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  The Faithful Slave - An Obvious Question I Haven't Heard Asked

  by berrygerry in

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  2. beliefs

  since the big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.. was it not the apostate maria russell that proffered that ctr was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?.

  if the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?.

  was maria a prophetic apostate?.

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  Since the Big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.

  Was it not the apostate Maria Russell that proffered that CTR was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?

  If the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?

  Was Maria a prophetic apostate?
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  Reinstatement - repentance - works - Can you explain how this is supposed to work?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  nov 15, 2006 wt.

  when requesting reinstatement, he should be able to give evidence that he has repented and is producing works that befit repentance.acts 26:20.. .

  how possibly can someone "give evidence" or "produce works"?.

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  Sloppy

  You're hired.
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  Why We Observe the Lord’s Evening Meal - Jan 2015

  by berrygerry in

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  2. bible

  any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's memorial study article?.

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  I was thinking that somewhere around paragraph 19 -

  Last year's Watchtower study about the Memorial asked the question: "Will this be our last Memorial"?

  That one wasn't.

  Will this one?
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  Why We Observe the Lord’s Evening Meal - Jan 2015

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's memorial study article?.

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  Any still attending who are going to give a comment about last year's Memorial study article?
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  Äkta Människor (Real Humans)

  by Simon in

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  2. entertainment

  we've just started watching this swedish parallel-present series about human-like robots (hubots) seeking independence.. its really well done but subtitled (if you didn't mind the original "girl with the dragon tattoo") and the best description of it i was saw the stepford wives meets blade runner.

  kind of creepy and unsettling and touches on some adult themed topics (robots for sex).. anyone else seen it?

  i only started watching because i was too lazy to get up and get the remote one night but it was pretty gripping.. .

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  Maybe skip the next 28 iPad generations and who knows !

  Heretic.

  To the back room with you.
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  Reinstatement - repentance - works - Can you explain how this is supposed to work?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  nov 15, 2006 wt.

  when requesting reinstatement, he should be able to give evidence that he has repented and is producing works that befit repentance.acts 26:20.. .

  how possibly can someone "give evidence" or "produce works"?.

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  Nov 15, 2006 WT

  When requesting reinstatement, he should be able to give evidence that he has repented and is producing “works that befit repentance.”—Acts 26:20.

  How possibly can someone "give evidence" or "produce works"?
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  BRITAIN - A High Court Judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness boy can receive a Blood Transfusion

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  britain - a high court judge has ruled that the son of two jehovahs witnesses can be given a blood transfusion despite religious objections from his parents.. mr justice moylan was told by doctors that the very young boy had suffered severe burns in an accident and might need a blood transfusion.

  the judge concluded that a blood transfusion would be in the youngsters best interests in spite of the deeply held views of his mother and father.. the judge said a health trust with responsibility for treating the boy had asked for a ruling.

  he did not name anyone involved and did not give the childs age.. judgment - www.jwleaks.org/blood/case-no-fd14p00803.

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  I remember when a young sister received court-ordered transfusions.

  At the time, I didn't know if it were better that she live or die.

  If she lived, then the court would be proved right.

  If she died, then she would be dead, but have died a martyr's death.

  Pretty f'd up thinking.

  Man, oh, man.
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  Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. scandals

  thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

  one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

  if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

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  That is one challenging first post.

  Hopefully, time and treatment will continue to improve your life.
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  Caleb talks to his mother about the new system.

  by LogCon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mom: yes?.

  you dont want to make jehovah sad, do you mom?.

  mom: okay.. .

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  Animate and insert on JW tv.
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  How I Found Jesus!

  by berrygerry in

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  2. bible

  by looking at cdn court cases.. i knew i would find him if i persisted.. there is clear evidence, in my view, that beginning some time, probably in early 2010, but perhaps earlier, that mr. jones developed a delusional disorder with a primary religious focus.

  mr. jones accounting of the development of his belief that he is jesus christ, is consistent with the known development of psychotic disorders.

  mr. jones describes a period of time where he felt that he had some greater purpose or was meant for something important although he was unable to really identify what that was.

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  On a toast a?

  Manna, that's a mess-ed up a!