For decades, the critisism has been that there are no emotions, that it is a cold, business-like wooden religion.
Now, suddenly, the critisism is that there ARE emotions, but of course - now, emotions are manipulation, nonsense, evidence of no substance, no reality.
This way or that way - it does not matter, it is all wrong, no matter.
when i read coc, i was stunned that the 2 elders (theotis french & rob dibble) were on ray franz judcial committee.
i have known these men for over 20 years having done rbc and convention work with them.
they are still elders today which means they were in their early 30's(which is unheard of for a case of this importance to have inexperienced elders to sit on) on this committee.. without revealing myself, i have never tried(but have wanted to), ask them about their on having to judge a former gb member.. then out of the blue, about a year ago, i was mentioning how hard it is trying to get younger ones to volunteer to one of these elders, and he says"this is nothing compared to to sitting on the committee that had to disfellowship ray franz".
Without giving details about oneself, anyone can come forth with juicy stories supposedly coming from hot-shots he "knows". Tell a story, and the gullible crowd will devour it all, as long as it supports their preconcieved ideas.
so, the round of "regional" conventions has been going on for a few months now.
for those that attended, or those that got transcripts of the parts,.
what was the most absurd thing you heard at yours?.
""MAYBE WE WILL BE ASIGNED WHERE TO LIVE""
That is an old one, have heard it since the 70ies.
the annual meeting of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will be in october 2014.. .. in november 2013, just after the last one they published this now famous statement in the 15th of november 2013 watchtower page 16 paragraph 17 says:.
"at that time, the lifesaving direction that we receive from jehovahs organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.".
"No more pioneers and missionaries (let the internet reach the people)"
Because the growth mainly is in the third world countires, and because the WT itself stated that 1/3 of the world's population has access to Internet - meaning that 2/3 don't - AND because groth therefore mainly is taking place in the countries and groups that do NOT have access, THEN the assumption quoted is a No-No.
87 year old sister (who's current husband, a total nazi one foot in the grave) was excited to relate that (she heard) a talk at the regional convention said a wife would be happy to meet her ressurected husband and grab him in her arms!
she reads that as reunion of the married kind.
she is pooping skittles she's so happy.
It's in QFR in July or August study WT.
i still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.
i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.
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The COs will continue reporting to the ones they have always reported to - the branch.
The DOs have never been someone to whom they have reported.
yesterday i was having a beer with a friend of mine who happens to be an accountant, and we began discussing this ridiculous arrangement that the watchtower has put in place.
after giving him the backstory of how the watchtower has been lending money to the local congregations and charging interest, he simply could not believe they had been doing that.. he then offered an explanation which really made sense to me.
he said that in reality what the watchtower society has been doing is actually not legal in light of their tax-exempt status.
"Now JWs have no actual world HQ,"
Because ............?
wow.
you read about it here.
but, it still doesn't prepare you.. our hall passed a resolution to give about 15,000 to the wt.
"Still if every cong did 350 a month x12 x 112000 congs"
Yeah. Very realistic. Thousands upon thousands of congregations in Congo, Benin, Togo, Nicaragua, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Moldova etc. etc. donating 350$ each - monthly ................ Very, very realistic.
she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?
at this point, she opened with a prayer.
"...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.
"Jesus didn't read YHWH when he read from the ancient scrolls,"
Wow! Now THAT was an interesting and bold statement! How do you know? Were you there (....when they crucified my Lord, as the song text goes)?
she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?
at this point, she opened with a prayer.
"...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.
I cannot help it, but I wonder a bit if this has been an actual conversation or study ............. How is it possible word-for word to remember an entire conversation like that? I said - she said - I said - she said, lots of topics. Strange .................
