i have a nearly academic interest in the occult, though i am not a spiritualist and remain a skeptic.
i've come to learn that demons are based on everything from dust devils in the desert, to diseases, to actual people.
probably most of all, demons are a tool of good ol' fashioned con artists and fear mongers.. but here's a question.
The closest I have come is to witness the 180 degree turnaround in someone after they had an encounter in a jail cell.
He refused to speak. Word was that he was pressed to the concrete ceiling whilst in his bed.
At any rate he was a very changed person afterward.
for those that still care to read the bible of course.
those that don't, please keep the snarky comments to yourselves :-).
i am assuming nwt is not very popular?.
The Bible has been used to fuel good and bad outcomes.
It seems bad outcomes tend to come from trying to follow the letter.
And it seems good outcomes tend to come from following the spirit.
"He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." (2 Cor 3:6, NIV)
The Pharisees esteemed scripture (the letter) but hated and killed God's word (or message, which became flesh).
i was a 4th gen born in.my adult children were the 5th.
my mother was one of the newly'anointed' we have all left.
i have been lurking since october.i was really too terrified someone would find out who i was and what would happen.well we are out now so here is a part of my story.
A belated warm welcome to you notalone.
Thank you for sharing your story and congratulations for standing up for your daughter when the "trustworthy" ruling religious clergy class proved how deeply cowardly they are.
Our family's awakening process also started with cover-ups.
Greetings and blessings
Fernando
(A SBNR - Spiritual But Not Religious believer, Queensland, Australia)
a circuit overseer friend of mine serving in latin america called me today to say hi.
i asked him what's new and he dropped the news that they have received notification that the branch in mexico will be closing!!
this branch also called the central american branch (although located in mexico) oversees all of mexico's 800,000+ publishers plus all 7 countries of central america of over 100,000 publishers.
Time to ramp up the court cases against this narcissistic pedophile paradise and make them pay until they vapourise...
for those that still care to read the bible of course.
those that don't, please keep the snarky comments to yourselves :-).
i am assuming nwt is not very popular?.
Nice catch.
Faith is not equal to belief.
Faith is a fruit and gift of the Holy Spirit and as such emanates from God.
Belief emanates from man.
Whilst I don't have a preference I have benefitted from www.biblehub.com and www.biblegateway.com .
randall watters presents the fascinating backstory of the "aid book", and the brouhaha surrounding it, in this article:.
"the watchtower bible and tract society: the critical years 1975-1997".
so far it seems the project to research and write the "aid to bible understanding" revealed serious doctrinal and institutional flaws that the gb wanted to preserve nonetheless.. it seems what ray franz and his team were learning, and were largely blocked from presenting:.
Wow, thank you all - you are the best.
there are 2 shunned individuals that i am trying to encourage both are df now i have permission from today's wt to encourage them but i have to sneak to encourage them theocratic warfare .
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What Crazyguy said...
i have the original release of the aid to bible understanding book (english), copyright, 1971 (inside front cover).
only if there is a later copyright date cited in your aid book will i need your help.
i wish to make a word for word comparison of certain articles that were found in the aid book, then transcribed into its predecessor -- the insight on the scriptures.. .
The 1971 "Aid Book" can be downloaded from:
which links to
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5jNoZSyIWQWNFhzWHdLaFRIMkE/view?usp=sharing
aid to bible understanding--by request!
request from researcher: i saw a post with a download link to the aid book but i can't find it now.
do you have a download link i can get?
The 1971 "Aid Book" can be downloaded from:
which links to
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5jNoZSyIWQWNFhzWHdLaFRIMkE/view?usp=sharing
i saw in englishman's "un-sanitized watchtower publications cd" post a picture of a cd labled "aid to bible understanding".. that is one very thick book, and i would not want to even think of how long it would take someone to scan all the pages and make a pdf document of it!.
for some reason, i liked the aid book better than the more recent 2 volume "insight" book.. is that "aid" cd available?
where could one order it?
The 1971 "Aid Book" can be downloaded from:
which links to
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5jNoZSyIWQWNFhzWHdLaFRIMkE/view?usp=sharing
