Interesting. No wonder they never make mistakes! Oh wait, there was that time...................... and also that........................... Ah! Too many to list.
Thanks for another BS quote from the "chosen" ones.
CoC
so it can be seen that a person does not become alive from gods standpoint until such time as he is free from condemnation resulting from sinfulness.
in the case of those who will rule with jesus christ, jehovah god, on the basis of his sons sacrifice, declares them righteous and thus views them as being perfect, without sin, while yet in the flesh on earth.
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Interesting. No wonder they never make mistakes! Oh wait, there was that time...................... and also that........................... Ah! Too many to list.
Thanks for another BS quote from the "chosen" ones.
CoC
i haven't read the wildly popular books, but i've found the new hbo television series, game of thrones to be quite entertaining.
so far, two episodes have aired, and i think i'm hooked.
there are more than a few interesting characters, both good, bad and in between.
My brother in law just told me about this show. I'm too heavily involved in Dexter and Spartacus right now to start another show. But this is one to add to the list IMO. Thanks LWT!
Episode 1 seems to be working at this link - http://mobilevids.org/gameofthrones.html
If it doesn't work, try mobilevids.org and search under the TV section.
Hope that can help someone.
CoC
there is an article in the latest kingdom ministry about counting time spent in the ministry.
one comment surprised me - it says that counting time wrongly can lead to "pangs of conscience".
a bit of an ott expression , i can't help thinking.. the only pangs the local pioneers are concerned about here are hunger pangs as they head to dunkin donuts for a 40 minute "break".
@ Lunatic Faith - LOL But I kid you not. I knew a pioneer during the 90hr times that confessed to actually doing that. I wondered why it seemed so easy for her. And yet here I struggled to get my time as a pioneer. I was never able to get my conscience to allow me to do it at the time. Now, I just think I would.
CoC
i really had a hard time accepting certain scriptures as being an "extension" to modern-day jw's.
examples:.
ip-2 cp6 pg87 paragraph 87: "for gods exiled people in babylon, those words are an assurance that the promised land will not remain desolate.
This is how I currently feel about that expression. Hope that helps.
CoC
this is just hypothetical.
let's say that the wt never dissolves.
it continues in existence until the year 2914. what do you think they'd be saying about 1914 and armageddon being just around the corner then?.
GB 10.0 in the house!! He-ey! And still overlapping the generations like a mo-fo!
CoC
anyone read this yet?
more of the same cheerleading and self-worship of the jw organization.. on page 14, they even pull a few quotes from the bible, but not their own!
that of course is because when freddy was writing his version of the bible, he forgot to put "organization" into the text, so now they pull a few quotes from these sources to justify worship of "organization!.
Marked, because of Blondie's awesome research. Thanks!
CoC
i will start it off with-thetrueone.
"postulating religionists are really illusionists by using suggestive words to accomplish a state of believability.
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On his own thread at http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/208674/1/Dude-Memorial-on-Sunday-and-the-Battle-for-sd-7-Continues , sd-7 said:
"She expressed a hope that, when I 'get reinstated', there will be many people who will want to befriend and talk to me. Well, while I enjoy Instant Cocoa Mix, I do not enjoy Instant Friends. I can taste the difference."
I loved the highlighted part. Classic....and oh so true. Thanks sd-7.
CoC
like the question is jehovah witness the true religion?
is all others false, what do yall think?.
i am confuse and just wanting to know others thoughts??
Marked
hey i'm wondering if anyone can give some good advice on how to step down in the safest way.. i have served as an ms for a number of years, but can't do it anymore.
i know too much i want to fade in the future when i get some family things straightened out.
i can't move right now so that's out unfortunately.. what should i tell the body?
RayPublisher, Thanks for the update! I wish you the best. I currently "devote" about 4 hrs to the ministry per month, and as you already know, no longer a ministerial servant.
CoC
people become jws for a variety of reasons.
i just read an interesting passage in a novel that i think applies to many of us to some way.
the main character in the book is a retired military policeman.
I'm not a born-in, but close enough. I was about 6 or 7 when my parents took their studying seriously and were moved to baptism. I trusted my parents because they trusted other people that TOLD them this was the truth. Hey, I was a kid.
I know now that it is not the truth.
CoC