Posts by digderidoo

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1914 The End of the Gentile Times?

by sacolton in

did the watchtower claim that the scripture at luke 21:24 had been fulfilled?.

they will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations.

jerusalem will be trampled on by the gentiles until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.. .

digderidoo

The date of the close of that 'battle' is definitely marked in Scripture as October, 1914. It is already in progress, its beginning dating from October, 1874. Zion's Watch Tower, 15 January 1892, page 1355

We see no reason for changing the figures--nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.
Zion's Watch Tower, 15 July 1894, page 1677

There are more quotations out there, as to what they were saying prior to 1914.

Paul

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1914 The End of the Gentile Times?

by sacolton in

did the watchtower claim that the scripture at luke 21:24 had been fulfilled?.

they will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations.

jerusalem will be trampled on by the gentiles until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.. .

digderidoo

They also split the scripture in two and say the first line was a 1st century fulfilment, whereas the second line was fulfilled in 1914

Paul

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Disfellowshipping and 1 Corinthians 5:9-11

by digderidoo in

i have these couple of jw's quoting this verse at me in an attempt to justify disfellowshipping, pair of morons.. in my letter i wrote you to quit mixing in company with fornicators, 10 not [meaning] entirely with the fornicators of this world or the greedy persons and extortioners or idolaters.

otherwise, you would actually have to get out of the world.

11 but now i am writing you to quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man.. why do they not see that these scriptures limit "sinful behaviour" to just a few behaviours, but not only that it doesn't say parents should shun their children.. can't believe how the wt misapplies some scripture and at the same time the individual jw just blindly follows.. just my rant for the day.. paul.

digderidoo

Where in 2 Corinthians is that isaac? I have given my full explanation of how i see 1Cor 5 apply, but must admit i'm a little rusty.

Thanks

Paul

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Disfellowshipping and 1 Corinthians 5:9-11

by digderidoo in

i have these couple of jw's quoting this verse at me in an attempt to justify disfellowshipping, pair of morons.. in my letter i wrote you to quit mixing in company with fornicators, 10 not [meaning] entirely with the fornicators of this world or the greedy persons and extortioners or idolaters.

otherwise, you would actually have to get out of the world.

11 but now i am writing you to quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man.. why do they not see that these scriptures limit "sinful behaviour" to just a few behaviours, but not only that it doesn't say parents should shun their children.. can't believe how the wt misapplies some scripture and at the same time the individual jw just blindly follows.. just my rant for the day.. paul.

digderidoo

I have these couple of JW's quoting this verse at me in an attempt to justify disfellowshipping, pair of morons.

In my letter I wrote YOU to quit mixing in company with fornicators, 10 not [meaning] entirely with the fornicators of this world or the greedy persons and extortioners or idolaters. Otherwise, YOU would actually have to get out of the world. 11 But now I am writing YOU to quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man.

Why do they not see that these scriptures limit "sinful behaviour" to just a few behaviours, but not only that it doesn't say parents should shun their children.

Can't believe how the WT misapplies some scripture and at the same time the individual JW just blindly follows.

Just my rant for the day.

Paul

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Elder stakeouts! Anyone done one / been a victim of one?

by sir82 in

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suppose the elders get an anonymous letter or phone call, or even a brave soul tells them that they no "brother so-and-so" is sleeping with "sister suzy q".

or a believing jw has a "non-scriptural" divorce, and wants proof her ex is sleeping with someone else.

the elders' manual says the "strong circumstantial evidence, such as evidence that the accused spent all night in the house of someone of the opposite sex who is not his wife or a family member" (paraphrase) can be used as evidence in a judicial case.. to get such "strong circumstantial eveidnce", elders have been known to "stake out" a house, spending all night in a car watching a house.. in all my time as an elder, i was never involved in one of these.

digderidoo

My ex wife started dating a guy, who she eventually married, we had been seperated a couple of years, but not divorced.

My mother had a bee in her bonnet about this, so she and my dad travelled 10 miles to her house at 4am on about 3 occasions. On the final occasion they saw his car there. All of this i may add was not known to me until afterwards

When she reported this to the elders, my dad who was at the time no longer going to meetings, did not want to get involved, even though he had driven there. He didn't want to appear as a witness before a judicial comittee.

They then had the cheek to ask my mother to ask me to see if i could catch the car there, even though i had faded about 3 years previous.

Apparently she said the car had broken down or something like that.

Anyway upon finding out what my mother had done and upon finding out what the elders had asked me to do, i told them all to go forth and multiply, but not quite that polite.

Paul

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Have you made arrangements for your civil funeral?

by digderidoo in

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friends

it may sound morbid, but have you?.

it appears that the funeral of a disfellowshipped person would be, that an elder if he feels that there may be some repentence on the behalf of the person that they would give a funeral, but not at the kingdom hall.. this leads me to think what would i want?

i certainly wouldn't want an elder to give a talk at my funeral.

digderidoo

It may sound morbid, but have you?

It appears that the funeral of a disfellowshipped person would be, that an elder if he feels that there may be some repentence on the behalf of the person that they would give a funeral, but not at the kingdom hall.

This leads me to think what would i want? I certainly wouldn't want an elder to give a talk at my funeral. But at the same time i do not want a conventional one. This is something i haven't given much thought about, but i couldn't bear the thought of an elder doing my funeral, which at the moment could well be the case if, God forbid, my number comes up.

Paul

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A JW's view of a rape victim

by digderidoo in

the following is an ongoing discussion about wt disfellowship policy.

it can be seen at http://bible-discussion.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=7798&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105 .

a poster called wolvo has post a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zs86dfzbg8 which has been brought into the discussion of a 17 year old rape victim who was later disfellowshipped for not screaming during the rape.. due to the fact the disfellowshipped girl admitted to petting, a jw on the forum by the name of tbax had this to say with regards to her being raped.. .

digderidoo

The following is an ongoing discussion about WT disfellowship policy. It can be seen at http://bible-discussion.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=7798&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105

A poster called Wolvo has post a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZS86DFZBg8 which has been brought into the discussion of a 17 year old rape victim who was later disfellowshipped for not screaming during the rape.

Due to the fact the disfellowshipped girl admitted to petting, a JW on the forum by the name of TBax had this to say with regards to her being raped.

How is she responsible for being raped??
Wolvo wrote:
Her being raped is disputable, and I presented reasons people lie in such instances. Even if she was "raped" was she guiltless, or was she unleashing the tiger? We are not talking about legal justice of the courts, but personal responsibility and accountability of cause and effect in the real world.
Shame on you.
Wolvo wrote:
There is no shame in having greater understanding then what political correctness will allow. This isn't the realm of political correctness. She was engaged at the very least in loose conduct, and perhaps in fornication prior to the "rape". If you pet the tiger, is it unreasonable that he might bite you?

Her actions led to what happened to her.

Gal 6:7 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap; 8 because he who is sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh, but he who is sowing with a view to the spirit will reap everlasting life from the spirit.

What was she sowing? What did she expect? Or is God one to be mocked?
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Agape,
TBax