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An Open letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (Elders/ Ex-Elders)

by stuckinamovement in

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friends

if you are an elder or an ex-elder please add a comment.

i hope that the governing body will see this.

it is too bad it has to be on an anonymous forum.

freydo

And worst of all...........you hypocritically condemn churches.....but......

"....According to a Catholic weekly, the Protestants acknowledge the authority of the Pope when they continue to worship on Sunday:

'Protestants...accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change...But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that in accepting the Bible, in observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the Pope.' (Our Sunday Visitor, Feb.5, 1950)

.....This very issue of Lord's day observance is the argument Rome used to refute the validity of the Reformation Movement. The Protestants motto was sola scriptura (the Scriptures alone). This was in direct defiance of the Catholic Church who put tradition and her own authority above the authority of the written Scriptures. When the Protestants clearly admitted in the Augsburg Confession (1530) that the Lord's day (Sunday) had been authorized by the Church and was observed on the basis of tradition, Rome's representatives argued that Protestants really didn't believe in the Scriptures alone, since they based their "Lord's Day" observance on tradition, not on the Bible. For this reason, the Council concluded that the Reformers relied upon the authority of the church, not upon the authority of the Bible. So, they officially dismissed the protestant reformation as a rebellious, unsubstantiated dissent against the Church. ("Rome's Challenge," Review and Herald: Takoma Park, ___, p.26)

But, although Rome has convinced most of the world that Sunday is the "Lord's day," the Bible still declares that the true follower of Messiah will rest on the seventh day from his work, as Elohim did from his. When the day which Elohim has established for the purpose of rest and worship is profaned, and another day is honored in it's place, then that kind of "worship" is not in accord with Elohim's will. Elohim has blessed the seventh day and made it holy. Man does not have the authority to nullify what Elohim has declared to be so. So let all who love him keep his Sabbaths holy.

Summary

The Torah ("law") of Elohim is the mark on the hand and forehead of the believer, and obedience to all of the commandments of Elohim is the testimony of the Christian that he loves Elohim. The keeping of the Appointed Festival Holy Days of Yahuwah (as part of the Torah) is Elohim's sign on the hand and forehead, and the proper use of Elohim's holy name "Yahuwah" is his seal - his mark of ownership on the believer's forehead. All who know the truth and obey Elohim will have this mark, signifying their allegiance to the Creator of the universe.

The beast, too, has his mark. It is lawlessness, the direct defiance of Elohim's Torah (law). The Papacy has boldly usurped the authority which Elohim alone possesses by declaring that she has the authority to replace Elohim's laws with her own. In this way, the world church, sometimes referred to as "Babylon," has rejected Elohim by rejecting the day He has set apart for worship of Him, and has exalted Sunday in its place.

This, she declares, is her mark of authority........."

http://www.bibletruth.cc/Body_the_mark.htm

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Our Southern Friends- Are you Pissed about the Oil Spill? I Know I Am ...... !

by flipper in

jw
friends

......... and i live out here in northern california !

i mean , they go to all that humungous labor, build a huge box to put over the oil gushing out and wham 5,000 ft. deep it gets clogged with ice crystals.

now they are talking about a couple other alternatives in the news- all the while today haliburton, bp, and other reps are meeting with federal officials getting into a pissing match and fight over who is responsible for the spill ?

freydo

THOUGHT IT WAS OVER? Gulf Oil Spill Tarballs Continue To Wash Ashore On Fort Morgan, Alabama Beach (VIDEO)

BP cleanup crews returned to work Monday after a 10 day break, WKRG reports, and they seem to have their work more than cut out for them. Tarballs have been washing up all along the shores of Alabama's Fort Morgan beach.

According to the Press-Register, they range in size from as small as a nickel to as large as a person's palm. The tarballs are so plentiful on the beach that they are seldom more than an inch apart from each other on shore.

In a BP press release, the company says, "We've stated all along that we expect the beaches to be clean by spring break 2011 ..........

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/tarballs-continue-to-wash_n_803746.html

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Please reccommend older Watchtower publciations for stumbling purposes

by TheStumbler in

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friends

first time poster here but i've been lurking a while.. i have a question that i was hoping some of the watchtower historians might be able to answer.

if a witness was willing to read some of the organisation's older publications, what books would you get them to read and how do i get these books?.

my family are witnesses and my father is an elder.

freydo

http://www.ctrussell.us

(But you have to keep digging)

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Is the faithful slave hiding something

by bobld in

see new 2010 wt cd-rom.ex past wt's not all info included compared to the bound volumes.. b.

freydo

Yes, they're imposters.

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Population 7 billion. Changes ahead.

by Lion Cask in

according to the world population clock, we're going to hit the magic 7 billion number this year.

that's 7,000,000,000,000 living human beings on this planet.

the world is about to change, again.

freydo

If you just look at the US, in 1800 the population was around 8 million.

By 1950 after civil war, two world wars, the swine flu......it was 200 million.

Can you say like rabbits?

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Watchtower = Elders can disfellowship people for being too FAT!!! Has this happened?

by Witness 007 in

watch 1974 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah...if in the presence of others does he selfishly ignore there needs and take more than his share?

is he grossly overwieght but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?

does he feel un-comfortable, perhaps even sick because of eating too much ...glutton has no place in god's congregation...they will not inherit god's kingdom...".

freydo

First picture of the world's heaviest man is mobile again after losing an incredible 20 stone through gastric bypass surgery

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:48 PM on 2nd January 2011
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This is the first picture of Paul Mason after he lost an incredible 20 STONE in just a year.

