Wow...this must be either a very obscure topic or poorly phrased question....89 hits and not one comment.
exwhyzee
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Laying on their side for 3 days
by exwhyzee init's been so long since i was at a meeting that i'm beginning to forget a lot of the nonsense i used to know, but does anyone remember how the society used to say that when the gb members were imprisioned around 1919 it fullfilled the prophesy about the prophet laying on his side for 3 days in the roadway ?.
what was that all about and how does their belief regarding their role in fulfilling this prophesy effect the new thinking on the definition of "generation" ?
it seems like they just had to amend the term "generation" in order to keep the year 1914 relevant as well as all the other supposed fullfilments of prophesy they thought they were part of.
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Laying on their side for 3 days
by exwhyzee init's been so long since i was at a meeting that i'm beginning to forget a lot of the nonsense i used to know, but does anyone remember how the society used to say that when the gb members were imprisioned around 1919 it fullfilled the prophesy about the prophet laying on his side for 3 days in the roadway ?.
what was that all about and how does their belief regarding their role in fulfilling this prophesy effect the new thinking on the definition of "generation" ?
it seems like they just had to amend the term "generation" in order to keep the year 1914 relevant as well as all the other supposed fullfilments of prophesy they thought they were part of.
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exwhyzee
It's been so long since I was at a meeting that I'm beginning to forget a lot of the nonsense I used to know, but does anyone remember how the Society used to say that when the GB members were imprisioned around 1919 it fullfilled the prophesy about the prophet laying on his side for 3 days in the roadway ?
What was that all about and how does their belief regarding their role in fulfilling this prophesy effect the new thinking on the definition of "generation" ? It seems like they just had to amend the term "Generation" in order to keep the year 1914 relevant as well as all the other supposed fullfilments of prophesy they thought they were part of. So much of the reason why they think they are the one true religion is based on the date 1914 and the part they play in it's fulfillment.
Can anyone refresh my memory on this?
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Are the JWs were you are getting worked up over having a to go bag (Armageddon bag) ready?
by life is to short inok where i live in the pacific northwest in january of this year this elder from the hall called a special meeting and gave everyone some papers that he had gotten from some government place on what to put in an emergency bag to grab in case you have to flee your home in seconds.
i thought it was just my husbands hall being all strange and stupid over this.
one older sister said that the elder told everyone they needed three bottles of water for 14 days that is 42 bottles of water plus whatever other stuff they put in there not sure if she got that right because 42 bottles of water is a lot of weight.
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exwhyzee
I'm in the Seattle area and we are always told to be prepared for a major earthquake by having food medicine water etc stored in our homes and in our cars in case we're on the road when the big one hits. It could be that the JW's are getting prepared for that especially since they think Armegeddon will follow on the heals of a major disaster anyway so they are doubly motivated about being prepared. The thing is, how long can you put off the inevitable. That is, you can't store that much food or water, you'd eventually run out of it in a long term situation like the "tribulation". Anyone who appeared to be surviving would be targeted by those who were without.
Back in the Pre 1975 days. There were people in our hall that had literature buried in plastic soap bottles in their back yards so that when there was a "Ban" on the preaching work or whatever, they'd have a stash of literature to keep them going. I often wondered if some of that stuff is still out there today or if anyone ever found it and wondered what was going on. That would be a great assembly experience or urban legend....someone became a Witness after finding the truth buried in a soap bottle in their back yard.
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He is risen this Easter
by JRK innot jesus, but my saab.
and i looked around, and it is good.
i resurrected him after 7 months in gehenna, and he is now at my right hand, ruling the roadways.
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Would you rather....
by anezthy inif armageddon struck right now.... would you rather be:.
the only jw passenger on a transatlantic jet that now has no pilot and will be crashing into the ocean or,.
the only jw person on a high rise elevator that is now stalled on the 110th floor without any food, power, a/c or communication or,.
