i just endured the painful process of trudging through the 2012 examining the scriptures daily, looking for interesting quotes.
apart from being repetitively boring, it has managed to squeeze most of the watchtower's crazy concepts into a single book.
the comments concentrate on:.
Good Morning Paul;
As usual, your research & insight are right on the money. Here we have a saying " If you can't dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullsh**t." It's just's so sad to realize how many never question the bullsh**t. Have a great 2012.
what is your take on players in all sports who feel the need to connect their athleticism with god's will.
tebow of the denver broncos is the latest in a long line of players who either thank jesus or point a finger to heaven when they score a touchdown or slam some guys head into a concussion.. oddly you don't see bowlers doing the same praise jesus dance for knocking over some pins, i guess its not that exciting to jesus .
I was a true believer until the Bills' season tanked. Must be the dark Satanic forces during the last days have overtaken the King of the North (Buffalo) by the King of the South (Miami). I will be waiting to see truth & justice prevail again. (Just not this season.) That will, of course, signal the coming apocalypse. (Buffalo winning a Superbowl.)
jeez....i if this was about two years ago, i could have put this talk togather lickety split.
but i'm finding it impossible because i can't bring myself to put in phrases such as "god's true people", "love motivates us to....." , etc, etc.
every sentence i add, i just want to throw up because it's all such...pish posh and falsehoods and hypocrisy.
I had the outline where this scripture was applied to married couples. Hope yours worked out OK.
anyone have tattoos that reference their jw history?.
i have a quite a few tattoos.
my entire chest and large pieces on both arms.
Had one done on left arm. Heart for Mom. Had roses on the other arm with wife's name. Enjoy showing them off in front of JW's. The expressions on their faces is priceless.
sharing .... god will yet choose israelisaiah 14:1 says, "for the lord will have mercy on jacob, and will yet choose israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of jacob.".
many denominations hold to the view that god has forsaken the nation of israel forever.
they feel that because israel crucified their messiah, jesus christ, that god has taken away the promises he made to israel, and has applied those promises to the present day predominantly gentile church.
Thanks Lars; I was concerned about not having sex & drugs in Paradise. You've taken quite a load off. But you failed to address RocknRoll. Can Paradise be perfect without tunes?
i see a few want to believe in the watchtower's view of bible prophecy, scriptural understandings and the view that the "anointed remnant" dispense the "spiritual food at the proper time".. how would you refute those views?.
mankkeli; you're a funny guy. I had 50 yrs. in. My father-in-law was of the anointed. He knew Rutherford personally. I served as an elder for 20 yrs. & through both families had numerous private conversations with anointed, DO's. CO's, pioneers, Bethelites, missionaries & the like. Everyone believed they were going to live forever. I watched them, one by one die off. They all would get a good laugh out of your interpretation.
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the truth that leads to eternal life.
the truth that leads to eternal life was a bible study textbook published in 1968 and revised in 1981 (now out of print).. the 1990 edition of the guinness book of records included this book under its heading "highest printings".. according to the guinness book, by may 1987 it had reached 106,486,735 copies, in 116 languages.. .
I always find it curious that an organization claiming divine direction having no problem buying into 1914. Does it sound reasonable that divine direction would lead millions of people from a date Russell initially reworked from Barbour & others? People who today would be labeled as apostates. And then top it off with his own take on the pyramids? Can you imagine God putting his stamp of approval on this mess? Sure... the light gets brighter & brighter, if you don't understand. Certainly the holy spirit would only deliver the truth. What happened here? Must be that the holy spirit deliberately lied or ......... all this is crap. I'm voting for the crap.
visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.
he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.
after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.
I warms my heart hearing that this aberation is running out of steam. I sincerely hope their children see through the lies & leave in droves.
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the truth that leads to eternal life.
the truth that leads to eternal life was a bible study textbook published in 1968 and revised in 1981 (now out of print).. the 1990 edition of the guinness book of records included this book under its heading "highest printings".. according to the guinness book, by may 1987 it had reached 106,486,735 copies, in 116 languages.. .
Ahh, how I remember 1975. The end was coming. I needed to straighten my life up. I did. Married the daughter of an anointed. Became an elder. Waited with everyone else as year after year passed by. 34 yrs. later I ended that marriage & married the love of my life. I actually was expecting to be reinstated. Mercifully one of the guys on my judicial committee really wanted to make an example of me. Dragged this out for 4 yrs. ( Thanks Frank M. ) Eventually I realized it was all smoke & mirrors. Called them up & told I wasn't coming back. Any lurkers on here from the Rochester, NY area will know me. Those of you who can get out, do so. Those with too much already invested, you have my sympathy. For the rest...Live Well....Enjoy Life.
i've been getting really into cooking lately!
i do have most of the same hobbies i had before, (i've always been into art and reading and watching movies and travelling) only now i can do them whenever and don't have to worry about meetings getting in the way or people telling me i spend too much time with "recreation.
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I got my NY pistol permit & have a nice collection of handguns. Joined a hunting club. Go to the gym more often. Especially enjoy driving past the hall on Sunday mornings to go. I figure I'm spending my time more wisely working out than sitting on my ass for 2 hrs. Helped my mother-in-law decorate her house for Christmas. Went Christmas shopping with my new wife. Had 2 great Thanksgiving dinners with both families. Trying to catch up on all the things lost over 50 yrs in the cult.
