background:.
my parents got the “truth” while i was in primary school.
i was baptised at 14. i loved school and was extremely studious.
Welcome, doubtfull1799! I enjoyed reading this.
I was bornin and woke up around age 40. So many of us have been in for decades. I envy the kids that woke up when they are young. I realize now they were the smart ones.
What would be the benefits of organizational-made disassociation over fading?
hebrew 1 8-12 .
but about the son, he says: “god is your throne+ forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.
you loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness.
The writer of Hebrews clearly believed that the Son was fully divine, but a distinct person from the Father, both being YHWH. The writer of John and Colossians shared the same view.
Other writings in the New Testament reflect different theologies. For the writer of Mark, Jesus was a fully human messiah with human parents adopted as the son of God. The writers of Matthew and Luke introduced the idea of the virgin birth, of Jesus not having a human father, thus being God's son because God miraculously causes his birth.
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kingdom hall south dakota live stream.....i found this video on youtube.com.
it reminds me of my old kingdom hall where hardly anyone is sitting in the front rows and doesn't seem like they have a large membership.most kingdom halls sit around 200 people at the most and seem to have a hard time filling the seats.. my old congregation had around 45 members when i left 4 years ago.we always seemed to have a hard time meeting the monthly expenses.some months,i was told that some elders would contribute extra money so the congregation would not be in the negative for the month.. how many members did your congregation have while you were still attending and did meet its expenses for the month?.
This is why they are consolidating congregations and selling excess buildings.
in a post re dates etc from fatfreek reference was made to huge library at bethel with items dating back to pastor rs day.
like the year 1975 which has vanished from wt theology, are gb using move to let them put all old and inconvenient items into some sort of cold storage and off library shelves.
already the revelation book has gone from the orgs website, and that was quite recent relatively, we studied it 3 times at congregation book study, yet now, like type and antitype it mysteriously was never there.
I believe Sam Herd is a huge fan of Angels and Women. They have to keep his favorite books!
all through my childhood, i was told about the evils of violence (and magic) in entertainment, i doubt i could count the number of movies and video games i wasn't allowed to enjoy for that very reason.
i did always watch movies and play video games with a certain amount of violence in them, but i was careful to keep it at the teen/pg-13 rating.. in the last year or so though i've started trying out games like skyrim, fallout 3, and thief.
(since i still live with my parents i'm careful about where and when i play them.
I've played the Last of Us, Shadow of Mordor, etc...
It has had no effect on me. I can separate fantasy from the real world. I'm not about to emulate these games in real life, nor do I have the shadow of a desire to do so.
to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.
most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.
Can we really trust the media? Isn't the media owned by Satan? When a number of media sources challenge our worldview with 'facts', we have to remember that!
young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night.
nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.. it got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff.
literally ran him ragged.. he's still in good standing, gave the final prayer.
It is very telling his wife was in tears over it.
Despite much lip service otherwise, being an elder gives one an elevated position and standing, there is a pride and personal glory in it. There is shame associated with stepping down or being deleted. Family can take much pride in having a father or husband as a "glorious one" "worthy of double honor".
just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.
- their popularity and why they might appeal to people.
then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.
JWs have been made to be very superstitious. Satan is such a huge object of fear in the JW mind that he is almost a secondary god in the pantheon that must be taken into appeased so as not to draw his wrath: "don't pray aloud your weaknesses, Satan will hear it and use it against you. Don't watch that book, movie, tv show, otherwise the demons will think you are interested in them."
Often, a scary story is crafted to invoke fear, as it is designed to do. Sometimes that mere emotion is equated with demons.
I remember at a Circuit Assembly one experience was given of giving up reading Agatha Christie mystery novels. Afterward, a friend who also read Agatha Christie had a nightmare that night. Of course, the only logical explanation: DEMONS! He gave up reading Agatha Christie.
just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.
- their popularity and why they might appeal to people.
then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.
Fear of Satan, a common cult tool.
i'm doing some research.
someone snitched over something minor-ish on me about six months ago the person is from a different hall, person got df ( over some other stuff) why haven't the elders talked to me?
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Most elders are stressed out by endless congregation duties and have much bigger fish to fry. They might not know who to contact, and even if they've inquired about you are and where your records are parked and come up with nothing, the whole theocratic treadmill might dampen their motivations to pursue much after that.
It would be the elders in the congregation where your records are that would have to pursue the matter. So one elder body would need to contact the other, and the local elders would need to feel motivated to do an investigation. If you are faded, they might hold the matter in "abeyance".
