Posts by Nambo

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Ten years later, where are they now? Youngsters moving to London where the ministry is more exciting

by truthseeker in

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about 10-12 years ago, some of the young pioneers in my hall moved to london because they thought the ministry would be more exciting than the poorly supported field service groups in my sleep town in sussex.. i was thinking the other day what became of them.

i know that one is now an elder and married, the other one i'm not so sure about.. one of my relatives once said that the truth is more exciting in london, people are warmer, there's more opportunities for young witnesses.. if you lived in the uk, perhaps in the south of england, was it a fad for some of the youth to move to london where they thought the ministry was more exciting?

have they left or are they still in?.

Nambo

1990 A trend started in the North Surrey congregation I was in to move just along the road to Croydon, it was considered that as it was far more multicultural, there would be a lot more quality ministry to do,

I used to occasionally accompany a Pioneer on the field service there but do not recall the work being as good as our home congregation which being in a rich area, had a lot more housewives at home.

As for friendlyness, I attended a meeting at Streatham which is predominantly black, they had someone playing a real piano and the singing was really hearty, afterwards a really friendly Latin family took us back to their house.

I was more looking to move to Ireland for the work but then the oppurtunity confronted me to move to the grim North instead.

Cannot say I know whats happened to them now though, I hardly see any Witnesses ever, being as I live well over 1/2 a mile away from 5 Kingdom halls, last I heard, a lot of the big personalities had left or "apostacised".

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When does someone become Anointed with Holy Spirit?

by The Searcher in

a bible truth - "one baptism".

(ephesians 4:5) .

however, according to 'accepted wisdom', there must be two baptisms - one visible, and one invisible.

Nambo

Sorry, You are correct in your assumption of the Watchtower notion of the identity of Babylon the Great, they want to be the only Christians in the world so they assign meanings to scripture to fit thier view of the world.

Here now though, we are free of their doctrines and so can consider more plausible explainations for the Revelation.

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When does someone become Anointed with Holy Spirit?

by The Searcher in

a bible truth - "one baptism".

(ephesians 4:5) .

however, according to 'accepted wisdom', there must be two baptisms - one visible, and one invisible.

Nambo

Great post Andrew, (though Iam trying to get my head around the notion of being a born again at the same time as being a J Dub).

Only fault being, Babylon the Great isnt Christendom, its Judaism, it isnt Rome its Jerusalem. Compare Matthew 23 with Revelation 18 v 24

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The tanning mom

by Frozenout in

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nice tan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtwz1qz-ofo.

Nambo

Around 1992 I visited a congregation in the North East of England where a sister made this woman look pale, her skin was on the verge of being as black as an African, I couldnt belive a white girl could go that dark, she was young so she looked quite good, not saying she had an obsession like this woman, maybe she just come back from a long holiday somewhere very hot.

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Expectation postponed is making the heart sick

by irondork in

(let's try this thread again).

expectation postponed is making the heart sick - proverbs 13:12. .

1950. w50 7/1 the real feast of ingathering under way, p. 203, par.

Nambo

The permanantly postponed expectation of meeting a lovely Sister to marry made my heart far sicker than a postponed Armeggedon,

In fact I was quite worried the New System was going to come before I met Sister Right if they where correct about there being no marriage in the New World, I just didnt feel petting Lions was going to fullfill my emotional needs.

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Other .net's?

by Nambo in

is there a church-of-england.net, or a baptist.net, etc, or are we the only ones that peeved by our religion?.

would be interesting to see how other religions compare as they are after all, all buildings of man, except of course, judaism, though even thats fallen down..

Nambo

Is there a Church-of-England.net, or a Baptist.net, etc, or are we the only ones that peeved by our religion?

Would be interesting to see how other religions compare as they are after all, all buildings of man, except of course, Judaism, though even thats fallen down.

