Posts by Xanthippe

So what came between the '1914 generation will see the new system' doctrine which finished in 1995 and the indefinite overlapping generations rolled out in 2010?

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Easter, the memorial ... is there any worthwhile message for secularists?

by Ruby456 in

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an innocent man killed in the most awful manner replayed countless time all over the world has desire for justice writ large all it.

is this something that secularists can take from a religious event.

i think so.

Xanthippe

an innocent man killed in the most awful manner replayed countless time all over the world has desire for justice writ large all it. Is this something that secularists can take from a religious event. I think so.

What about all the other innocent people the Romans crucified? What is the significance of that, apart from a dominant power striking fear into all dissenters, or anyone who got their attention.

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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

by MicaSmith in

can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

it's bewildering.

Xanthippe

Thanks Freddo I am only going by what I've read on here!

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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

by MicaSmith in

can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

it's bewildering.

Xanthippe

Can someone help me understand how the WT came up with the overlapping generation theory? I just don't understand it even though I read the information several times. It's bewildering.

Mica I understand that this teaching came out in 1994, eighty years after 1914 so I presume they had to do something because the Bible says our years are 70 or if we have special mightiness eighty, NWT. So obviously they had to come up with something quick when it got to 1994.

That's how they came up with it.

Does anyone know how persons in the organization accepted this new light when it was released?

Yeah my brother happened to phone me in '94 because he had heard I was pregnant. I asked him about the generation teaching as it was eighty years since 1914 and he said 'we're not serving Jehovah to a date'.

So that's how they accepted it, well the ones who even noticed it.

I had been out five years so didn't know about it. If he had tried to explain that to me I can tell you I would have laughed my head off as I did when I first heard about it here on this forum.

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I finally understood the final hurdle...

by The Rebel in

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well the "pious" elders tuned out to be " super pious" and very good at reciting from the " very super pious" elders manuel, but actually " super pious" elders are quite harmless when ignored.. as for my former friends in the congregation, well throughout the ages there have always been people prepared to stand up for truth and friendship, sadly my " former" friends from the congregation proved not to be people of such noble character, instead only capable of giving short contrived speeches about why they missed me at meetings, snooze, and no great loss, as i have found the community outside the w.t organisation positively buzzing with unconditional friendship.. anyway i feel i have overcome all hurdles in my exit from the " w.t" except one,which is how i deal with my disrespectful father.

even when i was a witness in good standing, he had a pretty disrespectful and rude word power, now it's completely inappropriate.

i have tried pointing this out, even had long periods without contact, but i don't like doing that as it denies my mum seeing her grandson.. however what i have concluded is that this isn't w.t at fault.

Xanthippe

disrespectful father. Even when I was a witness in good standing, he had a pretty disrespectful and rude word power, now it's completely inappropriate. I have tried pointing this out,

Yes even when I was pioneering and doing all the stuff my mother wanted me to, I was never good enough for her. Some people are just bad parents, that's it. Now my life is much simpler. It's cause and effect. If people treat me badly, I stay away.

Of the few family members left, I arrange to meet pleasant relatives on their own away from obnoxious ones. Life's too short to be verbally abused by people who should love you.

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How My Husband Helped Me See TTATT

by corruptgirl in

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i wanted to write my experience on how my husband helped me see the ttatt (the truth about the truth).

first, let me mention that he wrote his own experience a couple months ago under the name sanchy.

for his story please click here….. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5148261828526080/walking-thin-line-resigning-elder

Xanthippe

Corruptgirl what a fantastic story. Welcome to freedom! Hope everything goes well with the pregnancy. It's so good you're children won't be brought up in that horrible cult.

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The restaurant at the end of the universe

by Xanthippe in

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i sat outside at a cafe with my cappuccino for the first time today.

the sky was blue, the birds were singing, i could hear a woodpecker in the tall trees.

i closed my eyes and felt the sun on my face for the first time in months and i thought, i could sit here until the end of time.

Xanthippe

SafeAtHome the weather in Ohio sounds wild! I need to plant more daffodils, your garden must look lovely. Yes I agree it's good to reflect and enjoy as the trees and plants come to life again.

Zaphod is hilarious jwleaks. What was that machine called that could connect you to the whole universe and blew your mind? Zaphod survived it because of his huge ego.

LisaRose that sign is amazing, you should be pleased with it. My roses are just budding and won't be flowering for a while but I did mulch them yesterday and I'm looking forward to beautiful flowers on the ones I bought last year.

The radio show in the seventies Simon? I remember that with was it Peter Jones as the narrator? Oh yes Marvin the paranoid android. " I'm just going to lie face down on the floor. You don't have to talk to me if you don't want to"

I liked Slartibartfast who did the squiggly bits around Norway.

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The restaurant at the end of the universe

by Xanthippe in

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i sat outside at a cafe with my cappuccino for the first time today.

the sky was blue, the birds were singing, i could hear a woodpecker in the tall trees.

i closed my eyes and felt the sun on my face for the first time in months and i thought, i could sit here until the end of time.

Xanthippe

I sat outside at a cafe with my cappuccino for the first time today. The sky was blue, the birds were singing, I could hear a woodpecker in the tall trees. I closed my eyes and felt the sun on my face for the first time in months and I thought, I could sit here until the end of time. How was your Good Friday?

(For those fans of Douglas Adams who were attracted by the thread title do you remember the character at the restaurant who was spending a year dead for tax purposes? I had a manager like that once.. Who was your favourite character?)