That has not been my experience with COs.
Posts by ttdtt
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22CO's never say thank you for the green handshakes
by suavojr inever noticed how co's and ex-do's never say thank you for the hard earned money they get from the friends?
they truly believe they are entitled to live an easy life at the expense of others.
this makes my blood boil!
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I'm ready to get my first Powerball ticket -- NOT!
by FatFreek 2005 init's up to some 800 zillion dollars now and hasn't suckered me in yet.
i've been out of watchtower for some 38 years now and i suppose the lottery is one of their nonoze.
i have nothing morally wrong against it or anyone who enjoys doing it.
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Odds are about 250 million to 1 of winning - which by the way is MUCH greater than Armageddon ever coming:)
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God's Holy Spirit - Contradiction?
by sincerelymine inhere's the backstory: a jw posted a thread in /r/debatereligion basically allowing the community to ask him anything.
things got realer than he expected, i think.
someone brought up the failed predictions and asked if they would qualify as false prophecy(1 john 4:1).
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You are right - this is a complete cop-out and contradiction.
Questions to ask:
1. If Holy Spirit can not guarantee the right course, what good is it? (a magic 8 ball would be as good)
2. Why is HS not strong enough to make sure the right thing happens?
3. If it is not a guarantee of the right thing happening, how do you know if your choice was ever the one HS wanted.4. Why was HS good enough to create the universe, make nations do gods bidding, cast out demons, heal the sick, raise the dead - but not good enough today to assure mistakes are not made.
The most problematic things is that it is always invoked. So if something happened either HS was responsible (i.e. you chickens didn't die and had lot of baby chicks - or someone worked against HS so it could not bless them)
The GB talks out of both sides of their mouth on this. In the same lesson they will state that there are no modern day miracles, then point to modern day miracles. They will say they are not inspired, then say that god is directing them.
The are carful to maintain Plausible Denial in all this crap.
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How do jws break down the bible for Giliead school? Bible law, antitypes and what else?
by average joe ini know the proclamers book is studied but i would like to know how the bible is broken down into parts for study.
i know theres a complete reading of the bible by time written, antitypes, bible law but how else is it broken into parts?
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The proclaimers book was never "studied" at the congregation level. And now the GB pretends it never existed. We have a new mini size one with all the info "we" need about the history.
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I almost died laughing at the meeting last night. OMG WTF is going on? Have I been away this long?
by macys inok so most of you guys know already that i am going through the reinstatement process for my parents but i do have a partially sinister plan which i will not mention here since someone told me that there are b-lites that read boards like this.
last night and it was the funniest experience i have ever seen.
besides that the brother doing the sound and video screwed up the whole thing when showing the videos and it took 3 brothers to fix it after 10 minutes, the whole thing was a joke.
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LoveUniHateExams
The Snake Handling is Next Month:)
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Have you got a cow that you could sell ?
by pepperheart inhave you got a cow that you could sell for the gb they really really need the money
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Man I wanted to scream and laugh at the same time. What a JOKE!
Im sure the dad signed up - hoping he could scrape the travel money together some how.
Dad "man how am I gonna pay for this? Maybe one of my kids will sell their pets! I will pray to jah about it" -
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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?
by TakeOffTheCrown insamuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.
some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.
in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .
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I think most rooms are like little efficiencies. Every room I have been in at the different locations had little kitchen area. Maybe that was just for couples, but putting them in is not an indication of everyone doing their own cooking. I don't think thats logistically possible. -
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Do the Governing body really have the power some think they do?
by sherrie11 ini mentioned this in a previous post, i feel the current gb truly believe they are chosen by god and are indoctrinated just as much as the rank and file.
they are deluded in their belief that they are guardians of the doctrine.
they are suffering from cognitive dissonance just as much.
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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?
by TakeOffTheCrown insamuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.
some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.
in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .
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I know someone at the farm, they are not making their own food.