i think the real reason is that many when they are in their teens and able to start thinking for themselves end up leaving by the time they get out of home, never baptized, and still continuing assocation with their family.
the wt doesn't like this loophole, so they are hoping to get them baptised before their teen years so that if they wake up and decide to leave, they will be dfed.
hoping to keep them trapped and be trapped before they understand the religion.
Dear Stand for true worship,
You said
Truly food at the proper time.
Yes it's truely at the proper time beacuse all the 16yr olds leaving are not being shunned by family and free from WTBTS nonsense. More kids are leaving than getting baptised. It must be holy spirit guiding the GB to give us this food.
Why are you here anyway? Have you been Df'd unjustly or something?
as i was leaving the kh where i watched the meeting, i overheard several conversations, all to the effect that"what a great bunch of guys the gb is.
" the sense of humor among them, the naturalness and ease they had while speaking, etc.. for that matter, i too, was impressed at how like able they seem to be and, believe it or not, the 3 1/2 hours went by fairly quickly, thank god!
but as i think about it, i'm concluding that that was the main goal of the wide viewing of this event: to assure the rank and file that the gb, the men who are in charge of god's household, are a great bunch of guys.
Classic OUTLAW hahaha!!!
can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
Very interesting. To be clear Searcher, you are saying a speaker at the AGM used the phrase BUM WITNESSES.
Let me know if I missed the point
i am writing this from memory i didn't ake notes so forgive me if it is out of order.. sumary.
it started off with the annoucement of a bible display (mueseum) being built that focuses on jehovah's name in the bible.
(i found it funny that few if any bible predate the 12th century because that's when the word jehovah was created bet that get's left out) the speaker went into the work done searching for various and the miracles donations and loans that happened to bring this about.
Thanks. Interesting point on donations, printing new bibles and building new Bethels in London and NY, are a smoke screens to raise funds for law suits!
this is my first post.
however, i have been reading this board for some time (call it stalking or trolling...lol).
so, hello to all.. i have had time to reflect on the agm since yesterday and my thoughts are that indeed the nwt needed much revision.
Welcome Newbie2013,
So nice to see you comment. Thank you for your post and telling us what an active wiitness feels about men removing things from God's Word. You are brave and we admire you for this
Thank you very much
70wks....
this just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.
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So so funny. Side splittingly. Wonderful job. Hahahahahaha!
i think the real reason is that many when they are in their teens and able to start thinking for themselves end up leaving by the time they get out of home, never baptized, and still continuing assocation with their family.
the wt doesn't like this loophole, so they are hoping to get them baptised before their teen years so that if they wake up and decide to leave, they will be dfed.
hoping to keep them trapped and be trapped before they understand the religion.
I totally agree. Child manipulation, they are loosing to many that stopped going in our cong
do you think this could have been an experiment to see how smoothly these events can be processed, and what the reaction is from the rank and file?
it would sure save a lot of money if events like this could replace at least the one day circuit assemblies.
there has to be some recognition that the "flock" is becoming weary and they don't have the funds to be travelling to these events.
Hey hey, you could be onto something......good point, I agree the local elders who relish in power wont like it. Hahahaha!!!!
ok here is another spin on the wt verses the internet argument, and this time i'm going to be pro-wt.
i have read articles and seen graphs that show in countries that have high internet penetration, growth rates diminish.
this is used to support the idea that the information age is killing the wt.
A click away did it for me, and I am new to TTATT this year.
But I would also like to say in my opnion, like a couple of others (cofty, jwfacts), seeing athiests in the trenches is possible. My precious boy, who is having a terrible time right now, and is in the trenches, told me yesterday, he does not believe in God anymore. Being in the trenches is how many become athiest and has nothing to do with the internet for them in my veiw.
Internet VS God........................I don't know the winner yet?????????????????
Internet VS WTBTS....................winners are JWN, jwsurvey, jwfacts, AAWA all excellent sites that made a huge difference for our family
the august 15 2013 wt is being studied this weekend.
in my view its begging for money.. paragraph 9 and 10 state.
support theocratic arrangements9.
I VE NEVER SEEN THE WT FORCE PEOPLE FOR MONEY AND YOU PEOPLE HAVENT EITHER ,GIV ,DONT GIV YOUR CHOICE
If people are having their minds controlled in a high control religious organisation, it's not their choice the GB are controlling them in my veiw.
