another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
"We understand that in mentioning “this generation,” Jesus was referring to two groups of anointed Christians."
Why two groups? Why not three?
Because noone can say how many groups make up a generation, thirty years from now they will 'understand' that there are more than two groups in a generation.
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another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
"The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year."
Did any anointed 'readily discern' Christs presence?
The answer of course is that the anointed thought Jesus' presence had begun in 1874 so they did NOT discern anything correctly for 1914. They were not even in expectation of him!
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but the understanding is affirmed in the revelation climax book, albeit with less detail.
the events are as follows (& i'm keeping the quotes really short) :.
1st angel - "it all began during the bible students cedar point convention in september 1922. there gods people enthusiastically adopted a resolution entitled "a challenge.
I remember discussing this the first time we studied the Revelation book.
Looking at that comic drawing of a bishop with three arrows in his bottom with the caption "thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies", I remember thinking, "Is that it? Is that REALLY all we can recall about such a monumental biblical event?"
Everyone thought the caption was hilarious. I was incredulous.
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the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.
one of my favorite jw urban legends.
a sister is out in service alone.
Wasn't there one about a Nazi infiltrator getting zapped by lightning, and another about a starving pioneer finding a potato in the road the size of a football?
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the pioneer service school will now be only one week, monday thru saturday.. it will consist of 40 hours of instruction and illustrations/presentations.. the reasong given is that this will make it more accessible to the pioneers for due to work schedules and for congregations having to sponsor and support the school.. it will make it easier on everyone and those who haven't attended in the last five years may be able to attend this school with the new curriculum.. .
what do you feel would be included in the new curriculum.
probably more worship of the governing body and they don't need two whole weeks to get this across.. .
If they think they can cover the (new - 2010) Pioneer book in one week then that's mad.
Even with hours of homework every night it's a struggle to fit it all in!
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between two congregations that i know of four elders have stepped down in the last two months!
there is something really going on in this mandmade organization!
it's busting at the seams!.
Most elders I know are old and worn out.
If they are not old, they are just worn out.
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i struggled with this question before i got baptised.
what helped you to overcome any doubts?.
Hi SloppyJoe,
Yes, that whole "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" campaign was pretty much the sole focus for seven intense years.
In the years to come, will JW's look back on the current day campaigns and laugh at how hard they all worked at teaching something that was later completely dropped?
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i loathed giving talks and doing meeting parts.
i dreaded all assignments.
i was intelligent enough and always did a good job, but all my jw life (born in to mid-30's) i enjoyed giving talks about as much as a visit to the dentist.. i am sure that 90% of all jw's similarly dislike it.
A JW friend told me he wanted to come off the school but didn't know how to go about it.
I told him to notify the School Overseer, and when they TMS Overseer asks him "Why?", tell him that you've been on the school for 15 years, and finally you've graduated!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwcbag-s7ua.
Sad. I'm certain they say this to self reaffirm.
The alternative is too terrifying for them.
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so... i have been working on an excel spreadsheet that has "ttatt in a can"... i have it both in spanish and in english.
here's a preview:.
category / year1879188018901891name?bible studentsbible students "time of the end" starts in the year?17991799 "parousia" (presence)?18741874 jesus enthroned?18781878 end of the harvest?19141914 earthly resurrection?
Thanks,
Not all of these were mine, but many are. In fact I have over 70 pages of these crazy, ad-hoc teachings, and climbing.
For a few months, every time I read or heard a WT statement I stuck it into the WT CD ROM to find the historical references.
I have to say that in almost EVERY instance, there had been one or more flip flops.
In the end I was no longer suprised when even the daftest thing (playing chess!!??) had been flip-flopped on.
It really is on just about every topic the WT comments on.
What then amuses me is the glorious statement by Paul:
Galatians 2:18 "For if the very things that I once threw down I build up again, I demonstrate myself to be a transgressor."
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