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It's sad. I don't think he'll ever recover from this. Hopefully he'll get some help.

Keep in mind, it has been all over the news that this was the worst-kept secret in Nashville, so how could they not know? Or even know of the rumors for 15 years? It was a calculated move to salvage their image.

I'm sorry Jane, I just can't anymore, you say I have an agenda and it seems YOUR agenda is to never answer my questions. It seems it doesn't matter what the subject is, we could be talking about belly buttons, and somehow it always comes back to "we're the only ones fulfilling the great...

What does Trump have to do with this thread? Can you people stay on topic? sheesh!!!!

I have to admit that I'm a huge fan of the band and my wife and I have seen them about a dozen times. Saw the new lineup a few months ago. Interestingly, I have what is called "gaydar", for some reason I can just tell, it has nothing about speech pattern or how they conduct themselves, I just...

If this is true, why aren't other councils of this "Governing Body" mentioned in the scriptures? You'd think there would be several occasions when the Apostles got together. Yet there is not one letter sent out to various congregations signed by a first-century "Governing Body" or Apostles...

Because he chose Saul/Paul Yep, I'm aware of that, isn't that what I said?

Okay, let's take a look at some verses. Let's look at Acts 15:2 "after quite a bit of dissension and disputing by Paul and Barʹna·bas with them, it was arranged for Paul, Barʹna·bas, and some of the others to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem regarding this issue." (NWT) Instead of...

Well, I guess we can agree to disagree. Well, the Bible itself is inspired, not any of these other writings. 2 Points on this verse. There is debate among scholars as to whether this verse is spurious. Second, Jesus ministry lasted 3.5 years, you actually think that in those 3.5 years he said...

It's obvious that the 11 Apostles' choice was not their choice to make, since Jesus chose the 12, he would choose the replacement. Besides, Matthias disappears after Acts 1, never to be heard from again. For all we know he could be one of those mentioned in Revelation 2:2 Of course, Paul...

How was the first-century church organized? Consider the following: Election of Leaders by Congregation Voting. In the Early Church, brethren met in various cities—Jerusalem, Antioch, Corinth, Thessalonica— often meeting in homes (Acts 11:22:13:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Romans...

Yes, keep in mind that the Watchtower Society first used the phrase "governing body" in a specific legal sense, and they actually didn't use it very often. According to the Watchtower, it wasn't until "the year 1944 that the Watchtower magazine started talking about the governing body of the...

Ah, so if others just refer to Him as "God" or "Heavenly Father", you think He doesn't know they're talking to Him?

Did they? I don't see "governing body " in my Bible, is it in the NWT?

Seems like you trust more in the Governing Body

So saying Yahweh is difficult? Or Yeshua? I have a dozen or so translations that have Yahweh throughout, as many times as the NWT uses Jehovah.

So, if you admit the name is YAHWEH, why do you insist on calling him Jehovah?

That he does? But do you and your leaders? Tell you what ... don't be surprised when you find you're not the only ones in the Kingdom.

So you're just going to gloss over everything else I said. Fair enough! Tell me Jane, what part of "Little Flock" don't you understand?

No, you misunderstood my thoughts. We agree that the elect, is a numbered class, 144,000. They are also referred to as the "body of Christ." At the end of the age, as the body is being completed, there will be fewer. You call them the "anointed remnant" or at least you did, I'm not so sure now...