No no it's not 'around the corner'..that's just way too tacky. It's 'AT HAND'!!! Don't tell me you missed the DC u slacker.
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THE BIG A: RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
by Mary inwhere did all the witnesses over the decades get the idea that armageddon was right around the corner?
the society certainly never put anything like that down in print:
*** w56 10/15 p. 614 when will gods kingdom come?
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 in the NWT
by Zico in5 for the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.
10 all that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in she ol, the place to which you are going.
as i'm sure you know, the society always use this scripture as proof that the bible teaches that those who die have no mind at all.
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"One should not build doctrine upon what is not said in the Bible. To do so is basing arguements on nothing but conjecture."
Exactly, which is why one can reject the trinity and immortal soul doctrines. They're just not there in the bible and are based on flimsy conjectured arguments. -
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ANOTHER flip-flop!!
by hamsterbait inv points out in another thread, that the revelation book has changed the teaching that the "rivers of life's waters" starts flowing after armagedy to 1914.
"... the river did not begin to proceed until after god had placed his annointed one on his throne in zion, in 1914, at the birth of the kingdom.it is more reasonable to conclude that this river of water began to flow after the lord came to his temple [in 1918] for then ... the flashes of lightning began to come to the people of god.
the book "from paradise lost to paradise regained 1958 says 1914:
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yaddayadda
Just to clarify - is the new edition of the Revelation book saying the waters start flowing from 1914, not 1919. Did the 1986 version have 1919?
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BRAIN-DEAD QUOTES FROM OCT 1st WT
by Mary inthe writing department should really win an oscar for best screenplay in a comedy/drama series craptower, the article is entitled is the bible too restrictive?
in actuality, every witness knows that this is really asking "is the wts too restrictive?
on page 9 it says in part:
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yaddayadda
" Traffic laws may entail a lengthy and detailed list of regulations--in some places the number of parking rules alone is staggering. In contrast, the Bible does not set out a long list of rules."
In the old testament Yahweh did provide a 'long list of rules', heaps of them, to the Israelites. Jesus' death ended all that nonsense. The JW organisation is still tightly bound up in lots of little rules and regulations and dos and dont's, because the Watchtower Society prefers to mould the entire organisation on the old testament rather than the new testament. After all, the organisation claims to be a modern day 'nation' of God's people ? -
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Faithful and discreet slave
by artcritic indose anyone know what identifies a faithful and discreet slave.
what are the signs?.
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"I've heard the local dubbys state several times the anointed do not want to live on earth but want only to be with the lord"
Heathen, in my nearly 40 years in the org I have NEVER heard a JW say that. How they describe it is that the anointed have a heavenly calling as opposed to the hope of living forever on earth.
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Faithful and discreet slave
by artcritic indose anyone know what identifies a faithful and discreet slave.
what are the signs?.
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yaddayadda
Hey, maybe it's a composite sign?
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JW Definition of "Spiritual Activities" - Ridiculously Narrow
by Seeker4 inthe thread on jws and hobbies got me to thinking about this, one of my basic disagreements with witness thinking.
the wts always seemed to be dividing activities into those that were "spiritual," and those that weren't.
in witness-land, going to meetings, praying, going out in field service and personal bible study were basically considered the only "spiritual activities.
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yaddayadda
The holy trinity for JW's is not 'study, prayer and service'
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YORRW congregation - 'The Report'
by yaddayadda inanyone read the report book on this website: .
http://www.livingwatersforum.com/bcommentary/index.php .
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Anyone read The Report book on this website:
http://www.livingwatersforum.com/bcommentary/index.php
What do u think of it?
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Raymond Franz is a good man
by slimboyfat ini have come across some old threads that make various accusations against rayfranz, but i think on the whole he seems a kind and thoughtful person.
he didn't do everything right, and he is no saint as some make out: his expulsion is a bit flatteringly called a "crisis of conscience", but he came to terms with the disorienting situation well and did a service to all involved with the witnesses by giving us a look behind the curtain.
some of the things that people hold against him it seems:.
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Ray guessed that the Society were going to have to change the 1914 generation creed. I wonder what he suspects is the next big change in store for the organisation, if anything?
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Could you or would you ever....
by beautifulisfree ingo back to the kingdumb hall??
even for someones wedding or a loved ones funeral?
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yaddayadda
Of course I'd go back for a wedding or funeral? Only a neurotic wouldn't.