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Many thanks for your thoughts Truth And Justice.
no matter what opinions you may have, the memorial is very important to us.
many are opposed to the way the organization performs the memorial because of restrictive rules as to who should partake.
as jesus said in scripture, "keep doing this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
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Many thanks for your thoughts Truth And Justice.
does anyone know how punky is ?
he hasn't posted in a while ?
jan from tam .
A lot of the threads about JWs are meaningless to me now because the cult has changed almost beyond recognition.
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Very true!
Glad all is well.
Best Wishes
Ron.
the changing teachings of jehovah's witnesses .
menacingmistral writes:.
"jehovah's witnesses often, not only change 180° from what they used to teach, they change from things they vehemently asserted were absolute truth.
Yes Ding, and what creases me up is the way other GB members, witnesses on the cart etc etc refer people who want more detail on the subject to it as if it answers all their questions!!!!
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
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Love it!
Could they backtrack and acknowledge what the 1969 Kingdom Interlinear said and rebrand as Yahweh's Witnesses??
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.
Good points Jeff, thank you,
My shallow mind kept asking 'Should Lloyd humping a Christmas Tree in the book have been pruned, or is it vital to the narrative!?'
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
Could they call themselves 'The Truth'...??
a slightly tongue in cheek, but also serious roundup of jw speak and why trying to reason with them is like trying to chip through concrete with a plastic spoon.. how many can you think of??.
elder: 'yes.
i read through the material you asked me to at your judicial meeting - you're right we're both in a cult!
i am sure we were all shocked at the governing body update #2 with the unusual and impulsive changes set forth.. i am an insider at whq, and when i was on reddit and in communication with avoidjw i explained to the best of my ability that the approach on disfellowshipping was going to change based on the new light at the 2023 agm, that the jubilee rumor was false, and there were going to be changes on how jws approached disfellowshipping in response to the norway situation if it didn't turn out in watchtower's favor.
the decision came because of a legal blow to watchtower, not because "holy spirit" wad directing a faithful slave, who is going to become the "evil slave", more explanation on this soon.. everything i stated came true.
i left reddit exjw community due to the immature and mentally unstable nature there, and yet as has been the case my words came true.
I have received a pleasant reply from redsetter.
I told him a bit about my own background that involved Ray Franz and also John Barr, that I have not so far discussed here, and asked him a question or two that I would like further info from him on.
I await his reply in his own time and at his own pace.
Regards
Ron.
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.
I think in the past he must have been raking in an amazing amount of money.
When he received superchats etc and payments in his livestream he seemed to be getting paid a small fortune while his 'helpers' got nothing.
Perhaps he thought in the future he would be able to retire and live a non jw life of ease on the strength of these and other donations..
in a span of a few months time, we have had many unexpected changes announced by the jw organization.
some here have expressed the belief that a great number of witnesses will leave the religion.
in fact, there is a great probability the opposite will be true.. yeah, ancient hardliners will have a hard time assimilating these changes, but the younger generation will likely welcome these changes.
slimboyfat & BluesBrother, many thanks for that info.
My aged family are desperately trying to find ways to convince themselves to be faithful and loyal to these new dress codes but are seriously struggling.