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  Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

  by jam in

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  was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

  good.

  so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

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  erbie

  Similarly: Did Dr. Spock really have pointey ears?

  Seriously!
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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth

  by 00DAD in

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  probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.

  regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .

  "we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

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  Sorry for posting that twice. My mouse pad is ultra sensitive.

  I literally have repeated myself!
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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth

  by 00DAD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.

  regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .

  "we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

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  The fact that they do not keep such a record is conspicuous by its absence because if they did we could work out exactly how many there have been since the founding of the WBT$. Hypothetically, that number, coupled with the number of Christians from the first century until Russel would, without doubt, exeed 144,000 and would expose the doctrine for the lie that it is.

  The thread that deals with this crucial topic is fascinating and worthy of more research.

  Obviously our research has limitations but I always struggled to believe that the number of 144,000 had not been exeeded. I'm certain that they knew this and the 'Great Crowd' teaching was a direct response to this which would, of course, create somewhere for the surplus to go.

  Sorry to repeat myself, but this always nagged at me in the back of my mind like an alarm and I don't think I ever really bought in to it.
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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth

  by 00DAD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.

  regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .

  "we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

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  erbie

  The fact that they do not keep such a record is conspicuous by its absence because if they did we could work out exactly how many there have been since the founding of the WBT$. Hypothetically, that number, coupled with the number of Christians from the first century until Russel would, without doubt, exeed 144,000 and would expose the doctrine for the lie that it is.

  The thread that deals with this crucial topic is fascinating and worthy of more research.

  Obviously our research has limitations but I always struggled to believe that the number of 144,000 had not been exeeded. I'm certain that they knew this and the 'Great Crowd' teaching was a direct response to this which would, of course, create somewhere for the surplus to go.

  Sorry to repeat myself, but this always nagged at me in the back of my mind like an alarm and I don't think I ever really bought in to it.
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  Hilarious "wardrobe worksheet" in new YPA book!

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during a quiet moment i picked the latest ypa book down from my bookshelf.

  it's pretty much stayed there since my relatives came back from the latest convention.

  i couldn't bring myself to see the extent to which the society is now trying to claw its way into the lives of teenagers.

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  Yes Outlaw, and re-write it he did. Along with a load of other S#1+.
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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth

  by 00DAD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.

  regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .

  "we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

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  In short, you cannot make sense out of nonsense and those guys are full of it.
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  I am officially 'mentally diseased' by WBT$ standards!

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night whilst i was relaxing 2 elders came to my door to tell me i am officially da'd because of my 'actions'.

  they weren't specific but i have been to church and telling others about the wbt$ scandals.. i was told they thought i was rude for ignoring their letters and not attending my jc.. my reply: 'you were the rude ones for sending me hounding letters when i specifically asked you never to contact me!'.

  i got a 'hurumph' from the lead eldub.. i don't remember the whole conversation but they were annoyed i kept referring to the wbt$ as 'just a big business' but i told them they were on my property uninvited so they'd have to listen to my opinion and i don't have to listen to theirs.

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  Good on ya Punk. That'll teach em.

  They won't like the taste of their own medicine!
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  Why do we care?

  by fade_away in

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  ok this thread might get my ass kicked by some of you in here, but don't take it the wrong way...i'm just curious, why do we care so much about the wt calling us "mentally diseased"?

  i mean haven't we said far worse things about the wt and gb in this forum?

  (i include myself)...i know many of us got all bent out of shape because of those two words they used on us and some of us are trying to get the law on our side, but if we could file lawsuits against them, then i'm sure they can just as easily get their money back by accusing us of "hate speech" and having this website shut down.

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  Bang on!!!
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  Why do we care?

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
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  ok this thread might get my ass kicked by some of you in here, but don't take it the wrong way...i'm just curious, why do we care so much about the wt calling us "mentally diseased"?

  i mean haven't we said far worse things about the wt and gb in this forum?

  (i include myself)...i know many of us got all bent out of shape because of those two words they used on us and some of us are trying to get the law on our side, but if we could file lawsuits against them, then i'm sure they can just as easily get their money back by accusing us of "hate speech" and having this website shut down.

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  How would this health label read though?

  Any ideas?
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  Whatever happened to the UN in JW prophecy?

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it me or is the un no longer the enemy?

  when i was studying all i heard about was the un banning religions.

  do any current articles discuss this anymore?.

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  Yes designs, that awful Revelation book just about sums it up. It truly was awful. I'm just glad we left before my kids had to study the rubbish. How can they be a charitable organization and publish shocking trash such as that.

  To think I actually sat there and gave serious attention to it's content.