Posts by Calebs Airplane

others have commented on the obvious narcissism of the gb pushing themselves to the fore recently, in particular after their huge doctrinal change at proclaiming themselves and only themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. this is clearly true as evidenced at the agm, not only throughout the agm, but also in the video that was featured as part of that meeting.

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Why is Mark Sanderson so prominent?

Because he is from the same bloodline as Jack Barr who was a Scottish Freemason.

Mark Sanderson was appointed, not by "holy spirit" but by the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Southern Jurisdiction USA - Orient of California)

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Heavenly Gates Closed in 1935 Re-opened in 2007

by Alfred in

since 1935, the watchtower had been categorically teaching (for over 6 decades) that the heavenly calling of the 144,000 anointed christians had ceased in 1935. this teaching was especially significant to older jws (especially those who spent much of their lives serving the watchtower as pioneers, elders, missionaries, bethelites, etc.

) because many of these would eventually turn their attention to the aging governing body members and feel a sense of relief knowing that the end was drawing ever so near.

in other words, as more governing body members (who were born before 1935) passed away, the closer they would get to their long-awaited reward of surviving armageddon and living on paradise earth where they would finally hug grass-eating lions near a waterfall while marveling at snow-peaked mountains in the distance.

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Are the Heavenly Gates still open or are they saying that partakers are mentally unstable?

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Getting Stuck on the Idea of Closure

by OnTheWayOut in

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i may be suffering twice for having left the jehovah's witnesses and watching my jw wife and other family members stay in.

once for the changed situation (or loss) and another time for expecting to make progress in getting over it.. the 1969 book on death and dying by elisabeth kubler-ross introduced us to the kubler-ross model , commonly referred to as the " five stages of grief.

" they are very helpful, but the original idea of the book and the hypothesis was that when a person is faced with the reality of impending death , he or she will experience a series of emotional stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.. it isn't always the case, but those stages are often felt by terminally ill patients.

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Closure won't come if you have close family still in...

It's like trying to ignore this...

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HELP! Can God SEE the future?? How?? Is this predestination??

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

had a very long and frustrating debate last night.. .

jws like to say that god has the ability to foresee the future, but can chose not to look.

this, they claim, removes the problem of predestination/preordination.. .

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For the most part, when JWs are unable to respond to critical questions regarding God's will, they're programmed to say:

"Just wait on Jehovah." which is to say: a clarification will com in due time...

(and maybe they'll mention Micah 7:7 which has nothing to do with waiting for a "clarification")

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Stand For Pure Worship, what convinces you that the governing body is being used by Jehovah? Thanks.

by The Quiet One in

i struggled with this question before i got baptised.

what helped you to overcome any doubts?.

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Stand For Pure Worship, if you really cherish the so-called faithful and Discreet Slave, you wouldn't be going against their advice about reading apostate material or posting comments...

"We also refuse to read their literature, watch TV programs that feature them, examine their Web sites, or add our comments to their blogs." Watchtower July 15, 2011 page 16 paragraph 7.

It's clear that you really DO NOT stand for pure worsip.

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Eurozone crisis- the jw's are crowing about it like mad!

by highdose in

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over the past few weeks i've been told that the eurozone will go into melt down and that this will be the start of armargeddon because the goverments will then turn on religon to get their money instead.. i have been told that the greek pm almost rejecting the greek bailout plan would lead to armargeddon.

of course much to the jw's disapointment the greek pm resigned and the greeks did accept the bail out.

thus saving the greek banks from collapse and thus the rest of the european banks.. i have been told that italys debt will mean they will plunder the vatican for its wealth!

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Sorry. What crisis are we talking about again?

Seems Europe is doing good now.

Sorry JWs... Yet another false alarm...

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The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah- What does the bible REALLY teach?

by irondork in

as with most doctrines, the belief that the bible condemns homosexuality is multi-layered and allegedly supported by several scriptures.

when he raised his eyes he got to see the man, the traveler, in the public square of the city.

let me bring them out, please, and you rape them and do to them what is good in your eyes.

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Finally!!!

A YouTube video that explains the Watchtower's position on the resurrectionof the Sodomites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbkKBTmDzaQ