what happens when the rules regarding medical treatment are changed because it is now decided that the watchtower god does allows certain blood fractions after all but which formerly the wts said would offend him so much that offenders would be sent to gehenna?.
blood serums are just one example.
in 1954 the societys ruling on blood serums disallowed their use because using blood serums was displeasing to god.
The Watchtower will NEVER ever eat 'humble pie', they are NEVER wrong.
The Watchtower have NO interest in locating, or trying to locate anyone they may have wrongly disfellowshipped.
The Watchtower have NO interest in reinstating those persons.
They are just a book publishing company after all!
hello knowledgeable people.. i am looking for advise on home owners insurance.
we've lived in the same house of 12 years and had the same home owners insurance for 12 years.
every year the insurance goes up about $100.00.
can somebody sum up the new rules on dealing with child abuse mentioned on another thread please.. owing to copyright it is illegal to post links to the material.
so i havent read it.. hb.
They are the same as the instructions here:
you can't be god if nobody exists but you.. sure, you are taller.
but, taller than what?.
see, a superlative is the last step among comparisons: good, better....best!.
On a scale of 1 to 10; zero
the local elders have been trying to visit me (my hubby still attends meetings and he has told them i don't wish to speak with them), they left a copy of a watchtower (on helping inactive ones to return) in my door when i was not at thome, and this last sunday asked my husband if it's ok to write me a letter saying this is what they have to do.
they can't freely stop by as we have large dogs that would keep them out.. does anyone know if this is going to result in my being df'd??
i don't want that to happen yet as my husband's parents who are quite elderly, would be devastated.
I am extremely surprised that they wish to write to you;
normally they are advised NOT to put anything in writing.
there is this sister in the hall i went to who is in her mid 80's.
she is very active and pioneers, etc.
well when i was still going to the meetings and out in service she would talk about how she came into the "truth.
YES! How true! I have had and just about coped with this for just short of 60 years!
I still get preached 'to' and 'at'.
Never a day without 'what somebody said at the hall' or 'what somebody said at the meeting'.
I loathe, hate and detest the witnesses, particularly the elders.
BUT it didn't manage to actually break our marriage up, although it sure did ruin it.
i remember ones when i was quite tired and low one elder said to me " it says in the bible that the one who endures to the end will survive, so really the only thing you/we have to do is to endure".. wow, gee, really!!
hey well that's a relief and encouraging....thanks.... i think that all that enduring was what made me tired and depressed in the first place..... what do you have to relate?.
/newborn.
If you don't sing the songs, you might just as well not come to the meetings!
I don't sing, SO I don't go!
i just can't understand jw beliefs so i thought i'd try to get some simple yes/no answers.
this is a genuine effort to understand and i hope nobody takes it as an insult.
hope some of you folks don't mind spending a bit of time on this.
YES - ALL those statements are - FALSE
Simple!
i just can't understand jw beliefs so i thought i'd try to get some simple yes/no answers.
this is a genuine effort to understand and i hope nobody takes it as an insult.
hope some of you folks don't mind spending a bit of time on this.
YES - ALL those statements are - FALSE
Simple!
all the elders in my circuit are driving across the state for a big elders meeting.
and the ministerial servants have to do it on sunday.
evidentally they were all told to study certain parts of their new book before going.. .
The instructions on what to study:
"We are providing the textbooks to elders in advance so that you will be able to read the book through before attending the school. You will want to concentrate particularly 0n chapters 1,2, 4-7,9, and 11, since they will be considered specifically at the school. In addition to your Shepherding textbook, please remember to bring your Bible, Organized to Do Jehovah's Will, Benefit From Theocratic Ministry School Education, and some note paper. In the Organized book, you should review chapters 3 and 7. along with pages 117- 119. In the Ministry School book, you should review pages 47-55, 130, and 265-271. Please advise ministerial servants that in addition to their Bible and note paper, they should bring theIr Organized and Ministry School books. They should review the same material in the Ministry School book as the elders, and in the Organized book, they should review chapters 6-8, along with pages 117-119.
You will note in chapter 5, paragraph 9, of the Shepherding textbook that a change in terminology is being introduced. A new term, "brazen conduct," will be used in addition 10 " loose conduct." or in some cases instead of "loose conduct." This new term has been chosen by the Governing Body because it more accurately conveys the thought of the original Greek word that is translated "loose conduct" in the New World Translation."
