when i first came into contact with jehovah's witnesses they were talking about god's kingdom bringing about a peaceful new world.
the scripture used being psalm 37:10,11 "just a little while longer and the wicked will be no more.you will look at where they were and they will not be there., but the meek will possess the earth and they will find exquisite delightin the abundance of peace..".
i took this to mean, then, that when jehovah intervened, at his appointed time, it would be instantly, invisibly, and painlessly.
Some of them are silly enough to take these WT pictures for real, rather than just an artist’s view….
But cities? Where the hell did that come from? Everyone’s view of a new world is not to live in a city but a green and verdant land .. I would like to have a reference to Splane’s talk to hear what he said , if it is still there.
2025**04**april**21**announcement.
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https://app.filemail.com/d/qpxvufhubdjrdoy .
So now, instead of a convention from the USA , we can see our own R. convention from the local stadium - IF we are a person considered worthy by the Local BOE ….
I am sure it will still end up on the net .
after finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.
picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.
i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.
“ new system” would end up being very much like this”
I have to disagree. If the current elders had free rein , maybe. But I know mature dubs who look forward to the New World so as to see an end to the current regime of elders. Their belief is that God and Jesus Christ will then be in charge, making the decisions based on real Christian principles with insight, not flawed men.
the following is from the latest study watchtower july 2025, study article 28, paragraph 17:.
each christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions.
we may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry.
The article says “blood fractions” as though red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets were not also fractions, but of course they are . It is the rule of the GB that only allows other fractions to be taken medically. So whose rule are they following? Man’s rule or Gods ?
Scripture says “ It is in vain they worship me if they teach commands of men as doctrine “
Nb. “Shepherd the Flock 2024 makes it plain that if one unrepentantly takes “ blood” they disassociate themselves
somehow i had never noticed a detail in the jacob at the well story.
gen 29 (lxx).
1 and jacob started and went to the land of the east to laban, the son of bathuel the syrian, and the brother of rebecca, mother of jacob and esau.2 and he looks, and behold!
This thread title would be a great name for a band
curious.
what was your local memorial attendance like tonight?
Yes, I noticed that Easter is a week later . But both the JW Memorial and the Jewish Passover were this weekend gone . I am not sure how they calculated Easter but bothdubs and Jews followed the “ first full moon after the Spring Equinox “ principle.
We zoomed in and were singularly unimpressed with the talk delivery .
🤦♀️this 25 million different languages thing is getting ridiculous.
this link is hilarious!
they've only gone and translated into jamaican patois and boy this isn't just translation, they're literally using slang....what next?
Notformer.
I believe that they would be more tolerant today, in fact they should have been back then . I have known and befriended a bro with a long ponytail. They disliked the hair but kept the bro. I have heard tale of an ex miner JW who could not stop peppering his speech with swear words . The account was that the cong loved and accepted him .
Re the Patois translation… I read that it is an important part of Jamaican culture and over there taken seriously..So, if it reaches people they will do it.
Didn’t Paul write that “ I have become all things to all men”
it sounds funny to us but that is not the point
https://youtu.be/7xumqjq3zfc?si=ivcg96t4dtgze4ft.
so this is from the brand new watchtower study edition of june 2025 which has just been posted on jw.org .under the title: modestly accept what you do not know, a let’s read paragraphs in question 4 &5: “read matthew 24:36. we do not know when the end of this system of things will come.
even jesus, while on earth, did not know the ‘day and hour.’ he later told the apostles that jehovah, who is the great timekeeper, keeps the timing of certain events ‘in his own jurisdiction,’ or authority.
Having now read the article, we should note what they still maintain. Para. 7 :
” We do well to focus on what we do know—that the last days began in 1914.
Jehovah has provided Bible prophecies that not only pinpoint that year but also describe in detail the conditions that have prevailed since then. As a result, we are convinced that “the great day of Jehovah is near.”So although they know not when exactly, the day is still “ near” . So the pressure to preach is the same . After all , whatever the “ day and the hour” it will be soon.
https://youtu.be/7xumqjq3zfc?si=ivcg96t4dtgze4ft.
so this is from the brand new watchtower study edition of june 2025 which has just been posted on jw.org .under the title: modestly accept what you do not know, a let’s read paragraphs in question 4 &5: “read matthew 24:36. we do not know when the end of this system of things will come.
even jesus, while on earth, did not know the ‘day and hour.’ he later told the apostles that jehovah, who is the great timekeeper, keeps the timing of certain events ‘in his own jurisdiction,’ or authority.
Personally, I am glad that they are now admitting that they do not know. It is better than making things up.
https://youtu.be/4upzvonzg10?si=1bdvv6qzcuj2fo6s.
oh, the joys of being one of jehovah’s witnesses, where you get to learn that heaven is a vip lounge for exactly 144,000 people—and sorry, everyone else, you're stuck in the “earth forever” section.
yep, you get to mow grass in paradise while the chosen few float around in immortal glory.
You make an earthly life sound like a cheap second class salvation. Putting my Dub hat back on now, I never wanted to go to Heaven. I could not imagine it. Everything I ever wanted, aspired to , enjoyed in life is here .
No, everlasting life on Earth and even greeting my dead loved ones back again was a far more attractive deal .
