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  Genesis 1:16 and apologists- vegetation before the Sun?

  by joey jojo in

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  gen 1: 11 says: .

  11 then god said, “let the earth sprout [j]vegetation, [k]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to [l]their kind [m]with seed in them”; and it was so.

  12 the earth produced [n]vegetation, [o]plants yielding seed according to [p]their kind, and trees bearing fruit [q]with seed in them, according to [r]their kind; and god saw that it was good.

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  BluesBrother

  I agree that it is no good trying to come up with fanciful ideas trying to harmonise the order of creation with what we know today. The comments made in the past by the WTS are indeed desperate.

  I am not a literal Genesis creationist but I still hold to the basic view that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth “ . Call me what you like but ,to me, that makes more sense than a godless abiogenesis.......

  I view Genesis chapter one as a simplified parable, not a scientific document.
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  Memorial this year?

  by carla in

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  how are they handling the memorial this year?

  zoom or open kh's?

  how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?

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  BluesBrother

  March 27th if you wish to observe it
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  Watchtower Changes Position On Sodomites

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. beliefs

  why all the flipflops?.

  1886 sodomites resurrected = yes!“thus our lord teaches that the sodomites did not have a full opportunity; and he guarantees them such opportunity… it implies their awakening, their coming from the tomb.”—the divine plan of the ages, 1886, pp.

  110-111 (view pdf of these pages).

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  BluesBrother

  I found nothing more recent in Watchtower on line. The 1988 QFR is confusing. It says they are in Sheol and that those in Sheol get a resurrection. So how come they don’t?

  I mean Lot lived in the city prior to being dragged out ,and his extended family , it could not be a blanket judgement on all.

  Recently Steven Lett said that homosexuals would return in the res. With the same desires , so how does that work?

  That WT above says that us who reject the J W message get the same fate, just for failing to be convinced by the WTS... are we as bad as perverted rapists?

  All goes to show that the WTS knows nothing
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  The JW cult creates pessimistic personalities in all the PIMI congregants is my opinion

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am not saying all jw congregants are pessimistic, but i would go as far to say all pimi jw congregants are pessimistic.. why do i say this, my wife is my measuring stick.

  she has barely an optimistic bone in her being.

  she will only focus on the bad parts of anything.

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  BluesBrother

  Without a negative view of things, the J W Organisation would not exist.

  How many times did you hear on a Thursday night “ We are looking for those who are ‘sighing and crying over world conditions, don’t waste your time with those who are self satisfied with their lot”

  I take as proof their application of 2 Timothy 3 to our times .....the one that goes

  ”Men will be lacking affection,disobedient to parents , disorderly, lovers of pleasure “ etc.

  (quoted from memory) If that is not a negative pessimistic attitude I don’t know what is. I never liked using that scripture.
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  Ministry school

  by road to nowhere in

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  what is the purpose?

  the skits are not real.

  i have been assigned a reading again.

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  BluesBrother

  Ministry School?

  They did away with that years ago 🤔
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  “Do not gaze about!”

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so many changes in the 2013 nwt seem needless and spoil familiar phrases.

  take isaiah 41:10 in the nwt classic rendering:.

  do not be afraid, for i am with you.

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  BluesBrother

  There are many instances where I prefer the reading in the NWT that we grew up with, to the modern revised edition. It seems simplified and if they are true to form was designed more for ease of translation than accuracy.

  I particularly dislike the revision to Micah 6: 8 , as noted above, and the wording that Jesus rode a donkey rather than an ass . That may just be me but it just seems wrong.
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  C T Russell and His Numerology.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this older wt which i assume c t russell wrote the article.

  unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.. and he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the great harlot with 18 letters [in english] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!

  strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title.

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  BluesBrother

  So, the image was made in 1846? I wonder what that was?

  Jesus knew in advance that English would be the prevailing language of our times and provided a numerical code that rested on English, and modern spelling? Neat.
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  Further thoughts on the new media Center project

  by nowwhat? in

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  the organization figured out that a big building project gives the rank and file something to be engaged in and excited about.

  it distracts them from their hamster wheel life.

  and it buys them another 5 years until the next big thing.

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  BluesBrother

  So Ramapo is the new big thing. I wonder if all those buildings will materialise or will it be cut back, like Chelmsford?

  The opening segment of that video describes the “appreciation the brothers have” for the Videos. All I hear are grumbles about how infantile they are
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  Watch out, here comes the Governing Body!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".

  creepy!!

  i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.

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  BluesBrother

  Checked the article and the picture does indeed show the anointed from today sharing in the destruction of the wicked non JW’s. .....

  NB lol at MightyV8... good job.
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  Do We Get A Clean Slate When We Die? (Watchtower View Examined)

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower teaches that the opportunity to be born again and enjoy complete justification with god ended in 1935, having been limited to only 144k since pentecost.

  so, it is very surprising that the watchtower embraces the death that is described in romans chapter 6, since this is the very death that is required to be born again…… which is denied to watchtower members!

  romans chapter 6, verse 7 is about saying goodbye to the old personality, the “old man” in the king james version.

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  BluesBrother

  The O/p claims that they teach that the “heavenly calling” to gather the Anointed closed in 1935. That used to be said , but now it appears open ended.

  Q.Box Wt 5/1 2007 p 30

  “On the other hand, as time has gone by, some Christians baptized after 1935 have had witness borne to them that they have the heavenly hope. (Romans 8:16, 17) Thus, it appears that we cannot set a specific date for when the calling of Christians to the heavenly hope ends.”