Posts by wannabefree

No problem. I will record the whole thing. I have done it for the past three years. I record using my MP3 with built-in radio ... just like being there. I stopped this last circuit assembly, didn't see the need any more ... but as part of my therapy, I will do it. No promises on the drama video.

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It's May, It's May!!!! DCs start 5/21!!!!

by yknot in

here ye, here ye..... citizens of the world and those who are 'served' by the slave.

yes the time at hand grows near!.

the 2010-2011 dc season begins preaching loads of fear!.

wannabefree

I will be attending the 28th, what do you want recorded?

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"Welcome To The Best Way of Life" - WT Lesson for May 2nd

by mentallyfree31 in

it's hard to even read this without bursting into laughter.

and just think, we all used to agree with this.. damn, it feels good to be on the outside looking in.. .

wannabefree

I am going crazy at these meetings!

My wife is depressed because she doesn't know why she doesn't feel like she is one of the happiest people. She is spending the afternoon today with another sister who is depressed becasue she doesn't know what is wrong with her and asked the CBE why she feels this way.

If witnesses weren't afraid to talk to one another about how they really feel without fear of reprisal I am confident there would be an awakening for many.

I feel so helpless, I try to help and get my wife to reason and I think this is causing some of her pain.

I truly feal that today's WT lesson was blasphemous!

"Welcome To the Best Way of Life" - BULLSHIT!

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The evidently thread

by JeffT in

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since the term "this generation" evidently means "two generations" i think we should have our discussion of things that are evidently true.

no need to limit it to the bible, but i'll start off with one.. 1 tim.

3 "2now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife" evidently means everybody else can have as many wives as they want.

wannabefree

Evidently Webster doesn't know the proper definition of generation and the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, Incorporated should do mankind a favor and publish a current and accurate dictionary.

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Who picked your bible? And which one do you use?

by cyberjesus in

since there are many many translations of the bible, which one do you use?

how did you decided which one to use?.

what research did you do on that particular version and/or canon?

wannabefree

Seriously, read Truth in Translation, NIV according to this Greek scholar is heavily biased. It is quite eye opening about modern translations, yet, when you incorporate his commentary in your using of the NWT, it can take on a very different meaning than taught by WTB&TS,Inc.

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"Truth in Translation" by Jason DeBuhn FREE Download

by My Struggle in

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some my be familiar with the website "revelation online" it is a site that put books online for free, usually in pdf format.

i don't know how they do it, but they have been around for years.

well, i was looking at books today and noticed the truth in translation book.. if you are not familiar with this book you have not been a jw in the past year or two(or living under a rock).

wannabefree

I read this book a few months ago trying to hold on to my faith. It did the opposite for me. The reason is, if I was to accept his praise for the accuracy of the translation, I also had to consider his negative views. I still enjoy the NWT, but I have a very different understanding than I did last year this time.

I suggest reading his book and when using the NWT, be sure to use the large reference edition and examine closely the bracketed words and footnotes. I think the translators were honest in rendering it, that is why paying attention to those things (which are not in the smaller version) makes a BIG difference when you examine it with a mind that is open.

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Closing the barn door after the horses have fled

by jgnat in

this "news" is months late and i post it now simply because i don't want to let the moment slip by.

these are direct quotes from david pesch at the edmonton 2009 "keep on the watch" district convention.

they were startling enough for me to make notes verbatim.

wannabefree

Some of Jehovah's servants will be involved in the elimination of the wicked ... (Jesus and his angels) they will need no help from events. We will be observers of this profound event."

This doesn't make sense.

I was at the convention and payed close attention, I do not remember anything about Jehovah's servants being involved in the elimination of the wicked ... I would say either the speaker messed up what he meant to say or maybe you heard it wrong.

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The evidently thread

by JeffT in

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friends

since the term "this generation" evidently means "two generations" i think we should have our discussion of things that are evidently true.

no need to limit it to the bible, but i'll start off with one.. 1 tim.

3 "2now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife" evidently means everybody else can have as many wives as they want.

wannabefree

Evidently what was apparently believed to be correct was apparently not evident at all.