when i first became a witness, i always found the teaching about jesus being the arch angel michael hard to swallow.
i did however believe that jesus pre existed as a master worker alongside god (the first of his creation).. but now everything is brought into question having watched anthony buzzard explain why jesus could not have pre existed as it is impossible to pre exist yourself.
also the fact that it all sounds contradictory to suggest, he was already alive millions of years before he was transferred to mary's womb to be born as a human - the son of man?.
Not only did Jesus NOT pre-exist, he didn't exist or "post-exist" either.
While there may - or may not - have been a historical Jewish revolutionary who was the object of a massive historical publicity campaign and con-job, there certainly NEVER was a "Son of God."
Why? Because there is NO god to "father" such a Son.
Religion is a snare and a racket - truer words were never spoken!
Only you can set you free.
hey everyone.
i don't post here often, but i lurk pretty much everyday.
i just created the following infographic based on the recent yearbook stats.
Delightful words of truth!
Nicely done!
we all know watchtower doesn't encourage their members do research for themselves.
can anyone point out any articles where it mentions this?
any help would be appreciated.
This is IRONY, isn't it?
You want HELP proving that the WTB&TS discourages research?
Searcher, assist yourself!
i'll share mine first.... i had never missed a memorial for at least a quarter of a century of my life.
i was kind of raised to believe that missing the memorial was a sin in itself.. by 2013 memorial season, i was missing most of my meetings (even though i was still technically part of my foreign language congregation), and i had just come off the pioneer list.
i still made plans to attend the memorial (god forbid if i missed that lol).. i knew that typically our memorials were around 9 pm, since we usually got last priority (being a foreign language hall and all).
NoviceLocs14 confessed, "I was kind of raised to believe that missing the memorial was a sin in itself."
This is interesting.
Did you then, or do you now, partake of the emblems as an indication that you are anointed?
I'm going to take a statistical leap and guess that your answer to that question is "No."
Which means that like hundreds of thousands of JWs around the world, you REJECT the bread and wine when it is offered.
So... do you now, or did you then, believe that it would be a SIN for you to REJECT the emblems in the privacy of your own home?
Personally, I am QUITE HAPPY to reject the emblems from the comfort of my comfy recliner in front of my glorious wide-screen TV.
i just saw a video from mike and kim where (@6:00) she says:.
you know what i noticed in the new watchtower cd-roms?
is when you do a search for certain things that they would deem maybe apostates or certain questions, you can't find them in the search.. i know that sometimes, they get carried away and are not always factual.
Ah,yes, Tilde has always been a tricky one...
i've been hearing about 1975 for decades but i've never found a publication where this date is explicitly written.. do somebody have references ?.
SlappySlap, you were able to post your message here, so I will assume you are not illiterate.
Thus I have to conclude that you are either REALLY BAD at doing research or that this, your second post on this discussion board, is disingenuous, and/or insincere, and/or dishonest, and/or untruthful, and/or false, and/or deceitful, and/or duplicitous, and/or lying, and/or mendacious; and/or hypocritical.
Or maybe you're "lining la vida troll-a" under a bridge near you.
I think that either you will tire of this site soon or the site will tire of you soon.
SlappySlap, we hardly knew ye!
And... WE HAVE A WINNER!
today represents for me something of a milestone.
after breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, i am now able to walk without the aid of crutches.
also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle.
May your recovery proceed apace to completion. I hope you're taking some vitamin D and getting enough calcium.
had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.
i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!
im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.
This is what happens in a dictatorship when you have an abrupt change in the clowns who run the circus.
Fred Franz remained alive until he ran out of tana leaves, then he went to Sheol in a handcart.
Soon after Ted Jaracz followed suit.
Nature abhors a vacuum, so a clownfight ensued and the vacuum won! Figuratively... the clowns in charge now are as vacuous as can be, so twerking and jerking are the approved form of worship now. All that matters is that the twerks and jerks are SINCERE and that the checks don't bounce.
i just learned that my wife's congregations will soon be disbanded.
her congregation will disappear (cahuenga spanish in north hollywood in southern california).
all the members will be added to other neighboring congregations.
One-upsmanship is a game best played in public.
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