Mr Mason, 49, weighed about 60st before undergoing life-saving gastric bypass surgery.

Now he has celebrated his success by making a rare trip from his home in Ipswich, Suffolk.

He told a friend:'All I want to do is be able to walk again and live like a normal human being.

I've got a second shot at life and I'm not going to waste it.

Mr Mason admitted to eating 20,000 calories a day, eight times the amount needed by an average man.

His care bill costs taxpayers an estimated £100,000 a year and is believed to have topped £1million over the last 15 years.

Firefighters had to demolish the front wall of his former home so they could drive a fork lift truck inside to lift him out and put him into an ambulance when he needed a hernia operation in 2002.

At the time he weighed 56 stone and told doctors that he was desperate to lose weight.

He ended up slimming down to 45 stone before piling the weight back on with his junk food diet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343452/Worlds-heaviest-man-Paul-Mason-lost-20-stone-gastric-bypass-surgery.html

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Watchtower = Elders can disfellowship people for being too FAT!!! Has this happened?

by Witness 007 in

watch 1974 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah...if in the presence of others does he selfishly ignore there needs and take more than his share?

is he grossly overwieght but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?

does he feel un-comfortable, perhaps even sick because of eating too much ...glutton has no place in god's congregation...they will not inherit god's kingdom...".

freydo

I remember one who used to make the platform creak. I think he died too.

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NCAA College Football

by snowbird in

anyone interested in posting game schedules and/or picking winners, similar to what is being done on the nfl thread?.

i'll start with my state.. - october 30, 2010, auburn tigers will win over ole miss rebels.. - november 6, 2010, alabama crimson tide will win over lsu tigers.. thanks in advance for any and all responses.. syl.

freydo

Well, there were two significant things to report on New Years Day in an otherwise meaningless day,

(for those of you who don't comprehend football very well)

1) TCU beat the best Wisconsin team that Wisconsin has had in at least 10 years.

.......meaning that there will be two undefeated teams in a couple of weeks.

......And one of them will be given no consideration for being the best.

2) The BIG TEN went 0-5

........meaning that maybe they should merge with the BIG EAST, or the MOUNTAIN WEST.

........and that "pencil-neck" Gordon Gee should keep his collegiate knowledge confined to academia.

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Two New Governing Body Members ???

by possible-san in

two new governing body members ???.

http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-new-governing-body-members.html.

i know nothing with regard to this matter.. .

freydo

And the r&f rejoiced to hear such thilling news as to how the borg is being divinely directed.

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Is Liberal Christianity Smug and Arrogant?

by leavingwt in

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friends

is liberal christianity smug and arrogant?.

the liberal christian finds himself in a belief system that would be unfamiliar to the overwhelming majority of christians who've lived and died before him, over the past two thousand years.

is the liberal christian, in effect, saying to these previous christians, "you were doing it wrong.

freydo

".........According to a Catholic weekly, the Protestants acknowledge the authority of the Pope when they continue to worship on Sunday:

'Protestants...accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change...But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that in accepting the Bible, in observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the Pope.'(Our Sunday Visitor, Feb.5, 1950) .....This very issue of Lord's day observance is the argument Rome used to refute the validity of the Reformation Movement. The Protestants motto was sola scriptura (the Scriptures alone). This was in direct defiance of the Catholic Church who put tradition and her own authority above the authority of the written Scriptures. When the Protestants clearly admitted in the Augsburg Confession (1530) that the Lord's day (Sunday) had been authorized by the Church and was observed on the basis of tradition, Rome's representatives argued that Protestants really didn't believe in the Scriptures alone, since they based their "Lord's Day" observance on tradition, not on the Bible. For this reason, the Council concluded that the Reformers relied upon the authority of the church, not upon the authority of the Bible. So, they officially dismissed the protestant reformation as a rebellious, unsubstantiated dissent against the Church. ("Rome's Challenge," Review and Herald: Takoma Park, ___, p.26)

But, although Rome has convinced most of the world that Sunday is the "Lord's day," the Bible still declares that the true follower of Messiah will rest on the seventh day from his work, as Elohim did from his. When the day which Elohim has established for the purpose of rest and worship is profaned, and another day is honored in it's place, then that kind of "worship" is not in accord with Elohim's will. Elohim has blessed the seventh day and made it holy. Man does not have the authority to nullify what Elohim has declared to be so. So let all who love him keep his Sabbaths holy.

Summary

The Torah ("law") of Elohim is the mark on the hand and forehead of the believer, and obedience to all of the commandments of Elohim is the testimony of the Christian that he loves Elohim. The keeping of the Appointed Festival Holy Days of Yahuwah (as part of the Torah) is Elohim's sign on the hand and forehead, and the proper use of Elohim's holy name "Yahuwah" is his seal - his mark of ownership on the believer's forehead. All who know the truth and obey Elohim will have this mark, signifying their allegiance to the Creator of the universe.

The beast, too, has his mark. It is lawlessness, the direct defiance of Elohim's Torah (law). The Papacy has boldly usurped the authority which Elohim alone possesses by declaring that she has the authority to replace Elohim's laws with her own. In this way, the world church, sometimes referred to as "Babylon," has rejected Elohim by rejecting the day He has set apart for worship of Him, and has exalted Sunday in its place. This, she declares, is her mark of authority.

Let all those who know their Elohim, those people who call upon the name of Yahuwah and who identify themselves by Yahusha''s name, decide whom they will obey, to whom they will be loyal, and which day they will set apart for worshiping the Creator and Redeemer."

http://www.bibletruth.cc/Body_the_mark.htm