Wait until the uber zealous hear of this....they're gonna do exactly the same, Bible studies are going to plummet!....because that means Armageddon is starting any moment now! Imagine all those guilty trips. You could make a movie about that.
mikeflood
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Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting
by Gorbatchov inhttps://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.
interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.
no love for the person.. g..
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Did you actually read the bible end to end?
by Ultimate Axiom inin my ten years as a witness i never read the whole bible end to end, what with four magazines a month, the book study, meetings and talk preparations, there just wasn’t the time.
i knew all the important references to ‘prove’ the various jw doctrines, and the cherry picked chapters that help foster the idea that it’s a good book, but that’s not reading it.
well after nearly forty years out, i decided i would do it.
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mikeflood
Yea, read one time cover to cover, it took me one year, I think the Bible just shows how humanity has tried to resolve big questions, questions that doesn't have easy answers. That has brought all us here and the others sacred texts, and ancient philosophy too....
Still wonders me when it was in the Bible 'accepted' having many wives or when you could take a sword and after a time that was not valid...I mean the change is dramatic sometimes.
Anyway, the big questions are still there, and there's stuff in the Bible that could help...with a grain of salt I guess...
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Is the org. Laying the groundwork for no earthly paradise?
by nowwhat? inin stephen letts annual meeting talk he spent about 15min.
talking about how the garden of eden compares to our spiritual paradise that we are currently inhabiting.
he didn't mention the earthly paradise until the very last sentence.
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mikeflood
Ok guys..... I'm in the mood of helping the Borg today.....so I concocted this new light.
Armaggedon (as the book of Revelation of course) is a battle between the armies that oppose God, and the Lamb, Christ. Those armies are going to lost that battle and the Devil be incarcerated in the Abyss for one thousand years, but remember this, it's very important, the 'Nations' are gonna keep going for the one thousand years (20:3). There's a distinction between the armies and the 'Nations'.
So, there's hope for humanity, after all, the Great Crowd comes out from 'every nation, tribe, people and language'. And even after the thousand of years, you know, the 'Nations' still keep going. (21:24).
So, we here at the WT from now on are going to focus in that paradise with all the nations, without evil influence. That means being more inclusive and less judgemental because we don't who's surviving or not. Earthly paradise is gonna be a lot different that we thought, sorry folks.
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Paradise Lost
by galaxy7 indoes anyone remember the book paradise lost to paradise regained?
i was made to study the scary parts evertime i misbehaved which must have been all the time as the book imprinted into my brain.all i wanted in life as a child was to join the girl guides go hang out at the ywca with my friends and take part in sports day at school.so my mother asked the then congregation servant if i was demonized,they decided i would be fertalizer for my mothers pear tree.
anyway i grew up fairly normal,took me ages not to be afraid of lightning.had children who never entered a kingdom hall.most of my family served in some capacity at bethel so they dont talk to me.since then i have been a searcher looking for somthing to fill the void.has anyone found anything??
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mikeflood
How things have become....the original Paradise book, the one with the rugged cover is now is a collectible..... specially in the borg. I remember one that my father had...one 'prominent charge' said to him, I'm gonna take this book from you...long time ago.
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Stock market 2018 turbulence
by mikeflood inlast week was awful for the stock exchange..... do you guys think something like the 2008 crisis could happen again?
the prophets of doom are talking about a 10 % correction....
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mikeflood
All the economic fundamentals are good...and the stock exchange keeps sinking....why?
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Typical Antitypical and 1914
by Finally Left incould someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.
watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.
why does this not apply to 1914?
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mikeflood
Yea, you it a nail here, it should be treated the same and scraped right away but it seems for the WT land is a 'ghost of Christmas past'
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UK Prime Minister about to get booted out?
by The Fall Guy inhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46532747.
changing the driver of a runaway (brexit) train which is speeding towards a broken down bridge over a chasm is going to do a lot of good.
why not just stop the train?.
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mikeflood
British government always wanted all the European Union benefits without adopting the euro. Maybe they are gonna be better just with an association agreement, like Norway. Meanwhile is a mess.
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Cold war 2.0
by mikeflood incanada arresting the daughter of china's huawei telecomunications conglomerate with the intention of extraditing her to the us for "violations of sanctions to north korea & iran", navy ships sailing for first time in 30 years near of russian bases "to challenge excessive russia maritime claims" , us secretary of state speech saying that "the multilateral approach is not working anymore".
maybe the last is the most worrisome.
it looks like the us know something that we don't know, that they are weak like banana republics, going to comply to whatever demands they make, or that this is the last real chance to stop them.....one little miscalculation and this takes fire...hope not, it's lot more funny talk about the borg.
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mikeflood
Canada arresting the daughter of China's Huawei telecomunications conglomerate with the intention of extraditing her to the US for "violations of sanctions to North Korea & Iran", Navy ships sailing for first time in 30 years near of Russian bases "to challenge excessive Russia maritime claims" , US Secretary of State speech saying that "the multilateral approach is not working anymore". Maybe the last is the most worrisome. It looks like the US know something that we don't know, that they are weak like banana republics, going to comply to whatever demands they make, or that this is the last real chance to stop them.....one little miscalculation and this takes fire...hope not, it's lot more funny talk about the Borg. -
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Foreign holidays now expicitly forbidden too
by George One Time inhttps://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-celebrate-holidays/.
mostly we read about the regular holidays in the western world.
now the other ones are also named, because some witnesses could be in doubt .
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mikeflood
Well, if the Borg don't want any fun, why they don't create a festival of their own....after that the Israelites had in ancient times three main festivals.... festivals that involve pilgrimages, food, rejoicing, etc.....that could make Borgland not soo boring. Make the Spiritual Paradise Great Again. !
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What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?
by minimus ini think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.
too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.
maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?
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mikeflood
Make Elders and MS report the time spend shepherding and taken care of Cong. activities so the RF take note and appreciate it more ....but wait....they have put emphasis on simplification