
"why doesn't the speaker just say whoever wants to partake please come forward"?
Would save alot of time.
Oh wait that's the way some of Christendom does it.
Forget it.
"is jehovah causing these earthquakes?".
whether or not jesus said that earthquakes would 'increase', jehovah's witnesses assert that earthquakes are a sign of the 'time of the end'.
the recent cluster of awful earthquakes has only increased that sense of expectancy.. does this mean that jehovah is responsible for these earthquakes?
Looking again at that cult picture. I noticed something stupid about it.
How can there be all those nationalities dressed in their respective traditional dress coming out of that one city?
Hold on...... maybe there will be an International Convention going on when Armageddon strikes??
Yeah, Yeah that's got to be it.
WOW, you really need to look deep into the society literature to understand it.
