blondie’s comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2017 wt study (february 2017) (who is leading).
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2017/who-is-leading-gods-people-today/ .
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
He discerned that Christ would return invisibly and that “the appointed times of the nations” would end in 1914
Very misleading. Russell believed Christ had returned invisibly in 1874. Of course, he didn't come up with this...he got this, along with 1914, from Nelson Barbour.
watchtower ever “simplifies” its “arrangements”.
no more food.
one-day circuit assemblies…no more “special assembly day”--it was a sad occasion anyways.
Ha! I could see it now: walk up to the baptismal pool, put your palm up and walk around without getting in. Only the 144000 can get in the water.
watchtower ever “simplifies” its “arrangements”.
no more food.
one-day circuit assemblies…no more “special assembly day”--it was a sad occasion anyways.
I never knew this was a practice in the past. Yes, this would seem to be the reason for them to make the change, to make more of an impression.
To have 0 baptisms has to be awkward.
watchtower ever “simplifies” its “arrangements”.
no more food.
one-day circuit assemblies…no more “special assembly day”--it was a sad occasion anyways.
Watchtower ever “simplifies” its “arrangements”. No more food. One-day circuit assemblies…no more “Special Assembly Day”--it was a SAD occasion anyways.
When I was baptized at a circuit assembly in 1987, there were dozens upon dozens who were dunked with me, some actual converts from “field service”. Nowadays, there are a handful of teenage born-ins. Sometimes there is only one. Occasionally, the baptismal talk is given, but nobody gets dunked. That must be embarrassing for Watchtower and create some cognitive dissociate for those attending.
How long until they simply drop circuit assembly baptisms altogether? Save it for the “regional”…which I bet eventually will only be two-days.
Pure speculation, I know.
I’m sure the letter announcing it would say, “We are pleased to announce a simplification in regard the arrangement for baptism.”
recently there was a thread where someone asked if there was a copy of crisis of conscience they could purchase.
raymond franz it seems had limited resources yet he was able to provide crisis of conscience in printed form to what?
thousands?
All promises that this would be available soon did not hold up. Perhaps it is "right around the corner"?
I do wonder what in the world happened.
At this point, I cannot fault anyone who distributes this book freely online.
this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
I was born in the 70's--so my JW memories of the time are few and hazy.
I remember the early 80's a little better...and can compare it to the 90's and all the way up to 2009 or so. And my memories of the late 70's and early 80's were a more of a inclusive, social group. Renting out skating rinks. Large congregation gatherings. JWs seemed warmer, friendlier and more sincere.
As Sir82 pointed out: JWs were readers, knew their own teachings and could argue them at length at the door.
the wt articles for the past 2 weeks were the typical every-3-months-or-so attempt at justifying the sovereignty of the jw popes, the governing body.. aside from the usual specious reasoning and ridiculous assertions, i noted this:.
the articles went through great semantic pains to emphasize that, for the jws, jesus is "the leader", while the gb are merely "those taking the lead".. what, exactly, is the difference between a "leader" vs. "one who is taking the lead"?.
in what other sphere of human experience is such semantic pretzel logic even close to rational?.
Wordplay of those who want it both ways.
JWs have human leaders in the form of a top-down hierarchy, emanating from the Governing Body on down to the local body of elders. This leadership more pronounced than in most churches and denominations. It is enforced leadership...those who do not obey the leaders are subject to secret backroom trials and extreme penalties that people in most religions do not experience.
oh so it's jesus fault the spiritual food hasn't been perfect!
we your governing body are just responsible for serving it!
think about this people, they are saying it was jesus who told us the end was going to come in 1975. then before the 1914 generation passed away no later than the 1990's.
When other religions don't have something right, change their teachings, or have a scandal, failed endtime predictions--it's because they are part of Babylon the Great the World Empire of False Religion and deserve violent destruction.
When Watchtower does it: shrug. Nobody's perfect.
With so many "clarified" teachings, when did the Truth become the Truth?
i dont know where to start so why not at the beginning.
i was seeing this girl and we hit it off great chemistry.
it went from a physical to a deeper relationship.
Maybe you should read this guy's posts on the Reddit forum:
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/683psi/my_experience_dating_a_jw_my_version_of_waking_up/
not long ago, there was a funeral for a sister i haven’t know very much, so i did not attend.
however, some old “friends” i know drove down to town to assist and i ended up spending some time with them.
quite honestly, i was happy to see them again.
I've never experienced this with coworkers. I'm always myself around them and they seem themselves as well.
With JWs, that's another story. I can so relate.
