"Drunk" Rutherford's 1936 accomplishment (the book "Riches") states twice that "Jehovah's witnesses" are spirit-anointed. [can't give page numbers - am nowhere near the book, now] Seventy years ago, there was no official two-class system of Christians: the "Jonadabs" were not considered to be Christians until somewhat later.
bennyk
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''YOU are my witnesses,'' Trump card (and comfort blanket)
by MidwichCuckoo inthis, i find, is always the bottom line.
'" "'you are my witnesses,'' is the utterance of jehovah, ''and i am god.
as his name is jehovah, the people must be jehovah's witnesses.
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Did you ever hear "Congratulations" from dubs. when you were expecting?
by sweet tee init still amazes me how lacking jw's are in social decorum.
i had 4 children while in the b0rg and not once did anyone say congrats.
to me or my husband.
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bennyk
Not really; in the Watchtower World, fathers appear to be seen as little more than sperm donors.
My wife heard a few nice things from some envious "Sisters", and some not-so-nice things from the Pio-types. One Elder said we "know [we] were NOT to get pregnant!!!!!!" Someone else asked: "How did THAT happen?!?!" Answer: "Must have been something in the semen...."
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JWs Now Condones Long Hair on Men?
by ezekiel3 inyou be the judge.
the scans below are from the watchtower july 1, 2005 page 23 from the article "good news for people of all nations".. .
the man shown has hair long enough to tuck behind his ears and long enough in the back to throw any elder i know into a tizzy.. .
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bennyk
Because he is an "ethnic", he is granted dispensation from one of those "commands of men" (Matt. 15:9).
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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
YES. The Anointing cannot to be mistaken for something other than what it is.
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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)