Posts by insearchoftruth

if the isrealites had done as god had told them, to serve babylon voluntairly as they had done in the beginning, then when would the seventy years of so called total devastation have began.

god said that only if they did not serve babylon that they would be destroyed.

insearchoftruth

That is the problem with most of the societys 'teachings' , they are illogical.

Well once one becomes indoctrinated into the org, so are the members......

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What is the WT for this Sunday?

by inkling in

so my family specifically invited me to come to the wt this sunday, .

because it strikes them as especially relevant.

this seems ominous to me.. what is the article this sunday?

insearchoftruth

In summary, if you are getting weak, study more, attend more meetings, do more field service....it is so great to be in the ministry...

And also, if you are strong.....study more, attend more meetings, do more field service......it is so great to be one of the Witnesses for Jehovah......

What original writing......

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Don't lean upon your own understanding ...

by easyreader1970 in

the wbts keeps trying to cram proverbs 3:5,6 down the throats of its members lately.

i have no doubt that within the next couple of years it will be the year's text.

i noticed that in the september "public" watchtower, they equate higher education with the badness of illegal drugs, social websites, and fornication.

Great point Mary....the most important thing people need to be taught is how to think for themselves....and that is something that the WTS does a great job of taking from people, and when it starts with the WTS, it will transfer to other parts of ones being.

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Help Requested PO and his wife coming over tomorrow for 'study'

by insearchoftruth in

my wife had a bible study with the sister and her daughter actually yesterday evening (i am guessing that the daughter needed some time), i was in the living room at the time, and i will post the notes from this conversation later this evening (at work now, don't have them here).

my wife had wanted to learn how to read the bible from them, but they of course manipulated her to a book study within two weeks!.

at the end of this bible study (they started the bible teach book, got to paragraph 13 in chapter one) the sister asked my wife if i still wanted to talk to her husband on wednesday, i said i would be very interested, but i want my wife and i to both be involved in the discussions (want to have her hear what we are talking about, firstly if i can ask an interesting question, and secondly i want her to see i am not a raging apostate to the gentleman - and he is a pretty nice guy).. .

insearchoftruth

Thanks jgnat, I think the love and caring approach is a good way to go for a while...I tend to be a bit more like you in a study, I can not stand listening to things that I know are misleading/deceptive and keeping my mouth shut or saying, 'wow, that is interesting'.

Ended up working late last evening, so no study...darn...

Tonight no meeting for her, we have a parents meeting for the son's band.

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Higher Education Question - Need assistance please

by looking_glass in

jw
friends

so i was talking to a friend of mine who was also raised a jw and who is also "inactive".

he is seriously considering going back.

the thing is that he is all into higher ed and is currently getting his masters.

insearchoftruth

*** Awake! 1969 May 22 p.15 ***
If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. Of the generation that observed the beginning of the 'last days' in 1914, Jesus foretold: 'This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.' Therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way towards its finish, if not actually gone! This is why parents who base their lives on God's prophetic Word find it much more practical to direct their young ones into trades that do not require such long periods of additional schooling… True, those who do not understand where we are in the stream of time from God's viewpoint will call this impractical. But which is really practical: preparing yourself for a position in this world that soon will pass away? or working toward surviving this system's end and enjoying eternal life in God's righteous new order?

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Higher Education Question - Need assistance please

by looking_glass in

jw
friends

so i was talking to a friend of mine who was also raised a jw and who is also "inactive".

he is seriously considering going back.

the thing is that he is all into higher ed and is currently getting his masters.

insearchoftruth

About the only change I see in their teaching is in an awake from the late 1960s, the comment was made that you should not go to school because you won't work in your career because the new system of things is so close.....

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The WTS lawyers ended the Book Study Arrangement

by lawrence in

to hell with the god-given book study arrangement, screw the spiritual table of food, and end the "brotherly fellowship".

the wts lawyers dictated, "end the home book studies, minimize our liability.

" and so the arrangement ended with an imprimatur by the wts lawyers, a boe letter, and a km article.

insearchoftruth

Thanks for the clarification, so this will pretty much elimnate the last meeting that was held in private homes...

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The WTS lawyers ended the Book Study Arrangement

by lawrence in

to hell with the god-given book study arrangement, screw the spiritual table of food, and end the "brotherly fellowship".

the wts lawyers dictated, "end the home book studies, minimize our liability.

" and so the arrangement ended with an imprimatur by the wts lawyers, a boe letter, and a km article.

insearchoftruth

When is the BS supposed to wrap up and be done. My wife left a schedule of the study on the table and it appears to be going into February of next year, isn't this arrangement supposed to change prior to that time?