Posts by NikL

As its known when your baptized in this faith you have to make personal vow toward the leaders of this organization, the GB members or the Faithful Discrete Slave as the other self imposed identity.

Non of which is scriptural...I checked

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) APRIL 2017.....Scare tactics

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower (study edition) april 2017 .

“you must pay your vows to jehovah.”—matt.

5:33.. * to all intents and purposes, he presented himself as one who was wholly dedicated to god.

NikL

you know Crazy...I NEVER thought of that.

Does it say ANYTHING in the bible about baptism being a dedication?

Now I'm gonna have to look.

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) APRIL 2017.....Scare tactics

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower (study edition) april 2017 .

“you must pay your vows to jehovah.”—matt.

5:33.. * to all intents and purposes, he presented himself as one who was wholly dedicated to god.

NikL

Whoa!

Someone else just posted a similar question.

GMTA apparently.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5651846695747584/what-would-happen-assets-jw-organisation-if-cult-went-into-meltdown

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) APRIL 2017.....Scare tactics

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower (study edition) april 2017 .

“you must pay your vows to jehovah.”—matt.

5:33.. * to all intents and purposes, he presented himself as one who was wholly dedicated to god.

NikL

All good points Clarity.

Gets me to wonder, let's say they are deliberately sabotaging their org....leading to an implosion and demise of the beast.

Who gets all the assets?

I know I know it's really a crazy thought, but just curious.

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) APRIL 2017.....Scare tactics

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower (study edition) april 2017 .

“you must pay your vows to jehovah.”—matt.

5:33.. * to all intents and purposes, he presented himself as one who was wholly dedicated to god.

NikL

I didn't know that pic of the kid going into the baptism pool was a legit published in WT picture!

I also never saw that caption to it.

Seriously, what is he, 8...9?

WTF?!!!

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) APRIL 2017.....Scare tactics

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower (study edition) april 2017 .

“you must pay your vows to jehovah.”—matt.

5:33.. * to all intents and purposes, he presented himself as one who was wholly dedicated to god.

NikL

Vidiot

Is it just me, or are they getting meaner and more threatening?

It's weird. They'll have an article about how the GB is imperfect and roving about in the darkness then something like this.

I'm not a mental health expert (although I play one on TV) I think they may be suffering from schizophrenia.

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Which bible translation do you think is best and most acurate?

by NikL in

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for those that still care to read the bible of course.

those that don't, please keep the snarky comments to yourselves :-).

i am assuming nwt is not very popular?.

NikL

Thanks everyone.

I'll check out some of those I haven't heard of or used before, namely Jerusalem bible and 2001 translation.

When reading I use my tablet with bible hub app on it and use the feature that lets you have two translations side by side. Using the NET and then if something comes up I want to see differently look at the ERV. Then I'll pop over and look at the NWT to see how it is worded. I'll then look at the kingdom interlinear and see what they say the original Greek was (at least for NT) It's amazing how the NWT has changed so many scriptures into something different than the Greek text, even those in the interlinear! I am feeling like the NWT is an abomination these days.

Needless to say I am moving rather slowly through the scriptures.

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The Governing Body are doubling down on dogma!

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in case you were wondering if the governing body we're going to become kinder and gentler, the answer is a big "no!!!

in the current study edition of the wt magazine, the sheeple are reminded of some very important key points.

1) god has an organization ( corporation ) that you must respect.. 2) only the gb/faithful slave can dispense spiritual food and only the gb/faithful slave can interpret the bible.. 3) individual dubs absolutely cannot learn "truth" on their own.. 4) god requires "unity of doctrine.

NikL

By obeying the Bible, we keep the congregation clean, peaceful, and united. Ask yourself, ‘Will I be loyal to Jesus and follow the direction of the faithful slave?’

Ugh!