Posts by Fernando

The apostate preoccupation with supremacist dissecting of (peripheral) doctrines, known as "ethnocentrism" was born at Nicaea and perpetuated by most religions including the Watchtower.

The end result is always a drawing away from the explicit and unabridged gospel.

This is exactly why WBTS followers call themselves "publishers of the Good News" whilst ignorant of the "Good News" according to Paul, Moses, Isaiah and Psalms.

As one old pyramidologist correctly observed:

"The endeavor to compel all men to think alike on all subjects, culminated in the great apostasy and the development of the great papal system, and thereby the gospel, the one faith that Paul and the other apostles set forth, was lost - buried under the mass of uninspired decrees of popes and councils. The unity of the early church, based upon the simple gospel and bound only by love, gave place to the bondage of the church of Rome ... Each new reform movement (like Protestantism) has made the failure of attempting to make a creed just large enough for its prime movers ." --WT, Sep. 1893, p. 1572

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Prerending to have 'found' the 'truth(tm)...but born in

by punkofnice in

o had some jws call on me and they didn't know me.

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one of them said she 'found the truth(tm) but i knew she was a born in.. i wonder how many born ins pretend they 'found' the 'truth(tm) but actually mean when they were 'baptised(tm)' just to sucker people in?.

Fernando

In Watchtower lala land "The Truth" has nothing to do with "The Good News".

Not so in the Bible...

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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

by smiddy in

i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

Fernando

Great question and great replies/quotes.

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If non-anointed JW's are now "domestics" then they must also be in "the household of God" - Eph 2:19

by yadda yadda 2 in

the new light from 2012 summarized on jw.org:.

who are the domestics?.

jesus said that his domestics would receive food at the proper time.all genuine followers of jesus are fed by the faithful and discreet slave.

Fernando

YY2 I'll bet the Sanhedrin would pay good coin for the right to use the masterful "New Light" above.

But only if they think they won't get away with plagiarism...

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Elder and CO just dropped by....

by El_Guapo in

jw
friends

i haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.

the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.

i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?

Fernando

It is always a delight to read about a Pharisee being called out so elegantly.

Well done.

(John 13:35) . . .By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have [a pretense of] love among yourselves.. . . ( rrNWT )

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Just an amusing thought today and wondered if it ever been tried.

by joe134cd in

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friends

i was thinking today if anyone has ever tried this.

has any apostate ever sent a registered letter inviting the elders to a judicial committie, to state the reasons of why an apostate should remain as one of jehovahs witnesses.

perhaps the letter could read as follows.. to the body of elders.

Fernando

The Pharisees' power, authority and control is illegitimate and an illusion.

Eventually some out of the box thinking like this will be their undoing.

Remember Martin Luther, almost 500 years ago, and how this one person permanently weakened the stranglehold of religion on society.

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List Reasons Why You Are Glad That You Are Out Of The JW Religion

by minimus in

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here's a few from me.. no more having to go to stupid boring meetings.. no more having to go knock on doors in field service and waste my time!.

no more mind numbing elders meetings..

Fernando

Freedom of mind and conscience.

Escaping deception.

Defeating propaganda.

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2013 WT CD Library?

by blondie in

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friends

will the wts be issuing one (or has issued onne already?

) or will the www.jw.org online library be the future?.

Fernando

Bump.

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Could i possily be one of the sealed?

by msconcerned in

i went to the meeting last night, (with the start of a beard) and going throught he book study i had a thought.

god our "heavenly father" wants us to have a personal relationship with him because he is love.

well my brain disconnected from this thinking because if the bible was "written primarily for the anointed" and the benefits in the bible can only be mine because of "association" with the anointed, then i can never have a personal relationship with god or jesus.

Fernando

"The anointed" = "ho Kristos" = "the Christ". Not humans. Always translated this way even in NWT.

144,000 is not a literal number.

Bible written for everyone, even the New Covenant scriptures.

No limit to who can be part of New Covenant.

(Ephesians 4:4-6) . . .One body there is, and one spirit, even as YOU were called in the one hope to which YOU were called;  one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all [persons], who is over all and through all and in all.

(John 10:16) . . .“And I have other sheep [the Gentiles], which are not of this fold [the Jews]; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.