BILLY: (I'm channeling Flipper now) Thanks for reminding me about major doctrine that has quietly been allowed to wander off into the desert of obscurity. I think you've nailed a primary WT strategy: Don't mention it and sheep will forget. Then, after a suitably long interval, it can be trotted out as an example of "old light," along with some illogical and/or symbolic explanation of what it "really" means... Blech.
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April 15th WT/ Generation - MORE Points/ Mind Control by WT Society
by flipper inwe all chewed on this article pretty well when the news first came out about the " overlapping anointed " concept , however we discussed so much on just those 2 paragraphs dealing with the new " generation " theory - that almost the rest of the article was overlooked .
our lurking inactive jw friend on the board sent us a copy of the april 15th.
i think you folks may find this interesting.. on pg.
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April 15th WT/ Generation - MORE Points/ Mind Control by WT Society
by flipper inwe all chewed on this article pretty well when the news first came out about the " overlapping anointed " concept , however we discussed so much on just those 2 paragraphs dealing with the new " generation " theory - that almost the rest of the article was overlooked .
our lurking inactive jw friend on the board sent us a copy of the april 15th.
i think you folks may find this interesting.. on pg.
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FLIPPER: You are such a nice guy to respond to each poster individually. That takes a lot of work...
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Is Richard Dawkins an ostentatious acrimonious supercilious pusillanimous calumnious censorious vituperative querulous embittered obsessive and bombastic bully?
by slimboyfat inrichard dawkins closes down his free-thinking/free-thought site (www.richarddawkins.net) for 30 days to reconfigure it 'because too many morons were contributing drivel' (he doesn't put it quite like that!
) he is then surprised because those self-same contributors call him everything under the sun (i won't repeat the names flung at him on our ultra -refined boards).
he now wants the site more or less 'peer-reviewed' (by analogy with papers to learned/scientific journals having to be vetted by vips).
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Cadellin
C'mon, Slim, give us an idea of how you really feel...
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SOON is a baloney sliced too thin. WHAT DOES 'SOON' really mean??
by Terry in[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><!
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the watchtower magazine has used the word.
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Cadellin
Okay, that was really hard to do. But honest to God, that was the line of reasoning at last year's DC. Unbelievable.
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SOON is a baloney sliced too thin. WHAT DOES 'SOON' really mean??
by Terry in[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><!
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the watchtower magazine has used the word.
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Yes, but remember, they're imperfect men. How can they be faulted if, in their zeal for righteousness, they allowed themselves to speculate. The important thing is that they remained on the watch! And this while the wicked world under Satan's control continued to spiral into ever greater ungodliness.
Now, think, Terry: Would you be upset if you had hired a watchman to patrol your estate and he awoke you in the middle of the night because he believed intruders were present? On the contrary, you would praise him for his diligence! In the same way, the faithful and discreet slave have been keeping an ever vigilant watch on world events as they continue to worsen...
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Borg court: 2nd session
by sd-7 injudicial committee, round 2. i have to give it to the elders on this one.
they fought well, albeit with unrefined technique.
pure strength of authority apparently seems to make up for a lack of sufficient evidence, just as the 300-pound fellow who believed you were checking out his girlfriend can beat the tar out of you even though you were merely looking at the clock behind her on the wall.
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Christopher: Thank you for sharing that traumatic experience; don't worry about your cathartic ranting. You explicated the logical fallacies inherent in the whole faithful and discreet slave problem incredibly well and absolutedly nailed the problem--If you can't identify who's annointed, then neither can they and if you ignore analyzing the evidence, ALL the evidence, then you're no different from someone who runs after Sun Myung Moon or the leader of the Mormon Church. Please keep us informed--you're obviously incredibly bright and articulate, and I hope you can pursue an education (if you haven't already) or whatever it is you were meant to do with your one shining life, post-cult.
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2010 DC" Remain in Gods Love"...Most Unloving Yet??
by JWFreak inthe talk outlines for the summers conventions are only being printed over the next 2 weeks or so.. the finished outlines were ready in the middle of december 2009, however sources that i trust tell me that at least 5 of the talks were returned for last minute rewriting which is highly unusual.
this has held up the printing until now, a delay of over a month.
this is a fact!!.
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I know someone else mentioned it on another thread, but I truly think that we might see some kind of software program written by the Bethel computer dept. that controls internet use. Of course, it wouldn't be "required" that you obtain it, but there might be lots of meeting parts and articles about how refreshing such spiritual food is at the proper time, etc., and personal experiences about how it's safeguarded the spirituality, etc.
I also think there'll be a cracking down on associating with "weaker" aka inactive ones (like me).
And watch for more negativity on recreation/hobbies/extra activities as "time wasters" and more suggestions on how to combine recreation with spiritual activities. Oh, and more bad on college. Not sure if they can outright ban it, but watch for it to renewed demonization to the point where it might as well be banned.
Just my two cents, er, two shells.
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Borg court: 1st session
by sd-7 inrecord of committee meeting #1. after prayer, proverbs 28:13 was read: "he who is covering over his transgressions will not succeed, but he who is confessing and leaving them will be shown mercy.
" the need to confess to jehovah was emphasized.
as jehovah's representatives, the elders said we therefore needed to confess to them.
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Hang in there, Christopher. Keep us posted...
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-NCC 2010 Report: An Actual Increase in US Church Membership including JWs due to an influx of ...
by AndersonsInfo ini've been away so i don't know if this report has been posted on jwn recently.
however, i just want to mention that i recently heard from a credible source (circuit overseer) that the main increase of jws in the united states is among the spanish.
this fits with what this report suggests about the increase in us church membership is mostly due to an influx of immigrants.
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Cadellin
I can add confirmation to willyloman. I'm in Washington State and in the last 5 years or so, the Spanish congs. have exploded and are continuing. We went from having a single Spanish group in the whole area 5 or 6 years ago to now, every KH has at least 1 HUGE cong. sharing it with the Anglos. Their big problem is lack of bros who are in the country legally.
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Watchtower May 15,2010 "Brothers Sow to the Spirit and Reach out"
by hoser inlooks like they're almost begging for elders and ms's.
take a fresh look.
the need for overseers and ministerial servants is greater today than ever before.we.
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Clyde says he would consider being an elder again but his doctor says he has to cut back on his drinking.
ROFLMAO!!!
Actually, ROFLMTA (rolling on the floor laughing my tail off) Damn, I'm getting scales everywhere!