Posts by wantingtruth

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Luke 12:45 - Does that mean the F&D can go "bad"?

by thedepressedsoul in

the more i read the gospels the more i get the feeling that jesus warns about organized religion or those that overbear on your faith telling you completely how to worship god.

let's say luke chapter 12 is talking about the f&s.

does vs 45 on mean that the f&s can turn bad so to speak?

wantingtruth

Welcome "the depressedsoul"

the knowledge of truth we may acquire by meditating at God's word may help with depression

I have meditated and I invite also you to do so .

friendly, wt.

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1914 C.E. ....the false positive of "1914"

by jjones in

in math, a false postive is a number that looks like the correct answer but is not.. .

i have written an article that discusses jehovah's witnesses interpretation of daniels prophecy of the "appointed times of the nations".

the article demonstrates mathematically that, if a person excepts that interpretation, the number "1914" could not possible equal the date 1914 c.e.

Tine

by Jon Preston in

jw
friends

wantingtruth

In case you believe in God and love him , He will lead you

How ?

simply, He said (regarding his Son, Jesus Christ ) :

"This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!" Matt.17:5.

So, read all what Jesus has taught us and try to put it in practice : this is the life of a Christian .

wt

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Progess!

by Jon Preston in

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friends

well my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?

" and i told her no.. .

we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?

wantingtruth

Hi John Preston, your wife is wonderfull , a real help for you.

Now , once you both are out of "org" , there is an open "door" in front of you to be real Christians

Jesus said: "Seek first God's Kingdom and His righteousness" ...you will find that these words of Jesus will have a new significance for you after leaving the org.

Follow Jesus and remain in his teaching and you will have both the Son and the Father ! 2John 1:9

wt

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What is the deal with the "this is the last memorial" comments from my JW?

by jambon1 in

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the guy i know was saying this the other day.. "it's been suggested this may be the last one", or words to that effect.. where & by whom?.

is this doing the rounds?.

wantingtruth

( they would like to be the last one because... )

They are hoping that maybe will escape (from) God's judgement / but its not possible ! They have to fully suffer the shame for the "works" they did !

wt

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Here we go again. Dan 4 and 1914

by leaving_quietly in

wtbts published a new article on jw.org (http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/daniel-4-bible-chronology-1914/) entitled "what does bible chronology indicate about the year 1914?

" in it, it points to daniel 4 as the prophecy and uses the same leaps of insane logic to get from the first and only fulfillment of that prophecy to 1914, using 607 as the starting point and 2,520 years as doubling the 1,260 years in revelation.

of course, there is no accounting for the difference in our solar years and the bible's lunar years, which makes the math have a very different outcome.

wantingtruth

Greetings,

I think is worthy to read this blog (not mine ) .

wt

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1914 - "A Turning Point In History"?

by Bobcat in

the february 2014 public wt has a cover series of articles dealing with world war i, and by inference 1914. the articles describe wwi as 'causing the world to be changed' and as "a turning point in history.".

setting the wt's defective 1914 chronology aside for a minute, how do these statements about wwi coincide with the view of the nt?.

certainly wwi was a big war.

wantingtruth

Hi Bobcat,

I understand time is precious for everybody so I try to be short

I firstly would rebuild my thought: the "1914" wasn't a "turrning point" even for the world history . It was more precisely an "accelerating point" for the unfolding of the 20th century' (humankind's ) history events ... (Im not sure how "english" sounds my expression , but I hope you readers understand )

I repeat the fact that the 1914' thing has no relevance for the "worshiper with spirit" of God , simply because all the theories around it have nothing to do with the "teaching of Christ" ! - it it beyound the limits of Jesus teachings / see 2John 1:9.

I mean, both the expectances believed to take place that year , as also the methods and reasons used for the calculation of that year were NOT biblical, and beyound of "Christ's teaching", so they were absolutely wrong, and worse than that, theirs believing in that idea (regarding 1914) has imprimed a bad course of God's people before their God.

If you will read this (my) post , what do you understand ?

wt.

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1914 - "A Turning Point In History"?

by Bobcat in

the february 2014 public wt has a cover series of articles dealing with world war i, and by inference 1914. the articles describe wwi as 'causing the world to be changed' and as "a turning point in history.".

setting the wt's defective 1914 chronology aside for a minute, how do these statements about wwi coincide with the view of the nt?.

certainly wwi was a big war.

wantingtruth

Yes, the "1914" thing was a turning point for the human history

Yet it has nothing to do with the spiritual things , or those strictly related with God's Kingdom - except with the fact that the coincidence of a wrong chronology with the break out of the WW1 has mislead God's people into interpreting in a wrong way the prophecies regarding the "latter days" and "the end time" !

A few of my thoughts after reading the Bible regarding Jesus enthronement , the second coming and the latter days prophecy may be read in this thread (reading my posts) , if you click here .

wt.

and gretings Abe !

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses treat Watchtower publications like Idols

by Watchtower-Free in

a facebook page that really needs to be trolled.

i believe this pic is the administrator of the page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/jehovahs-witnesses-poems/187324991392156.

wantingtruth

Do Jehovah's Witnesses treat Watchtower publications like Idols (?)

Unfortunately YES ! (I find that YES )

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Who is the faithful and discreet slave?

by wearewatchingyouman in

when i discuss things with my father regarding whether a governing body is needed for christians one theme that is constant with him is "if it's not the gb who is the faithful and discreet slave - who else is giving food in these days to god's people?".

i've been working on a response to this for the last couple of months and am just curious as to who christians who are ex-witnesses interpret the faithful and discreet slave to be, and the parable in general.. .

i guess i'm just looking to round out my argument and have a few different angles.

wantingtruth

Let's try (to understand) !

w.t.