Yup, they didn't name this year's convention "safeguard your heart" for nothing, I suppose.... Typical Orwellian move, renaming an activity to that which is isn't (and if truth-in-advertising applied to religions, it would be called "safeguarding your GB" instead).
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Fanatical thinking: "I CAN"T WAIT TO BE PERSECUTED!!!"
by rip van winkle inrecently.
a pioneer said to me: " i can't wait to be persecuted!!!".
that kind of thinking is absolutely fanatical.
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Why we really SHOULD trust the Governing Body...
by cedars inthis well-reasoned youtube video explains it all.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwjm5d9m1lm.
it seems that, in my haste to scrutinize the teachings of the governing body and see whether they are actually in line with bible teachings, i have overlooked one important factor which indicates that they really can be trusted as those "taking the lead" in god's organization..... ...apparently, their weekly meetings sometimes run past 5 o'clock!!
i would like to apologise for any undue criticism i may have levelled at the governing body on this forum or elsewhere.. if i had been aware of the above information, i would obviously have been far more willing to humbly accept their leadership.. .
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Wha'? What did I do? Does this uncovered evidence mean George Bush is going to be President in the New System? :)
About this:
the remnant of Jesus’ anointed followers—is ‘marking’ those who will survive the end of this system."~~~ Watchtower 1/15/89
"Marking" those who survive? Is Armageddon (Take 2; Noah's Deluge was Take 1, and it apparently required a do-over as it didn't take) going to be like the Passover, where the doors were marked with the blood of the lamb? Or maybe this is like the mark of Cain, where Cain was blemished and hence unfit as a sacrifice to atone for the death of Abel?
Wow, all that blood symbolism gets kinda messy and creepy....
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Fanatical thinking: "I CAN"T WAIT TO BE PERSECUTED!!!"
by rip van winkle inrecently.
a pioneer said to me: " i can't wait to be persecuted!!!".
that kind of thinking is absolutely fanatical.
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2t2c said:
How pathetic, how sad, I really do kinda feel sorry for the people that just can't see things for what they really are...
And here's the irony: some of them would say the same exact thing about you, and all of us. The human mind's need to tell itself it's not wrong is amazing, isn't it?
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Fanatical thinking: "I CAN"T WAIT TO BE PERSECUTED!!!"
by rip van winkle inrecently.
a pioneer said to me: " i can't wait to be persecuted!!!".
that kind of thinking is absolutely fanatical.
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Well, it doesn't count as persecution if you want it: desiring it invalidates the suffering, because you're admitting it's not really suffering, at all.... In fact, it's ENJOYABLE.
Isn't it like Jesus' words at Mark 9:35?
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."
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Why do people pretend good things about Jesus ?
by mP inive had a few discussions both here and in real life and often find people excuse the ot with all its vile, violence and only concentrate on jesus because he was good.
i try and assk them to show me an example and they of course they quickly tell us about the miracles, and thats fine.
however when you ask them about slavery, violence, women and so on they make excuses.
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For you KS:
1 Cor 4 - 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!
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Usually Xians object when non-believers take scriptures out of context, but this is interesting, forcing a non-believer to point out that the scriptural context is a Xian (Paul) speaking to OTHER Xians, and NOT Paul directing those words to non-believers.
Are you trying to prove that you now understand what taking something "out of context" means, by doing it with your own Bible? Touche', if so. Go back 3 spaces, if not intentional.
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Why we really SHOULD trust the Governing Body...
by cedars inthis well-reasoned youtube video explains it all.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwjm5d9m1lm.
it seems that, in my haste to scrutinize the teachings of the governing body and see whether they are actually in line with bible teachings, i have overlooked one important factor which indicates that they really can be trusted as those "taking the lead" in god's organization..... ...apparently, their weekly meetings sometimes run past 5 o'clock!!
i would like to apologise for any undue criticism i may have levelled at the governing body on this forum or elsewhere.. if i had been aware of the above information, i would obviously have been far more willing to humbly accept their leadership.. .
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Reminds me of SNL's Will Forte jabbing Bush on the presidential debate
HA! I think I'm in love with King Solomon! :-) That was great!
