Posts by LexWatson

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Bethalite Paycheck?

by nonamegiven in

how much to bethalites get paid today?

i know it varies by length of service and marital status.

does anyone know?

LexWatson

They paid you in CASH??! What years were you there? How much of that $100 went to subways to attend your congregation's Kingdom Hall?

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Help! they're giving me a talk #4 entittled:" IDENTIFYING APOSTATES"

by dark angle in

this is quite awkward for me to give!

our elder gave me that assignment last week and should be delivered next week on the theocratic ministry school.

considering i have very unconventional views for the wts about blood, evolution, bible, and the gb, delivering this talk seemd quite maladroit.

LexWatson

Please record on video (or at least audio). We would like to hear it!

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The WT Club says Jesus is NOT your mediator?

by LexWatson in

what year did the wt start to teach it's "earthly hope" members that jesus was not their mediator?.

what scriptures did they say supported that belief?

do jw's know their religion teaches this?.

LexWatson

What year did the WT start to teach it's "earthly hope" members that Jesus was NOT their mediator?

What scriptures did they say supported that belief? Do JW's know their religion teaches this?

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Millions Now Living Will Never Die

by LexWatson in

millions now living will never die!

hmmm...can the historians out there please tell me what year this was first publicised?

it seems like it's old enough that the man who wrote it is surely dead!

LexWatson

Millions Now Living Will Never Die! hmmm...Can the Historians out there please tell me what year this was FIRST publicised? It seems like it's old enough that the man who wrote it is surely dead!

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If Jehovah isn't the true God then who is?

by unbaptized in

if jehovah isn't the true god then who is?

if the jehovah's witnesses aren't god's people then who is?.

please let me know and i need current information, not outdated information regarding the origin of the organization.

If you accept the Bible as a source of facts, (and obviously many do NOT) and realize it is best to read several of them and know their differences, then one can safely say that The Most High God is identified as YHWH.

That part was easy.

If we assume that The Most High God would expect his people to teach TRUTH and follow his word, then it is obvious the WT Club is not being used by YHWH. There are plenty of recent facts to confirm that!

For me, I have adopted the mindset that God's people are not identified by a "membership card". It is a lifestyle and a heart condition.

Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization are NOT God's chosen. Are there card carrying members who might have God's favor? Perhaps...but no man on earth can read their heart to know for sure.

Only WT club elders claim to be able to know individuals heart condition...which is one more thing that identifies them as false.

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Mentioning Jehovah Less

by roflcopter in

i havent picked up a watchtower in a long time, but i cracked open the latest one "does it matter which religion you choose" march 1, 07.. i read the first few articles and it seems that the only time they even mentioned the name was jehovah was when they said "jehovah's witnesses" all other references were god... has the wtbts been trying to use the name jehovah less?

seems that way to me..

LexWatson

Perhaps this should be a new topic but...can anyone help me substantiate the ADDITION of the name Jehovah in the New Testament of the New World translation?

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It appears that the WTS seems hasn't Read Gal 6:1-3

by A-Team in

galatians 6:1-3 (amplified bible)....1brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the spirit] should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also.......2bear (endure, carry) one another's burdens and [a]troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of christ (the messiah) and complete [b]what is lacking [in your obedience to it]..........3for if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another's load] when he is nobody [of superiority except in his own estimation], he deceives and deludes and cheats himself.

to me, this scripture basically tells me that disfellowshiping isn't the answer at all.

LexWatson

Elders are to be loving shepherds. However elders in "The WT Club" like the feeling of power that being a spiritual policemen gives them.

If an individuals problems or situation is more than they can deal with, they simply put a silver bullet in their gun and discharge it in that congregation members head thus eliminating the problem. They keep the congregation clean by cutting our anything they are not equipped to handle. and since higher education is frowned on so vehemenantly, EVERY problem is more than these spiritual policeman are equipped to handle.

There's Jehovah's way as outlined in the inspired scripture...and then there is the uninspired direction that the evil WT "club" enforces.

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Would the WT club have mandated the prodigal son be shunned?

by LexWatson in

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friends

the prodigal son's father met him out on the road as he approached, put a fine robe around his shoulders and had rings made for him.

they had a big party as he announced "my son has come home!!

" everone knew he had blown his inheritance on liquor and prostitutes.. wouldn't the wt "arrangement" have mandated a comittee meeting to have been held to determine if they felt he was truly repentant and most probably he would have to had a period of time that he was shunned so they could tell the congregation "that situation had been dealt with".

LexWatson

The prodigal son's Father met him out on the road as he approached, put a fine robe around his shoulders and had rings made for him. They had a big PARTY as he announced "My son has come home!!" Everone knew he had blown his inheritance on liquor and prostitutes.

Wouldn't the WT "arrangement" have mandated a comittee meeting to have been held to determine if they felt he was truly repentant and most probably he would have to had a period of time that he was shunned so they could tell the congregation "that situation had been dealt with". His Father couldn't have talked to him, there would be NO party for anyone seen eating with or socializing with the son would be DFed and shunned.

Just exactly what is it the WT doesn't understand about what God was trying to tell us by having that example preserved in his word the Bible?!!

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No prayer for disfellowshipped ones

by LexWatson in

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friends

i'd enjoy reading your comments about prayer.. the wt club says it is inappropriate to pray for those who are disfellowshipped...and we should obey them lest we be shunned and not be part of the organization jehovah is using.. however the bible tells me we should even pray for our enemies!

jesus set the example by even praying for those who were torturing him and murdering him.

"father forgive them!

LexWatson

I'd enjoy reading your comments about prayer.

The WT CLUB says it is inappropriate to pray for those who are disfellowshipped...and we should obey them lest we be shunned and not be part of the organization Jehovah is using.

However The BIBLE tells me we should even pray for our enemies! Jesus set the example by even praying for those who were torturing him and murdering him. "Father forgive them!"

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Will you always see yourself as an "Ex-JW"?

by Gayle in

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friends

i guess that's how it will always be for me,,i've moved on,,all my family is "out' thankfully,,but i spent too many years there, and i won't ever become a member of a religion,,in jest, you are my "church" i guess.

:)

LexWatson

I dedicated my life to be a Christian Witness of the Most High God known as Jehovah (at least in the "old" testament) so I will always attempt to live up to that dedication. One of the ways I am doing that now is by pointing others to the REAL TRUTH ...just as I had good intentions of doing before as a WT "club member" in the devious evil WT organization.

I am so looking forward to the day when the Watchtower legal corporations crumble and Jehovah vindicates his name by showing he has no involvement in their immoral and unethical and unloving business of the publishing of deception as well as the cultish control over the brains of those who simply want a better life and desire for better things in the future. I pray I live to see it!!

There will be a day when Jehovah's purpose to have all beings in heaven and on earth bow on bended knee to the appointed king Jesus and worship.

I am just as bitter as many of you are or were. I simply remind myself that Jesus even prayed for his tormenters who were putting him to death..."Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing!"

The WT "club members" may not be allowed to pray for US...but we can show a true Christian Spirit and follow Jesus example by praying for them...just as we are commanded to even pray for our enemies.

So in response to the question will I always feel like an EX JW? I am a Christian Witness to my heavenly Father forever and no imperfect corrupt legal publishing company or "CLUB" can take that away from me.

I won't give them that power over me!!!

Excuse me...I think I hear a knock at the door...I better turn down my PRINCE music!

I may get to witness to some of my brothers!