i never knew or heard of anyone, and remember many, many members of congregations who clearly ate much more than they needed to for health.
since the bible lumps gluttons with other "sinners" such as fornicatiors, why does wtbts not prosecute gluttons?
perhaps elders meetings aren't as much fun when you only get to ask questions like "what did you eat next?
The Bible rule against gluttony would be hard to enforce -- you need two eyewitnesses, and maybe most JW gluttons do their evil gluttony in secret, or with just one other person.
I seriously cannot stop laughing.
In my old congo there was a brother about 19 or 20 years old who was morbidly obese, he was about 5 foot 5, mabey 300 pounds. He would always sit at the back, but you could always hear him breathing or (weazing).
i've heard stories that most congregations have no partakers at all.
if there are approx 9000 partakers in 90,000 congregations then 81,000 congregations don't have partakers.
i just don't believe that - how bout you??
4 Kingdom Halls - 1 partaker
Took my cousin once who is an Anglican and she was a partaker. You should of heard the gossip afterwords, it was hilarious.
here are my personal definitions for each (feel free to destroy these definition if you feel so inclined ).
a. a roaring brave, loud, no retreat, frontal attach , "going down in a blaze of glory " shot by the hunters who found you because of your loud roar all throughout the jungle !
you hope bravery will inspire your brothers.. b. a squawking chicken cautious, timid about danger but those ungodly squawks alert all the other chickens & the farmer who then shoots the would be danger, a fox.
Neither - I'm Kermit the Frog, the one that annoys you, and keeps you awake at night.
just curious...... have you as a jw / ex jw ever been to a psychic or spirit medium, or even played with a ouiji board?.
what was your experience ?
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Well......there always seems to be at least one wierdo in the family... you know the one Im talking about, (your Mother In law) - whoops, I mean 2nd cousin twice removed...yeah that one!
Well, this person claimed to Know someones "totem animal" when she touched your chest. Turned out my totem animal is a Jaquar...... - Yeah Yeah...who knows, something to do with Shaminism? I think.
see for yourself if you already don't know that is.
in place of "doing his commandments" in rev 22:14 nwt states .. wash their robes..".
what is the purpose for that change?
This might help....
taken from Bibleprobe.org....
It is saying here that those that make themselves ready to become members of Jehovahs family are blessed and admitted through the symbolic gates to the Kingdom of God. Again, this had nothing to do with the act of salvation by Christ in bringing about the ransom of mankind with the sacrifice of His life. However, it is clear that the individual has to wash his own robes by his faithful action of following the commands of Christ. The individual cannot make these symbolic robes white. That has been done for him. Nonetheless, the individual does have to wash them. Those that do not follow the commands of Christ are equated with those that are outside.
Your right, the NKJV is a little easier to understand, I have the "Nelsons NKJV Study Bible" although I do use the NWT more than I do the NKJV.
see for yourself if you already don't know that is.
in place of "doing his commandments" in rev 22:14 nwt states .. wash their robes..".
what is the purpose for that change?
In just about every other Bible it says "Wash their robes". I'm pretty sure you are refering to the NKJV where it says "doing his commandments" but if you look at the foot notes at the bottom it should say that this verse means "Wash their Robes"
What this verse means according to BibleGateway is:
This means they believed and obeyed Jesus so that their sins could be forgiven by Christ's blood. The "washing" may refer to
baptism (Acts 22:16).
is there anybody who can upload the watchtower library 2007 ?
maybe at http://www.thepiratebay.org.
thanks,.
It's not at the Pirate Bay...But here's an idea....show up at your local Kingdom hall tommorow night and pick yourself up a copy. Then you can sell the CD on Ebay. If fact you can make copies of it and sell for $20 bucks each.
Besides though is there really a need for the 2007 version? I mean I have the 2004 version on my computer and Im still able to find many incriminating articles. Ive got the 2005 and 2006 CD's but just havent gotten around to putting them.
this is a suggestion really, i don't know if it's in the right sub-forum.
i have read the chapters available online via wikipedia but the risk involved in ordering the book to read the rest is just too great.
does anyone who knows ray franz feel that they could approach him about getting the book made available to purchase online as an e-book?
but ultimately I must respect Ray's attempts to protect his intellectual property.
yeah your right, I suppose we all want something for free, and unfourtunatley if you look hard enough you will be able to find the whole book on the net. It would not be fair for anyone to post it on the net, any revenue should go to Commentary Press and Ray Franz.
this is a suggestion really, i don't know if it's in the right sub-forum.
i have read the chapters available online via wikipedia but the risk involved in ordering the book to read the rest is just too great.
does anyone who knows ray franz feel that they could approach him about getting the book made available to purchase online as an e-book?
I ordered both C of C and In Search of C F. to my work address. Thats another idea.
i was watching the youtube video on the nbc piece about pedophiles and saw a comment about a new oral sex study article that was supposedly quite graphic.
i was curious if anyone had this?!
or knew what date it was...i might be able to sneak a peek the next time i visit my mother.
Phew! At least mutual masturbation is OK still.
What? Hold on a minute. But what about those unpure thoughts were not supposed to have? And the WT Rag says were not allowed.
Watchtower May 15 1970, p. 315 Avoiding the Snare of Homosexuality
(see also Watchtower October 1 1970, p. 604)
Helpful in this regard, then, is appreciating the fact that autoeroticism or masturbation is no mere innocent pastime but rather a practice that can lead to homosexual acts. How so? In that self-induced masturbation may make it easier and more tempting for one to engage in mutual masturbation, which is a form of homosexuality. Sincerely striving against this practice will go far to protect a youth.
I think I've made my point!!!
Don't you love OPINIONS, how there's no scriptures to back it up.
This part is completely off topic - BS is tonite, once again I havent studied ahead of time, but I sure can't wait until the New "WT Comments you wont hear" comes out (for next Sunday) because it has so many opinions in it, that it will be completely torn apart.
