not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.
they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.
of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah. They just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.
Time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes. Of course Cedars already nicely did a run down for us.
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i felt stunned.
i felt betrayed.. just lois.
Unfortunately, I think I'm still partly in denial.
So I guess that's how I feel.
any takers?
jw apologists or anyone, convince us why you are sure that jesus appointed the watchtower society in 1919 using the bible alone.
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since we have a new understanding of the faithful and discreet slave not appearing until 1919, and in turn no one giving the proper food at the proper time... does this wipe out the validity of the gospel accounts and all the rest of the greek scriptures?.
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i know i am missing out on something here, but is this the line of reasoning that one can gather from this latest announcement?.
They run the line that there was a governing body/faith slave in the first century, back when Paul and all the others were around, but after that, this arrangement magicaly disappeared for hundreds of years....until 1919!
hi folks.
that's right, the new june 15th 2013 study edition is out now on this link.... http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/28/w_e_20130615.pdf.
the following quote caught my eye, from the final study article on page 28.... .
The more I read this stuff.
The more sick I feel.
And I know I can't be the only one in my congregation.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/picture-activities/lots-wife-becomes-salt/.
is it me or is this kinda sick?
i mean i can understand learning from the account, but this is kinda deviant.
if there are any brothers or sisters in your kingdom hall that are mentally awake to ttatt?.
do you ever wonder if some of the posters here (who are still in) are in your hall?
studies, un-baptized publishers, pioneers, ministerial servants, elders?
I wonder all the time. Sometimes I can tell that some are aware of somethings concerning TTAT, just by the way they'll comment on certain things. But there's no full-proof way to know...
hi guys,.
so then, why did you get dunked?
were you pressured into it too, or did you do it because you honestly thought it was the right thing to do?.
I was 12. My father actually advised me to wait, but I felt it was the right thing to do. I truly believed in it all.
regarding worldly people, shows or toys?
etc...what quotes annoyed you the most?.
for me it was "well, you have to remember, they're worldly"... "don't trust anyone who isn't in the truth" "they may be nice but they are not friends of jehovah"... just a few to name.
i'm curious about human intelligence and beliefs as a natural phenomenon.. i've long suspected that even the most "normal" and well-educated person harbors "fringe" beliefs.. the purpose of this thread is not to mock beliefs of any kind.
rather it is for all of us to toss in to a pile our own unprovables so .
we can, as a group, evaluate how natural and non-neurotic such thinking might well be.. .
I think overall I don't believe in any religion, but I don't believe that some of the Christian morals I was instilled with are beneficial in making me a better person. But, a doomsday...massive armageddon at the end of the world? Yeah I don't believe in that.
I want to believe in UFOs though...but I have yet to see any.
And I think all that psychic stuff is just fakes.