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  When are the last days spoken of in the scriptures?

  by stuckinamovement in

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  i have been doing a lot of thinking lately and have pretty much come to the conclusion that all of the prophecies concerning the last days were fulfilled in the 1st century.

  that explanation is the only one that makes sense.

  the generation of matt.

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  pirata

  You are going to be surprised.

  Why is stuck going to be surpised?
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  What impact would the discovery of ET have on the JW's?

  by highdose in

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  the un may be appointing an ambassedor to greet aliens.

  which looks kinda serious and got me thinking " say the little green men in a space ship really were found what would jw's do?".

  would they claim it was a lie?.

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  pirata

  wobble, your line of reasoning was used in an article to "prove" that there is not life on other planets:

  *** g90 4/8 pp. 9-11 Extraterrestrials—Finding the Answer ***
  What About Life on Other Planets?
  Some influential religious figures have insisted that God would not create any world without purpose and that all habitable worlds must therefore be inhabited. Is that what the Bible says? No. The Bible indicates that it is very unlikely that God at this point has created intelligent physical creatures on any planets other than our own. How so?
  If God did create such beings, he did so before he created Adam and Eve. Such beings either remained faithful to their Creator, or like Adam and Eve, they sinned and fell into imperfection.
  But if they became imperfect, they needed a redeemer. As one essayist put it: “One has this dreadful thought that on Friday [the day Jesus Christ was executed], every Friday, somewhere in the universe Jesus is being hanged high for someone’s sins.” But that is not Scriptural. The Bible tells us that Jesus “died with reference to sin once for all time.”—Romans 6:10.
  What if these beings had remained perfect? Well, when Adam and Eve sinned, they were, in effect, questioning God’s right to rule over a world of intelligent physical beings. If another planet existed at that time, a world full of intelligent physical beings who were living harmoniously and loyally under God’s rule, would they not have been called in as witnesses to testify that God’s rule does indeed work? This conclusion seems inescapable, since he has already used even imperfect humans as witnesses in his behalf on that very issue.—Isaiah 43:10.
  Does that mean, then, that God created all those countless millions of suns (and planets if they exist) for no purpose? Not at all. While we know, considering the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, that the earth is the only inhabited planet in the universe right now, and while we know, too, that it will forever stand unique as the planet where the Creator vindicated the rightfulness of his rulership, what the future holds we do not know.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-26-10 WT Study (DEEP THINGS)

  by blondie in

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  .. the deep things of god.

  comments.

  comments.

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  pirata

  Excellent Analysis

  Just wanted to add to one of the very good points raised:

  How is it possible for a body of elders to appoint a man an elder in the congregation when at that time he was an adulterer, smoking, or a pedophile; didn’t the holy spirit tell them that he was not meeting the “spiritual requirements"?

  An interesting article a while back attempts to work around this problem, basically saying that holy spirit is involved, but suggesting that it does not directly make the appointment.

  *** w92 2/1 p. 16 ‘In the Name of the Holy Spirit’ ***
  Appointed by Holy Spirit
  11 Paul, when addressing the elders of Ephesus, introduced another activity of holy spirit when he said: “Pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers, to shepherd the congregation of God, which he purchased with the blood of his own Son.” (Acts 20:28) Yes, congregation overseers, or elders, are appointed by holy spirit. In what way? In that appointed elders must meet the qualifications outlined in the inspired Bible. (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9) They can develop those qualifications only with the help of holy spirit. Further, the body of elders that recommends a new elder prays for the guidance of holy spirit to discern whether he meets the qualifications or not. And the actual appointment is made under the supervision of the spirit-anointed faithful and discreet slave.
  
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  JW's don't go church... they go to the Kingdom hall

  by loosie in

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  do you remember correcting everyone who would ask you where you go to church.

  the jw reply was usually something like....we don't go to a church we go a kingdom hall.

  jw's just have to be different you know.. yesterday i went to my citys museum.

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  pirata

  I just tell others that we call our church a kingdom hall.
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  The woman are a large army?

  by life is to short in

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  i was just reading another post and this question has been nagging at me for sometime.

  we keep hearing that the woman are a large army in the preaching work and that the woman do most of the preaching.

  ok the ones i know who pioneer just drive around aimlessly but whatever.

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  pirata

  Psalm 67 only has 7 verses.

  You're right! It was Psalms 68.
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  The woman are a large army?

  by life is to short in

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  i was just reading another post and this question has been nagging at me for sometime.

  we keep hearing that the woman are a large army in the preaching work and that the woman do most of the preaching.

  ok the ones i know who pioneer just drive around aimlessly but whatever.

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  pirata

  Psalms 67 (NWT)

  11 Jehovah himself gives the saying;
  The women telling the good news are a large army.
  12 Even the kings of armies flee, they flee.
  As for her who abides at home, she shares in the spoil.

  This scripture is taken from King David's time, not Jesus' time. Especially during times of warfare, the female population was larger than the male population due to wartime deaths. We can see a similar trend during World War II: "As with most wars, many women found their roles and opportunities -- and responsibilities -- expanded. Husbands went to war or went to work in factories in other parts of the country, and the wives had to pick up their husbands' responsibilities. With fewer men in the workforce, women filled more traditionally-male jobs." (http://womenshistory.about.com/od/warwwii/a/overview.htm)

  Today though, this scripture is used to make the sisters feel good about not having any "male privileges" because they are responsible for the most important privilege, the preaching work.

  In many some lands there is a high femle:male publisher ratio in the congregation, known, informally, as the housewife syndrome. Since most of the preaching is done by sisters during working hours, they are more likely to recruit housewives, which in turn further increase the amount of woman publishers.
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  "New Light" on "New Light" creates a dilemma (July 15, 2010 WT)

  by pirata in

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  for the majority of my years in the truth, the "new light" did not bother me at all.. i reasoned this way: "the faithful slave is imperfect, right?

  logically they're going to make mistakes.

  the main thing is that they're trying to do god's will they best they can and stick as close to the bible as they understand it.

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  pirata

  bttt for today's Watchtower Study.
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  The term Governing Body where did it come from?

  by ssn587 in

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  i have been wondering just where this term came from.

  is it exclusive of the dubs or did some other sect invent it?

  anyone knowing?

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  pirata

  However, the term "governing body" is a legal term that simply refers to a board of directors of an organization. It is used outside of the Watchtower Society as well.
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  Had a wicked fall this morning

  by Lady Lee in

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  omg i got up and tripped over some cases i had on the floor.

  i landed on my forehead, left knee and left fist.. my glasses moved up and dug into my forehead so i have some pretty interesting marks there.. i have a doctor who lives two doors down from me and he came over and checked me out.. i didn't lose consciousness or have other signs of concussion.

  no broken bones.. but i am sore all over.. my doctor friend said if i have any problems to call him.

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  pirata

  Lady Lee, Sorry to hear about the fall. I'd recommend seeing a registered massage therapist soon if you can. Muscles tend to spasm during a fall and the earlier you get someone to treat it the faster the recovery. Especially since neck stiffness is a leading cause of migraines and headaches.
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  "Brother" Dan- what is YOUR Story?

  by theMadJW in

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  pirata

  theMadJW, brother Dan's story is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/195881/1/My-sucky-situation

  If you click on anyone's profile, you can then click on the "Topics Started" tab and check what threads they have started.