so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.
not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.
how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.
The Bible says that it alone can provide all the info you need at 2 Timothy 16&17 and in the book of John I believe or James it says to ask for the Holy Spirit for wisdom.
So according to the Bible you just need to pray and read it. But make sure if you believe all the bullshit that you read the whole bible not just the Protestant one.
watchtower january 2017 - par.
15 - "we live in exciting times.
the earthly part of jehovah’s organization is growing in many ways, but growth necessitates change.".
Their bank accounts are growing .
all religions under critical examination has been recognized inherently as formative lies devised to appeal to human emotions and as a means to cultivate power and control for a select propagating few.
knowledge acquired through scientific inquiry and evaluation has proven that all religious adherence was mostly drawn out human ignorance targeted toward the emotions and consciousness of people.
here we are in the 21 century and people like the jws are still adhering to the lies of christianity and how this religion developed over time.
Herd mentality
well how's it going round your way?
massive increase of interested ones?
did you even know it was supposed to be happening?
The do these campaigns so much anymore there's no urgency
i would like to say i am not in and my wife is a marginal witness at best.
she doesn't say anything bad about the borg or live an amoral lifestyle.
she just doesn't read the bible, or even the tracts anymore and generally has no clue about anything biblical or doctorial related.. i found my wives new card yesterday.
I wonder if this could be braught put as a scriptural issue. The Bible says the head of the wife is the husband. The elders signing this usurpted your headship, maybe he can now pay your wife's bills or you can scripturally separate ?
so the wife was watching the latest installment of jw broadcasting and near the end there was a new segment on dating and courtship.
it starts at about the 39 minute mark:.
https://youtu.be/vuir-azsdm0?t=38m52s.
Looks like no woman are getting married in the Borg
brother melvin mallett delivers a talk entitled beware the spirit of independence.
(because, you know, thinking for yourself is not what jesus wants.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7znpzkakaki.
oh, and remember folks... this isnt a cult or anything!.
People must be really leaving in droves.
Is this the same talk as at the RC or a new outline?
letter sent today to the ministry of justice... .
spain bethel sent a letter recently last oct 3 interpreting that no elder or sm should request a certificate of sexual offenses as other churches or persons in contact with kids.
again jw.org interprets the law to their behalf.. a group of elders in madrid has sent this letter to ask clarification !!.
I see dead people (elders)
so that was a "shocker".
i was not able to attend the meeting.
i had a more important one with my other apostate friends in the area.
Someone post a while back that the circuits out by Seattle are either loosing a half dozen every assembly or every year. Either way that's a pretty good amount.
hi guys.. im aware of the orgs blatant hints to donate, donate, donate to the org, the sacking of bethel staff, selling of buildings, reducing mags and books, emphasis on digital rather than physical books etc which is obviously a money saver - but are the wt org in money difficulty?
because elsewhere on here and on youtube there's stories of the watchtower being mega rich, one even called it "a billion dollar organization".
and if there is any money in there, who's benefiting off it?
Thier moves seemed to quick, one way then the other. First they were going to build build build , then all of a sudden it was stop it all and reduce costs big time. I think this was telling that they were running out of cash.
It my personal opinion that someone informed the men in the ivory tower that not only were they running out of money but people to donate as well. People are leaving in droves and so many that are left are poor. Now that they have cut costs and sold property thier probably fine at this time.
