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  Watchtower Prophesy Guide: Armagedon by 2000AD

  by unclebruce in

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  "year 2000" and "20th century" quotations .

  from the watchtower societys cd-rom.

  following are watchtower bible & tract society predictions of armageddon in the 20th century as found through a word search of the wtss cd-rom.. the society also quoted many secular sources that emphasized crisis in the 20th century.. such secular crisis-quotes would have reinforced in jw minds the prophecies of the world ending in the 20th century.. the following is a list of such secular quotes plus a few more of the wtss own comments.

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  ... when you think you have seen it all - another one:

  17 Back there, when Paul wrote that, it was nineteen centuries before the battle of Armageddon, which will be followed by marriage privileges for the “other sheep” of the Lord Jesus who survive the battle. Those Christians faithfully dying single back there did so without hope of any future human marriage on earth because they hoped in a heavenly resurrection to be part in Christ’s bride up above. So virginity back there had no thought of a mere postponing of marriage on earth till after Armageddon.

  w56 10/1 p. 603 par. 17 ‘He That Marries Not Does Better’
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  Is there anyone sick among YOU? Let him call the older men!

  by TimothyT in

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  i was reading the letter of james before and i came across a verse which a brother on my judicial comittee shown me:.

  14 is there anyone sickamong you?

  let him call the older men of the congregation to [him], and let them pray over him, greasing [him] with oil in the name of jehovah.

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  The spin doctors pretty much have covered it all ...

  James speaks of a spiritual ‘greasing with oil’ in the name of Jehovah for spiritually sick ones as the proper procedure for one needing spiritual help. That he refers to spiritual sickness is indicated by his statements: “Let him call the older men of the congregation,” not doctors, and, “if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.” (Jas 5:13-16) Jesus makes a spiritual application of the practice when he tells the Laodicean congregation to “buy from me . . . eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see.”— Re 3:18.
  
  Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1 (1988), p. 113, pp. Anointed, Anointing

  James 5:13 asks in part: "Is there anyone in good spirits? Let him sing psalms". - I get it:

  Since it's all 'spiritual' the elders will feed intoxicating booze, and all together they will sing shanty songs.
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  If I direct somone to www.jw.org to download a magazine ...

  by bats in the belfry in

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  ... and confirm off him/her that indeed it was downloaded, would that be considered a placement.

  of literature (1 magazine) on their f/s report?.

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  ziddina > Pls look at #4 entry of this post, there you'll find the answer to your question.
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  If I direct somone to www.jw.org to download a magazine ...

  by bats in the belfry in

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  ... and confirm off him/her that indeed it was downloaded, would that be considered a placement.

  of literature (1 magazine) on their f/s report?.

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  Quotations to inspire creative thinking.
  
  "His father's sister had bats in the belfry and was put away."
  Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), English "novelist, playwright, dramatist"
  in "My First Murder, Peacock House".
  
  
  Also, a goodly number of bats reside in certain Egyptian pyramids!
  g76 4/22 p.24
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  If I direct somone to www.jw.org to download a magazine ...

  by bats in the belfry in

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  ... and confirm off him/her that indeed it was downloaded, would that be considered a placement.

  of literature (1 magazine) on their f/s report?.

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  Ah, don't you mean that you would consider it a placement on YOUR field service report???

  Botched up question, I guess. - I was asked to go to the WTS website and download the latest offerings.

  Now then, would that constitute a placement for the JW asking and confirming with me to have done so?
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  If I direct somone to www.jw.org to download a magazine ...

  by bats in the belfry in

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  ... and confirm off him/her that indeed it was downloaded, would that be considered a placement.

  of literature (1 magazine) on their f/s report?.

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  ... and confirm off him/her that indeed it was downloaded, would that be considered a placement

  of literature (1 magazine) on their F/S report?
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  What Changed? I Did. You Did. (or, there is a reason Apostates are angry)

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  (for the purposes of this post, i want to say that being angry, though a real emotion, is not healthy if it continues to fester inside you.

  i think anger is reasonable if it helps you to move on from point a to point b. in addition, because of the real issues anger can bring, if you feel that after many years you are still angry over your jw experience, i strongly encourage therapy.

  long term anger is destructive to the individual).

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  WRATH and its close cousin ANGER
  
  
  1. ANGER - (Greek, "orge")

  a. "Indignation which has arisen gradually and become more settled" - THAYER
  b. "ORGE suggests a more settled or abiding condition of mind, frequently with a view to taking revenge" - VINE

  c. Anger, then, is a lingering, seething emotion

  2. WRATH - (Greek, "thumos")

  a. "The sudden outburst of passionate anger" - ZONDERVAN PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE
  b. "The blaze of temper which flares into violent words and deeds, and just as quickly dies" - BARCLAY

  c. Today we would call this "blowing off steam"
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  Stupid suggestion from Study Conductor

  by roxanesophia in

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  hi everyone, first i just want to say if it wasn't this forum, i'd be baptized!

  i haven't managed to successfully end my studies with a zealous jw.

  she uses everything against me to brainwash me into believing i need the org.

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  Will somebody be so kind and explain to me what good the First Aid Department does do if they have to call the medics?
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  "Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)

  by AnnOMaly in

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  i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

  god's kingdom will soon come.

  so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .

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  C.T.R. - "U.S. Overlapping Tour 1893"

  

  The Wichita daily eagle - April 25, 1893, Page 3

  The Banner-Democrat - June 10, 1893, Page 1
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  WT Lexicon

  by 00DAD in

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  i was thinking it would be helpful if we put together a wt lexicon for those that are not too familiar with wt terminology.

  it's important for them to understand these theocratic expressions so that they too can understand and speak the "pure language" of truth.

  - zeph.

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  .... perhaps that is what you are looking for, i.e. if I catch your drift right.

  Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

  http://www.4shared.com/get/l8SxJWua/Historical_Dictionary_of_Jehov.html