While reading CoC sheds light on the true actual bible knowledge of the GB.. Who knows if GB 2.0 are any smarter/knowledgeable? While it is possible that they may believe, there is no way they can all think that what they teach is 100% accurate. For that reason I find it incredibly difficult to not feel like I have been LIED to my whole life.. To put it as nicely as possible.
Captain Obvious
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Does the GB actually believe it all?
by schnare indo you guys think that the gb actually believes the garbage that they print?
how could they actually believe their new "overlapping generation" doctrine?
wouldn't they have access to anything ever printed and have knowledge of all the false prophecy?
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Has The Prophecy of The Faithful Slave Been Fulfilled?
by Este in48but if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, my master is delaying,49and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards,50the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know,51and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites.
there is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.. who is the master of the "evil slave"?
jesus christ is not evil therefore it has to be satan.
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Captain Obvious
Read it four or five times if you don't get it at first, brainwashing is a bitch to wash out.
I find reading a different translation helps. It's still tough though you're right. The talks and pubs have been using that book so much for so long, it can be difficult to read it objectively and contextually. Being able to read contextually has been my best tool for flushing out the brainwashing.
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Has The Prophecy of The Faithful Slave Been Fulfilled?
by Este in48but if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, my master is delaying,49and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards,50the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know,51and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites.
there is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.. who is the master of the "evil slave"?
jesus christ is not evil therefore it has to be satan.
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Captain Obvious
Two threads huh...
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Has The Prophecy of The Faithful Slave Been Fulfilled?
by Este in48but if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, my master is delaying,49and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards,50the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know,51and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites.
there is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.. who is the master of the "evil slave"?
jesus christ is not evil therefore it has to be satan.
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Captain Obvious
Still have some JW indoctrination hanging on do we?
Parables are not necessarily prophecies. There is no indication that this particular one has any purpose other than to make a point.
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Some "Publisher" Is A Rat Here! The Elder's Are Inquiring If I Am Apostate Material!
by Sunflower Samurai ini knew this party was too good to last, some inquiring mind is a troll (yes, here on jwn we have moles!
), i think we have a rat here!
i don't feel like "apostate material" and i am not the only one who is going down for this offense!
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Captain Obvious
There is only one witness (need two to incriminate enough for a JC) and circumstantial evidence. I would say the odds are stacked in your favour, my friend. Post away.
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New ASSembly hall and property cost
by sinis infound out that the land by itself was bought for cash at the tune of $1,250,000.00 - land size is approx 600 feet by 1000 feet - in the desert, small town between two major cities.
no idea what the building cost!
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Captain Obvious
Cronyism?? Who knows?
Could very well be, but who know what they are including at that price point. Could be taxes, transfer fees, agent fees, legal fees, surveyor fees, etc. but still if the value in the surrounding area is that much lower... It wouldnt be below them to cook the numbers.
@thetrueone,
Do you remember a the KH rebuild in Vancouver a couple years ago? The property was worth millions, the underground parking lot was something like 1.2, then they actual hall built on top of that was still stupidly expensive. I can accept that the area is expensive and underground parking lots weren't cheap... But damn. They asked all of the surrounding congs to pitch in. We lived 45 mins away, they still asked our hall to pledge a bunch of cash for it. They ended up with way too much money! If I remember correctly they donated the rest to the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund.
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Pioneers and Their Way of Counting "Time"
by Eiben Scrood inin the congregations in my area there was an expression to the effect that 'there's counting time and then there's the way pioneers count their time'.
the watchtower's guidelines were pretty strict on when time could be counted.
some pioneers followed it and others didn't.. on particularly motivated young man comes to mind, he would work full-time or close to it and pioneer.
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Captain Obvious
I used to count time as long as my tie was on.
Now I write whatever number on my report I think will keep the hounders at bay. Almost 3 months now, no actual field circus!
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unusual hatred and persicution
by john1202 in.
i got baptized on the 3/12/2011 and i discover that people started hate me without any reason why?.
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Captain Obvious
Do you mean dec. 3rd, or march 12th? If its dec. then you signed up here pretty fast after getting baptized.
I agree with the above, could just be the lack of love bombing. That, or they can see that you have learned to think for yourself, and therefore are bad association.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - Faith In Action Part 2 - thoughts?
by Captain Obvious inmost of us remember the thread last month about the video that was supposed to be watched in prep for discussion at the meeting.
well at the end of this month, there is a discussion on part 2. .
part 1 had at least that one big glaring lie, about what the bible students were expecting in 1914. it then went on in the usual fashion, blaming the students themselves for having made up their own expectations.... .
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Captain Obvious
But SD7, wait! Doesn't persecution mean we're fulfilling prophecy?! Wow, this must truly be God's organization!
I wish they would have lied again. Pointing it out really offended my wife, because the society lying doesn't compute... Therefore I must be lying, wrong, or just have a bad attitude. Poor girl thinks I will see the truth and turn from my evil ways!
Its ok though, family study tomorrow night. She gets to pick the subject, and I help her put scriptures into context and research. Hopefully she will find out for herself that most of the JW doctrine is BS. Wish me luck!
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Blood Policy: Punishment?
by garbonzo ini have no idea what happens to those who take blood transfusions.
this i don't think, is never made clear at the meetings.
do they get disfellowshipped or reproved or is it a conscience matter or what?.
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Captain Obvious
I would rather be alive and DA'd than roll the dice with "bloodless treatment".
And yes, I believe it's technically a conscience matter for legal reasons of course.