Posts by Xanthippe

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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
Xanthippe

cBg, you are expecting Jehovah's imperfect earthly organization to be perfect?

You are being unreasonable. a watcher

This argument is getting so old. This imperfect organization demands perfect obedience and perfect loyalty. For the prophecies that are never fulfilled and the teachings they get wrong and change it offers this limp excuse every time, we are not perfect men, we make mistakes. What if a brother or sister does not understand a teaching and cannot believe it? Are they being imperfect humans? No, they are thrown out before you can blink! A watcher wake up!
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This week's Bible reading
by JustVisting in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this week's reading included exodus 25:2 where moses was to collect contibutions from those whose heart incites him to.

i commented on this verse and quoted from the watchtower 1879 where it says, "we will not beg or solicite funds...when jehovah fails to provide the necessary funds it will be time to suspend publication.

" mind you, this was the same meeting where the letter was read about the new donation "arrangement" was read.. comments anyone?.
Xanthippe

"we will not beg or solicite funds...when Jehovah fails to provide the necessary funds it will be time to suspend publication."

It's way past time to suspend publication then surely? They have been begging for money for years. I heard this quotation for thirty years and still they asked for money.
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BREAKING NEWS ! Finland attacks judicial committees
by raymond frantz in
1. jw
2. experiences
the finish minister of justice has publicly attacked the practice of judicial committees in her country which are in violation with the basic rights and freedoms enjoyed from citizens in her country .read the full article here :.

finland attacks judicial committees.

please like and share article so more get to see it!.
Xanthippe

Don't mean to be pedantic but people and things from Finland are Finnish not Finish. It just gives a bad impression.
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Is it true that the GB is soon planning on ditching the 1914 doctrine?
by yogosans14 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
or atleast tweaking it again... apparently there has been rumors of this coming out of bethel.

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Xanthippe

As far as I can see they already have ditched it with the overlapping generations teaching. If they can get people to swallow that, and they have, then they can just keep it rolling on and on. The 1914 ditching has already begun.

Now that they've made the GB the faithful and discreet slave to take any importance away from the remnant who partake every year they could turn the increase in partakers into new light rather than a problem. To replace anointed who became unfaithful in the past or something. That way as long as there are partakers the overlapping generation keeps rolling on and on and who needs to even remember 1914?
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How Do You Think The Last 100 Years of Kingdom Rule Has Been Going?
by minimus in
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2. beliefs
your comments will be appreciated..
Xanthippe

Where's my log cabin in the mountains with tame tigers and bears roaming around my vineyard and fig trees? He promised
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If the Org wanted to by a resort in Wales, why didn't they buy this one?
by CaptainSchmideo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/279555/1/wts-buys-c2a31-000-000-luxury-sea-front-property-in-wales-uk#.u2ahypldwso.

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Xanthippe

Ah, the beautiful Portmeirion........been wanting to visit for a number of years............

Oh so have I. I remember The Prisoner. Always wanted to go there. Love the vid Tim Hooper thanks.
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We thought it might be Armageddon when...
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
were there ever specific occurrences which you or those around you thought might be the start of "armageddon"?.

i remember 9/11 being such a day as it happened right as the meeting for field service ended.

it was the week of the c.o.
Xanthippe

In 1988 the UN kept going on about peace and security, it was all over the newspapers. None of the JWs we mentioned it to were even remotely interested. Which we thought was odd We left the following year.
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Powerful video about our online Generation
by StoneWall in
1. jw
2. friends
friend on fb shared this with me and after watching it, i thought i'd relay it here for any that wished to view it.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dlu6fk9qy.
Xanthippe

StoneWall I like it, good one. We really need to get out there and look people in the eye and talk to flesh and blood humans. This is fun too, talking to you, whoever you are. Variety, it's the spice of life.
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new poster
by stirred but not shaken in
1. jw
2. experiences
havn't been able to post .

how do i do it?.
Xanthippe

Welcome stirred but not shaken. Glad to have you with us. Have you managed to post but can't remember how you did it?

1. Click on Home in blue lettering at top left of page.

2. Scroll down to pick a subject you want to post on, Personal Experiences and Reunions is a good one to tell us about yourself.

3. After you've clicked on that click on New Topic at the top of the page and you are ready to start your post.

4. Write your post, give it a title and click on Submit at the bottom of the page.

Send message is to send a personal message to someone on the forum that no-one else can see. To do that you click on the person's name and then Send message at the top of the page, then your message goes to them, not yourself.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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RIP: Timothy Campbell
by Wild_Thing in
1. jw
2. friends
this is old news, as it happened six or so months ago, but i just found out today.

timothy campbell died of kidney cancer in november of 2013. he started one of the first ex-jw forums, beyondjw.

i met him in person once.
Xanthippe

However, freedom is a frightening thing. From birth to death, most people work hard to avoid freedom of choice. They want to be told what to think, what to do, and what to believe. We are social creatures, and we crave a sense of belonging, and sometimes that means giving up our freedom.

What a wise man and he helped so many people with his gentle words. Thanks for telling me about him Wild_Thing.