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  Daniel's 3 year training and the 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar.

  by thirdwitness in

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  the previous 607 thread was locked down where the 587 defenders could not overcome the clear reasoning of the bible about the 40 year desolation of egypt.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/117647/1.ashx

  but before it was locked down norm brought up a lot of points.

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  Why would cutting responses down to just one poster change that?

  Furthermore, posters here are entirely independent. None of us has the time...

  I understand your point. However, I noticed that he is being bombarded with questions from all directions, and personally I dont see how he can answer all of the lengthy responses that has come his way... for he too may not have the time. And for that... it appears as though he's being criticized.

  No, i'm not siding, and even dare not to. Just an innocent bystander.
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  Daniel's 3 year training and the 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar.

  by thirdwitness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the previous 607 thread was locked down where the 587 defenders could not overcome the clear reasoning of the bible about the 40 year desolation of egypt.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/117647/1.ashx

  but before it was locked down norm brought up a lot of points.

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  Just an observation here, but for every response that Thirdwitness puts out, he is bombarded with 10 in return... with most wanting responses themselves. Might be more productive if the debate were between fewer people... a one on one would be good to see. This would force getting an answer that one is looking for.

  Again, just an observation.
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  I asked... and I have recieved.

  by saki2fifty in

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  well, just go back from my little trip up to austin and had a really great time.

  hung out with wifey, visited the state capital, did some site seeing, and conquered the muddy buddy race!

  after 3 days away from home, we're now back in houston and i was eager to get back on the board and do some reading.

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  Well, just go back from my little trip up to Austin and had a really great time. Hung out with wifey, visited the State Capital, did some site seeing, and conquered the Muddy Buddy race! After 3 days away from home, we're now back in Houston and I was eager to get back on the board and do some reading. This is pertaining to the thread I started about a week ago asking for some insight. And answers I did receive! As usual, I enjoyed reading everyones responses, loved the questions posed (of which my desk is now covered with research literature), and thankful for stumbling upon such a caring people such as yourselves. I've recieved more that I asked for, and have lots of stuff to go through for weeks to come. As mentioned before, I am not a very outgoing person, so I dont have the capacity to sit here and debate these really deep topics with you all. I have many questions asked of me, many of my responses were responded to by Thesis-like responses, and my comments were picked apart.

  So what I have chosen to do is take the information that I have recieved so far, and research it as you all have suggested I should do, on my own time. Initially I was shocked, then saddened, now enlightened. I've throughly enjoyed your company.

  But for now, its midnight, i'm tired, had a long drive home so i'm gonna snuggle up with my wife (she's mumbling my name back there or something), then when morning comes.... thats it.

  Starting tomorrow morning... I'll be gone from this board.

  A bit reluctant in leaving... and friend,
  Michael
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  A bit reluctant

  by saki2fifty in

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  i'm a bit reluctant in writing this post, for i dont feel i should be here.

  even a bit nervous... .

  i've never officially dedicated myself to jehovah, but i was brought up in the truth, very strong, and at times when getting older, there were lulls in my attendance... yet to this day i still attend.

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  Creating a new thread... look for it.

  I'll be leaving this board.
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  Moving on...

  by Zico in

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  i've been reading this board regularly since it was introduced to me in march of this year.

  at first, i was finding it pretty difficult coming to terms with the fact that my whole life had been a lie, but really, i suppose there's not much point in worrying about this now, what's done is done, and i'm still easily young enough to make a life in 'the world' despite a slow start.

  the problem is that i have no idea how to go about.

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  I find it strange that WTBTS discourages honest enquiry and debate about its teachings and history, as I believe that one's beliefs could only be strengthened if one has been able to reinforce them with research and knowledge.

  Because one must not rely on his own understanding, for he cannot even direct his own step.
  

  When you congregate as a brotherhood, and you study deeply the points of the bible, there has to be a leader... there has to be a head. Someone to direct us in the right direction. This can be seen all over the earth, whether you look at our local KH's, or look at Catholic churches... you usually have someone, or some representing body to research and deliver the message to its people. And if that particular body, or head says "watch out guys ", "there are sharks in the waters, dont go in there" then its for our own good. Let that particular body research the material and deliver the information, whether its the information you are looking for or not, in its own due time. Now of course, discouraging one to research something is not saying they cant... but if they do, then they are on their own. An example to show how easy it is to deceive would be this. Give me 2 weeks only, and in those 2 weeks I can assure you that I can put false information on this site... and ensure everyone breaths it like truth itself. And once done, then you'd be welcome to research it to your hearts content.

