I've never had a decent answer to the question "what's the difference between spirit-inspired and spirit directed?"
Sapphy
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A question for JW apologists(or anyone else)
by keyser soze ina jw will always rationalize the errors of wt leaders by arguing that they are simply imperfect men, who have never claimed to be spirit-directed.
let's assume, for argument's sake, that that's true, that they've never made such claims.
the question then becomes, "why aren't they?"..
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2011-2012 Let God's Kingdom Come DC starts this WEEKEND
by yknot inwell it is that time of year again....... dc season!!!!!
so any of yall going to be in brooklyn, queens, jersey city or oklahoma city this weekend?
maybe brooklyn, queens, jersey city, portland (or & me), green bay, west palm beach, sacramento, long beach, bakersfield or san diego weekend of 5/27.
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New Light @ The 2011 District Convention
by dontplaceliterature in" at the bottom of the image on the back of the invitation raises some eyebrows, but last night in the routine district convention article during the service meeting, i caught that one of the paragraphs mentioned that we would be encouraged to keep a copy of the tract in hand for a discussion during sunday's last talk.
my guess is, there is going to be some new revelation about what the "?
" represents, or some other fangled idea.
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How can JW's not believe in the soul and yet believe in the spirit?
by Terry inthis is a real puzzler.. for christendom at large there is no problem in thinking of humans as a body (tent) which houses the soul.. for jehovah's witnesses the human is the tent.
no soul is contained.
(they make "soul" the same as body.).
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Sapphy
Oh man. Now you've triggered that kingdom song "fear not those who kill the bodeeeeee, but cannot destroy the soullllll" in my mind.
They believe a non personal life force actuates the body. I also love the knots they get in if you ask about how the word of god is so sharp it can divide soul and spirit...
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Happifying? Real WT quote, or are we joking -
by james_woods inmaybe i just missed it, (the story of the word) - but i am seeing this word "happifying" in a lot of threads.. can it possibly be that the wt actually printed this??
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Sapphy
If I was a bored Watchtower writer I'd try to get happifying in an article every month. I'd also try to get "it is reasonable to assume" and "evidently" in as well - oops look like they already do...
Jesus spoke on the mount of olives, evidently olives are a healthy snack food endorsed by the Christ for Christians.
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I was an Idiot.
by NomadSoul innot too many threads like these but i thought this forum could use one.
not going to use the inexperience or ignorance excuse.
nor am i going to excuse that i was a born in.. plain and simple: i was an idiot for believing in the jehovah witness religion.. okay, no cat pictures.. .
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Pilate's wife
by Terry inthis seems like a literary device by a later author added to the story of jesus.. matthew 27:19: while pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: "have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night, i suffered much on account of him.".
how would any apostle or follower of jesus know the contents of a private letter written to pontius pilate by his wife?.
how many followers of jesus were in the same room with jesus and pilate?
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Ministerial Servant charged with soliciting sex
by pr0ner inhttp://www.gastongazette.com/news/sex-56219-officer-sting.html.
this guy goes to a hall in gastonia nc....i believe the south hall, it has split into four congregations now but back in the day he went to the south.
his dad was a very respected elder in the hall.
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Sapphy
PublishingCult you have more patience than I do. Sam Whiskey/Fred Phelps/Aubrey's 'argument' descends to the "I know you are but what am I" type. And that is when he is at his most coherent.
A few middle eastern tribesmen from 2000 years ago wrote what they thought their God might think about sexual conduct. Why on earth is this relevent today.
Shesh. The poor guy in the opening post is a victim of entrapment.
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Apostate Psychology
by Spade init's only fair that the psychology of apostates be assessed as they're intent on analyzing the psychology of jehovah's witnesses.
http://www.freeminds.org/psychology/mind-control/mind-control-or-brainwashing.html .
understanding mind control among jehovah's witnesses.
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Sapphy
Spade "For it is impossibleas regards those who have once for all been enlightened, and who have tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit, and who have tasted the fine word of God and powers of the coming system of things, but who have fallen away, to revive them again to repentance..."
Cool. I never claimed to be anointed, so I cant be apostate. That right?
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JW Limericsk - Add your own!
by pirata infeeling a bit silly tonight, so i thought i'd try my hand at some limericks.
feel free to add some more:.
two witnesses just newly wed. tried to get friskie in bed.
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