Witchettygrub

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  Four Horsemen

  by cameo-d in

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  2. bible

  does wt teach that the rider on white horse is jesus?.

  do the other horsemen have identities that are actually named?.

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  Witchettygrub

  From memory I think they do still teach this that Jesus is the first horseman riding the White horse (Rev 6:2) followed by the 4 horsemen.
  Also Rev 19:11 'the faithful and true' one and the same first on the White horse but this time followed by an army.
  
  According to them it's the same horse and same rider only having different duties. That's all I recall.
  
  
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  What teaching did you find unacceptable that made you question the WTS?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  the selection of the society in 1919 as the faithful and discreet slave after jesus spent nearly 5 years observing them.

  jesus must have had some good lsd.

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  Witchettygrub

  Right towards the end - after considerable thought and prayer on the matter..
  
  sitting and passing the plate, not being allowed to partake.
  
  
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  The 144,000 and the Great Crowd of Revelation

  by Leolaia in

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  2. bible

  8-11; ch.

  as in ch.

  like the "great crowd", they are "of every race, language, people, and nation (cf.

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  Witchettygrub

  Thanks for all your research Leolaia, great work.
  
  Betcha the writers of Watchtower mag are goggle eyed at this.
  
  
  Witchettygrub
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  Anyone from Down Under?

  by ID Crisis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a newbie.

  anyone else here from australia?

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  Witchettygrub

  Hello and welcome,
  
  We are all still here 94 yrs. after 1914, 33 after 1975.
  
  
  Witchettygrub
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  What Were Your Favorite Old TV Shows (From the 50's to the 90's)???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i watch the rifleman almost every night on encore westerns.. when i was a kid i used to love watching the 3 stooges.. my favorite 80's show was taxi and hill street blues.. which tv shows did you love watching?

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  There are great memories here as I read through.
  
  Way back I remember 'Elliot Ness' that gangster show, 'I Dream of Jeannie' and 'Dallas' with those shoulder pads and big hair.
  
  Also got hooked on Kolchak, (Darren McGavin), 'The Night Stalker' 70's.
  
  
  Witchettygrub
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  1971 The Nations Shall Know That I am Jehovah--How?--PDF!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1971 the nations shall know that i am jehovah--how?--pdf!

  bookmarked searchable reduced from 189-mb to 70-mb what does the front cover of this book look like?

  click here: http://imgurl.filetac.com/img/67715030.jpg prophet.

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  Witchettygrub

  Thank you Atlantis,
  
  I remember how we were 'revved' up with this book at our BS group.
  
  
  Witchettygrub
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  What JW teaching did you find hardest to defend??

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for me it was that god is killing billions of people just to prove a point.

  what about you?

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  Witchettygrub

  Shunning has been mentioned here and it made me think that a person given the boot from the cong would feel so bad when a former sis/bro crossed the road to avoid, turned around and walked out of a room/shop wherever, no funeral attendance...and generally considered as dead.
  
  The loving thing to do would be to strive to get the person 'back into the fold' so to speak just as Jesus would.
  
  
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  Anyone interested in numerology?

  by Sunnygal41 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i find such things fascinating.

  feel free to share anything you care to.. as an example, i am sharing some information i found for the number 40:.

  40 = 4 = humanity's movement through time to completion, closure.

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  Witchettygrub

  It's said that life begins at 40.
  
  There is no end to numbers - they go on to infinity like God.
  
  
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  The SHOW must go on!!!

  by leaving-jws in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember when i was a kid in "the truth.

  there was an elderly sister that had a heart attack during the meeting.

  she made loud gasping sounds as she was holding on for dear life.

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  At least the apostle Paul in Acts 20:9-10 stopped speaking when the young man fell down several storeys and apparently died (or nearly). Paul was compassionate and made sure the youth was conscious or brought back alive - whatever - and comfortable before he resumed talking.
  
  Different days.
  
  
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  Do JWs really believe the end is near?

  by keyser soze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  or do they merely pay lip service to the idea?

  i have no doubt that some of them sincerely believe.

  but when i was a kid, growing up in the '80s, i didn't know of a single witness, myself included, who didn't believe the end was close.

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  Witchettygrub

  Intelligent witnesses would have a foot in both worlds, the spiritual - keeping their 'eye on the prize' - and also on their daily life such as putting money aside for their later years. The latter unheard of back in the 70's and 80's.
  
  
  Witchettygrub