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  A Fabulous Analogy...... cup of coffee anyone?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  http://myriadhues.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/coffee-cup-analogy/.

  a group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer.

  conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.. offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.. when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said: if you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.

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  pirata

  Awesome analogy!
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  "What will be examined in the following article?" How many of you adults shamelessly raised your hand for these questions?

  by miseryloveselders in

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  every wt magazine has at least one article that asks this question at the end of one of the study articles.

  sometimes these questions are in the books such as this week's book study.

  they spiced it up a little bit for this book study though.

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  I only answer the questions that I don't completely disagree with. These are one of the few questions I can answer freely.
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  Was there a 1974 Franz speech and subsequent coverup?

  by Nickolas in

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  for those of us who remember it first hand, the 1975 fiasco is a strong indicator that the watchtower bible and tract society is not what it represents itself to be.

  in the late 1970's, after several years of unprecedented growth, the wtbts experienced an exodus of disallusioned thousands which many attribute to the failed 1975 prophesy (see www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1975.php for details).

  the wtbts hierarchy subsequently played down the great disappointment of 1975, blamed its rank and file for having precipitated it, and has successfully swept it under the carpet.

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  pirata

  Are you referring to 1925? From what I recall, 1925 was calculated as the end of some jubilee cycles, then 1975 came into fruition when they realized that they something in the book of Judges(?) justified adding another 50 years.

  I think I may have mixed up my end times here. Ignore the 1925 reference. That was purely based on Jubilee cycles, on the number of years of man's existence... I think...
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  CO visit soon. Haven't been to meetings for a few weeks.

  by FifthOfNovember in

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  it's been a few months since i've been out in service and almost a month of no meetings.

  the co is visiting soon and i'm already paranoid enough about random stops by elders (although this hasn't happened yet).

  should i worry when the co is here?.

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  Lots of "spiritually weak" ones show up for the meeting on the CO visit and not much else.

  Tell the TMS overseer you are sorry but won't be ablet to take your assignment that night.
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  Are mentally ill people possessed by demons? Watchtower view.

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  watchtower 15th march 1953 page 191.. ''there is no reason to think that they [demons] cannot possess persons today.. this is not to say that all those mentally sick are so possessed, for they are not.. mentally sick persons, however, in their weakened state, may present more vulnerable targets for their assaults and invasions.. some show evidence of demon possession, whereas others show evidences of merely mental sickness or nervous breakdown.

  '' (emphasis mine).

  i for one would not want to work with people with mental illness or depression just in case they were possessed by some of those pesky spirits.. .

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  The 53 quote is a bit old school with the 80s quotes tending to be more balanced.

  But if a JW had a mental illness in the 50s, not only would they have to contend with the illness themselves, they'd have the extra burden/fear of worrying that they were more likely to have demon problems. That can only further excaberate the mental illness.
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  It Is Not the First Time

  by AGuest in

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  to the household of god, israel, and those who go with, may you all have peace!.

  i have not been posting "a lot" lately (not that i post a lot, considering the averages) and there is a reason: i have another bit to share and just wasn't up to the "fight" that usually comes when i do so.

  so, i had to take a step back and let our lord refresh me a bit and give me the strength... and flint-y forehead... that i would need to follow through with this post.

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  I have a question and I ask it in utmost sincerity:

  If the name is important to the Lord, why have others not spoken about it? Are there that few Christians on this earth to which this name would be revealed?
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  Please send me some e-books

  by aqwsed12345 in

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  please send me some e-books, about jws and the wbts practice and doctrines: critical literature, analysis etc.

  pdfs, docs, and other ebook format.

  for example franz's second book, the "captives of a concept" book and others.

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  Good source for e-books here. Pretty cheap and supports the authors and/or their families: http://www.commentarypress.com/Publication/English.html

  If you want older society's publications, there's very good quality ones here: http://www.researchapplications.org/

  If you do google searches you can also find many old society publications for download. Copyrights have expired on them.
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  Nobody forced us to believe. We CHOSE to follow their crap advice.

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. scandals

  have you noticed that the recent trolls are now claiming that if anybody drew conclusions or made decisions based on what the society was printing, it was their own fault?.

  kind of "we didn't force you to believe what we said or adjust your life because of it.

  you chose to think we were teaching the end would come in <insert time range>".

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  It's like dangling a carrot in front of a horse and beating it when it takes a bite.
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  Andre, please introduce yourself

  by pirata in

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  2. friends

  hi andre,.

  all of us here enjoyed reading your experience in the feb 15, 2011 watchtower (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/202161/1/latest-apostate-warning-in-feb-15-2011-watchtower).

  if you are reading this, please feel free to introduce and let us know more about yourself!.

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  Hi Andre,

  All of us here enjoyed reading your experience in the Feb 15, 2011 Watchtower (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/202161/1/Latest-apostate-warning-in-Feb-15-2011-Watchtower)

  If you are reading this, please feel free to introduce and let us know more about yourself!
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  My Window cleaner is a JW!

  by highdose in

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  i've had the same window cleaner for 2 years.

  very cheap and does his job well.. the other week though i heard him whistling.... at first i thought my mind was playing tricks but no... he was whistling kingdom melodies!.

  ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  I think I would try to get someone else, but that's me.

  Why? Who cares what religion your window washer is if they haven't personally done anything to hurt you?