Well, thanks for being in love with me (a 3,000 yr old man is blushing), but I'm looking for the video where Will Forte parodies Bush saying how hard he works, e.g. below, but can't find Forte's parody! (grrr....) It's Season 30, Episode 1 of SNL (with Affleck) where Will Forte goes, "it's hard: I don't even know why opponent wants the job! Cuz it's REALLY HARD work...."
Damn internetz is letting me down! Can't find the 2004 Presidential Debate anywhere... (it's probably locked up to paid subscribers of Netflix or, I found in on Hulu Plus, but it's pay only....)
Anyway, here's Bush's classic "hard work" statement:
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Why we really SHOULD trust the Governing Body...
by cedars inthis well-reasoned youtube video explains it all.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwjm5d9m1lm.
it seems that, in my haste to scrutinize the teachings of the governing body and see whether they are actually in line with bible teachings, i have overlooked one important factor which indicates that they really can be trusted as those "taking the lead" in god's organization..... ...apparently, their weekly meetings sometimes run past 5 o'clock!!
i would like to apologise for any undue criticism i may have levelled at the governing body on this forum or elsewhere.. if i had been aware of the above information, i would obviously have been far more willing to humbly accept their leadership.. .
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Somebody said:
If we trust the Governing Body, then we would HAVE to admit that we trust in men. And we also would HAVE to admit that we put our trust in UNINSPIRED MEN at that.
Are you trying to go somewhere with that line of apostate logic?
Psalms 146:3 (KJV)
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."
Well, that CLEARLY doesn't apply to the Governing Body, because didn't you hear the tape? They LUV you, they worry about you, and PRAY REALLY HARD for you: sometimes past 5 pm! They're working HARRDD, and it's REALLY HARRDD....
Reminds me of SNL's Will Forte jabbing Bush on the presidential debate (which I can't find on-line, grrrr).
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Why we really SHOULD trust the Governing Body...
by cedars inthis well-reasoned youtube video explains it all.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwjm5d9m1lm.
it seems that, in my haste to scrutinize the teachings of the governing body and see whether they are actually in line with bible teachings, i have overlooked one important factor which indicates that they really can be trusted as those "taking the lead" in god's organization..... ...apparently, their weekly meetings sometimes run past 5 o'clock!!
i would like to apologise for any undue criticism i may have levelled at the governing body on this forum or elsewhere.. if i had been aware of the above information, i would obviously have been far more willing to humbly accept their leadership.. .
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"number one, they're humans themselves"
REALLY? That's comforting.
And here this whole time I thought they actually were aliens....
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Were you a JW trophy wife? Not necessarily a serious thread.
by FlyingHighNow insal, it's funny but things were much more shallow in the dubs.
i noticed some of the ugliest blokes getting pretty little trophy wives so long as they had a job or were the sons of elders.
my dad (an elder) even went so far as to encourage me to come back to the dubs because i would easily pull a good looking wife .
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Now HERE'S the prime example of a trophy wife, Pete Rose and fiancee Kiana Kim (who are coming to a TV near you, in their own reality TV show).
Sure, Pete, we know she has a sweet heart underneath those implants, and Kiana, you love him even IF he could be your grandfather (she's 30-something, he's 71)!
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Does egyptian history conflict with bible history
by ninja_matty69 init is said to contain some 255 names if we start from column 2 row 11 (pharaoh menes).
we could ignore its omission of chaires and later cheneris mentioned by manetho as this is probably just an error on manethos part as no other lists appear to validate this entry.
statistically speaking this means that the saqqara tablet only contains 25% of the pharaohs it should contain during these timeframes, or conversely it is 75% incorrect.
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Yeah, I was gunna say what Leo did, but i see she beat me to it... ;)
Leo, what is your opinion on the significance of the 3 wise magi, which is easily overlooked by most Xians? I always took it as an indirect indorsement from Zoroastrianism, ie something familiar to many readers of the day, even an attempt at syncretism?
PS what is the source of your knowledge, ie who's Holy Spirit whispered this stuff in your ear? :)