  And forget about history. Well, not literally, but when it comes to the history of the WTBTS, why bring that up and build a case against it as though the WTBTS is "evil" beacause of it? Like I said in an earlier post, if you base our current efforts to please Jehovah God on the history of a man who had some apparent problems, then you might as well reject the teachings of early faithful servants of God, for their were very bad people as well, having bad history. Or... would it only apply to Organizations?
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  Moving on...

  by Zico in

  1. jw
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  i've been reading this board regularly since it was introduced to me in march of this year.

  at first, i was finding it pretty difficult coming to terms with the fact that my whole life had been a lie, but really, i suppose there's not much point in worrying about this now, what's done is done, and i'm still easily young enough to make a life in 'the world' despite a slow start.

  the problem is that i have no idea how to go about.

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  so saki2fifty, where do you think you will go from here? Are you going to work towards baptism?

  I have no idea. This whole thing is just really complex and I question my capacity to even find out the answers. In order to find the truth, the real truth, you have to evaluate both sides, and even a 3rd if there is one. One side alone contains an enormous amount of research... and thats just half of the answers. The other side will not complement the first set of answers, so then thats where all of the complex research takes place.

  Baptism. I'm sure its down the road, just need to get these doubts out first.

  I choose to take the blue pill (The Matrix). I want to forget it all, know nothing, and go back to the simple lifestyle I had before.
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  thinkin of goin back

  by searching4truth in

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  i was df bout a year back and have since been enlightened by a life long friend.

  i am leaning toward returning anyway but mostly for familyand friends.

  i recognize the hypocrisy of this move but also don't feel that i should be subject to there authority and in my current state i am.

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  thinkin of goin back

  by searching4truth in

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  i was df bout a year back and have since been enlightened by a life long friend.

  i am leaning toward returning anyway but mostly for familyand friends.

  i recognize the hypocrisy of this move but also don't feel that i should be subject to there authority and in my current state i am.

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  If making God happy makes me happy, is there a problem with that, saki2fifty?

  I simply quit trying to make an earthly organization happy. I cut out the middle-management bureaucrats (autocrats?) who had never been hired by God to do the job they were doing. I became convinced that making those self-appointed middle-managers happy was not making God happy.

  Not at all, and I would think that it would be quite opposite... very commendable.

  But I was responding to :

  Who are you living for? Whose life is it?

  ... which is how a lot of people on here feel. Live for yourself.... then God. But you have it right, seek God first.
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  A bit reluctant

  by saki2fifty in

  1. jw
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  i'm a bit reluctant in writing this post, for i dont feel i should be here.

  even a bit nervous... .

  i've never officially dedicated myself to jehovah, but i was brought up in the truth, very strong, and at times when getting older, there were lulls in my attendance... yet to this day i still attend.

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  What? I already posted on that other thread you started (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/118065/1.ashx), now you have to stick around and tell us how dirty you feel after the weekend ;)

  Ha! You got it man... ok, ok... this thing is a bit addicting, so ok, i'll stay. Man, wishy washy.
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  What are you up to this weekend?

  by saki2fifty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i've been reading, and reading, and even more reading and just dont have it in me to respond (midnight here)... so... here's whats going on with me this weekend.. i live in houston, and scheduled a trip up to austin for the weekend for a little race that we are participating in.

  check it out, its pretty cool.

  its called the muddybuddy and can be found @ www.muddybuddy.com.

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  Man, now that looks awesome! So I take it that you hit that little landing spot which looks like its 2 miles away?

  Get some more pictures up... those are pretty cool. The closest i've been to being up in the air with no motor, was when wife and I rode a hot air balloon. Im sure not as adrenaline pumping as this. Dang, lucky dog. I guess its a Canada thing.

  I wonder if Texas would have something like that. It'd be a little different though. Instead of huge hills to paraglide off of, you'd have to run through flat corn-fields hoping the heat from the ground would be enough of a thermal to initially get you up. Ha... Nope, not here in Texas. Or a least I dont think so.