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I think only Argentina refers to their Spanish as Castellano (Castellano Argentino). Everyone else in South America just says they speak Spanish. In Spain they also refer to their language as Castellano and not Espa ñ ol.

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The ''petty'' Elder with his stupid rules.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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Try google chrome. Please make sure to copy your post before posting it in case something happens.

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New girl in town here for support

by joyfulfader in

hi everyone here on jwn.

i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.

i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.

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They were shocked at how different the message was from WT dogma and its isolated proof texts.

No wonder they keep pushing studying the Bible with the Insight volumes next to you and your watchtower. When have you ever seen a picture of someone studying the Bible by itself in a watchtower?

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"I don't really care Dad, I will just go with what they say"!

by AnonJW in

that is what my son said to me this morning during a further discussion on yesterdays wt study, and upon learning that the 1978 light is back.. i can only blame myself.

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"What most of our brothers and sisters can't/won't reason on, is the fact that "the food at the proper time" is not produced by "heavenly-hopers", it is generated by the thinking abilities of ones who have an earthly hope!! There may well be a "heavenly-hoper" overseeing or reviewing the material, but they do not produceit."

*** w96 6/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***

“The ‘other sheep’ today perform the same preaching work as the remnant, under the same trying conditions, and manifest the same faithfulness and integrity. They feed at the same spiritual table, eating the same food, absorbing the same truths. Being of the earthly class, with earthly hopes and a keen interest in earthly things, they might interest themselves more in scriptures relating to earthly conditions in the new world; whereas the anointed remnant, with heavenly hopes and strong personal interest in the things of the spirit, might study more diligently those things in God’s Word. . . . Yet the fact remains that the same truths and the same understanding are available to both classes, and it is just how the individuals apply themselves in study that determines the comprehension of heavenly and earthly things they acquire. The Lord’s spirit is available in equal portions to both classes, and knowledge and understanding are offered equally to both, with equal opportunities for absorbing it.”

*** w91 3/15 p. 22 Who Really Have a Heavenly Calling? *** In the first century C.E., when a general invitation was going out to seek entrance into the heavenly Kingdom, not all anointed Christians held positions of responsibility as members of the governing body or as elders or ministerial servants. Many were women, and they had no special authority; nor does spirit anointing bring extraordinary understanding of God’s Word, for Paul found it necessary to instruct and counsel certain anointed ones. (1 Corinthians 3:1-3; Hebrews 5:11-14) Those with the heavenly calling do not view themselves as prominent individuals, and they do not draw attention to their being anointed ones. Rather, they manifest the humility rightly expected of those having “the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:16) They also realize that God’s righteous requirements must be met by all Christians, whether their hope is heavenly or earthly. Professing to have a heavenly calling does not bring a person special revelations. God has a channel of communication through which he provides spiritual food for his earthly organization. (Matthew 24:45-47) So nobody should think that being an anointed Christian gives him wisdom superior to that of the “great crowd” with the earthly hope. (Revelation 7:9) Spirit anointing is not indicated by proficiency in witnessing, answering Scriptural questions, or giving Bible talks, for Christians with the earthly hope also do very well in these respects. Like anointed ones, they too are living exemplary Christian lives. For that matter, Samson and others of pre-Christian times had God’s spirit and were filled with zeal and understanding. Yet, none of that ‘great cloud of witnesses’ had the heavenly hope.—Hebrews 11:32-38; 12:1; Exodus 35:30, 31; Judges 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Samuel 16:13; Ezekiel 2:2.

I found this in another thread. Credit goes to UnDisfellowshipped.

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Worst Day of my life

by BU2B in

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well this afternoon as i sit here i am calm but my heart is literally aching.

i am sitting here with my young daughter on my shoulder.

i guess you could say i spilled the beans to my wife this afternoon.

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Jwfacts has everything about the UN scandal. I would suggest you print out the letters and tell your dad to call and confirm this with the UN. They just talked about the UN being the beast the harlot rides last WT study! Is the WT part of the harlot for associating with them?

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/united-nations-association.php

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How will GB react to 2nd Coming?

by irondork in

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teacher, we want to see a sign from you.

- mathew 12:38. .

the governing body went out and took counsel against him that they might destroy him.

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They'll say it was invisible and only THEY could see it. Haven't you ever heard of "The Emperor's New Clothes"?

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How to make your exit with minimal pain while still living at home with your parents

by sseveninches in

as requested, i've made a new thread with the info i posted on a previous thread.

this is intended for young jws who have woken up from their anesthesia but still cannot move, or in other words, have learned ttatt but are still living with parents and are afraid of getting kicked out if they make their opinions/findings known.

i am included in this group of people, because i myself still live at home with parents.

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Medina- I'd be interested in reading what you have to say.

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New girl in town here for support

by joyfulfader in

hi everyone here on jwn.

i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.

i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.

Aware!

I agree that rereading the Bible without the preconceived notions is an essential and worthwhile part, daunting as it may seem with all the branding of my brain.

That's partly what led me to learn TTATT! And it all happened so innocently. I started to read the NWT Bible by itself without WT publications, thinking that it would be better to read all of it first and then the publications. Then I started looking up scriptures I didn't understand in other Bible translations (I thought it would help me out in field service to know how translations differed). Most of the time that's all it took to understand a difficult passage or verse. I mainly used biblegateway.com and bible.cc. The latter is my favorite because it also has Bible commentaries. So as I compared translations on bible.cc, I also read the commentaries to see what 'christendom's' interpretation was. Well, I was shocked when I found them easier to understand than WT interpretations. Just read the explanation in the commentaries for the other sheep verse, for example, and you'll know what I mean. As a witness I found it hard to believe that the 144,000 number hadn't be sealed in two-plus millenia.