having grappled with this question, i decided to turn to the combined expertise at jwn.
my questions relate to the watchtower's self-determined appointment in 1919:.
how does the watchtower arrive at the year 1919 for its appointment?
Yep, the release of Rutherford and friends from prison is viewed as miraculous, a sign of divine approval on the organization. They point to interpretations of Ezekiel's bones, the two witnesses in Revelation 11 who are told "come on up here", the release of the Jews after the fall of Babylon, ect, ect...
Chronologically they don't even try to calculate it.
i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.
if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.
i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.
Where in the world is "tight pants" a "problem" in this organization?
When I was in, I never noticed it. Of course, I didn't spend any time contemplating the pants that men wore.
with the news these past days that bethels in both rome and belguim are being closed does anybody know how many bethels are left worldwide?
maybe it's time for a less serious thread .
i have just finished watching dirty dancing ( again ) .
what is your feel good movie , the one that makes you smile and cry happy tears ?
it's been reported on this forum that bethel speakers at this summer's conventions are asserting that the establishment of the united nations in 1945 was predicted in advance by the witnesses.
this is being presented as validation of the claim that the witnesses are god's one true organization directed by holy spirit.. .
the basis for this claim originates with a public address entitled, peace - can it last given by n.h. knorr at the new world theocratic assembly, on september 20 of 1942. .
anyone watching the path on hulu?
it's a bit extreme but a few similarities in dealing with the struggle of having doubt in possibly splitting up the family.
ones in blindly following..
I love this show. It shows the 'normal' side of people in a cult...that they are not mindless zombies, while at the same time the mechanisms of undue influence are always present.
Lots of similarities: The shunning of former members, not having close association of non-members, the struggle of a young person attempting to be normal and yet pleasing the cult, not being allowed to remain if it comes to light you don't believe...
I really love Hawk's story. I wish I was as smart as he was when I was his age.
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
They show these things, and yet, on the other hand, tell JWs not to stock up or prepare.
the excellent italian ex-jw website geova.org directs its readers' attention to two big news articles on the jw pedophilia problem.
milan-based il corriere della sera is one of italy's most respected newspapers:.
http://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2016/05/11/i-testimoni-geova-casi-pedofilia-non-denunciati/919c8e32-1794-11e6-aaf6-1f69bf4270d2.shtml.
Excellent! Is there a translation?
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
