What was it that Paul said about holidays?
Rom 14 says not to judge one another if someone considers one day greater than another.
But I guess it doesn't matter what the Bible writers say, it's the WT writers who make the rules today.
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you all should be ashamed of your egotistical selves.
how can you leave god's organization to celebrate the work of satan the devil?
it just goes to show you how jehovah's christian witnesses are correct about how persons will leave the truth for their own selfish desires.. first off, christmas is a pagan holiday and it proves no spirit with the almighty jehovah and his son, the christ.
What was it that Paul said about holidays?
Rom 14 says not to judge one another if someone considers one day greater than another.
But I guess it doesn't matter what the Bible writers say, it's the WT writers who make the rules today.
Splash
you all should be ashamed of your egotistical selves.
how can you leave god's organization to celebrate the work of satan the devil?
it just goes to show you how jehovah's christian witnesses are correct about how persons will leave the truth for their own selfish desires.. first off, christmas is a pagan holiday and it proves no spirit with the almighty jehovah and his son, the christ.
It's funny that you mention Noah's day.
Jehovah caused the water to drain away when? On Noah's birthday!
Why was that? Why was it also recorded for us?
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Appointed as MS at 24, elder at 28.
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an elder in my congregation got on my nerves because he kept putting his arm around me and i'd asked him to stop.
a few weeks later he did the same thing again so i used my knee against his micro-penis.
a judicial committee was formed even though i was being sexually harrassed by this octapus of an elder.
It means making fun of someone or taking advantage of someone.
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january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
Fisherman I figured that they wanted a sign BEFORE he returned.
That is exactly what they asked for, and exactly what Jesus gave them:
(Mt 24:33) Likewise also YOU, when YOU see all these things, know that he is near at the doors.
He also said "learn from the fig tree as an illustration this point: Just as soon as its young branch grows tender and it puts forth leaves, YOU know that summer is near"
and again "these things are a beginning of pangs of distress". Pangs indicate a baby is near, not that it has arrived.
For some reason we've taken all of the signs to indicate he is present, not that he is on his way.
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january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
For there to be 'no intentional deception', the WT would not have to revert to quote mining to make their points.
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january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
And that whole 1914 thing has been thoroughly and totally debunked on these forums.
To think they have to bend facts, misquote sources and still end up with a blind "well we trust the Bible more than we trust man" explanation!
It just insane. Generation, 1914, FDS. It's all just insane.
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january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
OK seen it.
So they state that the anointed are resurrected as they die during Christs presence, but that still doesn't explain how they have been judged worthy by then, since that only occurs at the time of the Gt Trib.
This they stated as their introduction to the New Light, in Oct 2012:
When Does Jesus Appoint the Slave “Over All His Belongings”?Jesus said that the “master on arriving” (literally, “having come”) will appoint the slave “over all his belongings.” When does the Master, Jesus, arrive?
The expression translated “on arriving” is a form of the Greek word er′kho·mai. Verses 42 and 44 of chapter 24 translate a form of er′kho·mai as “coming.” In those verses, Jesus is referring to his coming as Judge during the great tribulation.—
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Another contradiction from them then.
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january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
Fisherman - Well that's pretty up to date!
EDIT to add:
Neither of those two quotes are actually in the Feb 2014 WT Fisherman.
Where did you get them from?
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jw leaks has published the respondent's brief prepared by rick simons in the case: candace conti v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york & fremont congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
(90 pages).
http://jwleaks.org/candace-conti/.
Is he this guy?