Posts by jeanniebeanz

If the WTBTS does implode, the poor r&f will find some way to rally around key doctrinal issues and move on. They'll find some way to shrug it off as 'Jehovah cleansing his house' or some nonsense along those lines.

So many people have given their lives and their children's futures to this 'faith' that to just give it up would be way too painful. Rough guess is that even if the WTBTS completely ceased to exist, I wouldn't be surprised if about half of the 'faithful' found some way to regroup.

Jean

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F&D Slave doctrine---timing

by tepic in

the f&d slave doctrine is what gives the wt it's control.

(my comments in blue)

it-1 p. 805 faithful and discreet slave ***

jeanniebeanz

" Heavy research is not necessary, the watchtower has done it all for you. The most beneficial study you can make is to read the Watchtower and Awake magazines or any new book by the organization"

This just in from the Faithfull and Discreet Slave, God's only mouthpiece on earth!

Danger! Do not think for yourselves. Free Will is a false doctrine and has infiltrated the organization through apostate spies. Free Will is a myth. Free will is apostate lies! Jehovah does not permit free will!

Hey! Put that curtain down! Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain? Study, service, blind obedience?yada?yada?yada?

Jean

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Bonjour

by Jacques in

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bonjour.

je decouvre avec plaisir votre forum - je vous lis a l'aide d'un traducteur automatique mais je suis vraiment heureux de savoir que sortir de la secte des temoins de jehovah est aussi une nouvelle facon de se faire des amis grace a l'internet.. cordialement - jacques

jeanniebeanz

Howdy, Jacques! Welcome.

Jean

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Enoch - Transferred so as not to see death

by nowino in

wanted to know what anyone here thinks or has studied on enoch and him being "transferred so as not to see death" and whether or not anyone believes john the baptist might have been him reincarnated or sent back in.

also if he was the only one in the bible not to see death.

jeanniebeanz

I was always curious about Moses death. The bible states that his eyes had not dimmed and his health was not diminished, but that he died at the hand of Jehovah. Why would the bible state that Enoch was 'transferred', but Moses 'died' when they were both smitten by God?

Seems like splitting hairs to me, and the only thing that I could ever come up with was that Moses body was buried and saw decay whereas Enoch?s departure left no body. Something along the lines of a Star Trek moment, I suppose. "Scotty, beam me..." well never mind...

So is the bible here saying that Enoch did not see death because his body did not rot?

More legalism...

Jean

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Russell and Pyramids

by TheEdge in

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i bet this is all old hat to you regulars on the board, but occassionally when i look for something, i find more than i expect.

was mulling over the 1914 thing (607 etc) and discovered :-.

i thought this was a hoax, then clicked on the link to ''thy kingdom come'' - so now what to believe?

jeanniebeanz

Has anyone here ever heard of Dr. Gene Scott? He is another theologian who has pointed to the Great Pyramid as having 'fortune telling' abilities.

I tried to listen to his ideas, but he goes around in circles so much that he?s hard to follow. He also has an almost cult like following like Russell did.

What is it about those Pyramids that have had mankind so fascinated with them for millennia?

Jean

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New songbook? ...It's about time.

by truth_about_the_truth in

i saw this on another thread that there are rumours of a new songbook announced at the dc.

i hope they get rid of all those "heav'ns", "giv'n", "tho", "e'en", "vivacious", "efficacious" lyrics.

with thise lyrics you can party like it's 1899.. also, please get rid of that song that sounds like the warner bros. bugs bunny song.

jeanniebeanz

It lacks.... DIGNITY and CLASS

I remember my parents complaining about this when the jw songbook first came out. I guess they used to sing some of the beautiful hymns out of the churches of the world before they adopted the official jw song list.

Mom hated the new songs. She had a beautiful operatic voice, and all she could sing at the hall were TV commercial tunes.

Jean

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WOW!!! interesting response from my dad

by jaredg in

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recently my father and i have been arguing over scriptual interpretation getting nowhere so i wrote him this email to see what his reaction would be...check it out!!.

here is my email to him...maybe we should take a break from these conversations on.

interpretation of scripture.

jeanniebeanz

I'm glad that you have the hope of getting your family back. It's not going to be easy to stomach the kind of humiliation they are about to put you through, especially since you know that it is unscriptural.

Your dad sounds like he wants you back, and he's willing to correspond with you. That's great! Be careful, and best wishes with this.

Jean

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What memories does this song bring back?

by wordlywife in

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the archie's in 1969 "sugar sugar"?

for me it was all about being a kid, summertime, ice cream and the a & w drive in for a hot dog & root beer.

i hear it on the drive home yesterday and turned it way up.

jeanniebeanz

Watching my big sister put on her makeup in the mirror - fascinating for a 7-year-old?

Playing in the sun by the Russian River in our backyard?

The Popsicles that always seemed to melt faster than I could eat them in the hot summer sun...

Dunking my 'rotten' little brother in the doughboy pool, then getting called a blockhead by said brat...

The ?love? of my family?

Ah, the memories...

Jean