Posts by Apognophos

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1 Corinthians 11:3
by XBEHERE in
1. watchtower
2. bible
rnwt "but i want you to know that the head of every man is the christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn, the head of the christ is god.".

sexism aside, how does the wt/gb explain their absolute power over the sheeples based on this scripture?

where are they located in the model listed in that scrtipture?
Apognophos

Well, they're the bride of Christ, remember? So that means they're the neck that turns the head
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The Watchtower 3/15/2015 Parables! New Understanding! plus More!
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://imgur.com/a/e6dos.

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Apognophos

They should have added on the cover: "The Faithful And Discreet Slave: Now 25% Discreeter"

AnnOMaly: Actually I don't think this would affect their interpretation of Daniel 4. I haven't read the articles, but based on what I've read here, they are only disparaging the approach to antitypes where an additional future meaning is inserted into a literal account, like the example of Jacob's red stew prefiguring Jesus' blood, or assigning meaning to aspects of a parable which Jesus did not probably intend to be significant. Read this again:

Where the Scriptures teach that an individual, an event, or an object is typical of something else, we accept it as such. Otherwise, we ought to be reluctant to assign an antitypical application to a certain person or account if there is no specific Scriptural basis for doing so.

So because Daniel 4's dream is interpreted by Daniel to be typical of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, the Society can also assign an antitype to that dream to represent the Gentile times. Does that make sense?
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"The Friends"
by FeelingFree in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have only come across this term very recently on jwn and in an "apostate" video i watched yesterday.

never have i heard anyone refer to jw's as "the friends" here in the uk.

is it just used in america?.
Apognophos

I don't really see the big deal here. It just like saying "folks". What word would you suggest in its place?
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Will the Societies tighten their grip even more with the power slipping?
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i think its pretty clear that the gb are power hungry.

you cannot listen to the branch visit and not see clear as day that there are some of them that are loving the power.

it showed the clearest with anthony morris.. now all these sex abuse scandals and news media are taking their power away.
Apognophos

Like _Morpheus, I can't really get behind the premise of the thread.
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JW.bore invades my vacation?!?
by darth frosty in
1. jw
2. friends
just got back from a cruise and dubs were walking around the boat faithfully wearing their jw.bore pins smdh.

than at cozumel i saw these lovely sisters.

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Apognophos

I am embarrassed for my gender
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If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!
by LostGeneration in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

have a publisher demonstrate how he.

prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.
Apognophos

The old folks are going digital too! I see no age bias in the technolust that was unleashed in the Hall once tablets started being promoted for showing videos to householders.
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What Was Your Body of Elders Like?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
were they pretty much a good group of men?

we're they jerks?.
Apognophos

Some of the guys were sweethearts, some were clueless. Just men. Our elders were deluded or fakes. One told the truth about 1975 and got kicked out.

Can you relate more details about what he said, JWdaughter? It's surprising that he would get removed just for acknowledging the Society wrote things about 1975, if that's what you mean.
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Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.

see last item:.

"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
Apognophos

Haha, oh my, that's funny and an appealing idea. There is a decent chance that the supplied email address will first be asked to confirm that it wants notifications, but that's still something.
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AAWA activists burst into a Kingdom Hall in Kent!
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
aawa activists burst into a kingdom hall in kent.

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Apognophos

When was the last time virtually everyone here agreed on something? That tells you how much these AAWA-or-not-AAWA guys screwed up
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What Was Your Body of Elders Like?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
were they pretty much a good group of men?

we're they jerks?.
Apognophos

The congregation I grew up in had a well-liked elder body. They seemed like upright guys. The congregation was squeaky-clean, so it's hard for me to know if they were strict or not, because very little ever happened that warranted a JC. It's probably a large part of why it took so long for me to start seeing the cracks in the foundation of the religion, because the congregation was so pleasant. The BOE was also maybe 50% Bethelites, so everything was kept in shipshape and the brothers had a perfect orthodox understanding of all the doctrines.

Then I moved somewhere further from the headquarters, and that BOE seemed like it was 50% good old boys who didn't have much of a clue what they were doing. Any whispering among publishers to the effect that they were not doing their job properly was met with self-righteous rebukes from the elders, and at least one marking talk.