Posts by Lieu

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Reading the Bible in 6 months isn't "anything to brag about" - Anthony Morris

by mac n cheese in

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the 2015 annual meeting, specifically, part 1, right about minute 27, has anthony morris emphasizing that "you're better off reading one chapter (of the bible) and really absorbing it" than just reading the whole thing "as a challenge".

while i agree with the the whole idea of meditating on anything you read, it was doing this very thing that brought up so many unanswered questions.

i also came to the constant realization that the jws did not have a clue about what the bible really said.

Lieu

Er, sure ... a bit at a time. I must meditate further on why two of the three people who made it out of the Sodom/Five City onslaught thought it was a fine idea to get dad drunk and boink him.

How did Ruth get into Boaz' bedroom unnoticed at night? Burglary?

What's up with Judah visiting prostitutes & then ordering his ex daughter in law Tamar burned (while pregnant) for allegedly being a prostitute?

Did Jesus eat any of the fishes and loaves?

How did God "forget" about Noah & crew floating around? Busy with what exactly???

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Just found out their about to baptise my 14 year old boy.

by Crazyguy in

there doing this right under my nose but i just found out.

not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.

also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.

Lieu

Any legally binding contracts regarding minor dependants must be agreed to by both parents.

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Reading the Bible in 6 months isn't "anything to brag about" - Anthony Morris

by mac n cheese in

jw
friends

the 2015 annual meeting, specifically, part 1, right about minute 27, has anthony morris emphasizing that "you're better off reading one chapter (of the bible) and really absorbing it" than just reading the whole thing "as a challenge".

while i agree with the the whole idea of meditating on anything you read, it was doing this very thing that brought up so many unanswered questions.

i also came to the constant realization that the jws did not have a clue about what the bible really said.

Lieu

Meh, for a read, the Bible is far more interesting than any of the publications. You get boozers, prostitutes, war, intrigue, jealously. Talking animals, monsters, sons bonking their fathers wives, ladies hammering tent pegs into heads, bears ripping apart ignorant children, extraterrestrials impregnating human females, & brothers selling each other into slavery.

I mean really.

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Proof the GB is right about the Generation teaching.

by hardtobeme in

this is jesus explaining the generation teaching just as splane did it.

this is proof that the gb has jehovah's blessings.. there you can see peter and the other disciples paying close attention to what jesus is saying.

but they had to wait till 1914, franz appearance and 3 kind of anointed ones.

Lieu

You forgot, after Columbus was discovered lost by soon to be slaughtered peoples in the Americas ... and then a 1914 USA book publisher group that apparently thought Abraham wanted to trade a land flowing with milk and honey for an arid desert region of California.

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Did Jesus really die on a cross?

by macys in

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being raised a catholic we had lots of crosses around the house.

when my family converted to this cult they were all removed and destroyed in case they had demons in them lol but at this juncture in my life i do not even know if jesus as the way he is portrayed in the bible was real.

yes a man named jesus did live and die 2000 years ago and probably on a cross but he was definitely not the son of god.

Lieu

John 21:18 only says Peter will be a prisoner when he dies. He won't be a free man.

Anyhow, I don't think it matters by which design of wood he died nailed to. It's too irrelevant to become the focus of his death. Kinda like people searching for a cup. (Holy Grail. Where does it say it's even his cup? Likely one of the dishes of the guy who's house they ate in.) No one is looking for the forks and knives they ate with or the plate the loaf was on.

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Paranoia after today's Watchtower

by Truthexplorer in

boy oh boy did i feel paranoid at today's wt.

not only are we to watch our associations outside of the congregation, but also watch our associations 'within' the congregation.

this was emphasised by the wt study conductor.

Lieu

So everyone is suspect & out to 'get' you. How special.

What's next? Special JW aluminum foil deflector beanies that ward off bad external vibes?

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Only 144,000 saved in 2000 years?

by LevelThePlayingField in

so i phoned an elder in the cong and asked him: "when did the calling for the great crowd start, was it 1935?

he said, "no, i think i remember a convention talk about 1950.

" so anyway, i said, "so then let's say in the 20th century right?

Lieu

They can't answer such because their reasoning is selfish and without sound basis. Their objective is to separate to lord over their fellow human "brothers", while Christ's objective was to unite.

I see it as the 12 Tribes for whom the 12 Apostles were obligated by Christ to take the message of redemption; dire lost Israel. Simple symbolic multiplication.

The Great Crowd is simply the Gentiles who were to get the same message of redemption and same prize.

And the DUH! There would be more Gentiles than Jews who would hear and believe Christ was the promised Messiah; even to this very day.

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need input: why does my wife do this. when at the meeting she is always nodding her head in agreement

by goingthruthemotions in

so this is just so nauseating to me when she noddes her head in agreement and in a low voice or sound does a "mmm uh" in agrrement.

but here is the deal, she never aswers at the meetings.

she doesn't go out in service often.

Lieu

JWism is all about appearances. She must appear in agreement.

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I figured out how Animals ended up on different continents.

by James Mixon in

animals made rafts out of logs that were knocked down by the great flood, i'm not.

sure about the kangaroo it's possible his pouch could have filled up with water and he sinked and.

how the crossed the ocean, that's something i'm working on.. then we have "if you don't believe in god you don't know right from wrong".

Lieu

😆 You do realize that at one point in earth history, the Continents were connected as one big land mass. No one/thing had to cross oceans to get where they are today.

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Scale of 1 to 10. How did/do you rate the meetings!

by Truthexplorer in

1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.

5. slightly boring 6. not bad.

7. fair.

Lieu

Between a 2-3. Most speakers and parts were just plain boring.