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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-21-04 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 3-21-04 wt study

review comments will be in black and parentheses ().

1 corinthians 7:29 (nwt) moreover, this i say, brothers, the time left is reduced.

Flowerpetal

And I just wanted to say that when I was at the Sunday study, I kept hoping to myself that Blondie had this Watchtower so I could read her comments, because I couldn't wait to see what she said. And lo and behold!!!! She did!!! Today was the first day this week I could come here and visit to read the comments...but I appreciate it very much, Blondie, when you bring us back to reality with your comments.

I agree that this WT article was badly written, and I am finding much of the literature like that lately. The Worship God book, I've only attended one study from it, and the Isaiah II book, when we studied it, I stopped going because I got tired of the Christendom-bashing and the statements of how wonderful JWs are.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-21-04 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 3-21-04 wt study

review comments will be in black and parentheses ().

1 corinthians 7:29 (nwt) moreover, this i say, brothers, the time left is reduced.

Flowerpetal

Hi Trumangirl! You said:

The WT is definitely getting more vague and at the same time noticeably more defensive of 1914. They don't have Fred Franz's imagination anymore and they don't have a clue who the king of the north is/will be. Although, if they applied the same criteria to it as they did when they eroneously applied it to the Soviet Union, they would come to the conclusion that the K of the N is the USA. And of course they rely on the US constitution and commercial system so they don't want to criticise it.

This is why they say that christians do not concern themselves with the performance or identity of the players in world affairs. They want JWs to not be interested in those things anymore (can't trust the news media anyway) just 'wait for Jehovah', meaning wait for the WT to tell them what's what when the great tribulation starts.

I think that the older generation of JWs will be quietly disappointed with this study article because it is so general and wishy washy.

trumangirl

---- I am of an older generation of witnesses and I was greatly disappointed with this study article--especially in view of the fact that my eyes are opening more and more and many of the comments Blondie made were things I noted when I was at the meeting this past Sunday when this article was discussed. Flowerpetal

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So....what will you do with the 30 years left?

by Dawn in

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Flowerpetal

This is assuming, of course, that the society is correct in calculating when the end is coming????

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March 1st Botchtower - A "Slave Who Is Both Faithful and Discreet!"

by truthseeker in

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vomit alert!.

if you can possibly digest one of the worst study articles the society has ever written, you will see just how devious and manipulative they are with past and present truth.. the two studys articles are from march 1st, 2004 watchtower.. i'll briefly (if that's possible!

) summarize both articles.

Flowerpetal

Emphatic Diaglott:

Who then is the FAITHFUL and prudent Servant, whom his MASTER has placed over his HOUSEHOLD, to give them FOOD in due Season?

Happy that SERVANT, whom his MASTER, on coming, shall find thus employed!

Indeed, I say to you, That he will appoint him over ALL his POSSESSIONS.

But if that Servant should WICKEDLY say in his HEART, 'My MASTER delays;

and should beat his FELLOW -SERVANTS, and should eat and drink with the INTEMPERATE; the MASTER of that SERVANT will come in a Day when he does not expect him, and at an Hour of which he is not aware,

and will cut him off, and will appoint his PORTION with the HYPOCRITES; there will be the WEEPING and the GNASHING of TEETH.

When you look at it this way, the Servant could be good and turn bad. It is not two servants as the society likes to teach; it's the SAME servant. So they [the governing body] better examine themselves to see if they have become bad.

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Tampa Bay Run

by Flowerpetal in

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i'm participating in this!

since i only started really getting into shape about 4 months ago, i'm doing the 5k walk, but maybe next year i'll do the 15k run!!.

http://www.tampabayrun.com

Flowerpetal

I'm participating in this! Since I only started really getting into shape about 4 months ago, I'm doing the 5k walk, but maybe next year I'll do the 15k run!!

http://www.tampabayrun.com

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Oh I get it.........it's WORSHIP

by Dawn in

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i feel like such a dufus sometimes .

i started attending a church a couple of years ago - i really like it but was really puzzled at first because they sang a lot of songs at the beginning of service.......like 6 or 7. i've gotten used to it - but still didn't really get it.

that is...until this sunday.

Flowerpetal

El blanko,

Wouldn't more expressive types of worship help a person toward righteousness? Yes, No, Maybe???

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What Did you Plan On Doing In The New System?

by minimus in

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every child and bible student was told about how wonderful the "new system" was going to be.

"and what animal do you want to have in the new system?

"......that was a very typical question.

Flowerpetal

LOL at Dr. Watson's comment!

On a sour note, at a circuit assembly many years ago, I remember a part about not complaining about those in authority. Then there was a demonstration of how it could even happen in the new system and they showed this one "Faithful" couple walking along admiring the beautiful flowers in someone's garden, and then another couple came along (they were resurrected--the last thing they remembered was being killed in a car accident--screams and all) and they greeted the "faithful" couple and they admired the flowers too--but then the resurrected couple criticized something some "elder" had said regarding some new arrangement, and ZAP!!!!!! a lightning bolt came down from the sky and killed them right on the spot. There were sound effects, the lights went off in the assembly hall, and there was a strobe light simulating lightning. I'm sure it scared a lot of kids....

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What Did you Plan On Doing In The New System?

by minimus in

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every child and bible student was told about how wonderful the "new system" was going to be.

"and what animal do you want to have in the new system?

"......that was a very typical question.

Flowerpetal

It's funny...that when you're a kid you have all these things you want to do. Mine were riding a horse, associating with wild animals, e.g. lions, wolves, etc. But then when you get older, you either have fulfilled these fantasies or have seen others experince dealing with wild animals. When I was a teenager I finally did get to ride horses---although with a saddle. I read an article of a family who rescued a wolf and he lived with them--and the husband had to learn about wolf behavior in order to keep the wolf from being aggressive. The husband had to be the alpha-male and the wolf accecpted that. People today walk among lions -- the ones who understand their behavior. A lady, I forgot her name at the moment, lived with and studied gorillas in Africa. Jayne Goodall studied chimpanzees for over 20 years. So that kind of took my fantasies away--although personally I would love to be with these animals.

In the meantime, I wanted to study things that boggle my mind now such as math, & physics. With a perfect mind, I'd ace those subjects. Also, studying genetics--I find that fascinating.

So then in my young adult years, especially after an elder's wife thought we would embark on space travel, that was my thing too. I love learning about space and just am amazed at the pictures the Hubble telescope has taken of nebulas, etc. So I guess now, in my older life, I still would love to travel in space.

I just hope that if there is to be a paradise earth, we won't become innocents that are food to more evil creatures (ala The Time Machine).

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NAME A GOOD CONGREGATION 2 GO 2!

by badboy in

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i would like 2 go 2 1 which has lots of fistfights/scandals etc etc.. make it my day by naming such a congregation.

Flowerpetal

I must have lived a sheltered life! I have never been to a congregation where this stuff went on, at least overtly--don't know what went on in families.

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sigh I think I'm staying in the borg

by SC_Guy in

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i *can't* leave, i'm trapped.

i was talking to my twin sister tonight on how i didn't want to go to the upcoming convention this weekend because we had already been to it 2 months ago... .

i have to prepare some audition matrial for a arts event and my parents are not sympathtic to the fact i got allot to do, and we've already been.

Flowerpetal

Didn't mean to internalize this post started by SC_Guy.

SC_Guy I wish you the best in whatever you decide to do. Just cling close to God and try at least, if you still feel you must associate with the organization, to mentally free yourself from the attitudes and slant on the Bible they have. If it gets to be too much and you need a dose of reality often, come to this board and you will see the "real world." That's what I do.