https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSNQUubKHo&list=PLyNx0oM_bmgAxVYyFIhblMu4Mo1PeMxn1&index=8
And Acts 1:6 is not a get out of jail free card either...the apostles did not proclaim a false date, they simply asked a question...
when you read the following statements from the wt.
organization... do they satisfy you?
or better stated...... should you be satisfied by there answers?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSNQUubKHo&list=PLyNx0oM_bmgAxVYyFIhblMu4Mo1PeMxn1&index=8
And Acts 1:6 is not a get out of jail free card either...the apostles did not proclaim a false date, they simply asked a question...
warwick article.
Didn't much of the work by these volunteers have to be redone two or three times? And wasn't there a crane accident?
when you read the following statements from the wt.
organization... do they satisfy you?
or better stated...... should you be satisfied by there answers?.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/jehovahs-prophet.php
Watchtower has claimed be a Prophet when convenient and demands the authority of a Prophet, while at the same time claiming not be be an 'inspired prophet' when convenient, but 'spirit-directed'. It's like getting to have one's cake an eating it too.
"So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? .These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet? ... This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses."--Watchtower April 1, 1972
i made this quick little parody to showcase how simple and ridiculous the jw "cure all" solution is to all of life's problems.
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pray, read watchtower, and recruit more members = solution.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4ig_zu4fi&feature=youtu.be.
I love it!
i know jws have long used the word "shun" in a general sense, as in "shun what is bad".
but i think they have long avoided using the word in relation to disfellowshipping.
in external media or literature wherever the word "shunning" was used in a piece about jws it was usually a good indication it was critical of watchtower and not a neutral or supportive commentary.
I believe Watchtower PR people would say, "shunning is a myth". And that was echoed by an elder in court.
found this in my rss feed of, as new faq on jw.org:.
the answer was .
a person can resign from our organization in two ways:.
An outsider would quickly miss the fact that while it says the inactive are not shunned, it doesn't state the consequences of of the "choice" to disassociate.
Nor does it jive with what is being taught at the convention to shun inactive ones who violate Watchtower rules who the elders haven't gotten around to yet.
when you read the following statements from the wt.
organization... do they satisfy you?
or better stated...... should you be satisfied by there answers?.
This is pure spin.
Harold Camping was called a false prophet for his failed predictions...why can't Watchtower be held to the same standards they hold other religions?
“RELIGIOUS LEADERS sometimes predict tragic worldwide events to warn mankind and gather followers. Doomsday prophet Harold Camping and his disciples widely advertised that the earth would be destroyed in 2011. Needless to say, the world is still here . . . Human predictions are often based on such factors as scientific research, analysis of available facts and trends, or even bogus spiritual insight.”--Watchtower, May 1, 2014.
for those of you who are still in because of family circumstances, what do you do about field service?
do you still go regularly, sporadically or not at all?.
if you do still go, how do you manage?
I feel your y'all. I understand there are circumstances where stepping away just isn't an option.
it has been claimed that franz was a ghostwriter for rutherford in formulating many on the more obscure allegorical interpretations, and "classes" doctrines of the 1930s and 1940s.
i wonder just how much evidence there is for this.
if there any contemporary testimony that franz did a lot of the writing for rutherford?
i heard through the grapevine about a forthcoming book:.
together through the great tribulation - come to jehovah's mountain.
still awaiting solid confirmation though.
Recently, they've updated the "two witnesses" of Revelation 11 to the Governing Body of 1918/1919. I'm assuming the "John Class" will become the Governing Body as well.