Compare how they treat the name of Jesus at the start of this chapter with how the view the name Jehvoah.
Can u enlighten us Drew?
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JW writing committee: Incapable of seeing the irony!
by sir82 inthe march 1 watchtower's cover asks the question, "where can you find christ's teachings?".
meanwhile, in the very same magazine, we get 2 study articles containing the following:.
-- which type of video & video game to avoid.
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WALKING IN THE PATH OF INCREASING LIGHT - WT STUDY
by Mary infor those of you not "keeping up with the organization"botchtower deals soley with all the bullshit instances of "increased light" on this joke of a religion god's organization.
it asks many drone-like thought-provoking questions as i've listed below.
incredible that these guys claim to be the sole ownership of what is absolute "truth", yet change doctrines like i change lipsticks.
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Although the signs are there that any 'new light' will be about the 1935 date, it would seem superfluous for it to be about this. They have already come up with a whole lot of malarky about the nephinem and now have lots of non-anointed ones in prominent positions at the WTS already, which Barbara Anderson did a great job of exposing. The GB has had members that were born after 1935 for quite some time now, and it has already been stated that any new anointed persons are merely replacements for apples that went bad somewhere along the way. So they have their bases covered already about the great crowd taking on more and more responsibility. In any event, it's just not an issue for JW's. In all my years as a JW I don't think I ever heard anyone mention it. If they bring out 'new light' about this old nearly forgotten date all it would seem to accomplish is getting JW's curious to look into something they had forgotten all about. Some of the borg might be awakened to looking back into organisation's past out of curiosity to see what other dusty old dates are still in the closet that might be thrown by the wayside, with 1919 being the next most logical date to get the big 'expired' stamp on it.
Could the 'new light' be something about the UN? There was some talk after the NGO scandal first broke that the GB were going to do exactly that, but that they had to quickly put it on the back-burner. Perhaps now that the NGO scandal has gone quiet they may feel it is safe enough to bring this 'new light' about it out now. Then there was the mini 'new light' in a 2003 article that said we shouldn't speculate and that we don't know exactly what agencies Satan will use to attack God's people. That could be taken to indicate perhaps they want to back-pedal from Fred Franz's chimerical and completely speculative view of the UN in bible prophecy.
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To DA or not to DA that is the question
by lola28 inhi guys, as most of you know i have been inactive for a bit ( august of 2004 was the last time i turned in time) i changed congregations in december and have pretty much faded.
last night i had a talk with someone and he asked me why i was still in, why not just da?.
my answer ?.
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I've sometimes thought about DA'ing but then when I work it through it really will accomplish nothing practical to me, except alienate and marginalise me. Usually the reasons I come up with from time to time for why I might DA pretty much just turn out to be a kind of psychic petulance when I have angry or hurt feelings towards those I've left behind. It just feels like nothing but some romantic notion of getting 'revenge' more than anything, similar to some kind of insane 'cry-for help' that a suicidal person might rationalise. At the end it seems that I'm the only one that would get hurt.
I'd rather still be able to talk to JW's and perhaps sew a few seeds of doubt here and there. As I am opposed to the Society's shunning policy it also feels wrong to pander to that policy by cutting myself off and forcing other brain-washed JW's to shun me.
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Recent Losch talk?
by yaddayadda in.
i heard a rumour that gb member losch had recently said a few strange things in a talk he gave.
someone said his talk included a new thought about the un and it's future role.. anyone know anything about this?
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Blondie that link is in reference to an old talk he gave in 1999 on an unrelated subject.
Thanks for that link what-a-coincidence. That appears to be the talk I am enquiring about.
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Recent Losch talk?
by yaddayadda in.
i heard a rumour that gb member losch had recently said a few strange things in a talk he gave.
someone said his talk included a new thought about the un and it's future role.. anyone know anything about this?
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I heard a rumour that GB member Losch had recently said a few strange things in a talk he gave. Someone said his talk included a new thought about the UN and it's future role.
Anyone know anything about this?
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ON NEWS WIRE "Illuminati-reptilian C.T. Russell "
by DannyHaszard inhitler etait-il un rothschild ?
" - david icke fait scandale.
imc paris, france - 10 minutes ago .
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Some people will believe anything if it fits in with their agenda
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GB led by lawyers?
by Lady Lee inif all of the men on the gb were born into or raised within the wts walls, it can pretty much means they have been insulated from the real world.
other than the lawyers (who else would have a lot of experience living in the real world?
) who else would be directing what gets printed or not?
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Nah, it's the GB's fault entirely. If the GB decided tomorrow that they were going to make blood transfusions a conscience matter, or that they have decided to alter the child abuse policy so that two witnesses are no longer needed, the lawyers would just point out the risks to the GB of being sued and then do whatever the society said. But the ultimate power is with the GB, who are nothing but spiritual cowards who are only interested in maintaining doctrinal status quo, numerical growth and outward appearances . They are the ones doing the leading and the fault rests entirely on their shoulders.
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Why I'll never see 'Brokeback Mountain'
by yaddayadda in.
yep, i'm 'homophobic' and damn proud of it!
http://www.rense.com/general69/prop.htm
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Yep, I'm 'homophobic' and damn proud of it!
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Jesus no longer really "a god"?
by M.J. ini saw the latest wt magazine released this week.
i don't have it on me but on the cover it asks the question, "is there only one true god?".
skimming the story inside i noticed they quoted the verse in isaiah where it mentions there is only one god and there never was or will be a god alongside him.. "hmm," i wondered, "how will they reconcile this with john 1:1?".
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MJ, how about scanning the article rather than expecting us to base our comments on your summary of it, because if you are right this latest article would flatly contradict other comments by the Society about John 1:1, ie, they acknowledge that Jesus (the Logos) is a God and of the divine nature (but is always a lesser God than the Father Jehovah).
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Jehovah's Witnesses Are Awaiting Persecution!
by minimus inif jws "suffer" persecution it will make them feel as if they are fulfilling bible prophecy.
they like thinking and believing that they are chosen to be abused and persecuted.
if any political upheavals occur, they look at it as a sign to say that the end is near.
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Not quite sure why you jump from 'persecution' to 'political upheavels' in the next breath.
Jesus DID say that his followers would be persecuted. If JW's are persecuted solely for obeying Jesus commands somehow then fair enough Eg, refusing to take up arms in Nazi Germany during WW2; I actually think JW's anti-Hitler stance and the subsequent persecution they suffered was highly commendable. The problem with JW's however is that 90% of the time they are 'persecuted' for following strange, legalistic interpretations of the Watchtower Society rather than purely for obeying Jesus (eg, refusing to do alternative non-military service for refusing to take, or not purchasing a one-party political card, or not having blood-transfusions).