at the extj.com forum, a very serious scandal is being discussed regarding a potential misappropriation of funds by mexico's branch.. http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?24740-denuncia--quot-proyecto-fantasma-quot-salon-de-asambleas-de-guadalajara-o-robo-de-fondos.
though the situation may not be quite uncommon, below you will find an overview:.
a member of mexico's branch committee went to guadalajara to inform the brothers that a plot of land had been donated for the construction of an assembly hall.
the largest donation I have ever made was $20 and I have not donated a single penny for at least 10 years.
whenever they hand out papers to donate funds privately I never hand them in. One time I wrote down $400 but then I never donated it... and I was a believer back then! but I still didn't care. Even then I felt like our cong. was misusing the money
is it correct that the words "governing body" now appear in the nwt??.
woah!!
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its not in the verse, its in the foreword to one of the bible books I understand
in the july 2014 study wt article titled "jehovah's people "renouce unrighteousness".
par 9 and 10 .
9. how did foolish and ignorant debates affect the early christian congregation?.
look at all those apostates... woman wearing dress pants, jeans with ties, handle bar mustaches, 5 o'clock shadow, sheeeesh!!
apostates never wear dresses or suits or clean shaven.
one question: where are the bandana's
i noticed that, especially for men, that they are required to dress in drab colors for boasting sessions and in field circus.
men are supposed to wear dirty colored suits--dark gray, muddy brown, black, and off-shades of maroon, forest green, and navy/midnight blue seem to be most common.
they get hounded if they wear something in a "loud" color--meaning anything that is near one of the major points in the rainbow and near saturation (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or violet is most likely to result in a major hounding).
I disagree completely with everything you claim. You sound very depressed.
new guidelines for field service coming this summer.
new publication to be released giving new ways of counting time, conducting studies, group activities, etc..
marked
...you smoke a cigar and its delicious!
...you have no idea who or what to vote for
...you get to the casino and you have no idea what to do with your money
... you clink your glass (cheers) at EVERY opportunity
my mom has been a jw since 1968...never brought anyone into the "truth.
" what are your experiences?
what was your "closing ratio?
unfortunately, yes
one thing i have learned over the years is there is a clear, distinct purpose to everything the wts does.
everything is done to accomplish a defined purpose.. did they really print millions of new bibles just to be more accurate?
after decades of toughting how much better the nwt was than any other bible?.
All the reasons make some sense to me
but I honestly believe there is more to it than money or a sudden desire to be more accurate
that is not the WTS M.O.
yes money is. But not this way. I actually think it would take years to fully cover such an immense cost, hundreds of thousands of JWs will not be able to contribute or simply wont
I truly believe the WTS has a doctrinal change coming that is aligned with the new grey goose
i'm not suicidal just fed up.. i did think of suicide (briefly), but as there is no painless way and it's not something i would willingly do just in case things would have been better the day after.
i do have a slight grain of hope.. money problems.....problems at home (that's another matter with a son up court for something he is adamant he didn't do.
first offence but the pigs police and the cps have got charges made.
punk, you said: Yes, I'm an atheist but wish there was a god. I miss the church and the hope I had but it isn't real to me.
i spent a few years with knots in my stomach and battled depression over losing that "false hope", almost wishing I never discovered the lie I was living.
but as I have embraced my atheism, and my part in the universe, I now feel more connected to the universe and everything in it than I ever have.
I don't want to die, but I do not fear death. My life is what I make it. I give no credit or pass any blame. People aren't out to "get me", they are out for themselves. Why do I deserve any less? I am out for me and my family and MY happiness.
Life is what we make it. we have to find our own meaning. If life gets to the point where the path your taking seems hopeless, then END IT! no NOT suicide, end the way you've been doing things. If you have to sell everything you own and become a monk then DO IT!
if you decide to take a round-the-world trip with a tour group for a year or two then DO IT!
Any choice you make is better than wanting to end your life or living a life of unhappiness.
as Zig Ziglar used to say: "if you keep doing what you've been doing, you'll keep gettin' what you've been gettin'"
chin up my friend, many of us (myself included) have felt as you do now. It will get better. Make your own purpose, whatever you discover that to be.
woj
one thing i have learned over the years is there is a clear, distinct purpose to everything the wts does.
everything is done to accomplish a defined purpose.. did they really print millions of new bibles just to be more accurate?
after decades of toughting how much better the nwt was than any other bible?.
one thing I have learned over the years is there is a clear, distinct purpose to everything the WTS does. EVERYTHING is done to accomplish a defined purpose.
Did they really print millions of new bibles just to be more accurate? after decades of toughting how much better the NWT was than any other bible?
whats the REAL reason they printed these bibles??? what is the doctrinal shift that is about to occur that will be buttressed by the new phraseology of the new NWT (NNWT)?
as I have mentioned on other threads (as well as many others) I believe this will be a symbolic 144k. But I don't think this will be the only shift.
This printing came at an ENORMOUS cost to the WTS. They didn't do this to change one or two doctrines... they are making BIG changes to their doctrines.
How many things could they possibly change???
