what would happen?
(a thought experiment) what if it were possible to gather bible students from pastor russell's day in a large auditorium with the rutherford era followers, and then bring in the brother knorr (my era) crowd along with present day jw's and get them chatting with each other?all that new light with all that old light (which thought it had new light) would be in for a shock.would they humble themselves and decide present day governing body doctrine changes and tv style begging for money was acceptable?what do you think?i think it would be chaos and denunciation.
i could be wrong, buti don't think so..
Of course the new revisionist GB have decided that Russell did the work of a forerunner like John the Baptist and was NOT the faithful and discrete slave.
The followers of Pastor Russell would immediately take issue with that and leave. So the likelihood is that the discussion convention wouldn't happen because there'd be no common ground on who was the true Laodecian prophet foretold in scripture.
a letter was read this week from the platform stating that publishers should not scour the obituaries and respond to the websites for condolences messaging.
apparently, it is not being taken too well by family and friends and the pubs are asked to refrain from sending a message if they are not friends or family of the deceased.. i recall one sister used to visit grave yard sites and if she saw individuals there, went over and "consoled" them by offering the tract on death and your loved ones.
i cannot even think of how i would have received her, being in my space and thinking she could do that.. apparently they have graduated by reading the obits..
Can you imagine if it was in reverse and JWs were getting messages on their obits about their loved ones being in purgatory or in nirvana or heaven or wherever. They would be seeking judicial courts to trace down the perpetrators and seeking damages for mental distress or something similar.
And they can't understand why other people are offended!?
is there anything that will make that loyal witness ever see the light??
you know, that well respected elder, pioneer, or witness who has been in the “truth “ for decades..
I feel sad for the friends who have wasted their lives. They say things like "I always wanted to play the guitar/have a garden/learn to crochet/etc but I will have plenty of time to do it in the New World."
What is stopping them from doing it now?
It is so so sad. Yet I too was once of that frame of mind.
Oooh he's fallen in the water!
Yes.
i grew up with steve pare who is now an elder in southern california.
he sent me this note after i talked to him on the phone and sent him my book.. "the super-abundant blessings i have received in the advancing the earthly organization of jehovah have been fantastic !!!".
"jehovah is not behind in creating the paradise & his mighty of 9,000,000 will work with 20-50 billion to be resurrected & in 1,000 years the paradise will be done on time!!
We had a circus overseer who said in many talks that God could make humans smaller in the New World so that they could all fit into the planet besides which he would say He's God so he can resolve the issue in any way he wants.
There is no arguing with that sort of BS reasoning is there!?
how about something to take your mind off of anything negative?
today i adopted a new puppy.
i already have a cat named loki, and now my new puppy's name is thor.
And is Loki as mischievous as the original Norse God of the same name?
every now and again i would miss meetings due to health, surgeries, work etc.. when i would miss a meeting here and there i didn't particularly feel this "weirdness.".
it wasn't until i would miss 3 or more consecutive meetings that i felt this weirdness upon entering the kh.. i can't really explain it but it feels like i was entering the kh for the first time.
it's not like when you take a 2 week vacation and come back to work.
I remember one elder who criticised an MS during an elders meeting because he'd taken time out to be with his family. He wasn't best pleased when I reminded him that he had asked off all public talks for a year while he was studying for exams his employer made managers do for their continual improvement.
Years later as I drifted I made constant reference to Timothy who must have missed lots of meetings because of his FREQUENT bouts of illness (possibly a dysentery-like illness because of impure water quality). On the whole it was accepted as a reasonable excuse until I slipped away completely.
the april 2019 study edition page 20 has an article on resisting wicked spirits.
it says "magic refers to practices associated with the occult, or the supernatural.
it can include curses and the casting or breaking of spells.
Regarding CHESS, our congregation had an elder who was prepared to form a judicial committee if anyone continued to play the game after he had warned them.
Why? Because the Society linked chess playing to warfare! I know one kid in the 1970s who quit the congregation over this very issue.
did you know that the current organization book for jws is available to freely download from their jw(dot)org website?
seemingly gone are the days when it was treated with the same secrecy as the holy grail and wasn't shown to a bible student unless they were genuinely considering baptism.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/organized-to-do-jehovahs-will/.
Did you know that the current Organization book for JWs is available to freely download from their jw(dot)org website?
Seemingly gone are the days when it was treated with the same secrecy as the Holy Grail and wasn't shown to a bible student unless they were genuinely considering baptism.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/Organized-to-Do-Jehovahs-Will/
i know @hiddenpimo is going to laugh at me for this because we had several in our old congregation, but what is with all the window washing businesses owned/managed by jws???
they are everywhere!
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We know a married pio couple who are window cleaners/washers and can take off on foreign holidays up to 4 times a year. They must have a fortune to travel from the UK to Canada, to Turkey, Greece, and the Americas.
If the average publisher makes it to the seaside once or twice a year they think they're doing well.
Not judging, just saying.
