Posts by AnnOMaly

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WOW. Sorry Its been so Long! Update:After i declined the shep call

by Jon Preston in

i dont know if anyone forgot me or remembered.

but lets start where i left off.

sooo.

AnnOMaly

Now weve got sisters textng my wife asking why we would help our grandma out instead of meetings.

You gotta be kidding me. Rude and skewed. I don't remember ones at our hall being so intrusive when we were helping elderly relatives and missing meetings to do so. I hope your wife has been texting them back telling them she owes them no explanation and to mind their own damn business.

Oh, and as long as you show up at the odd meeting, it gives out a message that you still believe it's the 'truth' and it reminds everyone of your existence, hence the renewed attention. The memory of you is shoved to the back of people's minds if you don't attend.

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strange experience at the RC- was it segregation?

by tornapart in

i went to the rc last weekend (for my hubby).

it was at a new venue.

a large arena usually putting on music concerts.

AnnOMaly

Not necessarily segregation but a clip-board attendant throwing his weight about. I'd like to think my response would have been (always easier to think of in hindsight):

"Brother, there are no Asian brothers and sisters here at the moment. We'll finish our sandwiches. We won't be long. If the area fills up and we are in the way, we will move." Big smile. Eyes communicate, 'You want me to move now? Just try it, buster.'

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Another bible contradiction about Jesus being king or what???

by Crazyguy in

the lies of the org continue, i was reading revelation and i came accross rev 19:6 in their bible and its states "and i heard a loud voice of a great crowd and as a sound of many waters and as a sound of heavy thunders.

they said: praise jah, you people, because jehovah our god, the almighty has begun to rule as king.

" then my first thought, what does it acctually say in their greek interlinear because at rev.

AnnOMaly

... the jws bible and interlinear implys that Jesus was not king when the bible writers wrote the bible. They say that revelations says this is a future event and insert the phrase " begins to rule" and ignores rev.1:5 altogether. I have discovered the lie and have reported it here. The bible is really saying he is ruling or reigning, not in the future from when the bible writer's wrote it but now in the time of the bible writers.

You might also want to explore the 'already but not yet' idea - where the kingdom is and has been since the first century, but is not yet fully consummated. (JWs' version is, of course, that the kingdom was set up in 1914 but still hasn't 'come' in its fullest sense and won't until the Millennium starts.)

Question: "What is inaugurated eschatology?"

Answer: Inaugurated eschatology is a certain scheme of eschatology—the study of the latter days or the end times. Inaugurated eschatology basically says that the kingdom of God, as prophesied in Isaiah 35 , began at the first coming of Jesus and is now here, although it will not be fully consummated until His second coming. Inaugurated eschatology is also sometimes referred to as a “partially realized eschatology” and is associated with the “already but not yet” concept.

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Another bible contradiction about Jesus being king or what???

by Crazyguy in

the lies of the org continue, i was reading revelation and i came accross rev 19:6 in their bible and its states "and i heard a loud voice of a great crowd and as a sound of many waters and as a sound of heavy thunders.

they said: praise jah, you people, because jehovah our god, the almighty has begun to rule as king.

" then my first thought, what does it acctually say in their greek interlinear because at rev.

AnnOMaly

It's classified in grammar as aorist active indicative (see e.g. scripture4all and blueletterbible online interlinears). NT Greek grammar is not my thing so you'd better check before taking my explanation as word (hopefully somebody better informed can help), but it looks like it should be 'reigned,' which in this Greek tense is an action in the past but God is still continuing to reign. But to just say 'reigned' in English gives the impression that it is something past and complete, like he did reign but he isn't doing so any more. So most Bibles convey the continued state of God reigning by simply using 'reigns' or 'reigneth,' while others try to keep some of the Greek sense by conveying the reigning began at a particular point and is still continuing, i.e. 'has become king' or 'has begun to reign' (see the biblehub site for comparisons).

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Boy taken from Southampton Hospital by JW parents.

by quellycatface in

this 5 yr old boy has a brain tumour.. he was taken away from this hospital by his jw parents.

when i read the story, i just had a feeling....... they have fled to france.

his feeding tube runs out today.. what kind of sick, selfish and delusional parent would do that to their own children???

AnnOMaly

And yet you have no idea what their motives are for clearing off (whether it is even anything to with being a JW) or what they have been through as a family. Don't make assumptions.

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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

by Fe2O3Girl in

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

AnnOMaly

nicolaou, everyone stands on their own two feet and it may not even be anything to do with JWism, if my initial instincts are along the right lines and konceptual99's intel is sound.

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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

by Fe2O3Girl in

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friends

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

AnnOMaly

Might the family's reasoning be along similar lines to those of this (non-JW) mother who went into hiding with her son?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20643477

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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

by Fe2O3Girl in

jw
friends

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

AnnOMaly

My feeling is that it is more to do with having one last family vacation with him. I hope they can find and treat the poor little guy soon.

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Parents remove child from hospital fearing blood transfusion?

by Randomthoughts in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

AnnOMaly

Interesting. More info. here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2737458/BREAKING-NEWS-Police-launch-major-investigation-boy-5-brain-tumour-snatched-hospital-parents.html

It may not be the blood issue at all, given the reported nature of his illness (he's already undergone one operation). I suspect the motivation for taking him away was to have one last family vacation. Of course, I could be wrong. I just hope the boy is found and given the medical care he needs.

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New - JW Flash Mobs...

by konceptual99 in

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... all this emotive stuff they have been gorging on recently is making some dubs go really vocal.... .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cra-rwm8.

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AnnOMaly

Where was the SATB arrangement - or even just a two-part? Where were the 'random' surprise persons in the crowd joining in? The enthusiasm/power in the voices was OK. Needs more work to really pull it off.

What the hell is going on in JW land?

Hear, hear! Definitely not normal JW behavior, all this self-expression and creativity.