Yea it gets stuck in the "well if your right Jehovah will vindicate you" routine. I am sure in a few Watchtowers they hint at how just being an Israelite didn't really matter, it was rather you could follow the law. The logic of equating Israel to the org doesn't work on any level. Since the dubs claim being a JW is a prerequisite to entering Paradise it derails the whole Israel concept again since they accepted other nations on conditional basis.
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Was there any benefit to being an Israelite?
by jwfacts induring the time of the israelites, non-israelites with no connection to the nation could have a relationship with jehovah; for example, job.. there also appears no lasting benefit to being an israelite, as all people will receive a resurrection.. the watchtower uses the israelites as evidence that jehovah needs an earthly organization.
however, the only real purpose of the israelite nation that i can see was it led to christ.
is the nation of isreal really an indication jehovah requires an earthly organization?.
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How many JWs do you know that have "Failure to Launch" Syndrome
by BBOARD intired of the hypocrisy's post got me thinking ... how many jw "kids" over the age when they should have left home still live with their parents.
i say this because i have many of those in my congregation.
fyi it looks real bad to be a older man (ie 25 and up) scrub laying up at home unless you have a outstanding circumstance i.e.
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My brother is 26 and still living at home. He makes more then enough to live on his own too.
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Abstain from Blood...
by hotchocolate inmy first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).
so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.
at the moment.
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Hey H.C. one thing I have always brought up and you touched on this is the fact that Witness doctrine puts blood to the point of an Icon. They recently had a Watchtower article about how Icons are wrong. Unknowingly I think most witnesses equate blood with Jesus, which there just is no biblical basis. This could be a form of Idol worship at it's simplest. It's a stretch but it's something to think about.
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What are your Guilty Pleasures of a geeky/nerdy variety?
by Crumpet ini don't mean the ones we know about already - things people wouldn't think you did or enjoyed to look at you.. i love watching ray mears extreme survival and learning about how to survive and find food and shelter in extreme climates even though there is a strong possibility that i shall never try and escape naked from a japanese prisoner of war camp, or crash without a flagon of water into the sahara, or come stuck in my ship in a freezing ice plateau in deepest antartica.
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what's your guilty geeky pleasure?.
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I added you to facebook Crumpet
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What are your Guilty Pleasures of a geeky/nerdy variety?
by Crumpet ini don't mean the ones we know about already - things people wouldn't think you did or enjoyed to look at you.. i love watching ray mears extreme survival and learning about how to survive and find food and shelter in extreme climates even though there is a strong possibility that i shall never try and escape naked from a japanese prisoner of war camp, or crash without a flagon of water into the sahara, or come stuck in my ship in a freezing ice plateau in deepest antartica.
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Bah! That show sounds like Bantha Fodder! It can't even match the 3 simple minds of Mike/Joel, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo!
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What are your Guilty Pleasures of a geeky/nerdy variety?
by Crumpet ini don't mean the ones we know about already - things people wouldn't think you did or enjoyed to look at you.. i love watching ray mears extreme survival and learning about how to survive and find food and shelter in extreme climates even though there is a strong possibility that i shall never try and escape naked from a japanese prisoner of war camp, or crash without a flagon of water into the sahara, or come stuck in my ship in a freezing ice plateau in deepest antartica.
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Yea I play Scrabulous like all day!! Add me so we can play a game! just search for Jonathan Burger.
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Tactical Unit
by DT ini just found this video.
it looks like it was uploaded today.. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8109070779935104765&q=jehovah%27s+witnesses&total=1397&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=1.
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Ha pretty funny...though their Watchtowers are pretty small.
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Literature published by Charles Russell that is locked away.
by Bjort inwhen i was a teenager, my family and i had the privilege of visiting the watch tower society, receiving an extensive tour as we had longtime friends working there.
while visiting we were walking past a locked chamber with many many books in it that absolutely no one was able to touch or read.
this was literature that was written/published by charles taze russell.
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Didn't Barb Anderson have access to that top secret library?
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WT says Thank God we're here for you!
by ozziepost inappearing as their feature article today on their official website is this from an awake!
article of last year: .
true christians shining in the darknessbefore the weeds of false christianity are collected and destroyed, however, jesus illustration indicates something else that must happen.
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Would any worldly person reading this even attempt to justify what this says???
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What are your Guilty Pleasures of a geeky/nerdy variety?
by Crumpet ini don't mean the ones we know about already - things people wouldn't think you did or enjoyed to look at you.. i love watching ray mears extreme survival and learning about how to survive and find food and shelter in extreme climates even though there is a strong possibility that i shall never try and escape naked from a japanese prisoner of war camp, or crash without a flagon of water into the sahara, or come stuck in my ship in a freezing ice plateau in deepest antartica.
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Ah yes, huge Lost fan also!! Oh and MST3K true nerds will know.