the july 15, 2015 study watchtower article entitled "your deliverance is getting near", along with the jw broadcasting video entitled "gerrit losch: fortified by "the prophetic word," and chapter 21 of the god's kingdom rules!
book presented a large amount of new light or clarified understanding of the events of the great tribulation.. here i am presenting it in chronological order -- this is the governing body's updated chronological order of events for the time right before the great tribulation through armageddon:.
the final sealing of the anointed occurs just prior to the outbreak of the tribulation.
What you describe, is not that much different that what I was taught.
The problem is coming up with scriptures to justify the events and the order of events. My first awakening was going through what I was taught and trying to justify these events by scriptures - based upon what I found, it can't be done.
you know about my not-so-ugly divorce and how me and my wife found out the religion is false.
she still attends while my 17 year old has been raging on me about all the wasted time he suffered from by being in this religion.
he think's his life is ruined, very angry we did not learn this was a cult earlier(he was 14 when he stopped attending after reading the revelation book, he said "in all time and history, how could a trumpet blown in revelation have anything to do with a jw bible student convention statement"?.
jwfacts show that publisher growth was 15% pre- 1975 and has decline to about 2%.
what prevents them from fudging the annual growth and keeping it at something more positive like 10%?.
"a great crowd that no man is able to number".
Because none of the numbers are validated from an objective external reviewer there is not much value in the numbers.
Besides questioning the tabulation on the part of HQ, we all know that the numbers at the local level are, in many cases, bogus.
if you don't already know this; the latest revision of the insight book has no mention of the "overlapping generation" bs online library, insight book .
obviously that change will not bee seen by the vast majority of people, so when will this "brighter light" shine through in a wt or assembly talk?
predictions?.
Wow, what a non answer:
However, he was also using the word “generation” with reference to humans whose lives would in some way be associated with the foretold events during his presence.
"In some way"??? WTF does that mean?
i was just thinking of something i observed on a visit to bethel some years back, that at the time struck me as odd, but now that i look back on it, it might be revealing about their financial situation.
please feel free to agree/disagree with me and also bear in mind this is some years back so my memory may be sketchey.
i remember walking into the front entrance of the bethel to do a tour.
I was just about to make the point about slave labor, but a few beat me to it.
Where there is no cost of labor an organization can do stupid non-productive things like this. It also shows that they have no idea how to use the skills and intellect of their employees (i.e. slaves). What a waste of human capital.
key quote:.
many believe that life came about by evolution.... ummmm, no...that's abiogenesis, not evolution.
no evolutionist says that "life came about by evolution.
[allow for response] - the missing element in the instructions is [ignore response].
When a JW asks a question they are not really looking for an response. Just take the damn magazine and let me move on.
how did it go for you?
i have a 50 year reunion coming up and.
i am looking forward to it.. they all know i was a jw, it should be interesting.. i figure we won't have many more (reunions) so i must attend, the last round up..
how did it go for you?
i have a 50 year reunion coming up and.
i am looking forward to it.. they all know i was a jw, it should be interesting.. i figure we won't have many more (reunions) so i must attend, the last round up..
would like to hear about any experiences anyone has had with the so called ' anointed ' .
I have know several in my life - all dead now. One gentleman was kind and extremely humble. He would be the person you would want to be ruling in heaven. My father made a point for his children (including me) to meet a few very old anointed sisters that were friends of the family. At the time I enjoyed the conversation and saw no reason to question their faith.
I also knew an anointed who was a closet gay arse hole of whom I have reason to believe preyed on innocent young boys - inside and outside the congregation.
heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
