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Witness Hypocrisy

by wallievase in

if you follow the bible and the bible says to love all, how in the convention letter about special needs can a person be disqualified from receiving help if they arent in good standing?

what does that have to do with attending a convention?.

you are supposedly following the 1st century model- why dont the c.o.s work like paul did?.

Listener

"in good standing"

This is often mentioned and what do they really mean?

At times they are referring to being in good standing with God. No-one can judge whether a person is in good standing with God or not.

At other times they are referring to being in good standing with the congregation. When a person is not there is little if no consideration given to them. It would be interesting to see the scriptures that back up their idea that this disqualifies those persons from recieving any help from the congregation.

A person may well be in good standing with God but the organization has determined that they are not in good standing within the congregation.

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Governing Body humility: crapping their pants and admitting it stinks

by Terry in

we've all heard the old saying:.

any job worth doing is worth doing right the first time.. but, this would not seem to apply in the only organization on earth claiming to be solely guided by jehovah!.

in the watchtower society, the governing body gathers in a board room and prays, discusses and votes.. presumably the prayer invokes holy spirit of jehovah.

Listener

Once again Terry, a well written piece.

"Jehovah's witless claim God corrects them."

How does he do this? If he in fact does this, then why wouldn't he use this same method to allow them to get it right in the first place? The fact is, it is only from their own understandings, research, comparison's to other understandings and reflection that forces them to change things. They should not be printing anything without first having a complete conviction to being correct but they let so many other things influence their thoughts and none of that stems from God.

"3. God is not the author of confusion and yet what could be more confusing than being "in the Truth" and being wrong ?"

They will carry on about how unified they are and that they truelly are an organized organization and this proves they are the true religion because God is a God of organization. You make a good point here because their teachings are confusing and more so when they keep changing them.

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BOE - CONVENTION 2014

by WatchTower87 in

re: convention service meeting part for week of january 6, 2014. .

http://adf.ly/ayq16.

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

Listener

Quoted from BOE letter "This is causing difficulty in working with some hotels and can bring reproach on the organization."

If they didn't get involved in these commercial arrangements then they wouldn't be exposing themselves to any reproach.

Another quote "Our annual conventions will afford us a fine opportunity both to take in divine instruction and to enjoy the warm association of our brothers and sisters. (Deut. 16:15) May Jehovah bless your efforts as you prepare to at-tend the 2014 conventions!"

Unbelievable, they are calling their accommodation arrangement 'divine instruction'. Divine being considered Godlike.

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An Unusual Event - Riot in Singapore.

by fulltimestudent in

the singapore government keeps a very tight rein on the streets of singapore.

if you misbehave.

you may find a policeman's truncheon meeting up with your head.. .

Listener

I can understand why they would want to have bibles but there are many alternative translations around. God's law does not include the command that they have WTBTS publications and bibles. The WTBTS should be instructing them not to break the law but they put their organization and publications on a par with being considered above any man made law.

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Is Russell currently considered part of the FDS?

by paul from cleveland in

forgive me, i know this must have been discussed many times but i'm still confused about what the current teaching is.

who do they say russell was now?.

Listener

In the July 15 2013 Watchtower they likened Russell to John the Baptist who paved the way for Jesus.

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I AM CONFUSED WITH THE JAN STUDY EDITION?? Help me

by Sittingstraight1212 in

2 jehovah will use the kingdom to unify his family in heav- en and on earth.

that divine purpose will be realized.

(isa.

Listener

This was brought up a while ago and more info can be found on this link

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/265640/1/Jehovah-is-King-New-Light-or-muck-up-in-15-01-14-WT

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JW women love and the control system my view point

by MysticMage in

jw
friends

well let's just say i never had any luck with women in the jws.

i only met one super hot girl with a great body.

and sexy voice.

Listener

Mystic Mage beauty is not the only thing that you should be looking for.

I never fell in love with any brother in the JW religion and now that I think about it, there were no single brothers who were handsome.

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Comment from my dad, "They are smarter than me."

by Faithful Witness in

my jw (converts of about 5 years) came over on thursday and ate a turkey dinner with us.

we didn't call it thanksgiving, but that was obviously what it was.

they were proud to give me my own copy of the new revised and improved nwt bible.

Listener

I wonder when your dad says 'they are smarter than me', who he is actually referring to? It is very unlikely than any of the GB had anything to do with creating and designing the app.

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Comment from my dad, "They are smarter than me."

by Faithful Witness in

my jw (converts of about 5 years) came over on thursday and ate a turkey dinner with us.

we didn't call it thanksgiving, but that was obviously what it was.

they were proud to give me my own copy of the new revised and improved nwt bible.

Listener

I wonder when your dad says 'they are smarter than me', who he is actually referring to? It is very unlikely than any of the GB had anything to do with creating and designing the app.

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Highlights from the Circuit Assembly!!

by DATA-DOG in

god's word is beneficial ca:.

full time service:.

there are sound reasons for pioneering.. 1) it's the most satisfying work there is.. 2) you cooperate even more fully with the angels and the anointed [ which equals the gb/fds, not sister old mcsingletilldeath.].

Listener

,,,"Another supervisor argued with the Boss while the sister, " Watched JEHOVAH work things out." The Boss finally gave up. He fired her, she got her 401K to live on, and then got re-hired with insurance. JEHOVAH will act for you if you do MORE."

Obviously it wasn't the sister that was arguing with the boss that led to her sacking, someone else did that and they were only doing what God had directed them to do.

What they are now saying is to fight with your boss for what you want even to the point of being sacked.