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exwhyzee
I don't know about any of those choices you offer, but it would be a bummer if you were a JW who was battling Cancer, let say, and died a week after entering into the New System because you hadn't grown perfect enough yet to be rid of the disease. Would you be resurrected later with all the rest of the resurrected ones? If so would you have to remain single for all eternity. What happens in the New System when a Coconut drops on your head in the new system. Would it hurt? Would it crack your skull or just bounce off? This wasn't covered in the Watchtower so they never knew what to say when I asked these questions as a kid.
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Jesus, Jacob, Moses and those worthies, are they of the anointed, or what are they?
by dgp ini apologize if this is dumb and very basic, but, jesus, jacob, moses, et cetera (all the "ancient worthies") are of the anointed, or what are they?.
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exwhyzee
If they didn't drink wine at a Kingdom Hall, they can't go to heaven. the 144,000 didn't start being gathered till Charles Taze Russell gave the go ahead.
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Charles Taze 'The Elf" Russell
by TimeBandit ini have always thought charlie looks like an elf.
he sort of looks like a leprechaun too.
you can see him as an elf, right?
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exwhyzee
As a kid his photo and Rutheford's photos used to scare me. I thought they looked evil.
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I just asked the JW website for a home visit...
by TimeBandit ini just went and filled out the form asking to be visited.
i hope they come soon so i can work my super apostate magic!
uh, if the super apostate magic doesn't work, i'll just let my huge great danes out onto the porch and freak the witnesses out followed by kicking them off my front porch... .
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exwhyzee
It's always a good policy to treat others with kindness and deceny. Inviting them to your home for the purpose you mentioned is not only unkind but sounds a little like entrapment.
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How did/does your congregation view going out to eat AFTER the Memorial?
by OneDayillBeFree infor us it used to be a big no-no, but i think it has slowly grown more acceptable since many of our elders would be starving during the whole reject jesus party.... i always thought it was a bit funny when i saw brothers and sisters almost celebrating with a big feast and drinks on the night that the good ol' messiah sacrificed himself for all humankind!
it seems now more recently that since it is the only thing witnessess can celebrate, they go all out!
maybe i'll join in the festivities too.. so what about you guys?
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exwhyzee
It was never a habbit of ours to go out afterward. I always just wanted to get home in time to relax before having to get up for work the next day.
As a kid I remember walking into the bathroom after the "service" just in time to see one of the Elders standing at the sink gulping down the left over wine. I was shocked.
It always struck me funny and sort of "christendom like" when sisters used the Memorial as an opportunity to wear long dresses,corsages and hats to the hall. The last one I was at was a fiasco. A very odd Bethelite was flown to our west coast congregation to deliver an unintelligable talk. If I hadn't already known what he was talking about, I'd have been confused.Two teenaged non witness girls sitting in front of me kept shrugging their shoulders and looking from one to another with puzzled looks on their faces as he rambled on.
Afterward, an older sister, all a twitter, rushed up to her daughter and new baby grandson who was all decked out in a 3 piece suit so she could take a photo of "baby' s first memorial". It was my last memorial...it seemed like such a farce. Two thousand and nine years later and people were still going through this ritual and awaiting deliverance.
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So what do your Jehovah's Witness friends and loved ones think of the generation teaching?
by garyneal inafter the little skit at the last assembly where one brother was asking another for understanding about the generation teaching i thought, "wow, these people will believe anything the watchtower tells them.
" the 'more mature brother' practically said verbatim everything the watchtower said as his explanation.
evidently, this is one of the sources of the increased 'murmuring' that the talked warned against.. so, has anyone brought this up to their witness friends and/or family?
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exwhyzee
My Mother in Law is "young" 81 and has been a Pioneer for about 30 years. I asked her what she thought about the new understanding of the term " generation". At first she didn't know what I was talking about,then she said " Oh that.....well I don't pay any attention to that stuff" she quickly changed the subject. It made wonder what she teaches her Bible Studies when they come to the topic of 1914 and it's significance to the end of this system. She's 81so I cut her some slack. She's so steeped in this religion that it doesn't matter if they think black is white, she'll go along with it.