"probably" is a buzzword meaning "The Bible does not say but since we are the FDS we can add to the Bible."
Blondie
QUESTIONS FROM READERS----CHECK THIS OUT!
by Mary 87 Replies latest jw friends
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codeblue
Mary, thanks for sharing. Here's a toast to you:
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MinisterAmos
Contrarianism at its finest.
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james_woods
Remember when they first published the "new" elder arrangement?
They blithely published right in the watchtower that "the bible seems to indicate a rotation of the elder positions"...without a clue as to how and where it "seems" to indicate this.
Not long after, the powers that be effectively said "stop the rotation".
Wonder if the bible "seems" to indicate that as well?
For other great examples of this kind of duplicity, just check out the threads today on sex practices.
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Amnesty Vendor
After a recent discussion of this & similar topics with a faithful jw, her reply was that maybe jah uses issues like this to identify our heart conditions in regards to his organization.
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steve2
It's all about impression management: Anything to make them stand apart as different from others, regardless of whether it's a scriptural injunction or not.
I love the way the article cites a verse from the Hebrew Scriptures which has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but creates the impression the topic is based squarely on scripture. Oh the duplicity of the FDS and the thick-headedness of the rank and file who carry on so indiffferent to the duplicity.
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Ingenuous
Is it just me - or did they have to toast glasses to take the picture that goes along with the article??? Or were they extra carefull to quietly slide the glasses next to each other so they only looked like they were toasting?
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Ingenuous
Uh-Oh - Time to ban handshakes, too:
Mithras was worshipped as guardian of arms, and patron of soldiers and armies. The handshake was developed by those who worshipped him as a token of friendship and as a gesture to show that you were unarmed. When Mithras later became the Roman god of contracts, the handshake gesture was imported throughout the Mediterranean and Europe by Roman soldiers.
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BrentR
What if you proposed a toast while burning scented candles? That would technicaly make you a triple pagan. The JW's would have wear holy body condoms just to knock on your door. Just imagine how inconvenient that would be for them.
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zeroday
WTF...
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