Posts by truthsetsonefree

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Today at the meeting we got a gift from Jehovah!

by Albert Einstein in

today at the meeting we were told by the co, that we got a gift three months ago!

the gift we got is the one more free evening weekly, because of the new meeting arrangement.

this gift was given to us by jehovah through faithfull an discreet slave.

truthsetsonefree

alanv, that would always bother me too. They always have to out some divine intervention in the mix. Can't just be people trying to get a job done. And why do they want to work JW's so darned hard? Wasn't Jesus' load supposed to be kindly, light and refreshing? I mean they'd get such better response if they just said "Hey, we are giving you this evening to take care of your family as you see fit. Catch up on time with your spouse or kids, get the kids' HW done, relax, whatever you need". That would be true mercy. And dubs would love their leadership more for it.

Isaac

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Howdy from a long time lurker

by Cadellin in

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greetings all:.

i just want to say howdy and thank you .

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truthsetsonefree

Welcome Cadellin. Well it seems you can post. I'm not sure on the avatar in the new JWN. I wanted to change mine the other day and couldn't see how. I'm sure others will chime in. Anyway glad you're here.

Isaac

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Good news ,My son has researched the witnesses on his own !

by troubled mind in

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over the past three years i have dropped a few points about why i am no longer attending meetings .

nothing in depth .. i did stress alot of it was due to never feeling good enough , the emotional pressure to follow organizational rules over my own conscience and my personal objection of how education is discouraged .

i also have shared with my kids their whole life that when i was raised ,armegeddon fears were rammed down my throat ,something i refused to do to them .. i have worried excessivly how my older two sons would respond to me once they realized i am never going back .. well my son came home for a visit to go out and celebrate my birthday this weekend !

truthsetsonefree

Wow, that must be a great feeling. Let's hope his research continues.

Isaac

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How did Noah even begin to gather examples of microbes?

by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

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noah - a man ahead of his times.. did he have a superior form of immunity?

oh, that's right, god was directing him.

still, it must have been quite a challenge.. cheeses h. kerriced..

truthsetsonefree

Now that's one I hadn't thought of! If he'd only forgotten to bring the viruses on board....!

Isaac

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Did NOAH tame AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS before taking them into the ARK?

by african GB Member in

how did those animals behave among each other?.

don't tell me just stood there and obeyed noah's instructions?.

can someone please help me with a verse on "taming wild animals before the floods"?.

truthsetsonefree

Dubs say as mentioned that "a fear" of man was put in to the animals AFTER the flood. I never could understand how that statement in Genesis meant that now the animals would be aggressive. If they were afraid of man wouldn't they be LESS likely to attack man? Oh well not much about that story seems to make sense.

Isaac

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2009 "Keep On the Watch!" Convention Preview

by garlic81 in

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2009 keep on the watch district conventionfriday - prove yourselves ready mt 24:44. am.

chairman's address.

conventions help us to remain watchful.

truthsetsonefree

Man, they haven't had a prodigal son drama since the late 60's. Wow! I remember Fred Franz sang a strange song about it at the Gilead grad that year to his own piano accompaniment.

Isaac

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WT to entirely shut down Brooklyn soon? New developments

by sir82 in

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one thread already started on this, although you may have missed it since the topic title is not so descriptive: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/173227/1/moving-sale.

here is a news article on it:.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20090326/news03/903260466.

truthsetsonefree

What I don't get is why another facility? Don't they have enough with Walkill and Patterson? These guys just waste money all the time it seems. But they have been saying that all operations are moving tom upstate NY from when I was in. That was coming from bethelites in the know.

Isaac

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Luke 21:8 and the latest 2008 WT Library

by civicsi00 in

i was perusing the latest 2008 wt library and i ran a search for luke 21:8 (one of the worst texts you could read to a jw).

when i first ran the search, the library only popped up with one article from 11/1/64 wt and a reference to some book called the kingdom of god is nigh (published by the wt in 1944, but is not found on the cd.

i did find it on the internet, though.).

truthsetsonefree

Blondie, I found what you just posted. They include all the hyphenated citations like Luke 21:1-11, which of course say nothing about the text in question. Actually a bizzilion references pop up until you type Luke 21:8 in quotes then just the '64 reference pops up clickable. One other ni 15 (I guess that's the "Kingdom of God is Nigh" book civicsi00 refers to) shows up, which doesn't even show up in the publication list. I also checked the "due time has approached" search and sure enough at least three of those have Luke 21:8 clearly posted. Hmm...one can only wonder. They're still mealy mothed "wolves".

Isaac

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Luke 21:8 and the latest 2008 WT Library

by civicsi00 in

i was perusing the latest 2008 wt library and i ran a search for luke 21:8 (one of the worst texts you could read to a jw).

when i first ran the search, the library only popped up with one article from 11/1/64 wt and a reference to some book called the kingdom of god is nigh (published by the wt in 1944, but is not found on the cd.

i did find it on the internet, though.).

truthsetsonefree

Interesting. I must check this out. But I would not put it past them. Its obvious that incriminating material is left out. For instance they don't put in the Life Everlasting book. Or the Awake's that spouted the 1975 nonsense. or the 1967 Awake from the RAPE thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/35408/2/Watchtowers-RAPE-Policy). They cover up as much as possible.

Isaac

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Is DISFELLOWSHIPPING being phased out?

by african GB Member in

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i have an elder friend who is 'open-minded', so to say...he tells me what gets discussed at elder meetings, even though he does'nt give too much detail.. he says that they were instructed by the society not to hurry df'ing publishers, that they should try to reproof (1 timothy 3: 16,17) a sinner,,..that they should be a little considerate bearingf in mind that we are living in critical times of the end.. .

personally i know a few publishers(baptized or not) who now have children out of wedlock, and they were just "marked" or had privileges taken away..... the reason given is: "they realised that they have sinned, and they are fully repented, they gave enough evidence to jc that they want to be known as jw's".

now my question is : are they slowly doing away with the df'ing doctrine?.

truthsetsonefree

Sir82 makes some good points on pg 1. I think that if shunning became a strongly encouraged conscience matter, we would still be shunned and need to support one another. JWN and such forums would live on.

Isaac