i have been lurking here for about 6 months, and being the last day of the year, and ready to start the new one afresh, i want to share the story of our exit from the org.
i have found the personal experiences of others of immeasurable value, (and its been a while since a good exit story has been posted) that i hope this can be of benefit to at least someone.. .
my mother became a jehovahs witness when i was about 9 or 10. i remember initially hating all of the new sanctions put on our lives (no birthdays and christmas anymore) but for some reason i soon after joined her in attending the meetings and eventually got baptized at the age of 14. my staunch catholic father converted a couple of years later.
mrsObfuscate
... and after much research on numerous websites, you tube videos and through this forum, I found that I knew very little about the religion I had been a part of for the last 20 years of my life...
Welcome on board and thanks for sharing your story. I felt like you after researching the JW believes
there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.
south africa.
united states.
News from Bethel in Emmen (NETHERLANDS):
In December 2015 Emmen startet their redundancies.
Approximately one third (1/3) of the Bethelites (circa 40 people) was informed - that they have to go. Some are already gone.
Source: a Bethelite from Emmen.
so, it's that time of year again.
here's a few of my predictions.
) no armageddon.
FASTJEHU'S PREDICTIONS:
1. The WT-library-CD will be stopped, 2015 will be the last one
2. All conventions could be seen in the KH - but only for the elderly and disabled JWs
3. Appointment of a additional GB member (or more)
4. New songbook will be printed
from a reliable source:.
a young cobe - late thirties, maybe forty - has resigned in december 2015, both as the cobe and as an elder.
word is that he is a man with a young family who is stressed out and has had enough.
Solution?
Meditate on the example of Paul. He faced numerous “things of an external kind” by vicious persecutors, and he felt daily pressure on account of his anxiety for the congregations. (2 Cor. 11:23-29) Yet, he refused to give up, and his example strengthened others. (Read 2 Corinthians 1:6.) When you endure hardship, remember that your example is likely encouraging others to endure.
source: WT 16-04 page 16 §14
So this MUST be a very big problem in JW-land - because they openly admit:
The Watchtower Study, for example, is tailored to the needs of God’s people.
source: WT 16-04 page 19 §5
the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
pdf.
it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
The numbers for Germany:
2015-12-16-boe.
instructions for recommending new congregations click the green download button.
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/v8exeat petra!
just a comment here about the idiocy of this mornings wt.. in one paragraph that was yapping about faith and prayer the writers made the statement that faith could be shown by praying for material things, not just spiritual things.
they used the "give us this day our daily bread" quote.. a couple paragraphs later they said prayers are only answered if they were in harmony with god's will.. so i guess it is god's will that my frail very elderly parents are virtually ignored by the congregation they are in.
i guess it is god's will that after over 135 years combined time in duh troof between them they are kicked to the curb, accused of being selfish, unloving and they are laughed at and ridiculed by the eldurrs, the eldurrs families, and sheeple in general because of the frailties of old age.. they (that congregation) will be damned by god for their cruelty..
§ 14 .... We show such confidence by praying for help that is not limited to our spiritual needs. Jesus said that we can pray for material things, including “bread according to our daily needs.” (Luke 11:3) ....
Source: http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015762
this is in germany.. is this something new?
has anybody else heard this that somebody wanting to be an unbaptised publisher needs to fill-out a form from the borg.. i have not seen the form..
In Germany the publisher has to sign the Congregation’s Publisher Record card (S-21).
I think, it has to do with data protection. So I think, this was ment.
I never heard about something else.
*** w96 1/15 p. 16 Jehovah’s Sheep Need Tender Care ***
When New Ones Want to Preach
6 After a Bible student has taken in knowledge and has attended meetings for a while, he may want to become a Kingdom publisher, a preacher of the good news. (Mark 13:10) If so, the Witness conducting the Bible study with him should contact the presiding overseer, who will arrange for one of the elders on the Congregation Service Committee and another elder to meet with the Bible student and his teacher. The discussion will be based on the book Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry, pages 98 and 99. If these two elders see that the new one believes basic Bible teachings and has conformed to God’s principles, he will be told that he is qualified to share in the public ministry. When he reports his ministry by turning in a field service report, it will be posted on a Congregation’s Publisher Record card made out in his name. The new one can now report his witnessing activity along with the millions of others who joyfully ‘publish the word of God.’ (Acts 13:5) An announcement that he is an unbaptized publisher will be made to the congregation.
does anyone remember the recent rumors of chuck russell predicting the methods of communication that we now enjoy?
i believe he was quoting a science journal that actually made the predictions.
hmmmm...i wonder what they said about aluminium cans???
... as a further evidence of the Lord's presence since that date, as follows:
... cash registers ...
holy shit - they had no proof readers in those days.
how hard is it to produce a monthly program and get it up on time?
they are late every month.. are these the same people that published 128 pages of magazines by the 1st,8th,15th and 22nd of every month for over 100 years?
are they understaffed?
