a change to their doctrine came from jackson.
this isn't a transcript of his whole speech but i thought i would try and get some of his main speech in writing.. at around 1hr26 minutes he starts talking about some dangerous thinking in feeling there is some wiggle room in regards to the schedule for the gt.
but you see, we need to be careful about what we are thinking about the number of anointed ones left on earth.
LHG In my hall 'young ones' were aggressively targeted as the only ones who should be pioneering.
We had a few non working elders who had retired early on really good pensions/payoffs paid off mortgages & 2nd homes who did around 10hrs a month -
constantly saying that young ones should leave school, get a part time job and pioneer - full time working was severely frowned upon by them - what hypocrites!!
can i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
Being honest, I now feel quite bad about how preachy I was on the ministry as a regular pioneer etc.
Without invitation I used every trick in the book to dismantle innocent householders religious beliefs.
I now feel really, really bad about that -
I also cannot take any overbearing preachy sermons here, or anywhere.
The bible is words written on a page - it may or may not be true - I don't know - more words can't convince me.
So, in conclusion, I feel really guilty for haranguing people on their doorstep, businesses, street work, shop work.
I am trying to work on being more tolerant of people of all beliefs. But, I am very weary of entering any overly serious debate with anyone about religion, politics and possibly even football!
with the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.
- can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.
writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.
Just to be clear about my own personal stance about being labelled a serious sinner - quite similar to Jeff Windup merchant's:
wt: "We are not embarrassed about adjustments that are made, nor is an apology needed for not getting it exactly right previously,"
Me: I am not embarrassed about using 'independent thinking' to make needed adjustments in my thinking. Nor is an apology needed to wt for using 'independent thinking' to get right previous errors in my thinking.
can i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
I started 'lurking' here back in 2007 - That was the year I got in touch with Ray Franz and gradually realised my lifelong JW religion was NOT the 'truth'.
I am most grateful for this site and the wealth of information it provides.
I do personally find overly long 'preachy' posts a struggle.
Some posts make me feel I am being scripturally 'machine gunned' or 'pebble dashed' by others (possibly well meaning beliefs).
But, there are many, many posters and posts I do enjoy here - and for them I am truly thankful.
you can listen here:dissociation letter.
you can read here:https://www.desperta.net/testemunhos/letter-of-dissociation-of-carlos-fernandes.
Very well put - thank you for sharing.
https://youtu.be/93h5zpbil6k?si=ffatfxjuxmj_na9i.
I'm trying to think what the 'big announcement' may be. Any educated guesses?
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'...🤷♂️
