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Translating and deciphering witness expressions.
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

why did you miss a meeting!?".
davidmitchell

(I love this one).

'You need to adjust your thinking' = Stop thinking.
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Translating and deciphering witness expressions.
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

why did you miss a meeting!?".
davidmitchell

'Jehovah's loving arrangement' = Some totally cockeyed scheme the GB have dreamt up and tried to get us all to believe.
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Need advice on a comeback to my wife: when she is in cult mode she says faith without works is dead.
by goingthruthemotions in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i have gotten into arguements with my wife in the past about this cult.

now a days after reading steve hassan books...i just try and avoid anything jdub with her.

try to keep her in authentic mode..(not sure she really has one).
davidmitchell

It is in James where this statement occurs (which appears to contradict Paul's teachings about faith, e.g., Rom 3:28)
'So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead' (James 2:17).
It is obvious by what the author says that 'works' are deeds that are related to kind behaviour and not specifically with a 'religious' association (e.g., attending meetings, witnessing, etc) . This is made clear in say, 2:15-16 and certainly in 1:27: 'Visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world'. Also to oppose or at least ignore wealth and capitalism (2:2-6).
If all Bible-believers followed what James says, the world would be a happier place. Instead of all the religious preaching they would have to care for the afflicted (and not only their own, but those of different faiths and groups - Matt 5:46-47).
Just as note: Witnesses I have spoken to say that the demand that they dress up in smart suits (like insurance salesmen) for meetings is what Jehovah wants as they are his representatives and yet James 2:2-4 surely does not support this.
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What if "IT" was all just a dream?
by titch in
1. social
2. humour
i'm not really sure as to what category that i should put this into, so i'll just try, and put it here.

this is based upon a posting that i saw and read on facebook recently.

and, the question is: what if life---as you know it---was just one big dream?
davidmitchell

The only thing you can ever be absolutely sure of is yourself. Belief in everything else is based on probability. You could of course be completely alone in the universe and to compensate for this your brain could have created a world for you to interact with.
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Petra-For David Mitchell!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi david:.

.. in the other kingdom ministry post your comments were:.

davidmitchell19 hours ago.
davidmitchell

Much better! Many thanks. I find these older pieces of material to be fascinating.
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Kingdom Ministries you might want!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
1970--1978--okm.

.. 1982--1989--okm.

.. 1990--1999--okm.
davidmitchell

I really wish people would use better download facilities than the one here.
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RIP Alan Henning - murdered by IS.
by quellycatface in
1. social
2. current
shocking and sad news.. i cannot begin to express how i feel.

it is the stuff of nightmares.. may his family have peace.. .

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davidmitchell

The factor that I find worrying is that Islam is reported to be the fastest growing religion. I believe it was 1.86% last year and simply because of its already-large numbers, this means 1.86% produces the largest number of new adherents.
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Nurse Betty encounters 1975
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. social
2. humour
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len.
davidmitchell

Every JW who was a JW in the 1970s has, when I raise the subject of that year, has always denied that 1975 was said to be the date of armageddon and they also add 'I certainly wasn't aware of anyone saying that'. That is really weird as I remember there were JWs at school in the 1960s who all said that 1975 would see 'the end' and I recall celebrity JWs (e,.g., footballers) being quoted in newspapers as saying this too.

Isn't selective amnesia wonderful?
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Will you out live the WTBTS?
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. humour
one year an elder, his special pioneer wife, and their two aux-pioneer children flew out to ny so that they could tour bethel.

while visiting they noticed an old man standing on top of the headquarters with a pair of binoculars.

the elder was perplexed by this and asked their tour guide, what's that old man doing on top of the roof?.
davidmitchell

>2000 years and still not a peep, 100 years should have been more than enough to know he was a fraud.

Indeed. There's a list of failed predictions about the end on

http://jesusmyth.net/failedpredictions.html

I cannot think of any others...
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Matt 6:34 - Is it realistic?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. bible
therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

each day has enough trouble of its own.. .

true or false?.
davidmitchell

It was written by someone about whom we know nothing (remember this Gospel, as the other three, was anonymous: its title is nothing more than a 2nd century guess) who believed the end was imminent and chose to place this saying into Jesus' mouth. It is based on a belief in an imminent end that, like so much of the Bible, was a false belief.