jehovah`s witnesses have taken it upon themselves that they have been chosen by god to be his witnesses in what they believe to be the last days ,the time of the end spoken of by the prophets of old.. they are on record as stating in their publications that it is their calling and duty to preach this message of announcing jehovah`s kingdom loud and clear publicly and from house to house even when under ban.. which they have done on many occasions in the past putting their trust in jehovah .. taking to heart acts ch.5 : 17- 32 which states in a nutshell ," we must obey god as ruler rather than men " .
they are also on record that the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one satan the devil to mislead all mankind.. this includes all governments ,religious leaders ,economic, and social systems ,they have even stated that the united nations was a counterfeit kingdom in opposition to the kingdom of god for the benefit of mankind.. so what do we see today ?
true , we have a pandemic with this covid-19 virus that is wreaking havoc in the worlds health systems causing death to many people on a scale not seen since the spanish flu pandemic a century ago.. now i`m just speaking from a jehovah`s witness mindset here,to put there money where their mouth is.
The world headquarters of jw's is in the USA as we all know! The GB will no doubt obey US governmental orders strictly as a matter of self preservation. Shut down the head(quarters) here in the USA and the body worldwide will die. Don't think that the GB will give up their cushy life style for some of their silly religious "principles" that can be miraculously changed with 'new light' in an instant!
just saying!
great question to ask your pimi's.
if we truly are in final minutes of the last days before the great tribulation.
with most everyone home, why is the org.
Religion, including jw's, has never been about "saving" souls. It's about power and self preservation. In the case of the wt it was about literature sales. Now it's about real estate holdings.
Maybe among the rank and file, saving souls was important but not too much as one climbs higher up the ladder!
just saying!
we are all very much aware of watchtology’s duplicity of teaching, the blood doctrine being the most predominant piece of hypocritical bullshight in human history.
but perhaps now we shall see their hypocrisy in a whole new light.. the red cross is putting out the call.. patients.
plasma donations from recovered covid-19 patients.
What if a jw donates only a "fraction" of his blood to help save others? After all, donating a pint of blood is technically only a small fraction of a persons total blood. Scientists estimate the volume of blood in a human body to be approximately 7 percent of body weight. An average adult body with a weight of 150 to 180 pounds will contain approximately 4.7 to 5.5 liters (1.2 to 1.5 gallons) of blood.
So then a pint of blood is only 1/12 or 8.3 percent (a fraction) of the total blood in the average person
Is a "fraction" of blood the same as blood "fractions"? IMHO---yes!
just saying!
i’ve always noticed that the local jw leaders like to give as little notice as possible for local meetings and expect you to drop everything and rearrange your life to fit their agenda in.
i’ve noticed this more during the pandemic.
we are not given the codes and time of memorial until a couple hours before meeting.
hoser
I’m sure they could give times and codes a few days ahead but gotta keep the sheeples in a state of flux
You are dealing with the "exception to the rule" sort of thing! All the jw's I know knew about a week ahead of time all the memorial arrangements. But then I live in California and we're always ahead of the curve! lol
Not defending the eldubs, just saying! My wife is very pimi!
just saying!
we are all very much aware of watchtology’s duplicity of teaching, the blood doctrine being the most predominant piece of hypocritical bullshight in human history.
but perhaps now we shall see their hypocrisy in a whole new light.. the red cross is putting out the call.. patients.
plasma donations from recovered covid-19 patients.
Some JW's just might compromise and say: To hell with the governing butt-heads, I need this to stay alive! And since nobody will know, why not!
But...but...but...jehober will always know just like Santa Claus knows "if you're naughty or nice"!
just saying!
am i missing something here ?
how is it that where this covid 19 started , in wuhan china, china has only ,reportedly 83,000 for the whole country ?
whereas in the united states of america the figure is just under 400,000 ?.
I have a "hunch" China is lying but The USA would never tell a lie! Just a "hunch" though!
just saying!
not sure if this was covered as i could not find anything on it but talking to my son he tells me one of the gb had a talk telling them this is a sign of the last days.
have the jw's being pressured into talking to relatives and friends to bring them back into the fold before the end of the system blah blah blah?
the reason why i ask is my son was saying his mother has being on his case the last few weeks and then two days ago i got a telephone message from my sister, that hasn't spoke to me in 4 years, asking how i am doing.
Old farts like me have heard "wolf, wolf" too many times. Been there done that!
just saying!
for that matter using marijuana without taking it into your lungs but by drops, edibles.
i have never heard definitively what their view of mm is.
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When liquor was legalized again after Prohibition (1920-1933) in the USA ended, did jw's have a problem drinking alcohol? (And we know that some jw's had no problem with drinking alcohol during Prohibition) The only thing that made drinking alcohol during Prohibition wrong to jw's was that it was illegal. The affects of alcohol and the results from drinking it didn't change after Prohibition was repealed. Only the law changed.
So, now the law has made using marijuana legal. I smoked a bit of weed in the 60's (bad boy) and I'll probably visit my local cannabis store soon! If the GB members needed medicinal marijuana (like Rutherford needed booze) you can bet your ass that they would say it's okay now that it's legal!
just saying!
for you poor saps unfortunate enough to have missed yesterday's zoom watchtower study, i thought i'd prepare a little summary for you.. in fact, to keep things really short, i'll just highlight the outstanding verbs from the article.. paragraph 2: do not view.
paragraph 4: think seriously about the warning.....partake unworthily.
paragraph 5: do not feel...does not give....do not feel....would never tell.
Wonder how many Zoom meetings have been Zoombombed. It has become so prevalent, that the Public schools in NY have outlawed zoom in the classroom. Have any here witnessed a hack?
Don't know if it's happened yet but sounds like a good idea! Imagine zooming in on some porn site during the watchtower meeting! lol
just saying!
memorial talk from australia - .
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodmemorialtalk2020/pub-mo-tk20r_16_video.
at 23 minutes 00 seconds, the speaker says who are god's sons/christ's brothers.. according to the bible, he's got it wrong:.
The whole fucking ransom thing is hard to square up with the facts. According to jw's, jehober required that a ransom price be paid--right!
Supposedly, Satan took/kidnapped something from jehober and mankind, namely, perfect human life!
So to get back what was taken, a ransom was required and needed to be paid!
Logically, the perpetrator, the bad guy, Satan, the one who took/kidnapped perfect human life should be the one asking for a ransom price to be paid. Satan should be the one setting the price of the ransom!
So then, why is it that jehober set the ransom price? When a person or a valuable item is takes/stolen, who asks for a ransom? The person from whom it was taken or the person who committed the crime?
Maybe it's just me that has the problem!
just saying!
