does anyone come into this religion who is doing well in life?
not to say any one particular person never did well in life, but when they were studying and getting baptized, at that particular time in their life, were things going good for them?.
i'm trying to figure out if anyone comes into this religion, while life is going good for them.
sizemik >
The man I studied with was only recently baptised himself. ...When I was finally baptised nearly three years later ... he took myself ...
Whoa... your study took the plunge close to three years prior to you? They let you continue to be unbaptized publisher™ for that long?
i'm sure there are those on this board who can help me with some research questions.
they concern charles taze russell and his infatuation with 1914 and were posed to me by a member of my own small group.
we call ourselves jwa for jehovah's witnesses anonymous.
Leolaia > Terminus for the "Gentile Times"
William Whiston, a contemporary of Sir Isaac Newton, in " An essay on the revelation of Saint John " (1706), writes about the times of the Gentiles. In " Memoirs of the life and writings of Mr. William Whiston " (1753) we find the expression "Gentile Times".
As for 1914, John Aquila Brown is the man. Without spreadsheet and PC down to 1917 AD - close enough:
2520 years to 1917 AD .
Linking the 1260, 1290, and 1335 "Days of Daniel" to 1844 AD, 1873 AD, and 1917 AD .
"Reign of the Messiah" in 1917 AD .
WTS answer: "Go to hell, all you wicked apostates"
w84 3/1 p.31
Since we have been warned that “some will fall away from the faith,” we should be ready “to put up a hard fight for the faith that was once for all time delivered to the holy ones.” (1 Tim. 4:1; Jude 3) But a distinction needs to be made between trouble-making apostates, as mentioned in 2 Peter, chapter 2, and Christians who become weak in faith and have doubts through lack of accurate knowledge. Jude makes this distinction. After warning against “murmurers, complainers,” who “are admiring personalities,” and against “ridiculers,” who “are the ones that make separations,” he says: “Keep yourselves in God’s love, while you are waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ with everlasting life in view. Also, continue showing mercy to some that have doubts; save them by snatching them out of the fire.”—Jude 16-23.
w80 8/1 p.21 par.19
In chapter two Peter champions God’s truth and righteous principles by speaking out strongly against apostates. These with counterfeit words seek to exploit their fellow Christians. Rightly they will suffer the same kind of fate that befell the wicked antediluvian world and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. But people of godly devotion will be preserved just as Noah and his family were. Those false teachers follow the mercenary path of Balaam. By their fleshly desires and loose habits they offer others greater freedom while actually they themselves are slaves of corruption. Having once known the truth and turned away from it, they are in a worse condition than they would have been had they never known the path of righteousness.—2 Pet. 2:1-22.
w76 10/15 p.639
just asking: is it just the 10 commandments?
or jesus' teachings of the beatitudes?.
wobble > I've been coming across the phraseology "unscriptural teaching" on their WT CD quite a few times, i.e.:
In contrast to which is deemed an "unscriptural teaching" by WTS , which Bible doctrine(s) stand on their own, without any elaborate reference works of heathen origin?
just asking: is it just the 10 commandments?
or jesus' teachings of the beatitudes?.
Just asking: Is it just the 10 commandments? Or Jesus' teachings of the beatitudes?
i know this was not opening up for other about: (hope works this time)transcript of annual meeting notes and events from unknown source by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarattoday, october 12, 2011, 4 hours ago .
october 1, 2011 annual meeting of watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania at the jersey city assembly hall .
the meeting began with the singing of song #28 the new song followed by the opening prayer.
Steve Lett: "Lions are exceedingly strong. You cannot stand up against them in battle. You will lose. The Devil is a strong spirit creature. You cannot stand up against him in battle. Unless Jehovah is in your life you WILL lose!"
Gosh, don't these people ever read their own Bible?
(Judges 14:5-6) 5 Accordingly Samson went on down with his father and his mother to Tim´nah. When he got as far as the vineyards of Tim´nah, why, look! a maned young lion roaring upon meeting him. 6 Then Jehovah’s spirit became operative upon him, so that he tore it in two, just as someone tears a male kid in two, and there was nothing at all in his hand. And he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
35 And I went out after it and struck it down and made the rescue from its mouth. When it began rising against me, I grabbed hold of its beard and struck it down and put it to death. 36 Both the lion and the bear your servant struck down; . . .
(1 Chronicles 11:22) 22 As for Be·nai´ah the son of Je·hoi´a·da, the son of a valiant man, who did many deeds in Kab´ze·el, he himself struck down the two [sons] of Ar´i·el of Mo´ab; and he himself descended and struck down a lion inside a waterpit in the day of snowfall.
it appears so many offices are being sold, it is not easy to keep up with their liquidity.. has someone already compiled a list of these closures?
wts appears to suffer a real revenue tailspin, and the "waters are definitely drying up".
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/commercialproperty/2011/1012/1224305632482.html.
It appears so many offices are being sold, it is not easy to keep up with their liquidity.
Has someone already compiled a list of these closures? WTS appears to suffer a real revenue tailspin, and the "waters are definitely drying up".
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/commercialproperty/2011/1012/1224305632482.html
rutherford's book "enemies in 1937 said america would become a fascist catholic country and start armagedon...so where do you hide the bethel family?.
watch 82 8/15 p.10 "...for the safety of the bethel family a place was built in south lansing new york...it was never needed for that purpose...later transformed into a missionary school...".
watch 81 12/15 p.28 "rutherford believed that intense persecution against the witnesses may require them to leave headquarters...thus he built a building in upstate new york that could be used to house the bethel family...".
blondie > I don't believe it until I see it - I do not see a picture at all. Pls provide or reference to it if you can. Thank you.
the wt study edition is getting a facelift for the new year.. the january issue had been posted on jw.org but.... the boes hadn't received notice by letter of such a change.. the wts likes to play up every opportunity to have a new release.. this time the jw.org techies jumped the gun and went on to post.
the issues for download according to their established schedule.. unfortunately, they went ahead of the fds/gb who too late .
realized the cat was out of the bag, sort of saying.. well, it got pulled off the website, for now at least.. what's so secretive about it?.
Q.: Is it just me, or do I see the page margins getting wider? And the amount of pictures more abundantly?
I surmise: They nothing much have to tell us anymore.
i have never had any personal help from a member of the fds apart from what i read in the literature... which was very little because id rather read the bible.
even as a jw, if i had any encouragement it came from the elders or the bible.
they were the ones that did the hard work and cared.
CoCo >
Nowadays, Samuel Herd, member of the current Governing Body,
personally will befriend ordinary believers of the 'footlocker' class,
as seen in this recent snapshot. w11 12/15, p. 26
