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Is it my imagination, or do JWs jump around in Mat 24 to prove "Last Days"?
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3 as jesus was sitting on the mount of olives, the disciples came to him privately.

tell us, they said, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?

4 jesus answered: watch out that no one deceives you.
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Ideal Paradise
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am i the only one who's in awe at the stock invested in the average jw's correlation to the society's publications and the probability of what the new world will be?

from my conversations with people in the various congregations i've been in, i've pieced together their concept of the new system:.

women and clean-shaved men in casual-business attire constantly gardening adjacent to tiger cubs.
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Electronic Cigarettes
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has anyone heard or had any first-hand experience with the society's reaction to electronic cigarettes?

none of the arguments used against real cigarettes hold water against e-cigs.

all of the dangerous chemicals are out.
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Modern Bet Hillel and Bet Shamai?
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Anyone else get stabbed in the back?
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i was a gung-ho advocate for jws.

i got on the message boards and would argue down any detractor, apostate, church pastor, disgruntled ex-jw, you name it... i was out in the ministry constantly, practically running from door to door, preaching.

i started studies left and right.
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Does this make sense to you?
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i don't believe it's possible to post pdf files here, so here's a link to it.

let me know if it needs any tweaking.

it makes sense to me, but i made it.
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C.T. Russell and the Bible Students blessed and used by God?
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there is no question that the first president of this corporation, c. t. russell, was used mightily by jehovah during the period when basic bible truths were being restored among gods true worshipers on earth.

we have great love for brother charles t. russell, for his works sake, and that we gladly acknowledge that the lord used him and greatly blessed his work - ka p239, jv p155, others (rutherford's speech announcing the adoption of the name jehovah's witnesses).

at their regular gatherings during the years 1870 to 1875, the religious thinking of these men underwent profound changes.
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Just thought of something today, regarding "faithful slave"
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thousands of the readers of pastor russell's writings believe that he filled the office of 'that faithful and wise servant,' and that his great work was giving to the household of faith meat in due season.

his modesty and humility precluded him from openly claiming this title, but he admitted as much in private conversation - w12/1/1919 p357.

russell died in 1916 and taught that jesus' parousia had started in 1874. this would allow him to believe jesus had already identified his "faithful and discreet slave" and appointed "him over all his belongings.
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Probably going to be DFed for "apostasy" soon
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i've been doing a lot of research lately and decided i'm not going to allow the losers in cheap suits to order me around like their dog.

they are not masters of my faith and have no authority to 'lord it over' me.. all the same, many even of the rulers actually put faith in him, but because of the pharisees they would not confess [him], in order not to be expelled from the synagogue; for they loved the glory of men more than even the glory of god.

- john 12:42-43 .
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Something that's been on my mind for a while and I finally put into words.
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should i turn "apostate"?.

when anyone is replying to a matter before he hears [it], that is foolishness on his part and a humiliation.

prov 18:13. .