Posts by baltar447

in juan viejo2s recent thread about district overseer and other changes coming this bit was quite intriguing to me.. the governing body will be expanded to 12 to better match the biblical magic number of apostles, tribes of israel, etc.

that will also reset the 'magic number' to 8 needed to get a majority vote to make a doctrinal change.... one of my friends suggests that "annointed" will become synomous with "appointed.

" if a brother is "appointed" to the governing body, then the logic is that he has automatically been "annointed" by holy spirit and would therefore be considered to be part of the 144k.. .

baltar447

My guess is they would use that scripture where an Apostle lays hands on someone to commision them or something.

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this is how witnessing is being done nowadays

by losingit in

i have a non jw friend that knows about jws only bc i related toher my experience leaving this abusive cult.

anyhoo, she went to starbucks yesterday and there was an older man on his laptop.

she sat next to him while she did work on her tablet.

baltar447

WTAF?!?!?!

Stealing her email address like that is f***ing stalkerish!! O_o

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Thanks WTBS for changing the Kingdom Songs, you freed me!

by StephaneLaliberte in

yesterday, i saw a picture of a family signing kingdom melodies together.

it made me realize a fact that i am somewhat ashamed to admit:.

for over a decade, i have been aware of the false prophecies, the deceptive statements, the lack of scriptural support for many core practices and other issues with the witnesses.

baltar447

I was on the fence but the songs were also almost the final nail in the coffin for me the final one being the overlapping generation nonsense. I told my elder jw father that i felt like all the joy and life had been sucked out of the songs. Of course the excuses made(repeatedly at meetings) were not that yes, the songs sucked it was of course the rank and file just was the problem and wasnt used to singing them.

Can anyone going attest that the dubbies have gotten better at singing these piles of garbage?

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Shout out to an old friend. Take care, old friend.

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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baltar447

Is this a send off for Guy Pierce??

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The Last BOE!

by Atlantis in

this is the last boe we will be able to provide.

our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.

we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.

baltar447

Well, we appreciate this real life "Johnny the bethelite's" efforts. Sadly truth is not as glamorous as fiction, but the reality is an older man with little or no social security is kicked out later in life to fend for himself. I wonder how many times this happens before people go postal.

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Get ready for phone calls from Elders either this week or when the next CO visit happens.

by EndofMysteries in

i got a call the other day, it looks like the gb is telling everyone to contact all inactive ones, let them know they are missed, etc, and to do it within a week.

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baltar447

Saltheart, I applaud your efforts my good man!

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Scriptures for brother taking field service group

by FL_Panthers in

i have recently been given the privilege of taking the field service group.. .

can anyone give me some scriptures i can use to encourage the group?

can you also give a reason as to why these scriptures are helpful to our ministry.. .

baltar447

My personal favorite is Ezekiel 23:20