They should have just conjured up Genesis 6:3 and stated that the generation was 120 years long ending in 2034. Sure, that would be only 20 years from until it has to be scrapped but the Governing Body members would be dead by then so they may not care.
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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.
by John Aquila inlast night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.
by John Aquila inlast night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
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Carla:
"Is there a 'generation history' for dummies posted anywhere? my timeline is all messed up now and can't remember all the changes going way back to present." There are more details to it but the basic 1914 teachings from the beginning of the organization in the 1870s comes out to this:
- From the late 19th century to the early 20th century they taught that the last days was a period of time from 1799-1914. Armageddon was a period of time from 1874-1914. It was to be a slow motion social collapse. No apocalyptic wars or earthquakes. The Millennium was to begin on 1914.
- When that was falsified by historical reality they started teaching that 1914 was the beginning of the end with the lifespan of a "generation" from 1914 being the limit. At first the 'generation' consisted of adults. Then in the 1980s it was trimmed down to adolescents. Soon after it included children.
- In the 1990s they started teaching some incomprehensible idea about a hiatus after 1914.
- Now they teach the 'overlapping generations' doctrine.
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Im always afraid
by BlackWolf inpeople tell me all sorts of different opinions.
i seem to feel a constant feeling of dread and anxiety.
the possibility of god existing scares me but so does the possibility of him not.
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Sheep who mate in front of stripey trees will produce stripey offspring
by purrpurr ingenesis 30:37 leaving aside the whole "joseph cheats laham out of his flock" issue.
one passage of scripture that i've missed until now is 30:37 where it says how joseph got all the sheep to be stripey etc ( btw have you ever seen a stripey sheep?
cos i certainly haven't!).
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Im always afraid
by BlackWolf inpeople tell me all sorts of different opinions.
i seem to feel a constant feeling of dread and anxiety.
the possibility of god existing scares me but so does the possibility of him not.
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Im always afraid
by BlackWolf inpeople tell me all sorts of different opinions.
i seem to feel a constant feeling of dread and anxiety.
the possibility of god existing scares me but so does the possibility of him not.
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Ask your parents if they can get a therapist for you. If not try some way of getting one. Don't tell your parents about your doubts just the therapist.
Whatever you do, don't sacrifice yourself. That will only give a victory to the Watchtower.
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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future
by DJS inscotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
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kaik: "I bet to differ as well. How did work for Anita Bryant?"
Anita Bryant was an isolated flash in the pan 40 years ago before conservatism evolved into the monstrosity it now is. Kim Davis is the tip of the iceberg of a much, much stronger and vociferous conservative movement that has major political clout.
I come to my conclusions based on the videos that rightwingwatch.org posts daily which downloads videos of Right Wing Christians talking. I've been following the antics and sociopathic talk of the conservative movement on that site and I could tell you it's massive. I've downloaded almost 1,200 videos from those psychos in the past 5 years and over half of them are on the gay issue. It is most of what they talk about dedicating what must be 60% or more of their statements in general. Their psychoses with gay issues outnumbers their statements on abortion, Obama, Muslims, immigration, etc..
It's demonization at the same level as Hitler's scapegoating of the Jews and it could lead to similar consequences in a not too distant future if they were to have full control. Even if that were not to happen their inflammatory rhetoric inspires mentally unstable people to acts of violence.
I suggest that posters here give 10 minutes of their daily time to viewing rightwingwatch.org after 3:00 PM which is when their list is closed for the day. From time to time you'll find calls for imprisonment of gays or outright genocide, claims that gays want to murder and imprison "Christians" (i.e. Fundamentalists). After doing that for a few months you'll get the idea of where I'm coming from.
Never, ever underestimate them.
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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future
by DJS inscotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
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kaik:
"After her 15 min fame is up, she will forgotten."
I beg to differ. Her immediate popularity might wane, particularly in the media, but she will be remembered by conservatives due to the extreme "sacrifice" she made. They have long memories and those who go to extremes instead of just talking sh!t are well remembered.
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"Be Generous" caleb cartoon
by EndofMysteries inanybody see the new cartoon?
the girl has a quarter and is going to get an ice cream but then puts it in the contribution box instead.
the gb want to make sure they guilt and suck the kids meager allowances dry as well and prep them as they grow up to keep giving!
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tornapart:
"It would have been much better if they'd shown her wanting to buy an ice cream and then seeing another child without one and buying the other child an ice cream and watching the pleasure on the other child's face, More realistic and in my opinion a lot more effective in teaching a child about generosity."
But if that other child is not a Witness then she should not be associating with them. If that child was a Witness then they would have had to have done the same thing in being generous to "Jehovah" who takes precedence over anyone else.
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"Be Generous" caleb cartoon
by EndofMysteries inanybody see the new cartoon?
the girl has a quarter and is going to get an ice cream but then puts it in the contribution box instead.
the gb want to make sure they guilt and suck the kids meager allowances dry as well and prep them as they grow up to keep giving!
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This was brought up on a another thread some time ago.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291150001/can-this-true