Posts by Fernando

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What other religious groups are ...

by EdenOne in

b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

Fernando

Thank you Crazyguy.

Yup, it sure is refreshing when folk are able to hold (peripheral) doctrines lightly and not get preoccupied with them at the expense of the liberating and transformative gospel message (of grace, love and peace).

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My Watchtower Fantasy

by metatron in

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friends

i get a winning powerball ticket and then the fun begins:.

i set up a scholarship for a nearly 'free ride' in any academic field (except liberal arts, for god's sake!

) for any jw who has maintained at least a "c" average and who is disfellowshipped or disassociated during the period of education.

Fernando

Never underestimate the difference one person or idea can make.

Great idea.

Does the idea really have to wait for a winning lottery ticket?

Why not CSR, philanthropy, or similar in the meantime?

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What other religious groups are ...

by EdenOne in

b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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

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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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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.