i never had much faith in whatever resurrection was.
what appealed to me about jw doctrines was the rejection of the "it's a mystery" defense of the indefensible.
when i would ask how going into non existence could be reversed when all the atomic parts of who we are had been scattered for thousands of years, the answer was "jehovah can do anything".
good question, never worried about that, beyond my rebuilding ability of stuff broken.
It has to do with the mystery of consciousness, the picture we create of the universe in our brains/minds.
The bible stories are not the answer.
How about the dead that came out of their tombs during the time pf jesus' death, and went up into jerusalem?
has anyone turned it down or know of someone who did turn down being an elder or ms?.
yes, it should be one of the biggest privileges a brother can get !!
(how do i put the barfy icon in?
I refused appointment as a circuit overseer, during a successful (with help from the US Airforce) stint as a "special pioneer" couple in a dysfunctional congregation.
The "Superior Authority" debacle had just shaken my faith in the calling and ability of the wt society, and living the sterile live of propping up their flawed doctrinal house of cards, and the wt power structure, was just too bleak a prospect.
in this mid-week's video, the speaker talking about the marriages of jacob, and joseph, mentions, that jacob had 4 female bearers of his children; therefore the sons were closely spaced in age, perhaps born at the rate of 4 per year, in total much less then 10 years apart with joseph being the youngest at the time , perhaps 17. so:.
the overlapping group generation championed by the same speaker, in the earlier teaching refers to "-- joseph and his generation died --" as key generation proof ext.
we have the tacit admission that his core contemporary family generation group spans less than a decade.
The next generation for you and me is when our first child is born
P Right, and even wt often uses that understanding when talking about family histories.
In the OP I wanted to point out the inconstancy of using "Joseph's generation" as the starting benchmark of that doctrine, now it's revealed to be less than <10 years long. By contrast, the length of an overlapping group in the current anointed generation, - to be longer than >78 years, as said by D.S.in his chart video.
That is a stretch to 10 times longer today, All taken from the book of Genesis, where people are said to live ~ 10 times longer than we today. The incredible generation that just shrunk 1000 %.
just saying, not endorsing.
in this mid-week's video, the speaker talking about the marriages of jacob, and joseph, mentions, that jacob had 4 female bearers of his children; therefore the sons were closely spaced in age, perhaps born at the rate of 4 per year, in total much less then 10 years apart with joseph being the youngest at the time , perhaps 17. so:.
the overlapping group generation championed by the same speaker, in the earlier teaching refers to "-- joseph and his generation died --" as key generation proof ext.
we have the tacit admission that his core contemporary family generation group spans less than a decade.
In this mid-week's video, The speaker talking about the marriages of Jacob, and Joseph, mentions, that Jacob had 4 female bearers of his children; therefore the sons were closely spaced in age, perhaps born at the rate of 4 per year, in total much less then 10 years apart with Joseph being the youngest at the time , perhaps 17. so:
The overlapping group generation championed by the same speaker, in the earlier teaching refers to "-- Joseph and his generation died --" as key generation proof ext. Now
we have the tacit admission that his core contemporary family generation group spans less than a decade.
decadent doctrines, discredited, dead on arrival.
the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.
7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.
so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.
This shows the childish confusion of the wt g.o.d. guardians of doctrines.
with the upcoming elections, the campaigns and political rhetoric are ramping up.
(ramping up is an understatement lol) .
i remember a few years ago, gb member brother herd mentioned during one of his talks that several witnesses were either reproved or disfellowshipped for voting for a certain presidential candidate who won...twice.
Voting is against my religion. I never raise my hand if asked to vote for or against any resolution presented by the kh leaders.
no taxation no voice, no contributions, no vote. handy hand signals.
voting in kh should be secret.
reason or excuse they gave was ibecause they wanted to be part of history.
D: wait until there is a lady on the roster, then true colours will show. Rainbows even.
what do you think about this?.
https://abcn.ws/3bqn4tt.
One reason that I like church/kh goers to go back to their haunts is:
to get their awful faces, blabber out of our sacred homes.
mat.
7:18 a good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
5 but the lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth.
Today's wt study certainly showed the wt inconsistence in application the "inspired" "lord's commandments" of 1 Cor. 14.
Silence is golden apples in silver settings, yet ladies are famous for their verbosity at the meetings. shame. not "learning in silence, "
just saying, not selling
when daniel was discussed in the cherished private home "book study", that was the slogan that had been coined:.
zenobia of palmyra, the queen, prettiest king of the south you have ver seen, sung to some ditty melody.
making, having fun then.
Alas, as of the May 2020 Watchtower, Zenobia was never actually the 'king of the south'.
when daniel was discussed in the cherished private home "book study", that was the slogan that had been coined:.
zenobia of palmyra, the queen, prettiest king of the south you have ver seen, sung to some ditty melody.
making, having fun then.
Justine has just grown a beard, to look like his closest allies, from the Palmira neighbourhood.
