once we found out we were all witnesses, we all hugged.
now we just had to see if our kingdom hall was still standing.
when we came to the hall we had such a huge shock.. there were so many people there.
Awe man, I hate that the writer skipped over what happened 1 week after Armageddon...you know, just around the time that every single nuclear reactor on the planet finally overheats because the power grid is down and can't keep the fuel rods cool anymore. Nothing like 700 simultaneous nuclear meltdowns worldwide.
Maybe that First Aid tent at the KH is equipped to treat radiaton burns??
i'm an active witness from brazil (who would leave if it weren't for my family/friends inside) and always dreamed about practicing skydiving.
but as radical sports are a no-no for witnesses... i wonder if any elder or ex-elder on this forum knows if an active jw, practices skydiving/parachuting once and/or regularly, can he or she be disfellowship on that basis?
i'm considering secretly jumping but afraid if someone finds out.
It's not a DF-ing offense. I once had my C.O. tell me that he skydives occassionally. He told me "if you decide to go, just be sure you don't go around telling everyone. It only becomes an issue if someone is stumbled by it."
you know those articles from the wt are coming, along with emails from jw friends and family.
all the shameless self-attaboys, and fictitious observations by non-jws remarking on how jws provided the most and best assistance to the victims..
I can verify that there were several JWs running the marathon yesterday. Several were within a mile of the finish line when the bombs went off. One of them had crossed the finish line less than 30 seconds after the first bomb went off so was very close. They are all safe and sound.
I'd post more, but don't want to "out" myself....
As of JWs being on the scene for "support and comfort" none of the Boston-based JWs that I know have related any such experiences. The media did mention that several people were walking up and down the marathon route sharing Bible verses for comfort.....but they turned out be Lutherans!!!
so i went to the hall today for a funeral and took a look at the bulletin board.
i was surprised to see a letter stating the dc for michigan would be held at the local assembly hall instead of the big convention center in ohio where it had been held the past few years.
have you all heard about this?.
The conventions in my area are still held at rented areanas. The closest Assembly Hall is in use something like 50 weekends a year, so it would be impossible to also use it for 8 weeks of DCs held here at 5,000+ a piece.
2 in his word, god has preserved for the use of.
18 jehovah has preserved spiritual.
gods written word contains the truth.
5 That privilege became part of our spiritual legacy at our convention in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., in 1931. The letters “JW” appeared on the printed program. One sister said: “Speculations were made as to what JW stood for—Just Wait, Just Watch, and the correct one.”
The person sitting next to me at the meeting nudged me and pointed with their pen at "...Just Wait..." and whispered "Maybe they should switch it to 'Just Wait'; it's what they keep telling us to do at every assembly and convention." We both had a good snicker over that one.
have you been told that and if so what did you say.
blinded by the devil until we come back to jehovah organization.
we will never see the light.
I would ask "how exactly is Satan influencing me?"
I find it puzzling that, on the one hand, JWs run are told over and over not to let Satan and the demons influence are thoughts and actions, or that "Satan tempts you when you are weak", yet on the flip side they say that Satan and the demons cannot read our minds, but only see our actions.
If he can't read people's minds, then how is he tempting/influencing anyone. Unless he's physically possessing someone ( ) then he can't, right? If Satan can only break the Spirit/Physical World barrier (e.g., moving objects), but can't break the Spirit/Mind barrier, then how in the heck are Satan are the demons influencing people?? I have yet been able to have a J-dub provide an answer to this.
For someone to claim that Satan can't read our thoughts, but somehow influences people mentally...
...expect all the rank and file/wt to use this tension to hype up their doomed message.... haven't been to the meetings for 6 months now...any talk of this at your local dingdom hall for active ones?.
Whenever a JW makes a statement like "conditions have never been worse!" or "with world events lately, this system doesn't have any time left", I like to say, in a very sypathetic tone: "Really? I always think about how bad it was during WWII...hundreds of millions dead, a World War, nuclear weapons being used on civilians, millions being executed in concentration camps. Imagine what the Witnesses thought about how close Armageddon was back then!"
That usually shuts them up pretty quick.
...expect all the rank and file/wt to use this tension to hype up their doomed message.... haven't been to the meetings for 6 months now...any talk of this at your local dingdom hall for active ones?.
I haven't heard anything myself, but ever since the "NuLight" of the USSR being the "King of the North" burned out, I often thought that a re-ignition of the Korean War would result in China (a rising communist near-super power) backing NORTH Korean interests, and the U.S. ("Anglo-American World Power") backing SOUTH Korea.
Result?
J-dubs running around, apoplectic, hair-on-fire: "AAAHHH!!! We finally know who the King of the North is!!! This is it! Here comes the Great Tribulation!!"
mcdonald's job listing.
crew (cashiers).
contract type : full time.
A JW friend of mine (who thinks the WTS stance on 4-year degrees is stupid) just sent this to me a few minutes ago with the subject line: "The society is officially screwed"
https://www.anointedjw.org/memorial_experiences_2013.html .
I was skeptical before I even clicked on the link and continue to be skeptical of the more dramatic accounts. However, one particular account provided a location and certain details of that particular Memorial that would fit with one that I attended. Of course I can't say which one.
Although if I'm sure several hundred people partook in NV, I'll eventually here about through J-dub channels.
