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Do any jw pubs say "Due time has approached" ala Luke 21:8?

by Check_Your_Premises in

luke 21:8.

8 he said: "look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am he, and, the due time has approached.

just curious.

Check_Your_Premises

J,

Yeah but they said it about 1914 falsely. It wasnt the due time. It wasn't true. So they were true prophets who described something that didn't happen?

It would be great to dismiss all that with the "light gets brighter", which was surely prophesying that some obscure Christian sect would be making a bunch of mistakes and need some sort of cover so nobody thought that God wasn't really using them .

But the problem is Christ said these folks were false prophets, and don't be misled by them.

Why would he choose his one true organization in 1919 when they were acting like false prophets that he warned his disciples about?

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Do any jw pubs say "Due time has approached" ala Luke 21:8?

by Check_Your_Premises in

luke 21:8.

8 he said: "look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am he, and, the due time has approached.

just curious.

Check_Your_Premises

Just take a look in one of the printed Indexes at the titles of Watchtower publications down through the years and you'll find more.

Where can I find one of those printed indexes?

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Do any jw pubs say "Due time has approached" ala Luke 21:8?

by Check_Your_Premises in

luke 21:8.

8 he said: "look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am he, and, the due time has approached.

just curious.

Check_Your_Premises

Luke 21:8

8 He said: "Look out that YOU are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The due time has approached.’ Do not go after them.

Just curious. A thread recently (I can't remember which one) mentioned that there is a picture of a publication that said EXACTLY THAT.

Anyone? Bueller?

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You Won't Believe....

by RichieRich in

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i don't have much time but... .

i met with the elders, and they restored all my priviledges!!!!.

haha!!!

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Richie,

You are the funniest bastard of a 17 year old I have met since I was 17. (Naturally I cracked myself up)

That picture is just priceless. I was hoping you got my suggestion about snapping a picture of them right when they were df'ing you. I thought that would just be the funniest thing ever. I rushed into work with baited breath hoping to see these 3 dorks trying to be all authoritative and hardass, getting their picture taken just as they realized they have absolutely no power over you. The picture of the stupid look on their faces would make a great jwd tradition.

But this thing you did. Awesome!!! Thanks for the laugh.

I hope what you did here really catches on.

Beautiful!

CYP

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How I am dealing with "The Bible says you have to go to all the meetings!!"

by Check_Your_Premises in

here is the basic approach i am going to use.

my wife is a newly dunked dub, and my kids have been hearing the propaganda for about 3 years now.

i figured out it was a cult about 6 months ago.

Check_Your_Premises

That's funny Ithink. I was just now wondering how your dad was doing.

He has to be so happy with all that is going on for you right now.

As a parent it terrifies me that my children are getting their own mind robbed from them. What is more personal and precious than our own thoughts and identity. I couldn't give them up for anybody.

Please tell him how sorry I am for all he had to experience.

CYP

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HOW MANY SECRET APOSTATES ARE THERE IN CONGREGATIONS?

by badboy in

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any ideas?

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I know of two who attend my hubby's congregation that don't believe it any more

J, please tell how you were able to solicit this info!?

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Trouble for Richie?

by RichieRich in

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so today, after the meeting, one of the elders from my jc walks up to me and my mother and asks if we had time to talk.

thankfully, i had to get to work, and mom wasn't feeling great.

we said today wasn't good.. so basiccally he said that he and another brother want to meet with us on wednsday night, after the tms, to "see how things are going".. so here's quandry:.

Check_Your_Premises

Best of luck Richie. Having never been a dub, I really have no idea what you are getting ready to do. I hope it is all a big funny to you. I figure it is.

Here is one from Terry from awhile back.

Tell them you have just one question. If an elder correctly predicts that a woman will get breast augmentation does that make him a "falsey prophet"?

Take a quick picture with your cell phone so we can see the look on their faces right after you said it, then run out of there, and put the picture up for us all to enjoy!!! Try to snap the picture right after you deliver the punch line!

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My wife is thinking of quitting the "truth"!

by Goldminer in

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last night my wife said she was thinking about quitting the truth.she says she finds it too hard with me having doubts and not wanting to be a jw anymore.she has also been burned by her few jw friends,and the rest are either disfellowshipped or getting divorced.it's really hard to build lasting relationships with such people in the religion.. another positive factor is that she has made 2 good "worldly" friends over the past year.i think she's starting to see that people on the outside can be nice,have morals and accept others as they are.. i hope in time she starts feeling good about this decision and that i can slowly show her the many errors of the wts.so far she agrees with many of the things i've told her but still believes it's the truth.it's a hard battle but i never tought i'd hear her say those words.. btw,she finally called a local elder to see if he can help me with my many questions.he's coming over tonight so it should be quite interesting.i think he'll be a little surprised at some of the direct questions i have;i'm also hoping that after a while he decides there's not much hope for me and just labels me an apostate and starts talking about df'ing me.that would show my wife their attitude towards answering questions that have no scriptural answers.. anyways,i'll do my best to keep you all up-dated.it can be hard to post as my wife diesn't know i come here on a regular basis.. goldminer

Check_Your_Premises

Goldminer you have my most sincere congratulations.

I am also incredibly jealous.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Another mind freed!

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How I am dealing with "The Bible says you have to go to all the meetings!!"

by Check_Your_Premises in

here is the basic approach i am going to use.

my wife is a newly dunked dub, and my kids have been hearing the propaganda for about 3 years now.

i figured out it was a cult about 6 months ago.

Check_Your_Premises

I hated having kids who were Witnesses. Monday he'd shun me. Tuesday he'd ask to borrow my tractor to mow the lot for the new hall. Wednesday he'd hand me his doctor bills. Thursday he'd shun me.

Boy ain't that the truth! No matter how big of a sonofabitch everybody thinks you are, nobody will ever complain about you paying the bills!!!

Once you got your wife out, did the kids leave?

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How I am dealing with "The Bible says you have to go to all the meetings!!"

by Check_Your_Premises in

here is the basic approach i am going to use.

my wife is a newly dunked dub, and my kids have been hearing the propaganda for about 3 years now.

i figured out it was a cult about 6 months ago.

Check_Your_Premises

AlanF,

I agree with other posters that you're not going to get very far with this.

Oh, don't worry I am going much farther than this. Only a few people here know how far I am truly going. This is only a mere skirmish in a much bigger war.

This is simple defense. I have laid a great deal of groundwork with my wife, because she is the prime objective. As she goes, the kids go. However, I have left an enemy in my rear area; the childrens silly brainwashing about other churches and the meetings. My wife doesn't give me a lot of greif about the meetings. It is the kids. The reason this needs to be dealt with is because I am trying to make our regular bible meetings positive and thought provoking. We simply read the Bible and I ask questions. The problem is they keep spouting wt garbage. In particular they clearly think I am some kind of sad, confused, misguided man for not going to all the meetings. I am going to soon institute some rules to our studies, namely if you say it is in the bible, it better be in the bible.

I enlisted my wife's help by pointing out to her that I am the head, and it doesn't make much sense for me to be in that role with the kids not respecting anything I say. I pointed out that nobody seems to mind how I provide and protect them. My opinion is just great when it comes to that stuff. No matter how bad someone considers me to be spiritually, nobody seems to think I can't be trusted and therefore offer to take over those jobs. For some reason no dubs offer to pay my mortgage since I am to stupid or prideful or immoral.

So if I am trustworthy enough to take care of those duties, I should be trustworthy enough to be the spiritual lead of my home. She agreed and has since spoken to them. I don't care if anyone agrees with anything I say, I just don't think it should be dismissed outright because I am not a witness. Keep in mind, my wife still possesses large portions of her mind.

So now I am simply giving them a biblical explanation of why I don't think a person has to go to all the meetings, it sure isn't in the Bible.

Don't worry. This isn't the only card I am playing!

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