the new field arrangement for bethel workers.they will not work on saturdays mornings.remember how.
the wbts was pushing that everyone should visit bethel.they even had a special brochure on how one.
should dress when visiting bethel.no doubt some made plans well ahead of time to visit bethel hq this.
Hi Bob,
They just announced on Tuesday night at our hall that the Australian Bethel is adopting the same practice: no work on Saturdays and no tours. Yes the letter mentioned the drivel that this allows them to spend more time in the door to door work and what a loving arrangement from Jehovah! I nearly vomited when my wife recounted the letter to me after she got home from the meeting; it drove me straight to the liquor cabinet!
Mattieu.
i wrote this up today in prepartion for meeting with a writers group.
thought i'd see what you guys think.
anybody know an agent?.
Sounds like a great read........
Mattieu.
it would be interesting to ask gb which doctrines do they feel were spirit directed over the years and which ones are today?
what would those bastards have to say to that?
they're directed but not perfect?
I knew they weren’t spirit directed when they made me an MS!!! And oh, when they also organised that fiasco called an International convention in Sydney a few years back, no r&f know about the $$$$ they took from the NSW government.
Mattieu.
found an examining scriptures daily 2009 booklet on my table.
so i sifted through some of it.
actually i'm shocked it's not as bad (if they just practiced what was in here) as i thought but ran across a couple different days like this one.
LOL k9groomer, take it easy reading those daily texts or will use up all your allotted postings in 5 minutes!
using lying doctrines and spiritistic practices to keep the masses in passive subservience to their political masters.
Who are we talking about here? Babyloin the great or Brooklyn babblers?
Mattieu.
the org advertises, recruits, controls and damages it's own hosts in a mission of self-replication - utilising bent speech and lies to exist in the lives of others - having no life of it's own, but rather, a design to use others, without a self-awareness - what is that?.
c u l t
according statistics, there should be in every congregation about 4 gays.. my experience is, that some decided to live a "normal" life and get married and you hardly noticed them.. but there are some types, who, from how they speak and behave, are absolutely obvious gays.
did you have them in your congo?
how did your congregation treat them?.
Plenty congregation in Melbourne recently had a local needs talk on homosexuality and sexually experimenting with members of the same sex. Same night 3 pioneers were removed and 2 other brothers reproved.
Every congo I have been in has had “sus” brothers...... “Not that there is anything wrong with it”.
My favourite was the Ned Flanders look alike who had a nice lisp and effeminate gestures to go with it!
TheContinentsBeneathYourFeet—AreTheyDrifting? g77 6/22 16-21
WilltheTheoryStand?
Scientists take satisfaction in finding a theory that apparently brings many disparate kinds of information together into a unified picture. That is what they believe the tectonic-plate theory has done for the science of geology. But does that mean that it is therefore the final and correct answer? Not necessarily.
In spite of seeming wide-ranging successes of the theory, there are still many bits of information that do not fit into it. Geologists argue over the interpretation of details. As research continues, some of these questions may be answered in a way that harmonizes with the theory. On the other hand, there may remain stubborn facts that cannot be reconciled with it.
One major shortcoming is acknowledged in the present state of the theory. The forces that cause the upwelling magma along the ridges are not explained. Some geologists have been content with the general statement that convection currents inside the earth’s mantle are responsible. But what generates the convection, and why does its pattern change? When this idea is examined in detail, it breaks down. A convection current in air or water rises around a central axis, not in a long slender sheet that would form a ridge. It is even more difficult to imagine how the displacements along the transform faults can result from convection currents.
Professors Flint and Skinner of Yale University offer this word of caution in their book PhysicalGeology:
“The theory of plate tectonics seems to provide answers for so many questions that we are tempted to believe it is the long-sought unifying theory that explains the lithosphere [the land areas of the earth, from its surface to the center of the earth]. But we must be careful. Other theories, too, have seemed overwhelming in their promise, yet in the long run have proved incorrect. The theory of plate tectonics is still only a theory.”
Whether the tectonic-plate theory survives the test of time and proves correct or not, we have abundant evidence of the great power and wisdom of earth’s Creator.
Lots of blah blah blah, but they sit on the fence citing all the for’s and against, yet won’t give an answer until they receive the light!
Mattieu.
most brothers are shocked when i tell them chess is banned because it's un-wholesome!.
awake 1973 3/22 p.12 ..."the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances...most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in a game to the chess board.
but, in some homes tensions linger long past "checkmate.
I had to read the article myself on the CD to believe it, what a load of rot! Though good for a laugh on a Sunday meeting whilst wifey is at the meeting...
Though I do believe the best quote from that March awake on chess is:
Some chess players have recognized the harm that can result from playing the game. According to TheEncyclopædiaBritannica, the religious reformer "John Huss, . . . when in prison, deplored his having played at chess, whereby he had lost time and run the risk of being subject to violent passions."
What the hell?? Violent passions????? Please explain, is it just me, or if i play chess too much, I am opening the door to violent passions? What the hell are violent passions? Please dont tell me the article is talking about prison shower scenes?
Mattieu.
i'm sitting at home watching cricket on the box( i know that's sad) and look out of the window and who do i see but two sets of people walking down the street calling on peoples houses.
yes jehovah's witnesses.. the weird thing is that they are walking even slower than people in a funeral march.
they look just as unhappy as if someone has just died.. also why do they go house to house in twos.
More importantly Alanv, which cricket match were you watching? Another England loss?? Or the 20/20 in Sth Africa? Bring on the Ashes later this year......
I would rather watch a 5 day test match washed out by the rain than go door to door
Mattieu.
could someone post any photos used in the literature that depict "heavy metal" or "rap" artists/concerts?
or of youths behaving "badly"?
(i recall one pic of teenagers driving a car with beer cans on the front dash.).
Hello and welcome Denial.
I can remember one pic of a young brother with boofy permed hair wearing a headband and playing air guitar in his bedroom. Will search for more when I get home....
Mattieu.
