Posts by plmkrzy

in other posts i've commented on how profoundly tom cabeen's essay, "does god work through an organization," affected me when i read it on september 15th, 2004. somehow realizing that the scriptures do not actually teach this helped me to see that the watchtower society was not what it claimed to be.

read it here if you like... http://www.brci.org/attachments/org.pdf.

that said, i intend to share this information (where i can) with those current jws who'll let me.

plmkrzy

"administrative body"

That would be Moses.

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How long is Armaggeddon suppose to last? Is it going to last many years?

by booker-t in

is armaggeddon going to last many, many years or is it going to be quick, fast and over with in a matter of months?

i know the bible does not say specifically but if you were to guess what would you guess on the amount of time for armaggeddon to last?

jehovah and jesus have enough power to destroy the world in minutes.

plmkrzy

Does anyone remember that picture in the WT depicting a man shooting his gun into the sky during Armageddon? If he was using a six-shooter then it won’t last very long.

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Does God Work Through an Organization?

by Confession in

in other posts i've commented on how profoundly tom cabeen's essay, "does god work through an organization," affected me when i read it on september 15th, 2004. somehow realizing that the scriptures do not actually teach this helped me to see that the watchtower society was not what it claimed to be.

read it here if you like... http://www.brci.org/attachments/org.pdf.

that said, i intend to share this information (where i can) with those current jws who'll let me.

plmkrzy

But it did not set up any human form of government or
administrative body.

It's been awhile since I studied anything jw related and I am VERY rusty but I seem to remember the original teachings of Russell were also pretty much against "binding" sheep together. Things changed when Rutherford took over and turned it into a government. I don’t think most jws are aware of their jw roots. Can someone expand on that? It may serve some purpose.

plm

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What did you seek to acccomplish going door to door?

by Noggin in

i am back.

this time i won't lead you to what i want to hear.

promise.

plmkrzy

What did you seek to acccomplish going door to door?

Exercise. Then lunch.
Other then that...nothing. I hated it. I knew people didn’t want to be bothered and I hated bothering them. I was always relieved when no one answered the door. I do remember a few really good conversations though with some folks about religion in general.
plm

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greetings from another newbie

by lost_sheep in

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friends

well... i've finally worked up the courage to get an account & start posting on this site.

i've been lurking for a couple of months now, voraciously reading all the, mmm, "delightful words of truth" i've found here.

i'm currently deep in dubdom, so i have to be pretty ambiguous about some personal details, (i'm really paranoid, hopefully that will pass :-/) but my story in a nutshell is: i was born into this religion, baptised in my mid teens, happily married to a wonderful (& thankfully, somewhat open-minded) jw lady, & now, several years later, i'm starting to seriously question some of what i believe.

plmkrzy

i feel i'm fairly open-minded.

Well there's your first mistake

Welcome to the board!

plm

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Why didn't Jesus Give Instructions for a Bible?

by gumby in

matt: 24:14 .."and this good new of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth as a witnesss to all the nations - and then the end will come".. jesus plan was that by the time he was to return, the earth would be schooled as to who and what he was.

suppose you were going to leave the planet for 2000 years and you wanted the entire earthly society of people who would be alive when you returned to know about you.

would you tell someone to write down all your words of truth since these words would produce salvation and eternal life to all who believed in you........or would you tell a handful of diciples or say even 500 buddies to spread your words to their children and down through the succeding generations?.

plmkrzy

Revelation 22:18-19...For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
So we have a CLOSED CANON...because Jesus(rev 22:13) says so....

myelaine, am I understanding you correct? You believe nothing has been added or taken away from the scriptures as we know them?

plm

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Remember when out of town convention delegates stayed in private homes?

by juni in

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we were asked if we would volunteer for this important work of asking our bible students or good return visit clients if they could rent a room out to out of town delegates attending the da.

we opened up our home to a nice family and we became friends.

for many years we would visit each other and they would stay w/us when they went to ny to visit relatives.

plmkrzy

We opened up our home to a nice family and we became friends.

When I was still very young I remember doing the same thing however the family that stayed with us spoke Spanish. The dinner table was interesting to say the least. Lots of sign language and laughing.

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"No fear" t shirts, forbidden???

by free2beme in

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in the 1990's there were a lot of things that had the saying "no fear" on it and one of the local elders figured out that this meant we live life and do things without fear.

so that basically we could try things and take chances, without the normal fear we associate with things in life.

well in a special needs talk they decided that "no fear" t shirts should not be worn by good witnesses and they asked that we not wear them to witness gatherings, or even in life.

plmkrzy

I don't remember the "no fear T" thing but it doesn't surprise me a bit. I can remember sooooooo many stupid other things that are very similar.

plm