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  If the big change at the AGM meeting is dropping the literal 144,000...

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  the best conjecture seems to be that the gb are going to drop the literal 144,000 teaching, especially in view of the december watchtower that pointedly does not mention the 144,000 number.

  if they are dropping the literal 144,000 number, but still claim that only a small number are anointed, and can partake, and that only a few are left on earth, then it is fair to ask what has really changed?

  they are simply clearing up the embarrassing situation that there were obviously more than 144,000 "anointed" believers from 36 ad until now, and that the number of partakers has been increasing in recent years.

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  Well, that would sure cheapen my own recollections of the memorial, and I'm out a while. TWS Last Days scales as Zeno's Arrow.
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  If the big change at the AGM meeting is dropping the literal 144,000...

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the best conjecture seems to be that the gb are going to drop the literal 144,000 teaching, especially in view of the december watchtower that pointedly does not mention the 144,000 number.

  if they are dropping the literal 144,000 number, but still claim that only a small number are anointed, and can partake, and that only a few are left on earth, then it is fair to ask what has really changed?

  they are simply clearing up the embarrassing situation that there were obviously more than 144,000 "anointed" believers from 36 ad until now, and that the number of partakers has been increasing in recent years.

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  sir82, your post triggers for me my absolute favorite scriptural passage of all time, from a tome not seen in any KH or branch office, which contains in its few hundred pages a thousand times the wisdom of the entire TWS printed output over more than a century, and which was for me from about 16 yo a stalwart ground truth and basis for making sense of, and surviving, the JW concentration camp, which I myself cannot wash my hands of helping to run.
  
  "…if you were going to raise tough, strong, ferocious men, what environmental conditions would you impose on them?"
  "How could you win the loyalty of such men?"
  "There are proven ways: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering. It can be done. It has been done on many worlds in many times."

  This passage is blocked off in red ink in my edition.
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  Cheers! Here's to lost opportunities and forgotten memories.

  by pronomono in

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  2. experiences

  it's 1am and i'm halfway through a glass of brandy.

  i've been cleaning out the closet (literally), and reminiscing about old times and decisions i didn't make.

  it's times like these i regret being brought up as a witness the most.

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  I try to stay so busy that I cannot think straight for long on any one thing. This thread Did make it occur to me to wonder where that first JW crush went to. Turns out she's in real estate. Well, I'd have to say the song "Unanswered Prayers" from Garth Brooks No Fences does all the reflecting I need to on this matter. Now some sleep and back to trying to download this insufferable Python / IRAF / PyRAF distribution that lets me extract spectra precisely to the pixel.
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  THE DIVORCE OF THE CENTURY!

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  so there is a rumor going around about 1914 and its possible demise!.

  i cant help but think of the many and i say many divorces (not to make light of the matter) that jw families have had to deal with among their ranks over the years.. however, knowing how long the wtbts and 1914 have been together and the thought of mother (wtbts) doing away with her man (1914) after nearly 100 years of marriage is truly heart breaking for some.

  many old-timers probably still think of the old days when they were like any other happy couple; inseparable, always holding hands, romantic and the like.

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  To pursue your parable or analogy to its logical conclusion, she will poison him. Generally, in a way that retains full mobility, plausible deniability, freedom of speech, capacity to conspicuously mourn, the right to sympathy, and other devices, designs, and strategems.
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  In 10 words or less express your joy at being free from JW prison.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  i love and enjoy life as never before!.

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  Freedom to pursue the self-directed persistence of this species.
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  If the big change at the AGM meeting is dropping the literal 144,000...

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the best conjecture seems to be that the gb are going to drop the literal 144,000 teaching, especially in view of the december watchtower that pointedly does not mention the 144,000 number.

  if they are dropping the literal 144,000 number, but still claim that only a small number are anointed, and can partake, and that only a few are left on earth, then it is fair to ask what has really changed?

  they are simply clearing up the embarrassing situation that there were obviously more than 144,000 "anointed" believers from 36 ad until now, and that the number of partakers has been increasing in recent years.

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  It is a fine digest spread out, or, cut to the chase, on this thread table.
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  ‘Thank you Jehovah for the GB’s unapologetic manner in providing these adjustments.’

  by Joepublisher1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was shocked when i heard a circuit overseer include a strange comment in his concluding prayer at the end of this sundays meeting concerning the adjustments discussed in the watchtower.

  he said, in part (and im paraphrasing) thank you jehovah for the governing bodys unapologetic manner in providing these adjustments.

  i thought to myself, what a strange expression to make in prayer to god!

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  Yeah, that sounds like a Freudian slip. In repose or composure, he would have found a different way to express the sentiment that the GB must be patient, and so you should be also.
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  Gorby's father collapses at home after new light watchtower study

  by Gorbatchov in

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  friends,.

  sunday my father, a strong believing witness, former elder and still a ms, collapses at home after the new light watchtower study.. the cause was extreme stress.

  i asked him about his worries.

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  I'm sorry you have to see that with your own eyes.

  I have not looked around for what this particular new light is. Is this the GB redefining themselves?
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  OMG Have you seen this?? This site is sooo hysterical. It reminds me of The Onion, but for exJW's

  by noni1974 in

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  2. friends

  http://jehovahstrumpet.com.

  i read the cat baptisim article and i doubled over laughing.

  one time when i was a kid i asked why my kitty couldn't go to the kh with us and my mom told me that animals were perfect and didn't need to go to the kh.. .

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  What would really make this extra awesome is if this guy is on the inside.
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  WTS admits (indirectly) decreasing in U.S. publisher ratio to population

  by Gayle in

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  service year reports:.

  2010 - 1/259.

  so, the wts is not keeping up with the u.s. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc..

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  Are these numbers massaged or cooked? If so, in what way? Is it really so that TWS would publish factual numbers that any JW with a spreadsheet could track over time? I'm just surprised.