Posts by FayeDunaway

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Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King

by Kosonen in

there is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.

the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.

and he will exalt himself.

FayeDunaway

The problem with Donald Trump fulfilling that prophesy is that he doesn't understand ambiguous things...he also doesn't understand obvious things.

A problem with trying to interpret bible prophesy is that no matter the era, whoever is living during that time really REALLY wants the prophesy to apply to their own time. Because they're that important and God has chosen them and their time. Russell did backflips to try to fit it in to his own time, he used inaccurate history plus the steps inside the Great Pyramid. Fred found his own formula to fit his own time (absurd counting of millennia since creation of Adam). Harold Camping found his own, using the measurements of the Ark.

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Why don't they just lie about the numbers?

by Sour Grapes in

jw
friends

why doesn't the wtbts just lie and increase the published amount of people who attend the memorial?

who would know the difference?

the same with the amount munching on the crackers and sipping the wine.

FayeDunaway

I completely agree with sir82, and it reflects the mindset of JW philosophy ....be meticulously accurate about the little stuff, totally screw with the big stuff.

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Any LGBTs?

by BashfulAshG in

just curious...

FayeDunaway

A friend of mine, from a very tight knit witness family, finally came out. His family no longer speaks to him. They were so close. It hurts worse, the closer you were.

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Just wrote my DA letter....

by dubstepped in

jw
friends

my wife and i planned on fading but the elders now want a shepherding call and we are just done.

i know that many play the game to try to stay in, but i'm not a game player and neither is my wife.

our families already shun us because we reached out to a disfellowshipped family member.

FayeDunaway

Completely understandable! It's such a heavy thing. Is a move possible for you?

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Just wrote my DA letter....

by dubstepped in

jw
friends

my wife and i planned on fading but the elders now want a shepherding call and we are just done.

i know that many play the game to try to stay in, but i'm not a game player and neither is my wife.

our families already shun us because we reached out to a disfellowshipped family member.

FayeDunaway

Dubstepped I completely agree with your point of view and what you have decided to do, and I would send them a loving letter as well. So glad your wife is with you. <3

live guilt free. And as you say, most of them are victims just as we were. So forgive them for what they have taken from your life. But be very proud of yourself for standing up and expressing your voice and using your own brain and congrats and best wishes for you both in living FREE.

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Going to a bad place when i die

by 060702015 in

i've thought and said too much to ever gain jehovahs forgiveness and love if i want to be a christian again.

i made a topic on my unforgivable sin and blaspemy of the holy spirit.. i feel saddness everyday having no relationship with god, no religion and fear of the afterlife.

even when i was kid i feared death and the end of the world.

FayeDunaway

There is absolutely no point in spending money on a therapist if you don't open up to him. So go ahead and get it over with, ok? I'm glad you are seeing one. Now take the next step. They are trying to figure out what is wrong with you. This guilt that you have is ruining your life.

I've told you before, if you love God, he loves you. Don't sweat anything else. But you need to talk about this. Don't be embarrassed. You think your therapist hasnt heard it all?? They HAVE heard it all, and they are there to help you.

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Horrible Bosses

by John Aquila in

i just heard this a few minutes ago by a jw friend who is still an elder in my old hall.

the kingdom hall i used to attend and my mom still attends was paid off many years ago and serves about 6 congregations.

one of the english congregations has a lot of financially well of members.

FayeDunaway

They are the most ruthless corporation anywhere.

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Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

by CalebInFloroda in

when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

FayeDunaway

I am SO not Pentecostal.

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Basic Bible and Religious Vocabulary the Watchtower Never Teaches

by CalebInFloroda in

when i began formal study of religion and biblical analysis it was like peeling off layer after layer of dark matter, sticky and putrid that had stuck over my eyes and ears and mouth.

i learned that under the watchtower one only builds a widening gap between yourself and the world of biblical academia and scholars.

i used to think i knew a lot because i learned to quote a few scholars or lexicons as a witness.

FayeDunaway

Very nice thread Caleb. I was going to add eschatology to your list but you added it later! I never heard that term as a witness, which is ironic, because witnesses are so obsessed with end-times!

Regarding the hope of living on earth after heaven, it's definitely not just catholic and fringe religions who believe this. My mainline Protestant church teaches this.

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Bible Students Convention ......New Understanding of 607!!

by umbertoecho in

july 23, 2015 at 3:35 pm.

i have just read this from berean pickets in the comment section.

it's quite a leap.

FayeDunaway

Thanks you guys! Fascinating, all these spinoffs of Russell that we as witnesses never heard about!