Posts by tepic

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I'm new to the board

by mjl in

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there has been a few new to board so what's one more?

i've been reading the board for a few weeks and i'm impressed at the amount of research that goes into many of postings.

there are two topics that really get me going, one is "607 bce".

Question for Tepic or anyone else who has an answer.

by loosie in

tepic,.

since you were an elder, didn't that one guy say for like a hundred years, i want to ask you a question.

before i ask thought let me state this.

tepic

Loosie

Now on to my question. Why would Elders literally try to keep a couple (both in good standing) from getting married? And why would the PO actually scream at the girl during at commitee meeting? Isn't there some rule that, that is inappropriate behaviour during a comittee meeting?

Others here have given you better answers than I could thanks to their experiences. I'll just add the following

From the PAY ATTENTION book page 112

Elders need to treat the accused kindly and respectfully,
never harshly. (w89 9/15 p. 19)

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Watchtower Aug. 15, 1968 says to ignore Jesus about tthe time of the end..

by AloneinOh in

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talking about 1975 and the push by the society got me to looking at some older quotes.

this one here really bugged me and still pisses me off when i read it.

in this instance they are telling you to forget about jesus and listen to the society.

tepic

Well I see if I find such quotes in the Spanish Watchtowers. If anybody knows of any, please post them. Thanks.

You might look in the Sept-Dec WT as usually it was just a few months later

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Watchtower Aug. 15, 1968 says to ignore Jesus about tthe time of the end..

by AloneinOh in

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talking about 1975 and the push by the society got me to looking at some older quotes.

this one here really bugged me and still pisses me off when i read it.

in this instance they are telling you to forget about jesus and listen to the society.

tepic

Well I did not find that article you're talking about? Is the Watchtower in English different in Spanish?

Actually there is a difference up until a certain year. Unfortunatly the year escapes me. I'm sure it was after 1968. The same article used to appear in different issues.

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Youngest age people having kids in Bible...

by Preston in

does anyone know what the youngest age was where people were having kids in the bible?

was there a king who was like 15 who had children?

jus askin..... - preston

Youngest age people having kids in Bible...

by Preston in

does anyone know what the youngest age was where people were having kids in the bible?

was there a king who was like 15 who had children?

jus askin..... - preston

tepic

*** it-2 p. 117 Josiah ***

eight-year-old Josiah became king of Judah. (2Ki 21:23, 24, 26; 2Ch 33:25) Some six years later Zebidah gave birth to Josiah?s second son, Jehoiakim. (2Ki 22:1; 23:36)

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"main entry: wicked part of speech: adjective definition: bad synonyms: abandoned, abominable, amoral, arch, atrocious, bad news, base, contemptible, corrupt, debased, degenerate, depraved, devilish, dissolute, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, gross, guilty, heartless, heinous, immoral, impious, impish, incorrigible, indecent, iniquitous, irreligious, low-down, mean, mischievous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, profane, reprobate, rotten, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, worthless source: roget's new millennium?

thesaurus, first edition (v 1.1.1)".

the above is a recognised definition or list of synonyms for this common word in english.

tepic

Do you think JWs are the only ones that have hi-jacked the word "evil" though?

Good point. I looked at several translations in regard to the man at 1 Cor chap 5. ----some say wicked ; others say evil.

Elders are told to ask themselves---Is the person wicked or weak.

Not to stray off the subject, but one thing repeated several times in COC is that many organized religions display some of the same undesirable things as WT. The question begs an answer ---What (not who) shall we go away to?????

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RE: Adulterous marriage

by TallTexan in

hi tepic (dad) :-).

as usual, the gb has created an irreconcilable paradox.

if someone marries someone in the situation you described, then, according to the gb they are committing adultery, and thus in an adulterous marriage.

tepic

this is what happens when the GB starts 'adding to the things written'. So many more questions are raised, and then there has to be 'rules' and 'laws' put in place for those circumstances,

Well said TT (son)

This is just what Ray said in COC. Each decision requires more decisions.

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UN Scandal - does anyone know the reason they joined to start with?

by AK - Jeff in

like most on this board, i know the story, have seen the un press release, ect.

but can someone comment on two questions for me?.

who caught them with their hands in the cookie jar?

tepic

http://watchtowerunitednations.blogspot.com/

A LOT of good info here

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MarkAnthony Re: Becoming a witness...

by kes152 in

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greetings to you, mark, may you have peace.. before you decide to become a witness, dear brother, may i share this with you perhaps for your consideration.. you seem to have a 'desire' for truth which has led you to consider becoming one of jehovah's witnesses.

if this is true, i would like to share the follwonig with you and if you have a bible... you may look them up and 'listen' to what the spirit says to you as you read them:.

" (john 14:6).

tepic

Break the continuity and you've discontinued the person. Making a copy after discontinuation does not bring the person back. It only creates a copy.

AlanF

With all due respect I ask: Was the resurrected Lazarus just a copy of Laz? Or Jesus himself--only a copy of Jesus?