I've researched the WT CD Rom more times than I care to remember trying to find some kind of article supporting their interpretation of The Faithful and Discreet Slave as actually applying to someone or some group specifically rather than a simple illustration. So far I've found nothing. Maybe Blondie or another researcher type on here can find something. The only argument I've heard them make supporting their interpretation of this parable, was, "because we said so."
miseryloveselders
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If the FDS is to lead us, then why wasn't this written in the Bible?
by 3Mozzies inif the fds is to lead us, then why wasn't this (see below) written in the bible?.
matthew 24. while he was sitting upon the mount of olives, the disciples approached him privately, saying: .
tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?
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My First Halloween! What should I wear?
by serenitynow! inso i decided that i am going to give out candy this year.
it's important to me because in all the years that i went d2d, noone ever gave me candy!.
anyway, i was planning to wear one of my old nursing dresses (not a naughty nurse skanky one) with the old school white cap, and go as nurse rached.
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miseryloveselders
I did always want to be WonderWoman as a kid.
Don't be somebody good. Be bad, very, very bad. I was thinking something along the lines of..........well this............
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Challenge to DJeggnog Regarding his Lies.
by Essan ini'm disgusted.
so, i'm formally challenging djeggnog to either substantiate or retract his outrageous claim that:.
1. russell made no predictions about 1914.. 2. specifically, russell never predicted christ's "coming" for 1914.
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miseryloveselders
I quit following this thread around page 5 or 6. Seeing it at page eleven, I had to come in and see what the fuss is about. Essan, you still giving this fool a spanking? Have you no mercy Essan? I feel like Mills Lane breaking up the fight. Eggnogg, its over man. You've been on the recieving end of a thorough shellacking. Give it up breh. Essan just downed you like your screen name on Christmas Eve minus the DJ.
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Loyalty Keeps Us Morally Clean
by sd-7 ina rebellion had begun.
in moses' absence, the israelites built a golden calf and engaged in idolatrous reveling.
the clamor of their immoral festivities was clearly identifiable as improper.
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miseryloveselders
I can't believe how you've perfected their writing style!! I remember when you first started doing these and how funny it was then, but now not only is it still funny, its also somewhat scary LOL. One thing I like about your mock articles is that it really takes the seriousness out of their literature. Some people hold WT literature in the highest regard as if its reading The New Yorker, or the Wall Street Journel. Anybody with even an ounce of intelligence who expects quality out of their reading material will laugh at WT literature. Their material really is just poorly written. Its not satisfying intellectually or spiritually for that matter. Your mock articles really highlight how pathetic the Writing Department has become. Its really sad.
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Does This Raise Any Eyebrows?
by Ding inseveral years ago when jws built a new kingdom hall in the area, they sold the old one to a pentecostal church!.
i thought, "now wait a minute.
they took a building dedicated `to the service of jehovah' and transfered title to one of the 'churches of christendom' to be used in their 'satan worship'???".
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miseryloveselders
Plus I think with zoning laws, often times religious buildings have to be sold to another religious entity. I've seen that happen with Kingdom Halls that eventually were turned into Mosques after being sold. I guess its the same with Assembly Halls.
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Do more born ins leave the Org rather than those who converted?
by Little Imp inmy husband was brought up in the faith since around the age of three years old.. he stopped believing their crap when he was a teenager and indeed didn't attend for many years.
however, even though he moved over 100 miles away from his parents his mother visited him and got the local congregation to put pressure on him.
she also telephoned and wrote to him regularly to make sure he attended.. his parents in the past have been treated very badly by the jws (long story) but they are still in the thick of it despite being in their eighties.. my husband thinks that because his mother converted she could never admit that she is wrong and for this reason will not stop attending.. just wondered what others thought on the subject?.
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miseryloveselders
Possibly because as a child they would have missed out on so much and would not wish this on their children. My husband said he has never wanted children because of the upbringing he had.
This is so true. I can't tell you how many days I see teenagers and young adults, and even mature adults smiling, laughing, and enjoying life, and how jealous I get as a result. Jehovah's Witnesses having children is tantamount to child abuse. Cruel to put young people through that kind of upbringing. The mental gymnastics is just overwhelming some days. I thought it would get easier as I got older, but the truth was its gotten worse. Much, Much worse. I swear I will never have children if I remain a JW. Never!
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What's the saddest movie you've ever seen?
by JimmyPage ini'm asking because i just watched "the road".
it may not be the saddest but it's up there.
"my sister's keeper" was a real tearjerker too..
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miseryloveselders
But the showdown between Frank and Harmonica (Charles Bronson) is one of the best Western showdowns in cinema history. It's classic.
That was classic!!! To stick the harmonica in his mouth too was the best. Too wicked. Frank's eyes were cold too. Aww man, like the heart of winter.
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Do more born ins leave the Org rather than those who converted?
by Little Imp inmy husband was brought up in the faith since around the age of three years old.. he stopped believing their crap when he was a teenager and indeed didn't attend for many years.
however, even though he moved over 100 miles away from his parents his mother visited him and got the local congregation to put pressure on him.
she also telephoned and wrote to him regularly to make sure he attended.. his parents in the past have been treated very badly by the jws (long story) but they are still in the thick of it despite being in their eighties.. my husband thinks that because his mother converted she could never admit that she is wrong and for this reason will not stop attending.. just wondered what others thought on the subject?.
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miseryloveselders
According to that PEW study, 2/3 of born ins leave. I don't know if that study touches on converts though.
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What's the saddest movie you've ever seen?
by JimmyPage ini'm asking because i just watched "the road".
it may not be the saddest but it's up there.
"my sister's keeper" was a real tearjerker too..
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miseryloveselders
Das Boat was sad to me. I hated the ending. With all that they had been through, for it to end like that broke my heart.
I hated the end of Once Upon a Time in the West seeing Cheyenne dying. It shouldn't have ended like that. There's a part of me that hopes when I die, its like that, and hope someone would be willing to avenge me.
I hated the end of Heat too. Deniro just couldn't let it go. He had to go kill Waingro. He just had to. He had the money, had his girl to sail off in the sunset, but his pride got the best of him, and had to get Waingro. Seeing him going back to his car after killing Waingro, with his woman waiting for him in the passenger seat, and Pacino coming for him had me screaming at the television. It broke my heart seeing his girl's heart broke, and then to get shot in the end and Pacino staying with him in his dying moments was sad to me.
Shawshank Redemption had a few scenes I though were sad too. When Brooks got out and couldn't handle life on the outside, and then hung himself, I hated that.
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Halloween
by JimmyPage inwhat are your traditions?
what are you, your kids, or grandkids going as?
what were some of your favorite costume or party memories?
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miseryloveselders
We did trick or treat until around 1972, when there was too much of a scare about pins, drugs, and razor blades turning up in the candy.
So that was true? I always thought that was an isolated incident that got blown out of proportion. But it really was happening huh?
