Posts by wallsofjericho

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Nethinim - (Barb Anderson please comment if you can!) :)

by wallsofjericho in

*** w06 2/15 p. 28 par.

11 walking in the path of increasing light ***.

the year 1992 saw still another refinement, one that is comparable to what happened after the israelites and others returned from exile in babylon.

wallsofjericho

*** w06 2/15 p. 28 par. 11 Walking in the Path of Increasing Light ***

The year 1992 saw still another refinement, one that is comparable to what happened after the Israelites and others returned from exile in Babylon. Back at that time, there were not a sufficient number of Levites to care for temple service. So non-Israelite Nethinim were given more to do in helping the Levites. Accordingly, to assist the faithful and discreet slave class in caring for its increasing earthly interests, in 1992 some of the “other sheep” received added service responsibilities. They were appointed as helpers to the Governing Body committees.—John 10:16.

Blondie pasted this in another thread recently. I always thought that after this 92 article actually went so far as to suggest that all the 144k could die beforeArmageddon and that there could be only "other sheep" remaining to run the organization.

I also beleive Barb Anderson had some comments about this article causing a shock wave at bethel with a few brothers getting their wrists slapped over it

It seemed to have just been shelved. Was this revived in 2006? Or was it just revisionism, ignoring the part about all the 144k dieing before the big A and just talking about the added responsibility?

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I HATE vets

by Xanthippe in

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friends

took one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gats flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years.

so i asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but no this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic.

didn't work and she's much worse.. went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks.

wallsofjericho

I hate cats

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

yes 3rdgen, that was my speculation also

what procedural change would "shake people's faith"?

my speculation on announcing "no loner JW" for inactive could qualify for this

maybe...... uhm........ mandatory use of tablets/smart phones in service and/or meetings?

even the stopping of printing of certain material would be viewed by die hards as earth shaking.

Year books only as PDF?

Oh I know! all JW's ordered to burn all their old literature! Bound volumes, magazines, eveything older than 2000.

Dubs will be required to report their family worship activity (not hours but that they actually do it) anyone not doing this loses privileges

of course, merging of WT and Awake and renaming JW.org magazine

oh so many money saving tactics to frame as holy spirit inspired!!! so curious...........

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

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1914

symbolic 144k

what else could there be? what else is left that anyone cares about? Perhaps we all have to imitate the recent WT picture and start hoarding hundreds of lbs of grain, water and canned soup in our basements

We have long predicted the "no longer a JW" applying to inactive witnisses, could this be the official launch of shunning/DF'ing inactive JW's? Making the stage announcement after 1 year of inactivity?

hmmmmmmmmm.......

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can anyone verify the new "basic pioneer" rumor?

by Chris Tann in

so it's rumored started by one member that there is a new pioneer rank called basic pioneer, announced at annual meeting.

can anyone verify this is true?

everything else presented at the meeting has been verified except this.

wallsofjericho

I heard informally that the 10 hour pioneer was a way to encourage inactive dubs, didn't get a detailed explanation and I didn't push for more,

seems to agree with dwainbowman

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China To Be Number 1 This Year ! OMG!

by metatron in

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d79ffff8-cfb7-11e3-9b2b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz30n0eglxv.

i nearly dropped my coffee on the floor!

this ain't some goofy conspiracy site.. let the scots vote themselves independence and finish off "anglo-america".. .

wallsofjericho

http://inequalityforall.com/

very insightful documentary about miserable state of the US economy

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

as mentioned, they fired CTR.

in many ways this seems small, but I am getting the feeling it was a targeted move among the recent change re the last days only 1919 F&DS.

By firing CTR there is a softening of the signifigance of any abandonment of CTR's long held teachings.

144 symbolic, 1914 dropped (although 1914 as it stands now was created by the "official" F&DS) or changed, drop Watchtower and rebrand to JW or JW.org, become more mainstream and less doomsday seeker religion. etc etc

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

JW's don't even realize they are Christophobic

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

I bet it is the Governing body no longer have to be "annointed"

not faith testing. this was tested back in the 90's with the Nephunim analogy. It just fizzled away without any real conversation

barb anderson has a discussion on this I believe, apparently the writing dept got quite a tongue lashing over that one

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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wallsofjericho

i suppose a symbolic 144k would be a big change too....

sloppyjoe

I posted elsewhere that I suspect the reason behind the the recent 1914 revival is not to embed it, but to prepare the R&F for a change.
If they don't understand it now, they will be more confused with a change. If they can be comfortable with the "math" now, the change can be slighly introduced in a way that doesn't shock their system so to speak. it will just be a minor change to one variable but that will change the whole thing... kind of like 606 to 607 & no zero year changes but this time its enough to knock out 1914, at least as a starting point for all last days prophecies or to align the 587BCE destruction of Jerusalem into the JW eschatology

perhaps the 7 times really are just 7 years? perhaps the 3.5 times will be disconnected from Daniel? these are big shake ups to the old school JW for sure