Posts by wifibandit

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Watchtower now Proudly Promoting the DIVINE Jesus

by FusionTheism in

the revised nwt has a footnote on john 1:1 showing that "a god" means "divine.".

also, their other publications are now much more boldly referring to jesus as divine:.

jesus--the way, the life, the truth (2015), page 306-307:.

wifibandit

Of a "divine nature" in the same sense as the Anointed, and to a lesser degree the angels, demons and Satan.

Old Theology Quarterly 1898 Tract No.43 The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory pg 12

The coming Kingdom will be a spiritual and invisible one, but will operate and rule through human representatives. As an illustration of a spiritual ruler operating and governing through earthly agents, take "the present evil world" or age, of which Satan is the prince. A spirit being, he is invisible to humanity, and rules for evil through his human servants. With the end of this age comes the binding of Satan and the overthrow of his dominion- God's due time for the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven having come. Christ's Kingdom will be the reverse of Satan's in respect to its character in that it will be a Kingdom of light, a Kingdom of righteousness, but it will resemble it in that its King and his associates will also be spirit beings of a still higher order, of "the divine nature," and equally invisible to men.

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Asamblea Regional 2015

by wifibandit in

for the spanish speaking: .

https://youtu.be/hwym3x_cuvy?list=plrw9u-n1z2m_zcto4vkw6ay4xyougmvhl.

wifibandit

Please share this link to any EXTJ forums you are members of.

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hello friends during the weekend i was in the san diego regional convention and the number of baptisim was way down.. there were 51 who got baptise thats the lowest number i ever seen, the attendance was 14,000 plus .

wifibandit

http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/392far/2015_convention_locationdatesattendancebaptized/

Location	Dates	Attendance Friday; Sat; Sun	Baptized	Age range
Newburgh, NY, USA	May 22-24	2033;1900;2033	5
San Diego, CA, USA	June 5-7	11000;?; 14,000	51	youngest was 12, the oldest 72, around 30 of them were from 12-16
Nanaimo, BC, Canada	June 5-7	3000	9
Jersey City, NJ, USA	May 22-24	;;2827	19

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baptism regional Convention

by antes8080 in

jw
friends

hello friends during the weekend i was in the san diego regional convention and the number of baptisim was way down.. there were 51 who got baptise thats the lowest number i ever seen, the attendance was 14,000 plus .

wifibandit

Compare that with what the Spanish.

https://youtu.be/nn4LeDk0sHY?t=2h51m45s

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Asamblea Regional 2015

by wifibandit in

for the spanish speaking: .

https://youtu.be/hwym3x_cuvy?list=plrw9u-n1z2m_zcto4vkw6ay4xyougmvhl.

wifibandit

For the Spanish speaking:

https://youtu.be/hwyM3X_cUvY?list=PLrw9u-n1z2M_ZcTo4Vkw6aY4XyouGMvhl

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Recording that would blow up viral!

by aintenoughwiskey in

i was wondering if anyone had an audio recording of a woman, preferably a minor being asked the intimate details of a fornication jc.

that would hit the fan hard.

wifibandit

We missed our chance yesterday. http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/39d94g/have_a_meeting_with_elders_in_a_few_hours_im_16/

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New David Splane Video: No 1900 Year Faithful Slave

by FusionTheism in

governing body member david splane has a new video on tv.jw.org where he talks about all the horrible things committed by martin luther and the protestant reformers.. his conclusion is that there has been no faithful and discreet slave on the earth during the past 1900 years (before 1919 i guess.).

he also says that maybe there were a few anointed on earth, maybe not.. he did add an interesting statement that he doesn't condemn the other churches just for misunderstanding the bible because the society has done that.. another odd point, was that he actually mentioned catholic missionary work in a somewhat positive light, while totally condemning the reformation views on predestination..

wifibandit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OliwCd4rRbE

The 2012 teaching that only the Governing Body represents the Slave was described in 1981 as an apostate concept.

Watchtower 1981 Mar 1 pp.24-26

"Witnesses of Jehovah understand that the "slave" is comprised of all anointed Christians as a group on earth at any given time during the 19 centuries since Pentecost. Accordingly, the "domestics" are these followers of Christ as individuals.
Some readers may feel that this is a rather sectarian view of matters. Or they may object to the idea that the "slave" and the "domestics" represent the same class, one as a composite body and the other as individuals. The objectors may argue that not all of Christ's anointed disciples have a share in preparing the spiritual food, so that perhaps the "slave" pictures only the leading ones, and the "domestics" those they serve in the congregation.
There is no point in trying to force an interpretation of the parable. Self-deception is of no benefit and is spiritually damaging. Therefore, we must look to the Scriptures for an understanding. In doing this, what do we find? [ ... ] Thus we see a clear Scriptural basis for saying that all anointed followers of Christ Jesus make up God's "servant," with Jesus as its Master."

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2015 Convention

by wifibandit in

pixel, cappytan, and wifibandit present for your consideration:.

https://youtu.be/g16_p3tncxq?list=plrw9u-n1z2m-_z5_a55vmqj1biuwnslhq.

the saturday program will be added tomorrow, followed by the sunday program the next day..

wifibandit

These files can now be downloaded via MEGA.

The convention in Spanish (@ Stanley) has not yet been released, but rest assured that once it is, it will be here.

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My Story of Waking Up - in retrospect

by cappytan in

so, many of y'all know bits and pieces of my story of waking up, but i thought it might be nice to have it all in one place.. i was baptized at 11, auxiliary pioneered every summer, regular pioneer at 17, ministerial servant by 19, then went to bethel for a year.. i always had minor doubts from time to time, but nothing serious.

always dismissed doubts and decided to "just have faith.".

after leaving bethel, i was never really firing on all cylinders "spiritually speaking.

wifibandit

Excellent point pixel.

They try to set up a false dichotomy , Science/History vs Bible, when in fact the divide is more accurately described as Science/History vs Their particular Interpretation of the Bible (at this time).

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KM 1956-1965

by Haelcer in

does anyone (especially atlantis/petra) have a complete collection of kingdom ministry 1956-1965 in pdf that they'd be willing to share?.

thanks in advance.. marek.

wifibandit

1956 Informant

The other years are missing in my collection, too.