Posts by battman

S-car is correct but to add to the
thought in Acts20:20 there is only
one occurance if the word "house"
no matter the translation. Earlier
when admonishing "ones" not to
go house to house there are two
occurances of the word . hhmmm?

Cheers,

Battman

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article "Cult Status"

by peaceloveharmony in

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hi folks, today i grabbed my favorite weekly newspaper, citypages to read over lunch.

the cover story is about a self-help seminar offered by a group called vistar.

as i started to read, i realized this was very similar (in fact everything was the same except the name of the group!

battman

testing

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active and happy jw

by scumgrief in

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i am an active jw and was raised as one.

i have been watching the site for a while and thought it could benefit from the opinions of someone who is happily a member of the jw's.

i will not get into any argumets that lead to nothing except name calling, and will not talk with anyone who is just plain mean (plenty of them in here).

battman

hi again scummer,
< I'll do my best to defend my beliefs, but we both know
that eventually it will just end up in a stalemate.>

Yikes, what is the point being here then if the matter is
pre judged? BTW you just gave me an area we can talk
about. I am totally lost when it comes to the concept of
fore-ordination and fore-knowledge. Have read the info in
the Aid to Bible Understanding and Insight books and more
confused than when I started.

Also I fought the JW religion for 6 years before deciding
to be baptised. Then I was in for 25 years and now very
inactive so IMHO I hope that I can be open to new ideas,
fresh viewpoints based on an organized logic. After all
is not Jah a God of Organization and logic? Looking
forward to your response.

Batty Battman

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Mispronunciations at the meetings

by TR in

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moxy raised a point in the "exaggeration" thread that aggravated me at the meetings.

mispronunciations.

moxy mentioned the word 'hyperbole' as frequently being mispronounced.. another one that bugged me was 'epitome'.

battman

another would be "i doe later" instead of "i doll a ter"

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I've Had It - I Just Can't Do it Anymore

by troubled in

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well, it seems we're back to the same "you're a troll; you're not a troll" thing.

it seems that my posts make too many of you "uncomfortable," you have an "intuition," you "can't put your finger on it," whatever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

i thought this was a place where people can post and be heard.

battman

hiya troubled,

hang in there.

my e-mail address is " [email protected]"

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To Battman, RE: Door to Door stuff

by troubled in

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hi battman,.

"the original greek that was written says that paul taught.

them in their "houses of worship" not house to house and.

battman

Hi Troubled, I am back.

I do not have my notes with me today at work
so I will be brief and basic for now.

Basically there are two different koine Greek
words for "house".

The first is translated as a personal home such as
"my home/house", "your home/house" or "his home/
house".

The second is translated as a "spirtual" house or
house of "worship". This is the word that Paul uses
when he desribes what his activities had been, not what
he was urging the R&F to do. There is also other info
that is consistent with this view. Paul taught them in
the Temple and their "houses of worship" not at their
personal homes.

The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson, now owned
and reprinted by the WT will show the different words
and their usage as will Kingdom Interlinear.

The E.D. is available at your congregation on a "donation
basis" but I would not let anyone know how seriously you
want to study this as you will likely become under suspicion.
Also you can use the Complete Concordance to see every
occurance of the words home, house, houses and even
house to house.

I do not remember the occurance, without looking at my notes,
but in a chapter before Acts20:20 the term "house to house" is
correctly translated when admonishing ones NOT to go house to
house yet the WT makes the leap to "house to house" at Acts
20:20. HHmmmmm?

Let me know if I have made this clear as mud.

Battman

"an informed witness is an x-jw."

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Mispronunciations at the meetings

by TR in

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moxy raised a point in the "exaggeration" thread that aggravated me at the meetings.

mispronunciations.

moxy mentioned the word 'hyperbole' as frequently being mispronounced.. another one that bugged me was 'epitome'.

battman

One elduh, from New Yooork, would always
say "Jehovaher".

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Mispronunciations at the meetings

by TR in

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friends

moxy raised a point in the "exaggeration" thread that aggravated me at the meetings.

mispronunciations.

moxy mentioned the word 'hyperbole' as frequently being mispronounced.. another one that bugged me was 'epitome'.

battman

i hated it when the WT conductor would
"ax" a question. hhahahaha

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Mispronunciations at the meetings

by TR in

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friends

moxy raised a point in the "exaggeration" thread that aggravated me at the meetings.

mispronunciations.

moxy mentioned the word 'hyperbole' as frequently being mispronounced.. another one that bugged me was 'epitome'.

battman

how 'bout "stripure" instead of "scripture"