this topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
So, who again is the king of the north? Has the watchtower decided who is the current KON? Is is Russia or Iran or the ISIS countries? Or may be the BRIC countries?
I have not heard, so given this is a topic of the KON, the first thing we need to define is - who are we talking about?
i've been working on a side project for a while.
the goal of the project is to create a comprehensive database of all publications throughout history.
with this database i will be able to instantly find trends in text,sentiment of writing, methods used, and scriptures emphasized.. essentially i will be able to put a word like "apostate" into my tool, and instantly receive a report showing every time the word (or similar words) has been used in all publications since 1870.. i will also be able to create reports showing word density used in publications over time.. so i'll be able to see that the word "governing body" has increased in usage 25% year over year since 1975.. or i will be able to analyze the november 2014 wt and run an algorithm that helps to determine, what the tone and motive of the writing is.. the thing that i am most excited about is the ability to instantly find every occurence of a scripture in every publication.. this will be a great tool to find flip flops in doctrine as well as inaccuracies in biblical interpretation.. i will for sure publish all interesting findings here.. .
What application are you using? I use nVivo 10.0 for some qualitative research I am conducting (unrelated to the Watchtower).
i absolutely love watching the animal channel and just observing the animal kingdom has really brought up some serious questions for any devout anti-gay religions such as born-again christians(bacs) and jws.
some animals such as deers practice lesbianism when there is no male deer around.
i almost fell out of my chair when watching this.
I don't know about BAC, but JWs tend to ignore facts that conflict with their beliefs. I think this is a common practice for many groups built on unsubstantiated ideas. As they say "don't confuse me with the facts..."
in a letter in the 2013 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body sign off with the words, "we love you all very much".
these words were later echoed by one of the governing body in an address to french jehovah's witnesses in july this year.
these words sound so marvellously compelling and heartfelt - goosebump inducing, even.. imagine the governing body wrote these words to you or expressed them to you in person- yes to you reading these very words.
Yea, but is conditional love. Translate what they say to "show me the money." They love the flock only to the extent that they benefit from the flock. The flock sacrafices - the GB gains the benefits of the sacrafice. Who would't love that?
watchtower uses the following twisted logic to equate receiving a blood transfusion, with feeding on blood:.
feeding is sometimes done by injecting nutrients intravenously.. blood transfusions are carried out by injecting blood intravenously.. therefore the intravenous injecting of blood can be equated with feeding intravenously.. hence, true christians refuse blood transfusions in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from blood".. now notice how the same kind of twisted logic leads to the equating of an invasive examination by a gynecologist, with sexual intercourse:.
sexual intercourse is often done by inserting the penis into the vagina.. certain invasive examinations by a gynecologist is done by inserting an instrument into the vagina.. therefore such invasive gynecological examinations can be equated with sexual intercourse.. hence, true christians refuse such gynecological examinations that are performed by someone to whom they're not married, in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from fornication".. it's the same kind of twisted reasoning, isn't it?
Proctologists have a great sense of humor. As explaine by Kramer on a Seinfeld episode - if you are at a party and a you meet a proctologist, plant yourself next to him and you will hear the greatest stories ever.
watchtower uses the following twisted logic to equate receiving a blood transfusion, with feeding on blood:.
feeding is sometimes done by injecting nutrients intravenously.. blood transfusions are carried out by injecting blood intravenously.. therefore the intravenous injecting of blood can be equated with feeding intravenously.. hence, true christians refuse blood transfusions in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from blood".. now notice how the same kind of twisted logic leads to the equating of an invasive examination by a gynecologist, with sexual intercourse:.
sexual intercourse is often done by inserting the penis into the vagina.. certain invasive examinations by a gynecologist is done by inserting an instrument into the vagina.. therefore such invasive gynecological examinations can be equated with sexual intercourse.. hence, true christians refuse such gynecological examinations that are performed by someone to whom they're not married, in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from fornication".. it's the same kind of twisted reasoning, isn't it?
ADCMS, I knew a guy who"s colonoscopy went horribly wrong. It nearly wrecked 'em
Thanks for the encouraging words, I will sleep better tonight
watchtower uses the following twisted logic to equate receiving a blood transfusion, with feeding on blood:.
feeding is sometimes done by injecting nutrients intravenously.. blood transfusions are carried out by injecting blood intravenously.. therefore the intravenous injecting of blood can be equated with feeding intravenously.. hence, true christians refuse blood transfusions in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from blood".. now notice how the same kind of twisted logic leads to the equating of an invasive examination by a gynecologist, with sexual intercourse:.
sexual intercourse is often done by inserting the penis into the vagina.. certain invasive examinations by a gynecologist is done by inserting an instrument into the vagina.. therefore such invasive gynecological examinations can be equated with sexual intercourse.. hence, true christians refuse such gynecological examinations that are performed by someone to whom they're not married, in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from fornication".. it's the same kind of twisted reasoning, isn't it?
I am scheduled for a colonoscopy tomorrow. I can only imagine where this analogy is going. Yikees!
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
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(thanks breakfast of champions).
I am with you - the hunker-down mentality is only a shtick to keep the r&f in expectation. The fact that the GB know it is a shtick only reinforces this as a cult.
When a group screams sacrifice - your first question should be who benefits from this scacrifice.
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
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(thanks breakfast of champions).
I'm sure this has been covered extensively, but the whole 1918/1919 thing always confused the hell out of me. Does this QFR at the end of the magazine add on at all to their newer understanding put out in 2012? They can be sly about things when they are modified or added on to!
Here is a video about 1919 from a friend and ex Gilead Missionary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3aXaPiXmA
If you think it is confusing, there is a reason for this confusion - it simply does not make sense.
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
select "premium download".
(thanks breakfast of champions).
The little girl is unhappy because Vin Diesel is forcing her to attend a brainwashing session in the basement of some quacks house !
That young girl has an independent spirit that screems - GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE! THESE PEOPLE ARE FU*&ING CRAZY! I am sure she will be posting here as soon as she learns to type.
