Posts by cattails

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good luck!

by stillin in

oops...i mean...i hope the mathematical probabilities come out in your favor!.

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sheesh!.

cattails

What the frig?

What do you think the casting of lots sounds like?

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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??

by Lady Liberty in

hi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.

i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.

and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.

cattails

Jesus bought and paid for me a long time ago. No Dorko in a dorm room in New York can change that

Well said! No Dorko's interpretation has a right to take a beautiful

teaching of redemption and salvation away from a believer's

heart. Shame on them all!

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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??

by Lady Liberty in

hi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.

i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.

and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.

cattails

cat.......screw the bible......

Oompa. No....screw you buddy!

I say that regretfully cause I like you but...get a life...

and stop raggin' on the Bible. It brings hope to many.

It does to me, it's what keeps me going. It's what helps

me stay sane somedays.

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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??

by Lady Liberty in

hi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.

i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.

and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.

cattails

I didn't know this was the official teaching until I read it from Ray Franz's book.

It got me pretty upset and felt cheated by the WT.

Jesus says one thing and the WT says it ain't so.

Who is one to believe, the Bible or the WT?

My choice is for the Bible, not the WT.

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Some things really ticked me off at the meeting last night...

by wantarevolution in

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...aside from the snooze fest that was the "bible study", taken by a brother who was 5 minutes late - went 10 minutes over and obiously hadn't prepared shit for the meeting (this is the same brother that "encouraged" me to be 15 minutes early for all meetings to welcome people).

1) i had the no3 talk, about "christians helping the poor", no source material or anything.

i played it good, spoke about our duty to be good christians, and charitable to everyone, and how it is a conscience matter as to how we donate our money or charitable deeds.i even used a quote by mother theresa.

cattails

I answered - 1. Because i didn't feel the need to toot our own horn ( i worded it better) 2. because like it or not, she had a faith in God, and was a great humanitarian and 3. because as James says, what good is it if we just wander off, and not think about someone when they are cold and hungry - works are also acts that require a bit more than handing them a tract.

Good for you! That is as it should be. I always admired Theresa the Nun in India (I still can't

bring myself up to use Mother as a title, but she did earn respect and appreciation for all she

did for the poor people as Jesus would have liked.

Whenever the WT Society offers help, they send in volunteers at the volunteers own expense,

to work for free, then the WT Society gets the credit. What a bunch of poop that is.

I usually bring another Bible to the meeting than the NWT. But there's a lot of Bibles that

the WT Society prints so if anybody complains I open it up to the front and show them...

"See, it's by the Society, that shuts them up. But sometimes I bring a NASB or an NIV,

and bring along one of those pocket NWTs, then if anyone asks what it is I'm looking up

Scriptures in I tell them that it's for research that I have more than one translation. As

of now my prefered Bible translation is the WEB (World English Bible) which is a modern

version of the ASV (which was also published at one time by the WT Society).

At one point I had an old re-bound NWT and KIT that said HOLY BIBLE in faded gold

on the black fake leather cover. An elder from another congregation saw me holding

it one time and said "My that's an awful big thick Bible for such a little one" and I

gave him the ugliest and meanest stare I could. He didn't say another word, turned

around and went away. I felt like concking him on his noggin with my "big thick Bible"

and if he hadn't gone away I just might have. Whenever someone is seen having

something else than a typical NWT it attracts attention.

A few meetings back one young elder came up behind me, I was sitting in the back

row, and stood there, noticing that I had a King James with Jesus words in red.

Well, he disappeared into the foyer and out came he with another older-elder.

They stood behind me, so close I could feel the warmth from their bodies

invading my bubble too close for comfort. Well the older one says something

in a close whisper to the younger one and leaves. And then I feel this pat pat pat

on top of my head. So I looked back and up at him with a "WTF" look and he smiled

this creepy smile. I just got up, got my books and very obviously moved away from

him to another row farther down. Most likely my Dad will hear of yet another

instance when I've been 'difficult.' No doubt, but what I should have done is

told him in a Charlton Heston way to "keep your filthy hands off me you dirty ape!"

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Does the name Jehovah actually exist in the original Hebrew language?

by Yizuman in

source: http://www.familybible.org/articles/messianic/jehovah.htm.

well, then, where did the word jehovah come from?.

thus the artificial name jehovah came into being.. (yahweh, the new encyclopedia britannica, vol.

cattails

why are we making an issue over pronouncing Jehovah the hebrew way when we use the English version of Jesus that is definitely not pronounced as the original?

Exactly! Good point.

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Does the name Jehovah actually exist in the original Hebrew language?

by Yizuman in

source: http://www.familybible.org/articles/messianic/jehovah.htm.

well, then, where did the word jehovah come from?.

thus the artificial name jehovah came into being.. (yahweh, the new encyclopedia britannica, vol.

cattails

Yahweh is not 2 sylables in Hebrew, it is in fact 4, phonetically speaking: YeYahOuWeh

That's just plain wrong. Do you even realize the nonsense you just spewed?

Good grief!

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As of July 1st No more reimbursements directly to CO's etc. from congregations.

by cattails in

well if i read it correctly it seems that at the spanish extj.com forum.

there's a letter (in spanish of course) saying there's a change in the.

way reimbursement of expenses are going to be made for co's, and.

cattails

Well if I read it correctly it seems that at the Spanish ExTJ.com forum

there's a letter (in Spanish of course) saying there's a change in the

way reimbursement of expenses are going to be made for CO's, and

others. The new arrangement I think is that the CO will send his amount

for expenses to the Branch and then the Branch will bill the congregations.

There's not going to be any more secret contributions to the CO's or so

it seems to say. What do you think? No more green handshakes?

http://www.extjforo.com/foro/showthread.php?t=14346

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I can't take it anymore ...

by compound complex in

weak coffee.

i use drip and never seem to get the measurement right.

at the moment i'm on high octane, shifting into high gear .... i believe this morning's brew is akin to espresso in volatility.. any suggestions as to an exact quantity of cafe per 8-cup coffee maker?.

cattails

I like to use a flat-table-spoon-full per cup of water.

If you like it stronger use a slightly rounded table-spoon-full.

That seems to work for my drip CoffeMate.

I used to have a little espresso machine that you set on the

gas stove, it had several parts to it and it looked like an hour

glass shape of sorts, made out of thick aluminum I think.

It made excellent coffee. But it got lost in one of the moves

to another house, sigh! Someone someplace is probably

sipping good espresso as a result, oh well.

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Does the name Jehovah actually exist in the original Hebrew language?

by Yizuman in

source: http://www.familybible.org/articles/messianic/jehovah.htm.

well, then, where did the word jehovah come from?.

thus the artificial name jehovah came into being.. (yahweh, the new encyclopedia britannica, vol.

cattails

Look Undie, I'm not the one misunderstanding anything about it here.

When you translate a name you use whichever pronunciation is common in that language.

If you translate Peter into Spanish then you get Pedro. Which one is the correct pronunciation?

They are both correct, you *&%$!

The traditional name in English for the Hebrew tetragram is Jehovah. As long as the four

consonants are represented JHVH/YHWH then the name is translated, if you like the

more scholastic Yahweh or the more traditional Jehovah is entirely up to you.

Ancient Hebrew didn't use vowel markers only later were the vowel points added

and sometimes the vowel points match (a bit) with Adonay or with Elohim, but a lot

of the time they match with Shema, so the Adonay superstition is just some guy's

explanation that suited his fancy.

If you want to keep arguing about it go ahead. But I suggest you read up from more

than the idiotic sources you're using now.