MidwichCuckoo

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  Introduction of new doctrines. 1945, 1975.

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  reading a thread about smoking the other day made me think....... previously on this site (which i have spent much of today unsuccessfully trying to find) i recall reading that as numbers of publishers declined at the end of wwii, the 'no blood' doctrine was introduced in 1945 as a direct result in order to boost numbers again.. after the 1975 fiasco, i believe the society lost a lot of followers - and it was very shortly after this (during the same or following year), that the wtbts introduced the smoking ban.

  again to boost flagging numbers?

  when the wtbts experience a 'failure', do they resort to introducing another doctrine, or is this just a coincidence?

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  Resurrected state?

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  ''for in the resurrection neither do men marry nor women be given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven'' (matthew 22 v 30).

  i was taught that this scripture means that the resurrected will be unmarriageable.

  (i state what appears to be the obvious, as i have since heard that god would be cruel to disallow the 'reunion' of a happy couple separated by death).. as i understood this scripture to mean the resurrected would be celibate, it made sense to me that they would not have the appearance of 'survivors'.

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  As God Is My Witness....

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  god is all knowing, god is all seeing, there is even a precedent that god is 'de facto' editor of the watchtower.

  is there therefore any reason why god could not be the default second witness in the case of an abuse claim within the jw community?.

  for this to stand up in an enquiry, the second witness (jehovah) would have to give evidence.

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  hurt dave? Welcome.

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  hurt dave - from reading your second post, i believe you've reached a certain point...welcome, stay, enjoy and contribute.

  look forward to more from you

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  So what was God's address then?

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  so, according to genesis 1v1, ''in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth'' - so what i want to know is if god lives in the heavens now, where did he live before he created them?

  was he just renting a place?

  maybe his nan's spare room?

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  If you're vegetarian...look away..

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  what's the strangest or most exotic food you've ever 'experienced'?.

  for me, i suppose, it was badly cooked (i cooked it myself, say no more) crocodile....i'd like to try swan, and if i can find a loophole in the law, i will.

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  Which avatars ''appeal'' to you (credit to jt stumbler)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  after reading jt stumbler's topic on avatars, i recognised that certain avatars appeal to me, and i'm sure others feel the same.... .

  elsewhere (no idea why, gimme a clue), ezekiel3 (says a lot), euphemism (loved the marx bros) and googlemagoogle (so classical) spring to mind, oh, ip_sec's last avatar (the red pyramid) - want to revert back ip_sec?

  oh, and stillajwexelder - after reading your posting on jt stumbler's thread i realise i previously had the wrong impression - lol.

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  ''YOU are my witnesses,'' Trump card (and comfort blanket)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  this, 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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  Is 2034 ''New Light''?

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  bear with me.

  over the years jw have always strived after/prophesied (even though they deny this) a carrot ''date''.

  as dates come and go, we hear about ''new light'', but according to the wt :-a new view of truth never can contradict a former truth.

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  Re Invented Myself

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  .........i disappeared, but i didn't know it!

  i have been logged on to this site for weeks, but every time i tried to post, i was asked to log on (even though i already was) .

  so, i here i am, a 'born again' jwder, but the worst thing is, nobody missed me

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