i'm glad you had a good time-ours is coming up this weekend. we have 5 from our hall getting baptized. andrew went to the attendants meeting and they said the FBI gave the society a note saying tha...
who here thinks bethel might move to an undisclosed secret location? seriously, new york city is gonna be nuked.
i dont' think they would do that. although i do think they would get a BAJILLION dollars for all that property in brooklyn.
whatever happens will certainly be unprecedented. never before has jehovah's earthly organization had such a presence when it comes to brick and mortar facilities (branch offices, printing facilities, kindgom halls, etc). i believe that even if these are abandoned, literature will still be printed for distribution. it'll be interesting to see how the organization deals with this.
as to nyc being nuked.... eh, i'm not so sure that will happen. after false religion is abolished and the governments turn against jehovah's organization, armageddon will begin, and i don't think nuclear war between nations at that point is realistic. (correct me if i'm wrong pleasse)
good points everyone. yeah, I'm definitely not saying all-out total global nuclear war. I'm talking about maybe a nuke or two. that is a definite possiblity. the bible does not say that there will be no nuclear attacks on the U.S.
or maybe I've just been watching way too much 24. Man that show is awesome!
and I'm only talking about moving out of brooklyn, not the farm or the other bethels around the world. (hey maybe our new headquarters will be in Australia. g'day brotha.)
my friend was just visiting from down under...she'd flip if she heard you say that cus she says they dont say it
I was in British Columbia in february and everyone there was from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. it was ridiculous. we just made fun of everyone so bad. We never heard anyone say "g'day mate", but the man-maid told us "no worries, mate, no worries" when we told him we needed more towels. we were the loud obnoxious americans.
a dingo ate my baby
rofl...lmao
we always shout that at her...and in our best steve voice "she's beautiful but absolutely deadly"
crimey!
my aussie friend said crimey and crikey are blasphemous like saying geez...now THERE'S watching your language
australians ROCK!
SHEILA! BLOODY SHEILA!!!
i was actually thinking the same thing, esp when they decided to move all that stuff up to the farm. I hope it doesn't become too secret b/c i want to move where ever they are going.
well whatever happens we'll be informed and everyone will be banding together more than ever. last night's bookstudy was such a good reminder of how we are all working in unison. it just shows how much Jehovah has a hand in the organization.
yes, this is what made me think of that. I heard that they moved a lot of stuff to the farm and then I asked someone if they are still in Brooklyn because its convenient to ship stuff out of there, and he said they don't even ship that much out on boat from there. (of course I don't know if any of this is true, I just think its an interesting idea)
i don't think they have any fear of man
that is a misapplication of "fear of man." If they feel that there is a danger (and they "feel" through holy spirit) or that it would be the course of wisdom to book it out of NYC b/c of certain possibilities, I don't think that is fear but preservation.
yeah, or say if Jehovah wrote something on the wall with a finger made of fire, for example.
so are you implying that the 1st century christians feared man when they left Jerusalem because they knew the Romans were coming back?
good point dean!
no...they were responding to a specific command from jesus...today, i don't see the gb watching world events and leaving brooklyn in a mass exodus. i don't think it's reasonable that they would, nor would they tell every nyc cong to leave too. i just don't think they concern themselves with self-preservation...just the ministry
no one said self preservation, but it a preservation of operation in this country. their continued operation IS part of their ministry. If you've ever read the yearbooks there are many experiences of operations being moved around and hidden and stuff in times of war or persecution. Maybe all those in the lead would not actually move, but it's not inconceivable that they would move operations if they felt that was in danger of being disrupted. I doubt they would ever tell all the NY congs to leave-no one said that. It would just cause massive panic. Not saying it will happen, but it's not impossible as shown by the way they moved more operations upstate. But whatever they do, I'm sure it will be backed by Jehovah.
good points...ur right
how amazing was that video on Russia