I felt just like you do after reading this text,it is all about them and no one else. The text made no sence to me, they give no clear answer who is the FDS, they talk in circles with no direct answer.
UNBELIEVABLE WT ARROGANCE please help.
by yesidid 15 Replies latest jw friends
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Big Dog
Shania, they have been doing that for over a 100 years. Psychobabble and fundiespeak are languages I do not speak.
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Shania
Hi BD!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry didn't respond soon I was doing some girl chatting on the phone. I know the double speak but for 30 years I didn't realize thats what they were doing. But now my eyes are open and I can honestly say They don't make any sense...........they are full of themselves.........they are PROUD TO BE HUMBLE, yeah humble right they wouldn't know humility if it came up and bit them on the a**. (sorry I don't use curse words)
Ps. I 'm happy I could make you laugh the other night concerning my ANOINTED FART STORY. I must tell you it was an experince we'll never forget smelling a holy fart from heavenly bound man.........
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Big Dog
Hey Shania, no problem, your indifference only left me mildly suicidal. *Sniff*
I remember talking to my die-hard dub sister and telling her that her/WBTS views and comments were just incredibly arrogant to which she replied, "well, what can I say, when you are right it can come across as arrogant."
I just sort of sputtered for a second until I got out, right about what? They have never been right about one thing in their whole history. You know, this goes beyond arrogance, it is these folks really think God is talking to them, they are divinely guided. That is scarey.
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The Leological One
I went to the Memorial service last night with my DF'd JW wife. Many of the people were surely nice enough, and maybe only a couple were somewhat openly rude to my wife via the way they looked at her. The service message did deal with Jesus but mainly was focused on explaining how the 144,000 are supposed to be the only partakers of the emblems.
It was tough sitting there hearing their misinterpretations and not openly refuting the claims to my wife (such as how they say the little flock Jesus talked about - His disciples - were actually the 144k and then stating some other key verses were specific to the 144k even though there was no mention at all in the scriptures cited that the 144k were being discussed, and also how doing the communion as often as you will actually means as often as you do it once a year, it's more special when only once a year vs. every week or whatever, etc..), but I respected the people and their event. I did talk too much after the service, but my wife finally got interested enough to start reading about all the WT prophecies late last night and was pretty surprised to see how the early WT views sharply contrast with modern ones. She's going to want to see actual books cited, though, before she'll likely trust what she's reading; maybe she can get some scans?
Anyway, I was glad they talked about Jesus and that He was in they lyrics of some songs, but the main message just seemed to be that most JW's aren't annointed rather than Jesus is our worthy sacrifice, and it was strange for me to pass the emblems past myself as well as watch everyone else do the same; it felt like some sort of cult ritual or something -- very strange, even though I've passed taking the emblems in my own church a few times back in the day when I felt I was really heavy into sin and especially far away from God. I respect the JW's (most of them, anyway) but just can't get how they could read the Bible and come up with some of the understandings they have.
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purplesofa
Every member of the Israel of God is a dedicated, baptized christians anointed with holy spirit and having a heavenly hope. (Gal. 6:16) Hence, the expression Faithful and Discreet Slave refers to all members of that anointed spiritual nation as a group on earth at any particular time from 33 C.E. until now, just as every Israelite living at any time from 1513 B.C.E. until Pentecost 33 C.E. was part of the pre-christian servant class. (Isa. 43:10) Who, then, are the domestics, who receive spiritual nourshment from the slave? In the first century C.E. every Christian cherished the heavenly hope. Consequently, the domestics were also anointed Christians viewed, not as a group but as individuals. All needed spiritual food from the slave.-----1 Cor. 12:12 w 3/1/04
I am trying to make the sense of this...............I cant believe this was the commentary on this.
Thanks for posting it. I get my daily text online and do not get the commentaries.
purps
Who, then, are the domestics, who receive spiritual nourshment from the slave? In the first century C.E. every Christian cherished the heavenly hope. Consequently, the domestics were also anointed Christians viewed, not as a group but as individuals. All needed spiritual food from the slave.-----1 Cor. 12:12 w 3/1/04
and this really made no sense.......maybe I am just tired.