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Had Cook as a DO, he actually conducted one of my studies from the knowledge book. Dude always carried around this small ruler.
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Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..
by mentallyfree31 inwho were your past circuit overseers?
i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).
ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).
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Prayer Question I Had After Sundays Watchtower...
by freemindfade inwhile i was sitting through another grueling watchtower, dying from my brain being turned into cult pudding, i had this thought after i heard this read: .
when we express our most intimate thoughts to god in prayer, he may answer us through a bible passage, an article in a magazine, or an encouraging word from a fellow believer.
-august 2015 watchtard.
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Prayer is an interesting concept that, even as a witness, I sometimes shook my head at myself as if asking myself what in the world are you doing talking to yourself?
Some people say that there is no way their prayer wasn't answered because it was so specific and unless someone read their mind they wouldn't know what they had asked for.
Others, when they get no answer to their prayer, say that is God's way of answering. What you prayed for you need to be more patient, or it isn't according to God's will.
If you believe in prayer there are only 2 acceptable answers.
1. A direct ask by a person for x and receipt of x at some unknown time interval. Voila! Prayer works.
2. A prayer unanswered. Pray more. God must not want me to have x. I'll pray for y instead.
The 3rd option is left out entirely. Maybe you are talking to yourself and there is a thing in life called coincidence.
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Love is like God.
by The Rebel inneither, can be proven only to the believer can they exist.
we could therefore say that a persons feelings on god and love are simply chemical reactions produced by the brain.
however what i find interesting is that if a certain part of a persons brain gets damaged their personalities and emotions can radically change.. the rebel..
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God - cannot be proven or dis-proven. Therefore, it is left open to a person to make up anything they want to believe on the matter. Why else would we have millions of different gods existing by those that believe in them?
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Love is like God.
by The Rebel inneither, can be proven only to the believer can they exist.
we could therefore say that a persons feelings on god and love are simply chemical reactions produced by the brain.
however what i find interesting is that if a certain part of a persons brain gets damaged their personalities and emotions can radically change.. the rebel..
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I wondered why this thread garnered 8 pages of comments but quickly realized that is precisely what happens when rediculous comparisons are made.
We all know that GOD IS LOVE. The bible is clear about love being Jehovah's cardinal attribute. <end of sarcasm>
A more fitting comparison would be God is like the monster under your bed as a small child. It's not real, induces fear, and can make you sound rediculous when you tell people about it.
But hey, at least belief in a god has helped society throughout the centuries to make humans more loving towards one another.
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new arrangement - chairman
by inbetween ina thought on the emphasis of the importance of the new chairman arrangement at the midweek meeting:.
it reminds me of a tv-show, where the showmaster introduces tv-clips of some topics.. is it maybe a preparation for meetings with more and more videos ?.
and all the local brothers are doing is introducing them, creating anticipation for what big skydaddy prepared this week.. i wonder, if most of the meeting times in years to come will be videos anyway.....
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I think you are spot on. More videos, less input from local elders, more deliberate and controlled indoctrination.
The percentage of tie-ins, videos, and manuscript style talks will gradually increase as the ship sinks.
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Wow that's awesome. But at the same time..it's not awesome either hahaha love how amused we are by this stuff. -
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This weeks service meeting! More craziness.....
by stuckinarut2 inso this weeks service meeting is so full of "crazy".
a whole 15 min part devoted to trying to indoctrinate everyone on how to "explain our beliefs on 1914".
then another 15 min part called "a tool to help us explain our beliefs about 1914".
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Seriously someone could make up anything out of the bible by picking and choosing all these random scriptures and throwing in some false dates. Advertise it enough and I bet you could start a new religion
Throw in an article and a video and people will start explaining it to other people like it's true. Crazy world, crazy world.
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Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th
by Watchtower-Free inoctober 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
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The R&F will think:
We don't need the ministry school because soon the end will be here and there wont be a need for ministry. We need to live as Christians now to make sure we survive Armageddon.
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I'm not so sure a bigger awakening is going to happen anymore
by bradford inwhen i left in march officially i started reading the forums here.
i had this excitement that more people would be leaving soon because of the crazy broadcasts, the crazy "new light" that the gb was dishing out, and more recently the australian royal commission lighting up geoffrey.
this past saturday i had an elder stop by to chat for the first time since i left.
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@freemindfade - Thank you for putting in writing how I'm trying to feel. It is realistic and hopeful at the same time. -
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I'm not so sure a bigger awakening is going to happen anymore
by bradford inwhen i left in march officially i started reading the forums here.
i had this excitement that more people would be leaving soon because of the crazy broadcasts, the crazy "new light" that the gb was dishing out, and more recently the australian royal commission lighting up geoffrey.
this past saturday i had an elder stop by to chat for the first time since i left.
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@OneEyedJoe - It almost felt like a dip back into the ministry and remembering how I used to be as well which is a scary thought.
@_Morpheus - Maybe I didn't think it was going to be a sudden reform, but thought at least a few more eyes would be opened to the matrix than normal I guess.