Posts by AnnOMaly

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WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK

by Simon in

shower room.

office.

games room.

AnnOMaly

*Whistles* Woweee. Stunning property. Beautiful views.

Has the WTS actually bought it, transaction complete, or is it still in the process?

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Grandma called the other day, and chose to tell my kids about the tornadoes

by Faithful Witness in

i know this might be overreacting, and i have not said a peep about it to my kids or anyone else... .

last week, my kids wanted to call my mom during the day.

on her last visit, they had talked about calling her on her day off at home.

I wouldn't sweat it, her choice of topic ... unless the kids haven't had a conversation with their grandma in a while, and grandma didn't ask them about their lives, how was school, what fun things they'd been doing recently, etc., and the topic of weather was just filler for those short 5 minutes ... then I'd sweat it.

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The official COSMOS thread

by Jon Preston in

jw
friends

so what does everyone think this far?

please theist feel free to add your opinions if you e watched so you can also appreciate certain facts weve learned....and hey theres speculation too!

but non judgmental speculation;-).

AnnOMaly

Once I got past the 'this feels a little too Star Trek New Generation for me' and 'what's with the cartoons?' and concentrated on the message/info, I started to like it and look forward to each episode. Good for kids especially, I think.

The most irritating thing is the theme music reminds me of a Watchtower video production. There's just something about its style. Bring back Vangelis.

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An Open Letter to the Treasurer's Office

by DNCall in

jw
friends

watch tower bible & tract society of pennsylvania, inc.. treasurers office.

gentlemen and ladies:.

manifestly, you appreciate the value of marketing as can be seen by the launch of jw.org.

AnnOMaly

LOLOL! Internet access for every publisher and interested person in developing countries. Oh the possibilities. Brilliant. Listen to the man, WTBTSoP

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Abraham Still Considered part of Great Crowd? Not being found worthy of Everlasting Life?

by objectivetruth in

does anyone know of a wt or wt book, that states abraham will be tested again and then judged based on his deeds during the millenium?.

essentiallly claiming that, after god testing abraham, with the sacrifice of isaac, he will tell him that he has to pass the same test that the resurrcted unrighteous have to pass.

i know that this is a teaching that is required by holding to the 2 class belief, but i haven't found any artocles on it.. any ideas?.

AnnOMaly

*** Rev. Climax (1988, 2006) chap. 40 p. 290 par. 15 Crushing the Serpent’s Head ***

Similarly, pre-Christian witnesses of Jehovah were declared righteous as to friendship with God; and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were spoken of as “living” even though they were physically dead. (Matthew 22:31, 32; James 2:21, 23) However, they and all others who are resurrected, as well as the great crowd of faithful other sheep who survive Armageddon and any children that may be born to these in the new world, must yet be raised to human perfection. This will be accomplished by Christ and his associate kings and priests during the thousand-year Judgment Day, on the basis of Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. By the end of that Day, “the rest of the dead” will have “come to life” in the sense that they will be perfect humans. As we shall see, they must then pass a final test, but they will face that test as perfected humans. When they pass the test, God will declare them worthy of living forever, righteous in the fullest sense. They will experience the complete fulfillment of the promise: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:29) What a delightful future is in store for obedient mankind!

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Putting on the NEW "New Personality"

by stuckinarut2 in

we have often heard about the need to "put on the 'new personality'" as a jw.... but i have realised something in these last few years of awakening to the ttatt...i dont like what i had become as a 'good' jw!.

i realised that being a 'good' jw made me very:.

critical of my fellow man,.

AnnOMaly

I wasn't stressed by the impending Armageddon. What stressed me was having to 'perform' on the Org's constant hamster wheel of expectations to do things that weren't 'me' and block off things that I would have liked to have done ('theocratic' time constraints or disapproved of or viewed as frivolous - after all, there's eternity to do that). It was stressful being among warped ideas and attitudes, even while still mentally in the JW paradigm.

I didn't like being 'on the clock' all the time, seeing 'worldly' people as either prospective converts (on the lookout for opportunities to make my sales pitch but usually letting those opportunities pass, then feeling guilty) or as people to keep at arm's length.

The perpetual state of 'alert' and judgmentalism that the Org keeps whipping up does nothing for anybody's long-term mental health.

Over the years, as I've let go, it's meant that I feel like I'm actually living life now rather than treading water till the New World. I'm generally more confident and relaxed (I still have a long way to go, however, but that's due to going the fade route) and I'm increasingly seeing people as fellows of my community instead of 'outsiders' to be wary of or to recruit.

I bumped into a JW acquaintance recently who complimented me on how well I looked and asked if we were still on 'sabbatical.' I said, "Yes ... and we're happier for it ... as strange as that sounds." I could see that it didn't compute.

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Is my clinging on to a belief in a Creator doing me any harm?

by KateWild in

i use the word clinging, as i feel that is what i am doing.

as far as my knowledge of science, namely chemistry is concerned, i am satisfied there is evidence of a creator.

i am happy to believe this.

AnnOMaly

A believer has just PM'd me to check out this site. http://www.friendsofjehovahswitnesses.com/

Has anyone heard of it? I am going to check it out and see if it's reasonable or not.

Looks like a Bible Student website which still uses Russell's writings as a guide. The admin defends 1914 as a date of prophetic significance.

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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.

they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.

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AnnOMaly

Isn't there a special campaign in August this year before the conventions?

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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.

they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.

.

AnnOMaly

Don't forget, Cyrus, there is the Pioneer Lite™ option so there shouldn't be any excuse!

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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.

they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.

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AnnOMaly

What about their immediate families? Will their wives and baptized children be expected to join in too?