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  New introduction

  by formerministerial in

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  hello to all of you,.

  here goes an introduction of a new member.

  i'm 45 years old now and we wake up my wife and i from borg a few years ago.. i'm living between spain and france, due to my work.. it has been always refreshing to listen and read many of you here.. i hope it will continue the same..

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  Another Ozzie here to welcome you and your wife formerm......
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  My whole point is do religious institutions such as the Roman Catholic ,Eastern Orthodox churches ,Russian Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox Church etc etc, as well as the mainstream Protestant religions including the fundamentalists such as the Jehovah`s Witnesses ,in their places of worship show Angels that are female .?

  I`m not talking about artists, religious or otherwise, who portray Angels as female that doesn`t count with me ,I`m talking about official Church dogma ,doctrine etc of these institutions.

  Christendoms mainstream Churches are full of paintings and stained glass pictures do any of these show an Angel that is female and not male .

  I hope I have clarified my OP.
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  How do you know that ? vienne ? with any certainty ?
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  Your right Wasanelder Once , my blue and just to clarify things more , was it Marley Cole or Macmillan in his book that gave the impression he was not a witness when actually he was.?

  And to get back to vienne`s question "Jehovah`s Witnesses in The Divine Purpose" was a WT publication with no author identified.

  vienne ,If i may ask why do you want to know who the author of this book is specifically when their are heaps of other books that the Society produced with no authors name given ?
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  jonahstourguide your not confusing this book with "Faith On The March" are you by Marley Cole who made out he wasn`t a JW but in fact was are you ?

  If my memory serves me correct "Jehovah`s Witnesses In The Divine purpose" the large hard cover green book was printed by the Society with no name of the author .

  I stand to be corrected if I`m wrong but I don`t think so.

  Marley Cole wrote a book titled " Jehovah`s Witnesses A new World Society " maybe you are thinking of this one .

  And in this he gives the impression he is not a JW when in fact he most certainly is.
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  All the culty name that were used instead of JWs

  by kairos in

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  the truththe society.

  the friends...you remember.

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  Colporter ? not sure of the spelling
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  Do you know who wrote ...

  by vienne in

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  do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

  anyone?.

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  Correct me if I`m wrong but wasn`t it WT policy not to put a name to any of the books published by the WTB&TS ?

  They never published the authors name of any of their publications.
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  [Insight book said "angels have no sex(gender)". Then why does the GB/JW always present them as males ?
  
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  One day convention and..

  by zeb in

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  my wife went off to.. and returned without being cranky this is unusual..and gave me a strange look or two.. most unusual.. i can only hope she has heard something that has caused her to realize that i may be onto something..one can only hope..

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  maybe zeb you could say i go to work to provide for this family { acknowledge it if your wife does too} and i don`t judge you because of your beliefs and you shouldn`t judge me because of my beliefs or lack of in your view.

  Why can`t we be a happy couple in our marriage respecting each others views without having confrontations .

  Plenty of people in the world have marriages of mixed religious beliefs and don`t have these problems ,why is it that it seems to be such a big problem in the JW religion.?

  Then again maybe your wife needs to start thinking for herself and not being influenced by her female peers.

  Take care buddy
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  Do you remember when you realised it was all bulls£&t

  by moley in

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  i remember when my faith left me.

  i used to enjoy meetings and used to participate but then all of a sudden i was finding myself bored shitless at meetings.

  i was taken off the theocratic ministry school for not attending when i was due to give a talk and not long after did something naughty and got disfellowshiped.

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  It was a long gradual process with me ,so many little things that just kept building up until I could no longer ignore it.

  Then just drifted away found sites like this ,honed in on this one and after about 15 years said bugger it i`m going to DF them .,so I sent in my DA letter.

  And here I am.