Posts by TheOldHippie

Well, that is what the JWs are told to do at the ventures. They are instructed NOT to approach people, but to remain in the back and only respnd when people are approaching them with questions etc. So it is meant to be exactly what you state - a "silent" or "quiet" witness.

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Jehovah's Witness Governing Body Member, Guy Pierce. Can anyone give me the back story? Any interesting info?

by Balaamsass in

members of the governing body are "public figures", so i used a full name.

i am doing a research project.

did anyone know him or his first wife?.

TheOldHippie

He is a Native American, is he not? What we stupid foreigners call an Indian?

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The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

by THE GLADIATOR in

january 2014 watchtower study article.

let your kingdom comebut when?.

this generation will not pass away.

TheOldHippie

wallsofjericho, you said that "

They were not simply alive during the lifetime of those in the first group, but they were anointed with holy spirit during the time that those of the first group were still on earth. Thus, not every anointed person today is included in “this generation” of whom Jesus spoke.

so we have closed the call again? you are only part of the second group if you were anointed during the lifetime of the first group huh?

so why would there be a continuation of anointing if they are no longer part of the "generation"? Are these ones the new "replacements" that were spoken of for so many years after 1935? Or are these "mentally unstable" losers?

so ironic, the reducing number of anointed was the hallmark of how close the end was, the aging of the generation was another side of that same coin.

Now they are talking about how old the 2nd group are in years now. These guys are so god dam lame"

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You are mixing two things up. They are not closing the call. Those claiming to be of the anointed and now being 20 years of age or whatever, still are of the anointed - at least in their own eyes, I mean nobody has the right to doubttheir claim.

But - that does not interfer with the overlap generation statement. There are two things in question. First is that these youngsters are of the remnant. OK, so be it. Second has to do with the end time chronology - and the overlap generation and the closeness of the end means that those advanced in age among the anointed are part of the second part of the overlap generation.

So although there are young people claiming to be of the remnant, that does not postpone the end time, because its closeness is based on the overlap and not on the youngsters among them.

So the story goes.

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Sheohl and haides in the New NWT

by pixel in

so, in their new nwt they render sheohl and haides "grave".

this is a change from what the teach book says as a pdf.

these words really mean?

TheOldHippie

"And to the malefactor on the cross, they move the comma in the translation to have the Lord say, “I’m telling you today, you’re gonna be with me in Paradise.”"

Excuse me for asking, but moving what comma? (Since there are no commas in the original manuscripts, I mean ................)

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WT Policy on Deceased Pet Remains

by KiddingMe in

we will be putting our beloved pet of 13 years to rest soon.

is there a wt policy, written or unwritten on what could be done with the ashes after cremation?

i assume it's basically the same for pets as with humans but i'm not real clear on what that is.

TheOldHippie

But I'd like to add, though, that I do not think a 2013 article would sound like the 1972 article.

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WT Policy on Deceased Pet Remains

by KiddingMe in

we will be putting our beloved pet of 13 years to rest soon.

is there a wt policy, written or unwritten on what could be done with the ashes after cremation?

i assume it's basically the same for pets as with humans but i'm not real clear on what that is.

TheOldHippie

My old, beloved dog's ashes is resting in an urn under a tree and some bushes I have planted around the spot which was her favourite one in her older days, where she enjoyed sitting or half-sleeping, watching the world go by. Close to her, she has two of her puppies who did not survive, a rabbit and a couple of guinea pigs, the latter are not cremated, though.

Within a couple of months, the present old, beloved dog's ashes are going to accompany her as well, as the present one is very feeble right now, but she enjoys her daily short trips, and she enjoys resting in the garden, watching the overlapping new dog playing around her. It is tough moments when they are closing in on their final days, but it is comforting to think about their having lived a long and full life, where they have been enormously loved and taken care of, and I really cannot think of anything that I regret in that respect. Mutual love, and so they really deserve to continue resting in the garden they loved so much.

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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

by WatchTower87 in

- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

- new bible.

- new nwt (revision).

TheOldHippie

"I think they will launch a new explanation for some of their Revelation book interpretations. As they did last year with most of Mathew 24, they will move some Revelation fulfillments to the future. It has not much sense to link the trumpets of Revelation to some pamphlets/conventions released/held in the twenties.

Most people who “heard” those trumpets, or at least was old enough to understand the message, is dead by now. So why don’t move this to a future event?"

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This is not the current understanding or explanation. The messages or warnings STARTED in the said years, but then have continued to be given ever since. So the trumpets are still being sounded.

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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

by WatchTower87 in

- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

- new bible.

- new nwt (revision).

TheOldHippie

"third millennium B.C.E" translated issue said 3000 BC - so I guess it must be a mistranslation.

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USA | Man Allegedly Fires Gun at a Group of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

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friends

usa, arkansas | man fires gun at a group of jehovah's witnesses.

centerton police arrested a man accused of firing close to 19 rounds at a group of jehovahs witnesses on saturday (sept. 28th).

john baldwin, 35, bonded out on $50,000 sunday morning.. according to a probable cause affidavit, three jehovahs witnesses approached baldwin in his front yard at rainbow farm road and baldwin told them, get your (explicit) off my property, i moved out here to get away from people like you.. the report states the jehovahs witnesses apologized and as they were getting in their car one of them heard get me my 9.. baldwin admitted to firing a gun at three jehovahs witnesses when they drove away from his house, according to the report.. baldwin was booked into benton county jail on felony charges of aggravated assault.. several of baldwins neighbors said he moved to the neighborhood less than a month ago.. kristi tidwell who lives nearby said she was home when police arrived at her neighbors home.. my husband and i were working around the house, we had the blinds open in the back we saw probably seven or eight cop cars pulling in there, tidwell said.

TheOldHippie

I was threatened to be shot together with my then 5 years old son, as we talked to a man in a farm house. He took his rifle down from the wall and started loading. Man, is that low. In another place, on a return visit, the guy was then visibly drunk and yelled at me to leave. I did. His house was at the end of a mile-long path going thru the fields, and as I started walking, he came out of the house, rifle in hand, and aimed at me. I remember the whole time I walked the path I could sense the bullett in my back. Horrible feeling.