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  if i knew then what i know now....

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

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  if you could go back and utilize the knowledge of ttatt that you have now, how would it have impacted your decisions?.

  for me, i would've made some different choices.

  i now see that my depression over losing my position in the congregation and watching what i perceived to be my entire world fall apart around me, left me highly susceptible to influence.

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  Bobcat

  Bruja:

  Thank you very much.

  I use Chrome. I checked the extensions and, sure enough, there was an extension called "RoboSaver." When I unchecked it the problem stopped. How it got to be installed I don't have the slightest idea.

  Take Care
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  The new word links within the postings

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  as bobcat post 1204 pointed out.

  this seems to be a new form of ad type links.

  i've seen them on other places.

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  Bobcat

  Just to reiterate -

  After the page loads, it auto refreshes and certain words will be underlined as a link. When the mouse flies over them a small ad window pops up inviting you to click on it. It looks like it looks for certain words - for example, on Jeremiah's thread the word "depression" is underlined and linked to a cite that offers depression remedies.
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  A Clean Slate When You Die ??

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

  - romans 6:7 (nwt).

  i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

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  Bobcat

  Perry:

  Recently came across another verse that would argue that death does not wipe a person's "slate" clean:

  (1 Peter 4:3-5) . . .For the time that has passed by is sufficient for YOU to have worked out the will of the nations when YOU proceeded in deeds of loose conduct, lusts, excesses with wine, revelries, drinking matches, and illegal idolatries. 4 Because YOU do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of YOU. 5 But these people will render an account to the one ready to judge those living and those dead.

  Verse 5 says the ones practicing the things in verse 3 would eventually "render an account," which they wouldn't have to if death wipes a person's slate clean. Those who would render an account include, according to Peter, "those living and those dead."

  Take care
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  if i knew then what i know now....

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you could go back and utilize the knowledge of ttatt that you have now, how would it have impacted your decisions?.

  for me, i would've made some different choices.

  i now see that my depression over losing my position in the congregation and watching what i perceived to be my entire world fall apart around me, left me highly susceptible to influence.

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  Bobcat

  Jeremiah (or anyone else):

  This is an off topic question -

  In your (Jeremiah's) post above there are green semi-circle icons with an arrow pointing at about the 2 o'clock position. When the mouse goes over them an ad box appears (after the words "depression," "power," and "career"). Am I the only one getting these? Is this some sort of new ad that can be blocked?

  Edited to add: I now notice that when the page first appears, these ads are not inlcuded in the text. But the page immediately refreshes and the ads are imbedded into the text.
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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  Fisherman:

  Check my post here for comments from the NICNT-Matthew commentary and Josephus in connection with the wording of Mt 24:21 (specifically about 2/3s of the way into the comment). Not to argue the point, as each has a right to his/her own view. But just to show how some can view the wording of 24:21 as hyperbole without needing to find a yet future fulfillment.

  I personally believe Mt 24:4-35 has a 1st century only fulfillment, yet, it does follow a pattern similar to past actions by God, a pattern which, to some extent, also occurs in Revelation. It is (to me) this similar pattern which prompts some to view Mt 24:4-35 as having a dual fulfillment. (Compare 2 Pet 2:6 - also cmp this verse in the NWT.)

  Additionally, some feel that vv. 29-31 had no fulfillment in the 1st century, thus leading to the thought that it must be fulfilled at some later time. But see here and here.
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  Convoluted Reasoning in Tonight's Bible Reading Comments

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in revelation 20: 2-3 it says jesus throws satan into the abyss for 1,000 years.

  the wt said this about where the demons will be:.

  *** w04 11/15 p. 30 questions from readers ***.

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  Bobcat

  Here is a fallacy from the above quotation that is so common as to be 'hidden in plain sight':

  • the Thousand Year Reign of Christ

  But compare with this.
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  Has the WT ever said slavery is wrong? Last Sundays WT seems to say no.

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in last sundays wt there was a paragraph talking about how the 1st century christian congregation was united despite differences.

  rich and poor, jew and gentile, and get this.. slave and slave owner!

  the wt has admitted that not only slaves were a part of the congregation, but that slave owners were as well, with no sanction on their behavior.

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  Bobcat

  Incidentally, here I posted a snippett from a fairly recent WT study that applied the "unpaid laborers" of Isaiah 45:14 to the "great crowd."

  Here is a scriptural and reference rebuttal to this idea.
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  Glaring Mistake In RNWT And Todays WT

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  todays' wt had this sentence in one of the paragraphs....we know this because each of their individual names are indelibly written upon the 12 foundation stones of the heavenly new jerusalem.rev.

  21:14.. the cross reference lists judas iscariot as one of the twelve.

  so with one breath they have said judas was cursed as jesus betrayer, and yet in their rnwt they still cross reference him in the list of the twelve named foundation stones of nj.

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  Bobcat

  FastJehu:

  Here and here are some additional thoughts about the subject of Judas and the Memorial.

  Take Care
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  Glaring Mistake In RNWT And Todays WT

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  todays' wt had this sentence in one of the paragraphs....we know this because each of their individual names are indelibly written upon the 12 foundation stones of the heavenly new jerusalem.rev.

  21:14.. the cross reference lists judas iscariot as one of the twelve.

  so with one breath they have said judas was cursed as jesus betrayer, and yet in their rnwt they still cross reference him in the list of the twelve named foundation stones of nj.

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  Bobcat

  Piztjw:

  Thanks for the reference to the deleted cross ref.

  Take Care
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  Bobcat

  Since people are part of God's creative purpose, wouldn't saving the human race be inextricably linked with vindicating God?

  I think what they like most is being the authors of some 'profound statement.' It doesn't matter what the statement is or whether it's true or not. Just that they said it and millions drool over its profundity.