another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.
get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.
( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).
I'm surprised the story didn't end with the (formerly) worldly man becoming a humble JW, selling his house and possessions, donating all the proceeds to the WT, and spending the rest of his life gratefully pioneering next to a cart in a small village in a faraway country where the need is greatest.
And, by comparison, what are YOU doing for Jehovah in the remaining months before Armageddon, brothers?
since this pandemic, especially, are witnesses fine with never having to go to another meeting or assembly again?
?.
What about all those JWs I used to read about who eagerly swam through crocodile infested waters in order to bring the good news to everyone?
i'm reviewing the entire transcript of the douglas walsh case, and found this shocking bit that normally doesn't come up in the search engines, but it should:.
pages 370-375. hayden cooper covington on the stand:.
q: “in your experience of your own congregation in new york, did you have children there of eleven or twelve being baptized?”.
No concept of grace or forgiveness as taught in the New Testament...
...just covenant obligations enforced by threat of annihilation at Armageddon...
when i was younger we had song books and i recall that some of the songs were pretty catchy.
then they revised it took some of those songs out, and added more.
i have to admit some songs were pretty good.
When I was studying with the JWs and attended my first meeting, I had two impressions:
1. Everyone loved singing all the songs.
2. I didn't know any of the words or melodies and felt really out of place.
so my wife and i just went on a walk, remember right now she has been listening to her convention.
so she starts in with the world is getting bad and will end soon.
what started it was we were talking about the economy and such.
It is ironic when you realize that you know more about WT doctrine than PIMIs do.
Not unusual, though, I've learned...
That said, for a JW not to know that the WT teaches Jesus' invisible presence starting in 1914 still amazes me.
Sometimes I think WT teaching today comes down to the noes:
-- No Trinity
-- No hellfire
-- No politics
-- No birthdays or holidays
-- No blood transfusions
maybe someone can help me here:when i got baptized at age 23, an elder dropped a bombshell on me.
he said that the new testament wasn't written for the great crowd (me).
he said that it only applies to the anointed, and "by extension" the nt applies to the great crowd.
Here's a link to a relevant talk entitled "We Wuz Robbed" by ex-JW, ex-elder Bob Gray.
Starting at 12:40, he discusses what WT doctrine robs the "other sheep" of.
Yes
question: what does the watchtower society's history of prophetic speculation prove?.
how would you respond to this answer provided by paul coom... yesterday on quora?.
"our organization has never been a prophetic speculator.
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The Great and Powerful Oz has spoken!"
i ran across a pretty early treatise.
we were all taught that "real" christianity was lost to history and was only restored once russell and then rutherford restored it so that the wt could be appointed as god's "mouthpiece".
but, aristides wrote to the emperor hadrian and gave a pretty good synopsis of core christian belief in 125 ad.
Nothing about calling God "Jehovah" and going door to door inviting people to come to God's organization for salvation?
are you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.
thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.
the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.
In Crisis of Conscience, Ray Franz expressed the opinion that they really believe it -- victims of victims.
As the evidence grows against the WT positions, that becomes harder and harder to believe, but confirmation bias and the desire to be someone important are powerful blinders.
