putting this under beliefs,doctrine and practices because i don't see a better heading.
here is what i have been thinking for years now and the situation with the recent storms and the devastation brings in closer to home in my thinking.
i lived in western nc for 20 years and moved to wv in feb of this year.
Videos used to teach the resurrected ones?
Reminds me of an elder who had Bill Withers greatest hits playing in the KH at his wife's funeral.
He then went around everyone in attendance with his video recorder saying he wanted to get a comment from everybody there to show his wife when she was resurrected....
... is just three weeks from this saturday.
the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.
now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.
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worse than being stupid is thinking you are smart while you are stupid.. i should know.. for many years i was a special category of "stupid"; i was jehovah's witness stupid.. .
what does that entail?
listen and i'll tell you.. ___________________________________________________________.
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say it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
I'm sure I heard that a high up in watchtower land described the gb as 'a concept' to some authority not too long ago - just can't recall the exact details, can you?
If that was true, what the hell does that make their 144,000 'teaching'...🤷♂️
is it just me or has there been a massive change in jws of late?.
when i grew up in the cult they had a real sense of urgency and would do an hour minimum, these days it’s not even ten mins before coffee break.. same goes for everything else, it’s half hearted .
My wife and I discussed how we haven't seen any of the jw carts in any of the normal places for ages now - is that a local thing we wonder??
does anybody know which edition of "my book of bible stories" had the fully colored pages?
i'm pretty sure it came out late in the book's life, but i'd like someone to verify which one it is..
I remember being in Spain the the 1980's and somebody had (I think) an english My Book Of Bible Stories. (or was it the red You Can Live Forever In Paradise book?)
Anyway, the Spanish witnesses were amazed, they had never seen the book before. Not sure when those books were published in Spain??
... is just three weeks from this saturday.
the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.
now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.
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2027:
"Brothers, I'm sure you will be thrilled to learn that our new ROBO-SHEPHERDS will be calling on each and every publisher worldwide this service year to assimilate encourage you all."
i got an email notice today on this excellent letter of resignation from a german family that is trending on reddit.
i thought i would share it here if anyone is so inclined to write one.
for those with pimi jw family and jw business connections, it may not be wise to share such a letter, but i imagine it must be very freeing to send such a letter.
A good letter.
It's funny. It seems to me there's far more proof that the jw's do not have 'the truth' than any proof that they do!
All this logical evidence is lost of course of those who have devoted their lives to the watchtower's ever changing teachings.
So easy for them to just dismiss you and label you 'an apostate' than take the time to check out the reality that their religion is a cult and a sham..
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Thank you.
when i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
From the 1930's!!
The front looks innocent enough, until you see the rear cover and front together:
