YES. The Anointing cannot to be mistaken for something other than what it is.
bennyk
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Did you ever experience Holy Spirit?
by Ring Wielder ini was a jw for 40 years.
although as an individual/cong/body of elders holy spirirt was prayed for, i cannot think of one moment when i thought..right now i have gods spirit acting upon me.
it was never described adequately for me to completely understand and i suspect that others felt the same, yet everyone talked as though they knew exactly how it worked.
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bennyk
Thanks for all the hard work, Blondie!!!
I shall endeavor to bear in mind paragraph nine in my upcoming "informational" meeting (read: interrogation) with the self-proclaimed (spiritual) Gentile "princes"; truly something to look forward to.
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One upsmanship...
by hartstrings inwhen i was a regular attender, most of my jw "friends" were pioneers because that is who we spent our days with, lol.
well, it always annoyed the crap out of me when the pioneers would act like they were so special when they were able to get a new publication prior to its arrival at the local kh.
they were basically bragging about their connections.
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bennyk
Instead of grabbing and reading the new releases immediately, I often waited until they became available in my other language and then ordered them. Some asked us about this and were informed that if anything really important were to be found in the new release, we could rely on a third party to let us know; anyway, we already had a Bible or two, and so would manage, spiritually. Perhaps my lack of enthusiasm re: WTS publications was a "red flag" (?)
Instead of pioneering and wasting vacation time attending Pioneer School (adding insult to injury), I obtained the book from an e-friend with connections. (Dodged a bullet, there; no extra 900+ FS hours!!!! )
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Sitting in the parking lot reading Gentile Times Reconsidered when ...
by ithinkisee ina "sister" from a neighboring hall started walking up to my window with her bible and the magazines.. i didn't know who she was, but i said "oh shit!
" and dropped the book.
she came up and i did the friendly "hahah .
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bennyk
Goldminer: the GTR book COMPLETELY demolishes the 1914 doctrine.
(Of course, the WTS' own "Let Your Kingdom Come" will do that, too...)
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Where was J.F. Rutherford burried?
by Stealth ini have heard speculation that he could be burried in san diego at beth sarim or somewhere on statin island ny.
why is this such a big secret to the wt?
is there anyone still alive who knows where rutherford was burried?.
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bennyk
Oh, no!!!
Nobody even told me he was sick!!!!!!!
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The book Crisis of Conscience
by Jim Dee ini've just finished reading this book
i was brought up in the society, seen the elder arrangement brought in, seen changes and in fighting - and finally sttof down as a snr circuit elder in england because of the abuse issue and the society covering up.
i have also the seen the society flee and cya because of the data protection act in the uk.
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bennyk
Bitter?
That's not the Ray I know.
About the only thing in CoC that suggested a bitter aftertaste was his statement re: Wes Benner's "I parrot the Governing Body". (not a quote) "I have never considered being a parrot an achievement of any merit" (!)
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What is the oldest witness publication you actually remember?
by AK - Jeff innot just one you have seen - or even researched since leaving.
but the oldest one you recall studying when you 'got the truth' or as a child?.
i remember "let god be true" - 'babylon the great has fallen'- and 'paradise restored - paradise regained' [the big orangish/pink book - hope i got the name right] - all 50's early 60's books.
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bennyk
"Paradise Lost" (scary for children) and the HUGE "Babylon" book (boring for EVERYBODY).
(steve2: "Jehovah" was published in 1934)
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YHWH...used by the Catholics....
by Golden Girl ini was talking to my grown ex jw daughter the other day and we were discussing the new cathedral downtown.
the old one is still there but small.
i was telling her that the hebrew letters for "jehovah's name" is inscribed on the top of the cathedral.
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bennyk
Actually, the Catholic New Jerusalem translation of the Bible has the name "Yahweh" in it thousands of times (if memory serves).
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144,000 going to heaven, based on what??
by truth_about_the_truth inlet's face it, most jw's believe that there is clear biblical evidence that shows that only 144k will go to heaven and rule as kings during the 1000 yr reign.
when examining this topic without the aid of anything but the bible itself, it paints quite a different picture.
you would need to make some blind assumptions to come to the wt conclusion regarding this topic.. jws take it for granted this scripture rev.
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bennyk
The 1995 WT refutes their own WTS doctrine re: only 144 000 going to heaven.
wt95 08/01 page 11 paragraph 8:
8 When Israel rejected and killed His Son, Jesus Christ, God finally rejected her. So no longer was that Jewish nation a figurative wife to Him, nor was He the Father and Teacher of her wayward sons. (Matt. 23: 37,38) However, Israel was only a typical, or symbolic, wife. The apostle Paul quoted Isaiah 54: 1, which speaks of a "barren woman" who is different and distinct from "the woman with the husbandly owner," the nation of natural Israel. Paul reveals that anointed Christians are children of the "barren woman," whom he calls "Jerusalem above." This antitypical figurative woman consists of God's heavenly organization of spirit creatures. -- Galatians 4: 26,27. (end of quote).
The scripture thus indicates (using the WTS' own interpretation of the 'women') that the number of anointed Christians exceeds that of fleshly Israel. The cumulative number of natural Israelites between the Exodus and the coming of Christ Jesus was in the many tens of millions; therefore, many more than 144 000 are spirit-anointed Christians.
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More on dates........
by jula71 in"but now we are in the end of this gospel age, and the kingdom is being established or set up.
our lord, the appointed king, is now present, since october 1874, a.d., according to the testimony of the prophets, to those who have ears to hear; and the formal inauguration of his kingly office dates from april 1878 a.d." (studies in the scriptures, vol.
4, page 621)
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bennyk
They would just ignore it as "old light". Most of them, anyway...
The above is based on the fact that most ignored 1975 as "old light" (even in 1980!).