The 'future kings' statement was a bit of a shock to me. I have to believe that even the diehard JWs would find it offensive as well.
Really he should have said 'future kings and priests'; that would have really raised the eyebrows.
my wife of many years is more-or-less pomo, but she still (nominally) believes in jehovah and the bible.. she raised her eyebrows when she realized the full scope of the csa problem… rolled her eyes when letto the clown called babies “little enemies of god”… but today, we apparently crossed a real threshold….
…her response to the governing body being referred to as “our future kings” was….
…“what????!!!!!”.
The 'future kings' statement was a bit of a shock to me. I have to believe that even the diehard JWs would find it offensive as well.
Really he should have said 'future kings and priests'; that would have really raised the eyebrows.
hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
One major insight I got from the Divine Purpose book was that a major effort by the organization was to solve the military service problem. They just had to have a way to establish with the courts that a JW service-age man was a 'minister' and qualified for the ministry exemption. Post WW2, they made a number of changes to support this effort:
Changed 'all religion is bad' to 'true religion and false religion', due to criticism that to be a minister one has to be a member of a religion.
Introduced the Ministry School, at first entirely for men (because of the draft) to answer criticism that JWs had no training to be ministers. The textbook was 'Qualified to be Ministers', the 1950's edition even had a list of JWs by name who they identified as ministers.
Gilead school created to provide an answer that their ministers sent overseas had theological education equivalent to other religions' schools.
'Pioneer' status invented, replaced the culporter, which was argued to be simply a salesman. Pioneers had strict rules about counting and reporting hours in ministry.
All these changes described in the book were initiated entirely in the context of supporting their stance against the draft. The court win in the 1954 Walsh case (Scotland) was touted in the book as a victory.
'Our Kingdom Ministry' introduced to support the fiction that the Ministry School had a curriculum
hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
okay all you history buffs, compulsive researchers and simply curious: can you identify the location and date of this photo?.
https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2024/05/district-assembly-itentify.html.
l suggest it looks like a race track in the US. Kind of familiar looking, we attended a race track assembly in LA in the seventies. One such racetrack is the Santa Anita (photo below) the terrain definitely looks similar
hi brothers/sisters my name is victor, recently in move to dubai for job reasons, during the last 3 weeks i have been trying to find a congregation or brothers to contact with them because i would like to go the meetings and continue my personal study, but i hasn't success.. if anybody here have some contact in the united arab emirates or know somebody that have it, i will appreciate a lot that can help me to contact with them.. thank you!.
good luck finding a JW in Muslim countries
Ditto. JWs are under severe restrictions, even if not exactly under ban, in Muslim countries. There is likely not an open meeting to attend. In particular JWs, (I believe this applies to all non-Muslim religions) are not allowed to proselytize, only preach to other non-Muslims with the intent to convert.
A few years ago I was shocked to learn that JW need-greaters were going into Morocco under assumed names, with no support from any JW branch. They were out there totally on their own, taking such risk. Really a bad idea.
holy nativity batman!
on jw broadcasting.
final song for this year's convention.
The wife just sang along on zoom with the new Christmas song at the end of the midweek meeting. OMG, wow. A complete 180.
To top it all off, in Catholicism the month of May is The month of Mary, today is May first. Just wow
one of the most quoted and loved passages of the bible has an unexpected textual history.
at matt 21:16 jesus is made to say:.
have you never read, ‘from the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself’?”.
Kaleb, I wish I could give your comment 10 likes!
of the 213 moons in our solar system, only ours provides a total solar eclipse.. coincidence?.
Our moon is much larger in terms of moon mass/earth mass, than in the vast majority of planets with moons. This allows a total eclipse, unlike other planets with moons.
The theory is that the earth was struck by a large comet or asteroid which spun off the moon’s material. This formation of a moon is rare.
holy nativity batman!
on jw broadcasting.
final song for this year's convention.
But I've never gotten why say circuits can't have their own choirs (and orchestra's) - especially for conventions and weddings etc
I remember the time when they did exactly that. There was an orchestra who played for all the songs to be sung at the convention. Probably in the '70s. The question is why they did away with it.
holy nativity batman!
on jw broadcasting.
final song for this year's convention.
It does sound to me more like they are preparing the Brotherhood for some more "new light".
It's about time they lighten up on JWs attending family events at holiday time, as well as allowing kids to participate in Christmas/holiday events at school.