a japanese sister living in kansai was asked by japan's branch office to take f. franz and his cronies to wining and dining.. her daughter left borg and are now publishing her experiences.. .
That's not surprising to see a top tier JWS member getting treated very well.
I saw the local CO get treated with the best restaurants in the city, driven around in the most luxurious cars in my time as a JWS.
The GB men today when they travel around the world with their wives get treated in the same way in that they are seen as glorified celebrities of the organization .
i was watching a video saying with tongue in cheek saying that trump was the antichrist listing all the scriptures and prophecies... was kind of funny but it made me wonder what the heck do jw's believe?
was it that it's other religions or some such garbage?
i don't seem to recall it being a specific person but honestly i don't recall at all.
The theological duality of there being an evil dark god and there being a good light giving god goes far back before the ancient Hebrews or Canaanites, it actually existed thousands of years before with the ancient Egyptian theological beliefs and practices .
consider these excerpts from the bible and the publications:.
“no one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends” (joh 15:13).
“for hardly would anyone die for a righteous man; though perhaps for a good man someone may dare to die.
You know some knowingly lying corrupt men who propagated false doctrines to promote and sell their published literature might very well behind having a personal savior for their own inherent sins.
Can you think of any men or people like that ?
consider these excerpts from the bible and the publications:.
“no one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends” (joh 15:13).
“for hardly would anyone die for a righteous man; though perhaps for a good man someone may dare to die.
A sacrificial escape goat provided for all humanity
.......naaa never happened just some more ancient (fictional) mythology
do you have any evidence that the gb had bad intent?
as opposed to blind faith/cognitive dissonance and honest mistakes.. i'm inclined to think they have the best of intentions and are just wrong (primarily because the bible is wrong), but i'm willing to consider the evidence otherwise..
I think what AlainA is trying to assert on this thread is that the GB men or past presidents of the WTS were just misinformed good willed and well intended people.
When you look at the activity of these men you see power seeking opportunist men who were willing to publicly pose themselves as selectively god's chosen ones who were being directed by god's holy spirit to preach a truthful and accurate preaching of Jesus's new kingdom order.
They weren't they were just commercialized false prophets preaching a false gospel not in line at all with Jesus's own instructions.
do you have any evidence that the gb had bad intent?
as opposed to blind faith/cognitive dissonance and honest mistakes.. i'm inclined to think they have the best of intentions and are just wrong (primarily because the bible is wrong), but i'm willing to consider the evidence otherwise..
Bad as fear mongering corrupt religoius charlatans who created their own subsequent power by this means.
Thousands of people died because of these men, their self built cult also instigated the suicides of many as well.
Their cult ruined and broke apart millions of families by now, particularly when it introduced disfellowshipping. (1960's)
In short their bad intent came from their constant endeavor self empowerment which nourished a consequential delusion of power, the receiving money was another part of that corruption.
study watchtower, june 2020, box on page 22 - "note the comment made by an inactive one in spain: “i want to be reactivated, but it is very difficult.
but it is not easy.
i have to change my lifestyle and cut ties with some worldly friends.".
When one says they have to cut ties with some worldly people identifying non-JWs as worldly, they never really left the brainwashing indoctrination of the Watchtower Corporation.
the behavior from the org lately had me a bit confused, as it seemed to fall outside of their norm.
i'm not talking the hardcore armageddon wishers texting each other about peace and security, etc.
* but, the elders contacting people daily, and having extra meetings where they have all their additional rules.
The powerful slave masters like to keep aware of what their slaves are doing.
how do congregations in times of corona curfews handle it ?.
there should be a video of the talk on jw.org for the general public.
are publichers just encouraged to watch it on april 7th?
What about the symbols? In my mothers (PIMI) congo the elders require the
simple publishers to prepare the bread and the wine at their home, each of them,
even if no one is of the anointed.
The whole point of the memorial event is to past the bread and wine emblems as instructed by Jesus.
He did not say only the 144,000 anointed ones are only to partake in his remembrance.
The JWS screw this up by asserting that only the supposed anointed ones are to partake, where in most Christian faiths all members are to partake to individualize their personal devotion to Jesus Christ.
hey all,.
i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.
i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.
Get some rest snare, yes there are idiots who come to forum as well unfortunately.