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A JW's Comment Regarding The Magazine downsizing

by Bangalore in

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on one of those pro-jw message boards there was a small discussion about the magazine downsizing.here is one comment that stood out.. .

though the special letter read, mentioned printing, paper and the cost of presses has led to a reduction in the number of pages in the public issues of the magazines, it makes me wonder- hummmm.

the message to the public will now be shorter - and more than likely more direct.

Nambo

Maybe the Organisation now realises they have not been chosen by Jesus, that they are indeed a false prophet, so they are quietly winding up operations, whist they sell the Kingdom Halls built and paid for by locals, whilst they get to keep all the money, and do a runner, then one Sunday Morning, all the worlds Witnesses turn up at the Kingdom halls to find a notice of eviction pinned on the door signed by the GB with the single word "Bye!"

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What if Adam knew his wife, before the sin?

by Nambo in

i sometimes wonder how things would have been if adam and eve had procreated before eating from the tree of knowledge, and the ramifications of such.. if any children didnt also eat of the tree, would we now have two groups of humans on earth, one perfect and living forever, and us.. would god have split the two classes of human, putting eden on another planet or dimension or such?.

does this indicate that its all deliberate, that god knew satans plan so let the play unfold before letting adam and eve know each other?.

or does it just mean that satan was allready corrupted and wanted to get his deed done at the very beggining to ensuer he had everyone?.

Nambo

Interesting stuff OGD, though it would take me a lot of working out to see if it harmonises with the rest of the Bible and the Ransom sacrifice.

Even if it isnt quite literal, but an analogy, would my initial musings still be valid?, for I have a further idea.

As has been pointed out, God surely must have known what was going to happen, so he could have destroyed Satan first and prevented all this?, he surely prevented reproduction in order to ovoid the complications I mentioned, so how about this:-

The Issue of soverignty or whatever, had allready been raised in the Spirit Realm before the material creation.

The material creation, namely, us, was formed for the express purpose of demonstrating the issues Satan had raised?

Not saying the scripture that says something about us being on a stage acting out a play in front of the Angels, supports this, anybody else rememeber this scripture better than I?, I would say its probably from Acts but that would probably be a pun.

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Who did Jesus command to preach, the anointed or the great crowd?

by matt2414 in

when one becomes filled with the knowledge of the promised earthly paradise under christ's kingdom, one wants to share it with others.

it is good news!acts 5:41, 42.. doing this is an important way of showing that you are a disciple of jesus christ.

in the bible, jesus is called "the faithful and true witness.

Nambo

Or is this just another way of them making themselves objects of worship by us?

Does it fit any less into scripture the notion that the little flock, and the 144,000, are literal Hebrews, to fullfill the promise made to Abraham, and that the other sheep or great crowd, are Gentiles to whom Jesus has given exactly the same destiny as the little flock, that they become one flock under the one shepard and all do the same job, ie preaching?

That makes more sense to me than the Bible and Jesus just being for the benifit of a handfull of men, yet we are all to be judged or condemned by it.

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How Did/Has the WTBTS Affected Your Social Skills?

by ABibleStudent in

good or bad?

how did/has the wtbts affected your social skills, social development, and/or how you interact with other people?

i have many questions about different social skills that i will ask either after other people post to this thread or to keep this thread active.

Nambo

Pretty much the same as Clearpoison has said, its helped me no end for the same reason.

I came in in my 20s, I had very poor communication skills, I remember one girlfriend asking me why I dont talk, I belive this stems from my childhood and being left alone in my room most of the time, with no social interaction.

Once I "got the truth", things happened, a girl I was quite attracted too, but said I was too nice as she preffered "bastards", suddenly called me out the blue to come and see her, of course I went with a Live forever book and the fire of Jeremiah in my mouth, she said, "its like you have been suddenly attached to a computer, where is all this coming from"?

Turned out I wasnt really shy at all, just never had anything worth talking about, and I still dont know how to talk about nothing, but the troof has given me the knowledge and confidence that I can talk to anybody.

And where as before I was allways sullen, now I smile at people and they smile back and become chatty with me on a dailly basis, (where I work now there are about 1000 people), this would never have happened without the ministry work.