I agree with your overall premise, donuthole. I think the reason for the extra emphasis on translation is that they think God is waiting for them to reach every last corner of the world with the message before the end can come (Matt. 24:14). It's basically an attitude of, "What do we have to do to get Armageddon to come already, Lord?!"
Apognophos
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Governing Body sick of waiting! They want the paradise they were promised!
by donuthole inthis post is going to suggest that the governing body remains, as ray franz wrote, "captives of a concept".
like every jehovah's witness they were raised with the belief that the the paradise would be here by now.
unlike others, they are in a position to do something about.. why wait to rule over the earth?
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Facial Expressions And The Future Of The US Empire
by metatron inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2829642/cold-war-shoulder-vladimir-putin-gives-barack-obama-cool-glare-beijing-summit-offering-friendly-pat-back.html.
putin is smirking as if to say, "you're just not in on the joke".
take note of the other facial expressions as well.. i can can speculate at length but i see a man who 'plays checkers' surrounded by chess masters.
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Apognophos
I'm very skeptical that anything meaningful can be read from the public interactions of world leaders. Everyone is going to have a guarded expression in this setting, and the smiles will be fake. Even the widely-discussed handshake between Abe and Jinping the other day was much ado about nothing. Jinping was aloof because he was feeling great pressure to come across as the superior leader for the sake of China's reputation. The same pressure is felt by these leaders; they are being photographed thousands of times and are not going to act in a way that is natural, or even self-consistent, under these conditions.
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I don't try to follow them much...but...if you are looking for the one with the most power, look for the quiet one.
I think that would be Loesch. He has a quiet aura of authority around him.
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Is Anthony Morris III gay?
by Calebs Airplane inwhy else would he constantly bring up "gay-inspired" clothing when speaking to such large audiences?.
nothing wrong with being gay.
but he should just come out of the closet already and stop all this stupidity... just saying.. .
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He also criticized women for wearing tight pants, so he must secretly be straight as well.
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Over 1,000,000 in attendance and you are worried about tight pants?
by Separation of Powers inyou know, rarely in the history of the org has a group this large congregated to hear from "mother.
" they incessantly speak of the huge group that met at yankee stadium in 1958...the over 250,000 that congregated to be instructed by jehovah.
but over the weekend, there were over 1,000,000 people excited to hear some type of direction, some type of encouragement, something to help them hang on "just a little longer.".
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Oubliette: Ah, thanks for pointing that out.
Awake at last: Yep, he mentioned his wife's name, Sue, in the talk.
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Over 1,000,000 in attendance and you are worried about tight pants?
by Separation of Powers inyou know, rarely in the history of the org has a group this large congregated to hear from "mother.
" they incessantly speak of the huge group that met at yankee stadium in 1958...the over 250,000 that congregated to be instructed by jehovah.
but over the weekend, there were over 1,000,000 people excited to hear some type of direction, some type of encouragement, something to help them hang on "just a little longer.".
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Apognophos
Yup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHQs_nDiEE
Tony Morris definitely wishes we still lived in the '50s. I haven't seen anyone mention yet the part when he says that a CO was "man enough" to say 'no' to working with a brother in FS who was wearing tight pants. He then backs up and amends "man enough" to "spiritual man enough" to make it sound more Biblically-based, and then uses that expression once more in the next minute. Funny way to cover for an old-fashioned statement that he knows is not politically correct.
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Gerrit Losch's "I DO NOT ANSWER TO WATCHTOWER"
by Newly Enlightened inin gerrit losch's public statement to the superior copurt of california.
http://www.watchtower.exposed/?p=364.
documents: https://www.dropbox.com/s/49zyexvagn7ux7j/losch%20public%20statement.jpg?dl=0.
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Apognophos
Who was the GB member who said that he is required to wear a suit while flying places to give talks? A member on here like to recount having heard that in a talk. Is that GB also not under the authority of the Watchtower Society? Doesn't sound like it to me.
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I Waited Until My Wedding Night To Lose My Virginity And I Wish I Hadn't...
by Divergent ini found this article interesting & just wanted to share.
after going through my teenage years trying to be the perfect jw, i realized that trying to live up to the standards imposed on me have been for worse & not for better.
i was feeling miserable, repressed, unfulfilled, with a great lack of self confidence & self esteem.
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"I bet you're going to have one busy wedding night!"
When we got home, I couldn't look anyone in the eye. Everyone knew my virginity was gone. My parents, my church, my friends, my co-workers.
One reason why I never considered getting married, being raised as a JW, was dreading precisely those sorts of comments and that kind of outcome. Everyone would assume I'd lost my virginity when they saw me the day after the wedding. Even if I tried to avoid being the victim of this kind of intimate knowledge that no one had the right to, by specifically telling my wife, "Let's wait a while after getting married", no one would know or believe that, and would insist on giving me a knowing leer after the honeymoon. It was demeaning and I refused to contemplate being subjected to it, so marriage was out of the question.
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As I move further away from theWT.....
by Viviane ini've, over the years, looked into many religions.
obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.
recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.
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Apognophos
When Satan appeared as a serpent and tempted Adam and Eve, is it possible that the devil stole their extra chromosome causing them to fall into sinful behavior which has led to violence, evil, and death to be passed down through the human race?
Oh. My God.
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Governing Body Member Gerrit Loesch Must Eventually Take The Witness Stand In Child Molestation Lawsuits
by frankiespeakin inwith many more cases in the offing the zalkin lawfirm will press the issue again and again and force gerrit loesch to testify.
what say you?.
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Apognophos
It's true, the Society is good at obfuscation.