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  Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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  thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

  truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

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  Matthew 24:45 is a statement Jesus made in the form of a rhetorical question...he didn't intend to get a reply from his audience. There are many instances in the Bible where Jesus would put a question out to his listeners and his listeners would quickly reply with an answer...Mat 24:45 is different. Jesus was merely creating a dramatic effect or making a point rather than wanting/expecting an answer from someone. Who but a knucklehead in an audience would attempt to reply to a rhetorical question!

  The rhetorical question:

  "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?"

  Whose the knucklehead who raises his hand to answer that rhetorical question?

  The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society/Governing Body Of Jehovah's Witnessses.
  
  
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  Current Meeting Attendees

  by blondie in

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  does anyone know what publication is being studied at the midweek meetings.

  i used to know but it has flown out of my brain.

  it is treating some of past issues that were once taught by the wts or have seen material that questions it.

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  JW GoneBad

  Amen to the following statement by WokenfromJWcult:

  Today,s meetings would even blush the Pharisees.

  I'm hearing more and more that a lot of the public talks & mid-week meeting parts including opening and closing prayers are being handled by teenage lads fresh out of diapers...sorry, meant High School!
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  2022-Secret Watchtower Disfellowshipping Reference Manual.

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  massive new document written by wt, 837 pages, meant for arguments vs officials and media to defend the disfellowshipping arrangement.

  found in the casefile in norway.

  meant to be secret.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  Thank you annihilator for the link!👍

  Wow...you'd think a con artist or swindler wrote this Manuel! This quote is from the first few paragraphs:

  "It is inaccurate to depict the practice of limiting contact with an expelled or disassociated person as unique to Jehovah’s Witnesses."

  This cruel & mean form of discipline is indeed unique to Jehovah’s Witnesses! It's also probably the main reason why soo many XJehovah's Witnesses end up committing suicide!

  No shit...if Watchtower/Jehovah’s Witnesses stopped Disfellowshipping & Shunning there would be a whole hell of a lot less suicides in this toxic cult!
  
  
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  Meeting attendance

  by Benavidez in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was wondering what your guys' meeting attendance was like.

  our meetings here is like 50/50 with zoom and in person.

  the spanish has it a little "better" with it being like 30% zoom attendance with most attending in person.. i've heard of congregations in other states having attendance where most (even elders and ms) attend meeting only via zoom and even have their cameras off.

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  JW GoneBad

  Yep...Kingdom Hall in-person meeting attendance was pretty low in my neck of the woods also. Zoom meeting attendance was decent...maybe 60% Zoom & 40% Kingdom Hall.
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  2022 convention stand-outs, clift notes, comments?? the good, the bad, the ugly...

  by enoughisenough in

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  here is the thing: i tried several times to watch the convention...i just couldn't seem to forge ahead with it.

  the reason i wanted to was to be able to engage in conversation about it with some of my old friends that communicate by phone that don't know i have disassociated.

  i want to be able to slip in seeds of doubt, but at the same time i have to seem a bit current...) so i welcome to know any take outs, commentary, good or bad, or the video plots, etc.

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  JW GoneBad

  There are a ton of boring low budget videos with bad acting all 3 days. Then, to add insult...after each video the speaker proceeds to summarize what you just watched as though you couldn't figure it out on your own.
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  20 Things I Don't Understand about Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don’t understand how jehovah’s witnesses can rightly claim:.

  that less than 150,000 faithful christians existed prior to the 20th century....when allegedly millions were martyred during the first 3 centuries of the common era alone.

  unique ability to interpret scripture...when interpretation of prophecy has been 100% wrong for over 130 years.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  Similarities between an old broken watch and the Jehovah's Witnesses/WTBTS religion:

  1) Broken and in need of serious repair.

  2) Faulty manufacturing.

  3) Has sentimental value only to those who possess it.

  4) Not accurate most of the time.

  5) No body else wants/needs it. Of no real value or use to anyone else.

  6) Looks nice from the outside.

  7) Not reliable and is misleading & deceiving.

  8) Time to discard it and move-on!
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  20 Things I Don't Understand about Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don’t understand how jehovah’s witnesses can rightly claim:.

  that less than 150,000 faithful christians existed prior to the 20th century....when allegedly millions were martyred during the first 3 centuries of the common era alone.

  unique ability to interpret scripture...when interpretation of prophecy has been 100% wrong for over 130 years.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  Fisherman: Obviously JW make mistakes but they do their best.

  Even a broken watch is still of some use...I have an old watch that looks nice...I get a lot of compliments when I wear it & it's tells the right time twice a day! 😀 😃 🙂
  
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  20 Things I Don't Understand about Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don’t understand how jehovah’s witnesses can rightly claim:.

  that less than 150,000 faithful christians existed prior to the 20th century....when allegedly millions were martyred during the first 3 centuries of the common era alone.

  unique ability to interpret scripture...when interpretation of prophecy has been 100% wrong for over 130 years.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  I don’t understand how Jehovah’s Witnesses can rightly claim:

  21) That first and foremost what determines whether a brother qualifies to serve in the capacity of Ministerial Servant or Elder is the amount of time/hours he reports on his monthly time sheet.

  When a C.O. visits the congregation and meets with the Elder Body to see if a certain male member of the congregation qualifies for appointment...the very first thing he asks for is the brother's publisher card to see how many WT field ministry hours he reports on monthly. Of lesser importance to the C.O. is how he measures up to the Christian character qualifications set out in the Bible at Titus 1:5-9 and 1Timothy 3:1-7 where no hourly requirement is even mentioned!
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  Elder Arrangement

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone, (including the person who down votes all of my posts).

  as some of you know, i'm working toward my master's degree.

  comments from those associated when the elder arrangement was introduced would help me with a research paper.. what was the reaction among adherents?

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  Balaamsass2: "...The second round of appointees had never read the bible even once..."

  I would say there are a ton/high percentile of JW elders today who to this day have not read the Bible from cover to cover.

  I remember a C O. visit where he asked our Servant Body how many among us had read the entire Bible. Of the 15 or so among us only a few raised their hands. The C.O. stated he was asking all congregation Servants in his circuit the same question and related he was getting the same negative results from the other Servant Bodies.

  The C.O. went on to admit that when he had first applied to serve as a C.O. one of the questions asked of the applicant was if he had read the entire Bible. He hadn't at the time. So he sets out for the next two months or so to concentrate on reading the Bible. The sole purpose for his reading the Bible was so that he himself could ✔️ (check) that question as yes!

  Any wonder why the WTBTS has a bunch of 🤡 clowns serving as elders throughout the borg! :) :) :)
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  2022-S-147-August Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2022-s-147-august-announcements and reminders.

  see number 5.. resolved monthly donation to the worldwide work.

  (per publisher).

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  JW GoneBad

  For each senior JW that dies..that's $8.25/month less that goes to the WTBTS! How do they offset that loss? More Caleb & Sophia cartoons that push/drive infants on becoming li'l Publishers...that adds back the previous $8.25 loss!