Posts by Black Sheep

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WHEN WAS THE VERY LAST ARTICLE ON BLOOD IN EITHER THE WATCHTOWER OR THE AWAKE?

by steve2 in

there's been a buzz on this forum - on and off but currently on - that there has not been an article in any watchtower publication on the blood ban for a while - which feeds speculation that the organization is distancing itself from this doctrinal absurdity.

does that mean there's been nothing mentioned about the blood doctrine for months or years?

specifically, when did the watchtower last mention the blood ban?

Black Sheep

They need to keep it.

It makes them 'special'.

There is another good reason too. Charlie Manson used it. Getting someone to do something that they would abhore as their normal non-cult self and the incentive to leave you, or betray you and admit to their peers that they committed, condoned and encouraged such acts without good reason because they were influenced by a nutter cult leader, stupidity, failure to do proper research on the creeps in charge, etc., is an extremely powerful control tool.

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Denmark Assembly Hall and 7 KH for sale

by Viva la Vida in

jw
friends

this is the real estate page: http://propertysale.dk/salg/helsinkivej.html.

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Black Sheep

Vamdrup and Børkop are only 35 minutes apart. Maybe that area is getting short on Elders.

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Denmark Assembly Hall and 7 KH for sale

by Viva la Vida in

jw
friends

this is the real estate page: http://propertysale.dk/salg/helsinkivej.html.

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Black Sheep

Wasn't Devonport an old movie theater with bugger all car parking?

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Silence after stating my confusion about "144,000"

by tidalblitz in

the other night, i was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them.

the bible study asked: "if jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?

" this friend does not know how to answer this question.

Black Sheep

You should be ok, because you weren't debating, or opposing the doctine, or offering a different doctrine, just expressing your feelings about it. The silence is a good thing. If you ever get silence, the best thing to do is shut up and let them think.

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Snare & Racket's Graduation Picture

by cofty in

jw
friends

after years of hard work and study, former bethel boy snare & racket is now officially a medical doctor.. his story is an inspiration that there can be life after the watchtower.

he has given me permission to post his graduation picture.. .

Black Sheep

Excellent. I wish you all the best for your career S&R.

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WHEN WAS THE VERY LAST ARTICLE ON BLOOD IN EITHER THE WATCHTOWER OR THE AWAKE?

by steve2 in

there's been a buzz on this forum - on and off but currently on - that there has not been an article in any watchtower publication on the blood ban for a while - which feeds speculation that the organization is distancing itself from this doctrinal absurdity.

does that mean there's been nothing mentioned about the blood doctrine for months or years?

specifically, when did the watchtower last mention the blood ban?

Black Sheep

They still maintain their position on blood on their public website. Does that count?

http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovahs-witnesses-why-no-blood-transfusions/

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New Zealand high control cult on TV2 Thursday at 9.30pm

by Black Sheep in

gloriavale - a world apart http://tvnz.co.nz/gloriavale-a-world-apart/6012087.

all is happy in their spiritual paradise.

Black Sheep

Gloriavale - A World Apart http://tvnz.co.nz/gloriavale-a-world-apart/6012087

All is happy in their Spiritual Paradise

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Jehovah hates violence and sex.

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

i've heard psalm 11 and 1 thessolonians 4 crammed down the throat so many times it's not funny.. if i was still a beliver (i'm not):.

jehovah hates violence:.

king and chronicles has numerous sex scenes.

Black Sheep

He wasn't married to Mary

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Governing Body Will Get to Kill Worldly People at Armageddon! Gods Kingdom Rules Quote

by lostnotfound in

so scanning through the gods kingdom rules i found this gem on page 228.. .

"in heaven, the 144,000 corulers with christ will recieve authority to share with jesus in weilding an "iron rod" of destruction against all enemies of gods kingdom.

( rev 2 26,27) then, together with powerful angels, the resurrected anointed ones will follow christ, the warrior king, as he sets out to confront the "vast army" of enemies that is closing in on its prey - jehovahs people.".

Black Sheep

Deleted cos I was wrong

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Is this a new "This Generation" or not?

by Doug Mason in

first of all i want to express my sincere gratitude to atlantis and his good friends for making this 2014 book available.. ------------.

as i see it, and i am absolutely open to contradiction, the wts appears to be giving another new meaning to this generation.

this time the term means all of his anointed followers, including his immediate disciples.

Black Sheep

18 How, then, may we understand Jesus' words about
"this generation"? The generation consists of two over-
lapping groups of anointed ones-the first is made up of
anointed ones who saw the beginning of the fulfillment of
the sign in 1914 and the second, anointed ones who for a

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time were contemporaries of the first group. At least some
of those in the second group will live to see the beginning
of the coming tribulation. The two groups form one gener-
ation because their lives as anointed Christians overlapped
for a time.

I don't think there is any Noo Lite.
All I see is that they have dropped the word 'evidently' and slipped in "... for a time ..." when describing the two groups as 'contemporaries', which the two groups are not.

Once more the WT has to coin a new meaning for a word, and this time, it's not even a word that Jesus used in their problem scripture, it's their own that they superimposed on it.