Posts by Rooster

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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: Inspired, Spirit Directed or Just "Blessed" by God?

by Ms. Whip in

i haven't been to a meeting in a while, so i need a little update from an active witness....

...or at least an informed xjw.

i was listening to jr brown (http://www.wtmedia.org/jrbrown-interview-1.wma ) on the silentlambs website ( http://www.silentlambs.org/ ) and the reporter kept asking him to clarify the same issues over and over.

Rooster

They can’t say they are "directed" anymore unless they want to also admit they were directed in the wrong direction. Then they would have to say Jehovah's active force held the map upside down when they were handing out directions.

That is basically what they are saying with every "Wait on Jehovah" statement made.

And the "You are being discipline from Jehovah" as I bang your wife.

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If there is no hell what is this?

by Rooster in

"but a certain man was rich, and he used to deck himself with purple and linen, enjoying himself from day to day with magnificence.

but a certain beggar named laz arus used to be put at his gate, full of ulcers 21

and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man.

Rooster

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"But a certain man was rich, and he used to deck himself with purple and linen, enjoying himself from day to day with magnificence. 20 But a certain beggar named Laz´a·rus used to be put at his gate, full of ulcers 21 and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man. Yes, too, the dogs would come and lick his ulcers. 22 Now in course of time the beggar died and he was carried off by the angels to the bosom [position] of Abraham.

"Also, the rich man died and was buried. 23 And in Ha´des he lifted up his eyes, he existing in torments, and he saw Abraham afar off and Laz´a·rus in the bosom [position] with him. 24 So he called and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Laz´a·rus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this blazing fire.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received in full your good things in your lifetime, but Laz´a·rus correspondingly the injurious things. Now, however, he is having comfort here but you are in anguish. 26 And besides all these things, a great chasm has been fixed between us and YOU people, so that those wanting to go over from here to YOU people cannot, neither may people cross over from there to us.’ 27 Then he said, ‘In that event I ask you, father, to send him to the house of my father, 28 for I have five brothers, in order that he may give them a thorough witness, that they also should not get into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to these.’ 30 Then he said, ‘No, indeed, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them they will repent.’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’"

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former JW overseer embraces Islam (video)

by Nathan Natas in

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who is this knucklehead?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rld-bap0iza

Rooster

This should work out just great for him..

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Revelation Book- RELOADED!

by architect in

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so does anyone know if the article in the sept km is suggesting that "new light" has flashed for all these changes occuring in the outdated revelation book?.

how could the spirit direction be so wrong in the first place or should i say "untruthful".

Rooster

Simple...The Spirit was not involved with the writing of the book in the first place.
It is a creation of the writers at Bethel in Brooklyn.
--VM44

Yes.. a Wicked Spirit was there to help in the writings.

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Let's have a parade and destroy Watchtowers!

by TresHappy in

jw
friends

the apostle wears a bulletproof vest when he's preaching in colombia, retains a battalion of 50 bodyguards across the united states and drives to his doral church headquarters in an armored seven series bmw.. followers say he's jesus.

detractors call him a cult leader.

and jose luis de jesus miranda -- a paunchy, middle-aged man from puerto rico who favors $10,000 rolexes and claims millions of disciples worldwide -- believes many people would like to see him dead.. it's no wonder the sect generates controversy.

Rooster

WOW what garbage..

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Core Beliefs...

by mrsjones5 in

what exactly are the "core beliefs" of the wtbs?

i was raised in it and don't even know what "they" are.

is it me or has these core beliefs been extremely fluid?

Rooster

jehovah is the name of our god, and he selected the slave, which should be followed in everything they say.

How

Is God’s Name Pronounced?

The truth is, nobody knows for sure how the name of God was originally pronounced. Why not? Well, the first language used in writing the Bible was Hebrew, and when the Hebrew language was written down, the writers wrote only consonants—not vowels. Hence, when the inspired writers wrote God’s name, they naturally did the same thing and wrote only the consonants.

While ancient Hebrew was an everyday spoken language, this presented no problem. The pronunciation of the Name was familiar to the Israelites and when they saw it in writing they supplied the vowels without thinking (just as, for an English reader, the abbreviation "Ltd." represents "Limited" and "bldg." represents "building").

Two things happened to change this situation. First, a superstitious idea arose among the Jews that it was wrong to say the divine name out loud; so when they came to it in their Bible reading they uttered the Hebrew word ’Adho·nai´ ("Sovereign Lord"). Further, as time went by, the ancient Hebrew language itself ceased to be spoken in everyday conversation, and in this way the original Hebrew pronunciation of God’s name was eventually forgotten.

In order to ensure that the pronunciation of the Hebrew language as a whole would not be lost, Jewish scholars of the second half of the first millennium C.E. invented a system of points to represent the missing vowels, and they placed these around the consonants in the Hebrew Bible. Thus, both vowels and consonants were written down, and the pronunciation as it was at that time was preserved.

Divine Name published by the WTBTS

When it came to God’s name, instead of putting the proper vowel signs around it, in most cases they put other vowel signs to remind the reader that he should say ’Adho·nai´. From this came the spelling Iehouah, and, eventually, Jehovah became the accepted pronunciation of the divine name in English. This retains the essential elements of God’s name from the Hebrew original.

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Core Beliefs...

by mrsjones5 in

what exactly are the "core beliefs" of the wtbs?

i was raised in it and don't even know what "they" are.

is it me or has these core beliefs been extremely fluid?

Rooster

3 Nevertheless, not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek. 4 But because of the false brothers brought in quietly, who sneaked in to spy upon our freedom which we have in union with Christ Jesus, that they might completely enslave us— 5 to these we did not yield by way of submission, no, not for an hour, in order that the truth of the good news might continue with YOU.

If only this was true today...

The WTBTS's teachings change like the clouds with every new breeze.

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