“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.”—Matthew 6:1-2
Of course, this passage doesn't apply to the Watchtower because they don't give to the poor. When they blow their trumpet, it's about something inconsequential.
Londo111
JoinedPosts by Londo111
-
39
JWs win 2015 Bronze Telly Award in the “Online Video News Feature”
by OrphanCrow injworg is carrying a "news" article concerning their recent win of a telly award.. i don't need to add to the jworg website hits, so here is the award listed on the telly award website:.
https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=jehovah%27s&event=16&category=3&award=b.
2015 online video bronze winners.
-
-
-
20
Just threw away...
by stephanie61092 inso even though i don't drive much because public transit is so good where i live (and parking is a living nightmare), i always had a paper taped onto my glove box that said "no blood transfusions - jehovahs witness.
see legal documentation in wallet.
going through this "wake up" process as been a very crazy, emotional experience.
-
-
-
15
Car crash
by truthwillsetyoufree inboy who was seriously injured in a collision at gamlingay in cambridgeshire last thursday has died.. nine-year-old archie stevens, of western way, sandy, bedfordshire, died in hospital early on saturday afternoon.. the collision at about 10am in drove road, which involved two cars, also resulted in the death of his grandfather, 68-year-old martin harker, of green acres, sandy, who died at the scene.http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-02-22/nine-year-old-boy-dies-after-cambridgeshire-crash/.
the boy and his grandfather were jehovahs witnesses and they were on field service when a car drove into them.
the lad, who is the son of an elder who moved to a cambridge congregation to serve where the need is greater, was on life support before the sad decision was made to turn it off.
-
-
Londo111
Something similar happened to a friend of the family. He, his wife, and another lady were in rural territory, driving house to house, backed out into the road, and got hit. The man got badly hurt. His wife died. -
10
Special meeting this weekend in canada anyone know what it is about?
by hoser init is announced for sunday afternoon.
i am just wondering if it is a local thing or national.
-
-
Londo111
Probably will be dullsville, but keep us informed!
-
41
Could we ever see a GB member disassociate?
by pleaseresearch inwe saw it with raymond franz.
but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.
to leave, and expose it..
-
-
Londo111
Sometimes I wonder if Sydlik and Swingle and others were awake or nearly awake, but because of this, stayed on board.
-
20
Do you have a Watchtower fantasy?
by pleaseresearch inpicture yourself, it's the last day of a three day district assembly.
your sitting in a near full to capacity football stadium.
people are eagerly looking forward to the final talk.
-
-
Londo111
The moment at a convention the outline is veered from, I suspect they'd cut the mike. -
41
Could we ever see a GB member disassociate?
by pleaseresearch inwe saw it with raymond franz.
but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.
to leave, and expose it..
-
-
Londo111
He never disassociated.
They disfellowshipped him for eating with his disassociated employer/landlord, something that was not a "disfellowshipping offense" just a year before.
-
10
Why do EX-JW's try to argue the bible/doctrine with JW's?
by thedepressedsoul ini've watched a few judicial committee videos on youtube.
they all start out great but eventually the person starts to bring out bible teachings and doctrine.
i understand that 99% of their teachings are complete crap, but to me it's a pointless battle.. as a jw growing up i remember being on countless calls where a jw would argue the trinity with the householder.
-
-
Londo111
There is not a one-size-fits-all approach. And if people do not want to research on their own, they are not going to wake up.
I assumed even when I was DFed that even if the Bible was not divinely inspired, JWs had the closest interpretation of it. I was shocked to learn how many things were not really "Bible-based" and fell apart on examination or was just inconsistent. For instance, take "door to door", the Great Crowd/Other Sheep, ect... I thought 587/586 BC was fuzzy historically, some sort of guess by archaeologists, and that 607 BC was the date the Bible pointed too.
It's all part of fact-checking. But unless a person wants to confirm these things on their own, it will all go right past them.
-
3
New York Community Trust and Watchtower grants
by OrphanCrow inthe new york community trust.
about the trustthrough the generosity of new yorkers who have set up charitable funds with us, we are able to make grants for a huge range of charitable activity so important to the well-being and vitality of our city.
we are new york city's community foundation, and one of the largest funders of city nonprofits.since 1924, the trust has helped make donors' charitable dreams come true by funding the nonprofits that make our city a vital and secure place.. watchtower bible & tract society of new york - grant recipient for the following years:.
-
-
Londo111
Wow...money down the toilet. -
5
2002 Dateline NBC Pedophile episode...
by juandefiero indoes anyone have a copy or link to these videos?
it seems to have disappeared off of youtube.. (see below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjqvpduyya.
-
-
Londo111
I agree. Commenting so I can follow the thread in case it turns up.