Posts by AuntBee

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Cell Phones Distracting from the LIfe-saving message

by AuntBee in

i dont' use my cell phone when with friends, to show them how important they are to me, and i am focusing on them, etc.

i turn it off completely.. i'm doing a free bible study with 2 really nice jw ladies.

but today, one of their phones went off loudly twice, and she had to check each time who it was etc.

Cell Phones Distracting from the LIfe-saving message

by AuntBee in

i dont' use my cell phone when with friends, to show them how important they are to me, and i am focusing on them, etc.

i turn it off completely.. i'm doing a free bible study with 2 really nice jw ladies.

but today, one of their phones went off loudly twice, and she had to check each time who it was etc.

AuntBee

I dont' use my cell phone when with friends, to show them how important they are to me, and i am focusing on them, etc. I turn it off completely.

I'm doing a free Bible study with 2 really nice JW ladies. But today, one of their phones went off loudly twice, and she had to check each time who it was etc. The other one's phone went off once, and she had to take it and talk for a while.

I was kind of surprised by that!

PS don't worry, i'm not trying to join the WT...

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Expectation is not a false prohecy, Is the Watchtower Society in the clear ?

by wasblind in

because there is a difference.

to expect somethin' doesn't mean it will happen.

for years the wts made a direct prophecy and have claimed to meet the qualifications.

AuntBee

I'd like to add - even if it was 'wrong expectation', the WT's VERY LONG list of "wrong expectations" shows them to be at best, a very poor interpreter of Scripture!!

I told 2 JW ladies last week, that i was once tricked by a guy named Hal Lindsey. He wrote a best-seller called " The Late Great Planet Earth", and said the end would be in the '80's, based on his understanding of the term "This generation", its length combined with his chosen starting point. Seeing as he was completely wrong on this, i no longer read any of his books, or listen to anything he says. -- I just kind of left it there for now, for them to make an application if they so chose.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-09-2012 WT Study (SHOW SPIRIT)

by blondie in

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friends

spirit do you.

their spirit.

in the congregation today?.

AuntBee

Your reviews/comments are awesome!

It's interesting to note that the verb "show" is not really in this verse. This is clear when you look at the Kingdom Interlinear. In most translations, the verse reads simply: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, amen"

The NWT does the same thing in Galatians 6:18.

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untitled

by Terry in

niight has fallen at the beth sarim mansion.. president joseph franklin rutherford (the "judge") sits calmly sipping whisky from a flask on the edge of his silk sheets at bedtime.

he sets the glass on the night stand.

he begins cleaning his nickel-plated pistol to high gleam.

AuntBee

What an AWESOME offer, Kurtbethel!!

Will someone get Terry a literary agent?

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Meet a friend of mine: G.K.Chesterton

by Terry in

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i love the mind of g.k.chesterton!.

he has a wonderful way of looking at things and then getting you to see them by saying something simple.. chesterton was a very creative man who was able to take on every subject with wit and turn things inside out.. as wiki describes him:.

he wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.. .

AuntBee

G K Chesterton defined absent-mindedness as present-mindedness about something else. LOL. Makes me feel a lot better.

I like the one you gave about tradition.

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Similarities between Roman Catholics and Jehovah`s Witnesses

by smiddy in

both claim to be the sole path to god (or did at some point ).

both claim to reach back to first century christians ,( though jw`s are a bit ambiguous about this).

the r.c church has a pope , the j.w.`s have a governing body ,both providing spiritual food to the faithful.

AuntBee

I had an interesting convo with a Witness this week, and i found some of the parallels useful to challenge her trust in the WT. For example, saying that Jesus is not Mediator for all men. Thus, you need to stay "connected" to the Annointed, who are connected to Jesus directly. Thus, making the org the Mediator between you and the Mediator Jesus. I told her it reminds me somewhat of traditional Catholicism, as you need what they provide, to get to Jesus. She was insisting it is not like that at all...

On the other hand, Catholicism is not as monolithic as it used to be - wow, the beliefs of individual Catholics vary widely! I think there is overall a more ecumenical attitude these days.

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A list of Assembly Halls?

by Iamallcool in

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friends

is there a list of the assembly halls in the usa?

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AuntBee

At the jw.org site, click "about us" on the top. Then another menu will come up - click "meetings". Then "find a location near you." Then you can type in a state, and the list for that state will come up. I hope that works!

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Disfellowshipped for reading "apostate literature"?

by Vanderhoven7 in

is reading apostate literature a disfellowshipping offense?.

do you know of people being disfellowshipped for this or for receiving apostate literature?.

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AuntBee

My daughter and i tried to give one page of apostate ( aka "We don't want you to see this") literature to her friend, and i thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown!

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A closer look at the origins and times of Pastor C.T.Russell

by Terry in

charles taze russell was born into a time and place in history when america was rife with failed ideas, movements and philosophies about mankind's destiny.

america had been founded by mostly puritan perfectionists and other zealots chased out of europe for troublemaking and fanatical hard-headedness about god's purposes for them.. the first effort of puritan colonists was to bring about god's kingdom through hard work, self-improvement and human institutions which would raise mankind up little by little to perfection in jesus christ.. this was seen to have failed by the middle 1800's and a new approach was needed.. a rural, self-taught farmer from a baptist heritage named william miller filled the need.

using just his wits, sincerety and a bible and concordance, miller searched the scriptures and his neighbor's libraries for the answer.. miller's research led him to the unshakeable conclusion that jesus christ would return sometime in 1843. miller polished his arguments and began a preaching circuit to churches around america's most fervent centers of christian enthusiasm.

AuntBee

Terry, do you think the Finney revivalism set the stage for Miller as well? I noticed in ISaac Welcome's book, that an oft repeated justification for The Midnight Cry, dates, even failed ones, was -- look at the glorious result - people were "electrified", they were moved, they were crying, they became interested in the BIble for the first time, etc. Many of Finney's contemporaries wrote against his use of "means" to achieve what he termed revival, as merely human/emotional manipulation - like the use of music, fear, coming forward to the "anxious bench", etc. Was the preaching of dates or just the "imminent" Advent, just another type of "means"?