just some random thoughts here... theme scripture is matt.5: 33 .
we already had a thread explaining that jesus added a "but" after those words.
however, few would argue against the principle of keeping one's word.
...the poor brothers stay poor....Chook
particularly the poor sisters that have wealthy relatives that now are the main contributors to the monthly teli , --transferred to warwick--, and will see silch of their relative's willed wealth given to wt by the estate. (last ditch attempt to have an anointed advocate in the judgement)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-txbsmgktynj0dee/view?usp=sharing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-txzmm3hfrfjloda/view?usp=sharing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-r0dsmehvmng5zee/view?usp=sharing.
Leger, ( Jesus said my load is leger, =light). Maurice Duplessis (duplicity) Roncarelli, Louise Lamb, and many witnesses that suffered in that battle, that wt won, because it was riding the wave change.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-txbsmgktynj0dee/view?usp=sharing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-txzmm3hfrfjloda/view?usp=sharing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-r0dsmehvmng5zee/view?usp=sharing.
this was discussed in last week's "kingdom rules" closing part of the mid week meeting.No wonder the Church and provincial government were mad at the witnesses, and trying to drag the rest of canada into the attack . The rank and file bore the brunt of the heat. Great spirit directed work for the "Prince of Peace" ruling since 1914.
just wanted to say hello and thank you for all of your comments.
when i finally figured out this was not the truth it was nice to know i wasn't the only one - it was a surprise to learn how many there are.
february was my last month of service after 43 active years.
finally left: great activity with which to shake off the wt . In a waltz, the whole world seems to revolve around you *, and not around the org. In the turning, your husband sees you as the center, watching you from all directions too. Do you change partners? or abide by the rule of only dancing with your mate? I hate to see you bedazzled by the likes of the likeable Fred Astaire, probably fleet footed in more than one sense. I always asked release from that constraint to be able to ask the heaviest lady in the room to waltz. why? It made me orbit around her stable bulk, and gave me the illusion of having the Astaire- like mobility, and, since I am partial to small waists (an asset to get a good dancing hold) from straying feelings, ah, memories of the time of youth*. hope you will have pleasant recollections of your journey, have a ball.
" famous waltz melodies of the past. but don't stop there!
jehovah's witnesses...that's the trademark of the religion, the use of the name "jehovah.
" if there is anything jws and non-jws can agree on is that this one thing sets them apart from everybody else.. i have only had witnesses come to my door less than five times since i left in the 1990s.
i guess they don't work the territory i live in often, or perhaps after that first time (which was still after the year 2000) they have marked the words "jew who knows a lot" or something in their notes on my address.
The story of "jesus" seems to fit this meandering saga, because there, he is recorded as never having uttered the 'name' in his personal talks with the deity, although according to the nwt, he even quoted " Jehovah" in his rebuttal of "satan's" temptations., calling "Jehovah" satan's god!
i always felt bad for asking questions , did anyone else ?
what question did you ask or want to ask but feel it was wrong ?
mine was regarding the circuit assembly and the amount defecit anounced .. also 1975 i got a stern reply too when i was studying in the 90,s.
public questions? particularly by jw ladies? not even in apostolic times. 1 Cor.14:35 : "... let them question their husbands at home..." but
Paul had a point: 35: " If they want to learn something... ask questions.
Do trained animals ever ask questions? but they perform, bring in the crowds, the money.
q. how do you explain the millions that have left or were dfd/dad from jws?.
a. no evidence exists that it is the truth.. case closed....
That scripture never seemed to fit with the relatively few that make up the JW population.M210.
very good question for everyone, there is no great crowd numbered more accurately than the wt crowd***, down to the 15 minutes of the old and infirm.
*** the great crowd does not exist yet, for the great tribulation has not started yet, how can you come out of something hat does not exist? WT April 1995; Questions from readers. "Rev 7:9 "--describes the GC after the GT..."
few things draw my interest as much as people on this board who talk about the elders, the insidious little toadies who lurk around kingdom halls, the proverbial big fish in little ponds.
it amazes me the terror and the veneration they inspire, as well as the occasional ridicule.
it makes me wonder how they're selected and whether most of them come into the position with a sense of power, entitlement, authority and control, or whether many of them are pretty nice people and that i'm just hearing about the bad apples?
just sat through the weekly video on pride. and it is about a fictional brother that is alienating himself from the congregation by his critical attitude ( Beam in his eye, compared to the splinter in his targets) [targets supposedly the elders].
well, typical wt strohman argument. how about the arrogance of the elders, compounded by their " we are united and never do wrong" attitude?
so what were your biggest jw accomplishments as a rank & file?
curious as to what level you climbed the r&f ladder while in the org, or if you still are in.. did you regular pioneer, or auxiliary pioneer?
bethel?
I stood once behind N. Knorr, M.Henschel towering beside me, he was reading his favorite magazine, " Time" , and no snotty comments , or cutting short his jacket ( David style) occured to me. just another day.
string theories, god particles, and mayonnaise_______every morning they meet.
same table.
same conversations.. 3 old coots recycle stale ideas, rehash moth-eaten memories, and wear down my patience.. i could have moved to another table.
I thought that outboard joke was funny!
not even rude!
