John Aquila

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  Peter answers the questions of when are the last days and what Generation all in one chapter

  by Crazyguy in

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  in chapter 2 of acts ,this is the seen of pentecost and the speaking of tongues.

  people started freaking out thinking these people are drunk an peter gets up and says in verses 16-17 these people are not drunk this in the fulfilment of the prophecy written in joel.

  he goes on to describe all these things and those accomplishes by jesus and says these are the last days.

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  Morpheus 13 minutes ago

  Very true but the dubbies would say there was a past and a modern fulfillment

  
  

  You forgot the "Future Fulfillment" Morpheus, after the overlapping generation runs its course. We're talking maybe 2075.
  
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  How did Matthew Use the Word "Generation"?

  by BluesBrother in

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  another "generation" thread....i know!

  when splane wanted a scripture that demonstrated the bible's use of the word he went all the way back to moses and used ex.

  1.6. he could have stayed in the same book and used matthew chapter 1,written by the same hand.

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  Good one BB. I keeping this one for reference.
  
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  The Governing Body's Publicity Methods

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  Are the Governing Body broadcasts promoted at Kingdom Hall meetings?

  by nicolaou in

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  a question for those still attending i guess but are all these new jw.telemuppet.org broadcasts advertised to the the rank and file or is it more of a background thing?.

  i'm wondering because i just can't believe my 70 year old die-hard jw mum would ever see them if she wasn't sat down in front of a screen and someone clicked 'play' for her.

  i really want her to see the wizards behind the curtain.

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  In my area, they got rid of the kingdom hall broadcasting. No one was showing up except a few elderly sisters. From what I have heard, very few watch them at home.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  OneEyedJoe

  My wife (in her early 30s) recently said that she fully expects to grow old and die before the new system comes. I asked her why she doesn't believe what they're telling her - that it's going to come soon - and she couldn't answer.

  Wow, Wow, Wow--------I'm at a loss of words.I don't even know what to think anymore on how to help some of these JWs.
  
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  Am I understanding this generation overlapping "New Light"

  by greenhornet in

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  so i'm thinking...my daughter has a great grand mother that was born in 1900. she was 14 years old in the 1914 year.. well this grand lady died in 1990. my daughter was about 9 years old at that time.

  so my daughter can live until 2065.. she will be about 84 in the year 2065. so this "new light" means that 2065 is the new 1914?.

  can someone say im right?.

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  You know we're not the only ones talking about this. There are probably many jws families secretly discussing this.

  What will happen in the next 5 years????

  
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  Why isn't demon possession a DF offense?

  by rebel8 in

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  let's review: it's a cult!.

  allrighty--got thinking about it in this thread.

  isn't it odd that, of all things, that isn't on the list of df offenses?

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  But on the slim chance that such things could present a clear danger

  Man Caleb, if that turned out to be true, it would change my whole freaking paradigm again.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  No problem Fading Truth, I don't blame you, hell we all been dupe, and I know it's difficult for me to believe anything anymore. I'm actually an agnostic on everything, but I also like to read and sooner or later I'm going to have to learn to trust. I don't know if I'll get there but I'm trying to enjoy the journey.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  Finkelstein

  This Overlapping generation is crap, and I don’t believe it. “

  Should have gone one step further and said " Well I think all ancient mythology in the bible is crap and I don't believe any of it.

  I agree Finkelstein, but like I mentioned to Londo, this man is hitting 80, is not in good health, and has spent his life since a kid serving the master WT as a Regular Pioneer, Elder. I would hate to see him go through what I went. I don’t think late 70s – 80s is enough time to recover from TTATT. Heck it's been only 2 years for me and I'm still going through some hell. Plus all his family are staunch Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  I rather let him die in peace.
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  FayeDunaway

  hey what's going on with these 'dislikes' ?? Usually there's some consistency with how many pluses or minuses for each point of view...these seem to be all over the place. Is something glitching or do people really feel that strongly about john's story

  Ha ha, Faye, I thought the same thing. It was just a 5 minute experience of an old JW friend who expressed his dislike of the new generation teaching. It’s not like he left the WT and became a super apostate. He still believes the WT has the truth. I thought if I posted it, I might get 7 or 8 views. Boy what a surprise.

  FT was upset not only with my experience, but feels most people here have no critical thinking skills

  FT’s Quote; Many here lap up everything that reaffirms their view of JW's without engaging the critical thinking skills

  Definition - Critical thinking means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. Critical thinking is used in making serious decisions that will affect your life or the lives of others.

  I’m relating a 5 minute experience. I’m not trying to convince anyone to give me their money of jump of a cliff.

  I have to admit, I do like stuff like this, it keeps my mind of the reality of being dupe for 40 years.That's a real heavy weight I have to carry.