Posts by FatFreek 2005

today i uploaded a new article to my blog addressing something important that watchtower does not disclose to baptismal candidates, yet on the other hand is ever ready to point out to persons after baptism if they do something silly like ask for correspondence written about their own person.

my article contains a letter from a watchtower staff attorney informing just such an individual.

FatFreek 2005

Very interesting. More CYA kinda stuff.

As a matter of more interest I see that you've blacked out the names. That's good. However, those exact dates can easily allow WT officials to track exactly which member this correspondence was about.

Len

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Research question re. Treatment of Disfellowshipped Relatives

by Quarterback in

i do remember, but can't seem to find it, a watchtower comment that stated.

" relatives must decide on the emotiional needs of the df'd relatives to see what limited contact would be necessary".

does anyone remember this?.

FatFreek 2005

Hmmm ... I can find nothing on my WT Lib CD that addresses the situation you describe. Perhaps a CO in one of his talks expressed such sentiment.

Of course, a DFd family member within a household of believers would continue to be treated as a family member, excluding that member from spiritual discussions.

Living outside of that families home, however, he is on his own. I can envision where such a person living in some mental institution would have certain communication needs that the professionals may request. This could be another matter.

Len

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Lurking JW's & Newbies - WT Society's Definition of "Generation" is False

by flipper in

jw
friends

of course this comes as no surprise to those of us on this board- naturally, as we've informed ourselves.

however i felt it important to reveal the real dictionary definition of the word " generation " for newly exiting jehovah's witnesses so they can see for themselves how the wt society is twisting the real definition of this word to extend their faulty predictions of jesus prophecy about " this generation will by no means pass away.

so here is the actual definition of the word " generation " according to webster's newworld dictionary - .

FatFreek 2005

St George of England said (and I think it bears repeating):

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Why not let the Bible tell us how long a generation is:

(Matthew 1:17) 17 All the generations, then, from Abraham until David were fourteen generations, and from David until the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon until the Christ fourteen generations.

So from Abraham to Jesus 3 x 14 generations = 42 generations.

Abraham born 2018 BC, Jesus born 2 BC so 2016 years = 42 generations

2016 / 42 = 48 years per generation.

Don't the GB read the Bible any more?

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Watchtower Contradiction of Major Importance

by FatFreek 2005 in

some know it as the big eight, the eight watchtower flip-flops, the eight flop puzzle, etc.

the following essay, designed for those newly-interested in studying with jehovah's witnesses, cautions that person in what he / she may be getting into.

it not only has a well-organized table of the classic wt quotations which watchtower cannot deny, but it explores the following questions.

FatFreek 2005

The download link to that great PDF file of Zion's Watchtower, 1879 thru 1916, has changed. The main document above refers to that source via hyperlink so it required editing to reflect the new link. In that process I decided to subsequently store at Google Docs (a suggestion above).

Therefore, there are new hyperlinks to both the main document, now filenamed the same as its title, Watchtower Contradiction of Major Importance and its complimentary document, Watchtower Contradiction of Major Importance, Pocket Table.

To open them simply click on the one of your choice.

Len

PS: Thus far, they have been downloaded 316 times and 168 times respectively.

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Lurking JW's & Newbies - WT Society's Definition of "Generation" is False

by flipper in

jw
friends

of course this comes as no surprise to those of us on this board- naturally, as we've informed ourselves.

however i felt it important to reveal the real dictionary definition of the word " generation " for newly exiting jehovah's witnesses so they can see for themselves how the wt society is twisting the real definition of this word to extend their faulty predictions of jesus prophecy about " this generation will by no means pass away.

so here is the actual definition of the word " generation " according to webster's newworld dictionary - .

FatFreek 2005

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Lurking JW's & Newbies - WT Society's Definition of "Generation" is False

by flipper in

jw
friends

of course this comes as no surprise to those of us on this board- naturally, as we've informed ourselves.

however i felt it important to reveal the real dictionary definition of the word " generation " for newly exiting jehovah's witnesses so they can see for themselves how the wt society is twisting the real definition of this word to extend their faulty predictions of jesus prophecy about " this generation will by no means pass away.

so here is the actual definition of the word " generation " according to webster's newworld dictionary - .

FatFreek 2005

Cheers, Len.

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Post your jokes here

by dm6 in

hopefully this will get a good response because i love jokes, especially ones about the wt or jw's!.

ill start it off.. .

how do we know there are no female angels in heaven?.

FatFreek 2005

In Moshe's joke, there are only two in heaven -- period.

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CO begging for more MS's

by life is to short in

the co is at my husbands hall this week so i tied in to the meeting he was going on and on about how there are 140 elders in the circuit and only 80 something ms's.

of the elders 25 are over 75 years old.

of the ms's it was about 20 are over 75 years old.

FatFreek 2005

I can't resist.