Posts by Dismissing servant

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Need best info on why Jesus could never have chosen org in 1918?

by GodZoo in

hi folks... i was playing a tiny online ipad multiplayer war game last night and one started a dialogue with a another player i was attacking.

in it he quoted a scripture.. and it turns out he he is a 25 year serving jw.

possibly an elder... well.. i spent 6 hours tapping away with one finger in the chat box until 8am this morning with him about all the issues on sex abuse, the money grab and most importantly the subject of jesus turning his attention to the earth and selecting the then bibles students as his one and only people based on what they were teaching (spiritual food) back then.. he knows nothing about any of the current and historic child sex abuse cases (never heard of candice conti etc) and even less about the insane early teachings or russell etc.. i completely blew his mind in our 6 hour text chat not to mention my index finger nearly falling off!.

Dismissing servant

Have a look at this thread! http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/206938/finished-mystery-1917-book-that-jesus-approved?page=1 Showing him some stuff from part 7 of Studies in Scripture might be effective.

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International Conventions

by tenyearsafter in

just saw a facebook post from an acquaintance who just went to the international convention in dallas, tx.

according to his post, there were approximately 50,000 in attendance on sunday, with 468 baptized.

there were an additional 9 conventions tied to this one, with an attendance of approximately 100,000 and 609 baptisms total, including dallas.

Dismissing servant

Some new figures. At the international/scandinavian convetion i Stockholm there were some 400 who jumped in the pool out of some 55 000 attendants. Less than 0,8%

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Small details...

by Garrett in

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friends

a witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.

since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.

our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.

Dismissing servant

This is the cognitive dissonance working......why should he listen to you..you cannot promise him eternal life petting lions and pandas. You are only trying to destroy his hope for the future......fact could be devastating for his well-being and psychological health. So he will deny everytheng that provokes anxciety.

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Updated Chronological Timeline of the Great Tribulation -- after the New Light from July Watchtower

by FusionTheism in

the july 15, 2015 study watchtower article entitled "your deliverance is getting near", along with the jw broadcasting video entitled "gerrit losch: fortified by "the prophetic word," and chapter 21 of the god's kingdom rules!

book presented a large amount of new light or clarified understanding of the events of the great tribulation.. here i am presenting it in chronological order -- this is the governing body's updated chronological order of events for the time right before the great tribulation through armageddon:.

the final sealing of the anointed occurs just prior to the outbreak of the tribulation.

Dismissing servant

prologosa month ago

11. The Gathering of the Anointed occurs. Jesus sends His angels to rapture the remaining Anointed up to Heaven.
There is 'new light' ideas in the footnote of the mag. The rapturing anointed will leave their bodies on earth (unlike the heavenly bound Christ with his re-generated corps) and like in Jesus case, the angels will dispose of them. new light: no cremation, burial for the then GB. The Org reverting back to MIRACLES for undertaker services. . ."

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This indicates that the GB will abandon ship......and commit group suicide. I wonder if the GB really believes this.

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Pioneers inviting to regional convention

by InquiryMan in

interestingly, jws in norway actually do invite people to attend convention in stockholm, even from the city of bod, some 1176 km away (driving distance 14 h 30 m away).. .

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Dismissing servant

Yes! You are right..they jut have tokeep people busy.

Maybe dress code i a bit more liberal in northern Norway? :)

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Disowning the God of the OT is not an Option

by cofty in

it's to their credit that many modern christians prefer the jesus of the gospels to the god of the old testament.. ot god is an embarrassment.

i am not going to list his multitude of moral crimes here but my personal favourite is his brilliant idea that a girl who is raped must marry her rapist.

it's not his biggest crime but it demonstrates a disregard for human feelings that is beyond the comprehension of every moral person.

Dismissing servant

Remember...Jesus is the only one in the bible threating non believers with eternal punishment. The OT God never did that. He "just" killed people that were enemies of the Jewish state. But jesus will be killing for "thought crimes" when he returns.

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