Posts by tepidpoultry

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How many JWs still have a personal conscience?

by contramundum in

jw
friends

in conversation with an old jw friend today, it struck me that most jws have replaced their personal conscience with a collective one.. instead of training their own mental powers to distinguish right from wrong, as the bible encourages, they are content to shift personal accountability away from themselves and onto the impersonal org.

whatever behaviour may prompt an ordinary person to have serious misgivings ( such as ignoring glaring misapplication of scripture or rejecting basic human decency in favour of unchristian shunning ) they prefer to have those decisions made for them.. history teaches us, however, that there is no absolution for people who behave unethically or cruelly by allowing the excuse of 'obeying orders' to override what their inner voice should scream is inherently wrong..

tepidpoultry

Everyone has a personal conscience

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Reaching the most distant parts - Geoffrey Jackson praising Bible translators and missionaries as "faithful ones" or even "anointed ones"

by TheWonderofYou in

after we heard some time ago that before the time of russel there was no "faitful slave" or no anointed ones who formed a faitful slave class, now we learn that we dont know if before russel there were not "faitful ones" or "anointed".

indeed jackson says that we know the bible teaches that throughout the history there would be a large number of "sons of the kingdom" ..or anointed ones.. beginning from this month in several projects including a film about christian bible translators who gave an example of "faithfulness" and "discretness" in translating the bible, the christian bibletranslators and missionionaries who used "jehovah" by the way are receiving ultimate praise of the governing body, in the first place at the moment is shown the video about tyndale, wo so is very much supposedly a "faithful one" and perhaps even "anointed" because he loved the bible.. jackson says that those early missionaries of the christendom already "preached the message" before russell.

january broadcast.

tepidpoultry

This post keeps coming into my field of vision

Interesting how God I mean Mr Jackson has insights into what kind

of relationship another has with the Almighty!

I thought according to Roman 8 this adoption was between a man and his

maker only,

I know this and I'm a Heathen,

Why doesn't Mr Jackson?

Have they not been given the gift of correct interpretation of Scripture?

The gall and arrogance

My family worship at their feet

:(

65

Short stay

by midnight in

after much research and prayer i am returning to being a jehovah's witness i can find nothing that eliminates them from being god's directed people , in the end they will reach the end of there journey despite mistakes and errors just like the israelites entered the promised land , thanks for your input and all the best on your personal journey ☺.

midnight..

tepidpoultry

Midnight

One question

You just questioned the validity of a report concerning JWS needing

and receiving aid from Church groups

My question is

What difference does it make to you whether the report is true or not?

Have you decided to become a JW apologist?

If so, I respect your decision

You have your work cut out for you

:0)

65

Short stay

by midnight in

after much research and prayer i am returning to being a jehovah's witness i can find nothing that eliminates them from being god's directed people , in the end they will reach the end of there journey despite mistakes and errors just like the israelites entered the promised land , thanks for your input and all the best on your personal journey ☺.

midnight..

tepidpoultry

65

Short stay

by midnight in

after much research and prayer i am returning to being a jehovah's witness i can find nothing that eliminates them from being god's directed people , in the end they will reach the end of there journey despite mistakes and errors just like the israelites entered the promised land , thanks for your input and all the best on your personal journey ☺.

midnight..

tepidpoultry

You seek God for the same reason everybody does

Comfort in the face of fear

And a sense of community

The two reasons religion was invented

It fills these two needs

It seems to work for many billions of people

Until

Just a few

Realize

It doesn't make sense

29

Watchtower Annulled My Baptism

by RICHT in

contrary to popular belief you can have your baptism annulled as i did by my local elders after my judicial hearing.. the watchtower of 1964 page 126 first paragraph clearly states that anyone that was committing a gross sin before, during and after their baptism is void.

in order to get right with the lord you would need to be re-baptised.

err no thanks, i'm not a believer!!!!.

tepidpoultry

You'd think that everything would be brought over to digital format at

this point

Otherwise,

Wouldn't cards be getting old and lost

Just sayin

:0)

Another thought is I remember the Secretary asking ME when I was

baptized at some point

Gee, I DON'T REMEMBER, I WAS SO YOUNG

lol

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Data for Partakers from 1935-2016. Latest number wasn´t this high since 1954!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

i gathered the data for the memorial partakers every year since 1935 (the first year they had data) until now.. the latest figures haven't been that high since 1954!.

this stat looks very bad in watchtower land because the decreasing # of partakers was given, for decades, as proof that the end was near!.

.

tepidpoultry

Matzah's great with butter and jam, think they'd let me bring my own

If I was nice?

Body of our Lord with butter and jam

Oh probably not

Have to wait till we get home

Like with the wine

:0)

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Who is Gog/Magog?

by Cold Steel in

ezekiel spends two chapters (38-39) describing a war that either will never take place, or which has yet to take place.

according to the prophecy, the warlord gog, of magog, will 1) sweep down on israel, covering the land like a cloud.

this will happen in 2) the latter years when israel will 3) be a people “gathered out of many nations” and peoples.

tepidpoultry

My spell checker keeps telling me that what you REALLY

want to know about is

Goggles of Magog

Your choice I suppose,

:0)

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Who is Gog/Magog?

by Cold Steel in

ezekiel spends two chapters (38-39) describing a war that either will never take place, or which has yet to take place.

according to the prophecy, the warlord gog, of magog, will 1) sweep down on israel, covering the land like a cloud.

this will happen in 2) the latter years when israel will 3) be a people “gathered out of many nations” and peoples.

tepidpoultry

I would tell you all about "attack of gog of magog" but now that would

just be too painful

:(

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Who is Gog/Magog?

by Cold Steel in

ezekiel spends two chapters (38-39) describing a war that either will never take place, or which has yet to take place.

according to the prophecy, the warlord gog, of magog, will 1) sweep down on israel, covering the land like a cloud.

this will happen in 2) the latter years when israel will 3) be a people “gathered out of many nations” and peoples.

tepidpoultry

Ok I'm going to break with tradition THIS ONE TIME

and pause my trademark snark

Long story short

Satan the Devil

Ref Ezekiel Book "The Nations Shall Know Blah Blah"

(Theyve probably burned them all as per incriminating stupid information

contained therein)

:0)