Posts by insearchoftruth

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 08-02-09 WT Study (THE CHRIST)

by blondie in

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review comments will be in red or headed by comments.

why follow "the christ"?

6:15; luke 2:11; john 1:1; matt.

insearchoftruth

Thanks again Blondie.....another article full of a bunch of bull.....this one must not have had much of an impact on my wife, normally I get at least one comment about how wonderful the WT study was or what a great and meaningful talk...

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MY B-I-L IS IN THE HOSPITAL

by Mary in

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here's another update on my brother in law:.

my sister and b-i-l went to the cancer center in toronto earlier this week to see about getting the stemcell transplant for his disease.

it was actually an encouraging visit as the oncologist there said that they did not feel his condition had progressed into the acute myloid leukemia yet and that he had longer---up to 2 years---than what his local oncologist had said.

insearchoftruth

Sorry to hear that Mary, wishing you and your family the best......

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Straight from the C.O.

by swa in

hello all, i have been lurking, looking, reading, and digesting for around 2 years and it seems the time is right to post.

i recently had one of those moments at the kindom hall where i found myself looking around thinking "am i the only one who gets it, why doesn't anyone else have this puzzled look on their face?".

said during is second talk to the congregation "all of our food, our magazines, and all our wonderful books, and videos come from/through these 9 men".

insearchoftruth

what if the masses claim to be heavenly peons? What does that do to paradise earth?

Still only a neophyte with respect to this stuff, but what I have seen is the WTS tries so hard to paint paradise earth as 'the place to be', and if they remove some of the prestige from the anointed, no longer part of the FDS, will there be any allure to being of the anointed, you no longer are the dispensary of 'spritual food', it really only gives you a possible pass to be on the GB.....as long as you are male as well.

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I need some good sriptures & reasoning to refute Jesus = Michael Archangel

by androb31 in

i have a lot of good stuff at home on the subject but i'm at work and could use some help for a friend who was just conversing w/ a jw..

insearchoftruth

Same here designs, stewardship of the earth is so important....and taking care of those less fortunate......

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Awake August 2009

by bobld in

some excerpts:"treated like a nobody".

"when officially sanctioned (disfellowsipped by wbts) discrimination can lead to such evils as ethnic cleansing(kicked out of the congregation).. "bigotry and intolerance (don't talk or help a disfellowshipped person, fired him from an elders construction company) where there are laws against discrimination".. the right education can (on this forum) expose the root cause of prejdice (disfellowshipping) and help us deal wisely with prejudice when we are victims".. 'prejudice may be sown by those( you can add those here) who deliberately promote warped views of other cultures (religion such as the roman catholic church)".. we should choose our associates wisely(if we associate with workmates or other religions we will be discriminated>disfellowshipped<).. don't get me started on p22 clergy-laity.. by the way i just read "blues brother wt 15/10/09-re d/f'd friends.now i am really pissed-off.. bob.

insearchoftruth

I probably should have posted a warning to have a large bucket nearby when reading it.

That is a disclaimer that I feel belongs with most if not all WTBTS literature currently being produced.....

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Is the WTS preparing for a MASS EXODUS?

by passwordprotected in

hobo ken and i were chatting about this yesterday.. the wts has past experience of losing vast numbers of members very quickly.

from their post-25 and post-75 experiences they will know how best to prepare their organisational structure to remain afloat when they experience another exodus.. we're only 5 years from the 100 year anniversary of ct russell walking into the dining room and announcing the gentile times had ended.

since then, millions of people have molded and adjusted their lives and personal expectations based on the date 1914. the wts must know that 2015 is going to bring with it one or two upset jws.... so, is the wts preparing for a mass exodus right now?.

insearchoftruth

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The pace of economic decline slowed substantially in the second quarter, as the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 1% -- far less than it did in the first quarter, according to a government report released Friday.

Well I guess the system can go a bit longer....but we are still in the last days, getting oh so closer to the end.....

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Awake August 2009

by bobld in

some excerpts:"treated like a nobody".

"when officially sanctioned (disfellowsipped by wbts) discrimination can lead to such evils as ethnic cleansing(kicked out of the congregation).. "bigotry and intolerance (don't talk or help a disfellowshipped person, fired him from an elders construction company) where there are laws against discrimination".. the right education can (on this forum) expose the root cause of prejdice (disfellowshipping) and help us deal wisely with prejudice when we are victims".. 'prejudice may be sown by those( you can add those here) who deliberately promote warped views of other cultures (religion such as the roman catholic church)".. we should choose our associates wisely(if we associate with workmates or other religions we will be discriminated>disfellowshipped<).. don't get me started on p22 clergy-laity.. by the way i just read "blues brother wt 15/10/09-re d/f'd friends.now i am really pissed-off.. bob.

insearchoftruth

Thanks again....downloading now!

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Is the WTS preparing for a MASS EXODUS?

by passwordprotected in

hobo ken and i were chatting about this yesterday.. the wts has past experience of losing vast numbers of members very quickly.

from their post-25 and post-75 experiences they will know how best to prepare their organisational structure to remain afloat when they experience another exodus.. we're only 5 years from the 100 year anniversary of ct russell walking into the dining room and announcing the gentile times had ended.

since then, millions of people have molded and adjusted their lives and personal expectations based on the date 1914. the wts must know that 2015 is going to bring with it one or two upset jws.... so, is the wts preparing for a mass exodus right now?.

insearchoftruth

Whatever the Watchtower goes through in the near to mid-term future will not re-capture its heyday. It will splutter, see here-and-there growth (especially in 3rd world countries where even a motor mechanic can successfully start up a religion)

They may see some spurts of growth just after some unfortunate world events, like massive earthquakes or another large terrorist attack, even if the novel H1N1 flu gets really bad....but very short durations as the world goes back to status quo.

The hardest thing for me to accomplish with my wife is to show her that the world we are living in is not a bad place, in fact we are in a pretty good time to be alive.........unfortunately, that is not what the WTBTS is printing, so it must not be true....because you can never trust statistics....sigh.

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Awake August 2009

by bobld in

some excerpts:"treated like a nobody".

"when officially sanctioned (disfellowsipped by wbts) discrimination can lead to such evils as ethnic cleansing(kicked out of the congregation).. "bigotry and intolerance (don't talk or help a disfellowshipped person, fired him from an elders construction company) where there are laws against discrimination".. the right education can (on this forum) expose the root cause of prejdice (disfellowshipping) and help us deal wisely with prejudice when we are victims".. 'prejudice may be sown by those( you can add those here) who deliberately promote warped views of other cultures (religion such as the roman catholic church)".. we should choose our associates wisely(if we associate with workmates or other religions we will be discriminated>disfellowshipped<).. don't get me started on p22 clergy-laity.. by the way i just read "blues brother wt 15/10/09-re d/f'd friends.now i am really pissed-off.. bob.