Posts by zarco

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JW Discussion Forum Poll

by zarco in

jw
friends

as some of you know i am an active jw in search of the truth and i see many good and bad things in the organization i am interested in knowing the following from forum.

which of the following statements best describe your belief -.

1 - the wtbts is jehovahs channel and i believe what it teaches me (i had to ask:).

Thanks for your post. I also believe we are experiencing the Great Apostasy. At his second coming (or maybe at the celestial sign of the son of man) his inspection will likely surprise all of us. The arrogance of our religion cannot be pleasing to the God who humbles himself to interact with humans. Time will tell the story. In some ways I am nervous for people like you and me who are part of a flawed organization, but I try my best to adhere to His principles and I can tell from your posts that you do as well.

Respectfully,

zarco

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JW Discussion Forum Poll

by zarco in

jw
friends

as some of you know i am an active jw in search of the truth and i see many good and bad things in the organization i am interested in knowing the following from forum.

which of the following statements best describe your belief -.

1 - the wtbts is jehovahs channel and i believe what it teaches me (i had to ask:).

zarco

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JW Discussion Forum Poll

by zarco in

jw
friends

as some of you know i am an active jw in search of the truth and i see many good and bad things in the organization i am interested in knowing the following from forum.

which of the following statements best describe your belief -.

1 - the wtbts is jehovahs channel and i believe what it teaches me (i had to ask:).

zarco

From apostate Isreal a messiah appeared - my opinion is that from what God is working with today he will make known his truth and remove those who have abused the sheep

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JW Discussion Forum Poll

by zarco in

jw
friends

as some of you know i am an active jw in search of the truth and i see many good and bad things in the organization i am interested in knowing the following from forum.

which of the following statements best describe your belief -.

1 - the wtbts is jehovahs channel and i believe what it teaches me (i had to ask:).

zarco

Agreed - fill in the gap and resend the poll

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JW Discussion Forum Poll

by zarco in

jw
friends

as some of you know i am an active jw in search of the truth and i see many good and bad things in the organization i am interested in knowing the following from forum.

which of the following statements best describe your belief -.

1 - the wtbts is jehovahs channel and i believe what it teaches me (i had to ask:).

zarco

As some of you know I am an active JW in search of the truth and I see many good and bad things in the organization – I am interested in knowing the following from forum. Which of the following statements best describe your belief -

1 - the WTBTS is Jehovah’s channel and I believe what it teaches me (I had to ask:)

2 - the WTBTS is Jehovah’s channel but it has deviated from the truth and has become like apostate Israel and no longer reflects the teachings of Jesus

3 - Jehovah uses other earthly channels and individuals to communicate His truth

4- There is no spiritual truth

For whatever it is worth I vote for #2 and feel that Jah has used and will use the WTBTS, but he must remove apostate leadership before that channel dispenses what is true and aligned with Jehovah’s thinking.

zarco

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Would Blondie or Mary ever make it as Elders in your old Congregation?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

we know the wts will never except woman as elders.in the last year as a member of jwd,i have learned more from blondie and mary than any elder in my congregation.all the elders in my congregation look like they go thru the motions.they are more like policy enforcers than teachers.. do you think that by excepting woman, some men would be embarassed to how little they know?

does the wts know some woman would better teachers?

is it more like a men's club?

zarco

They would make great elders and would probably embarrass 95 percent of the male elders. Obviously in the first century congregation, women fulfilled a valuable role in prophesy and evangelism.

In my early secular career I worked for a brilliant female professional. It was the most rewarding experience. I suspect that the use of some of the best female leadership in the WT would likely produce similar results.

zarco

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Question for Elders or Ex-Elders re: Marriage

by mya in

i was what you call "born into the truth.

i'm not practicing the religion now and i was never baptized.

my fiance is baptist, we care having his pastor whom i very much like marry us.

zarco

I am certainly not more enlightened than anyone, but have recently handled situations very similar to what is being described. In one such instance the CO wanted to remove a brother for attending such a wedding (of a non baptized child) and after our body wrote the branch the brother was not removed.

I realize that many have been elders in the past, but in this instance someone is asking for the current policy of the WT. I am not saying the policy is right or wrong. I am just saying that I have the current policy.

Please let mya's question be answered with what is currently happening

zarco

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Question for Elders or Ex-Elders re: Marriage

by mya in

i was what you call "born into the truth.

i'm not practicing the religion now and i was never baptized.

my fiance is baptist, we care having his pastor whom i very much like marry us.

zarco

minimus,

I understand and agree with you logic. My response from a WT perspective. It gets especially difficult because the WT encourages young ones to get baptized young. Nevertheless, if one attends a wedding of a non baptized person - church or not - there are not any official consequences. The usual judgemental folks may weight in - but no real consequences.

zarco

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