Posts by TheOldHippie

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My 45 Minute Conversation With JWs Today

by cofty in

as i was saying before the watchtower literature trolley has arrived in my little town.... my wife and i were in town this afternoon and i saw one of my former elder colleagues standing beside the trolley talking to a young man and reading to him from one of their books.

ray was one my least favourite people - he was everything that is bad about jw elders.

i went up to them and interrupted and told the man that this is a cult recruitment campaign.

TheOldHippie

"I went up to them and interrupted and told the man that this is a cult recruitment campaign. Ray was like a rabbit in the headlights as I told the man briefly how the Watchtower breaks up families. It was a brief interaction but it made me happy.

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I tried to appeal constantly to his authentic personality and common sense. I hope I showed him that I am not an angry, raving madman but a calm, intelligent, thoughtful man who no can longer believe impossible things."

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Seems like you had it both ways. First you interrupt people having a quiet talk, later you try to show you are calm and intelligent and thoughtful (humble way to describe oneself, by the way .....).

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2014 DC Release (Unofficial Rumors)

by WatchTower87 in

mi first prophecy:.

friday afternoon: 4:20 teach your children to love gods kingdom!

new book/brochure for children based on the articles "teach your children" (appeared in watchtower public edition).

TheOldHippie

Organization books have never been released at conventions.

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

TheOldHippie

"I remember the day when the society switched over to the voluntary donation arrangement, and the cong's just stopped asking for a donation from the public. Nothing gets mentioned about that anymore."

I've also noticed that. Not a talk during service meetings or similar arrangements to tell the publishers to remember to mention the voluntary donation arrangement. Nobody asks, nobody donates. People just take for granted that all the literature is free. Strange - both by the public and by the publishers.

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I think the "Mediator" is changing....

by cha ching in

i just looked at the january 2014 wt study magazine, page 16. pgph 16. i think the wt is finally relenting.... jeus was the "mediator" after all!.

16 by the end of christs thousand.

year reign, the messianic kingdom will.

TheOldHippie

"According to Blondies Wt qoute that the resurrected ones are under Adamic sin! I can not get over that major error! Apparently they are not under Jesus sacrifice! And Gods grace!"

They according to the WT very much ARE under Jesus' sacrifice and God's grace, and their past sins have been paid for thru the penalty of their death. But they are not yet perfect in the sence Adam and Eve originally were, and it is not until the end of the 1,000 year Kingdom that they will reach human perfection, after they have benefitted fully from Jesus' sacrifice and God's grace thruout the Kingdom and not rebelled. They are raised with penalty paid but not sin-free as to possible future sins.

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Jehovah's Witnesses in Swiss Army

by JHK in

http://temoinsdejesus.fr/faux_prophetes/consolation_n%20505_1-octobre-1943.jpgp>.

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TheOldHippie

They were definitely NOT in the army. The Declaration was penned by their lawyer in an attempt to pacify the authorities, stating that they were doing their duty as obedient citizens etc. Knorr took the branch office to task for this when he made his first visit to Europe after the war. It is discussed in Garbe and I believe also Hesse, I can check up the references when I am where the books are.

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For fellow Beroeans, Gen 49:27

by jonahstourguide in

i thought this was worth sharing.. .

where did the interpretation of gen 49:27 come from ?.

tms review question 4. .

TheOldHippie

But so what? Where does it say that each and every verse of the Bible has to be given a completely new interpretation or comment? Why does it have to wrong to say what a verse says, just because it has been said earlier? So Gill said something, and Henry said something - does that mean that you have to say something completely different?

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Guy Hollis Pierce. 1st marriage at age 21 to a Divorcee with children.

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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gb member married at age 21 on march 28, 1956 in solano, california to eva daisylou mitchell from mendicino, california.

(1933 - 1990).. eva was divorced with children from winston wade phillips (1928 - 1999).. guy pierce and eva mitchell phillips pierce divorced march 1976 at lake, california.. one year later, guy pierce married penelope "penny" wong, who's married last name was souang.

she was divorced with children.. through 2 marriages, guy hollis pierce was step-father to 6 children who themselves had numerous children and grandchildren.. his mother's father, grundvig, was born in denmark but other than that, guy pierce has a mormon religious background with many relatives born in utah.. loislane.

TheOldHippie

What on Earth is "interesting" about this?

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Heard a rumor: Guy Pierce died this morning

by respectful_observer in

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didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.

apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.

(completely unconfirmed.

TheOldHippie

Guy Pierce was a Cheyenne.

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The Birth of the Universe - Scientific Breakthrough

by cofty in

researchers working with a telescope at the south pole beleive they have glimpsed light from the first "trillionth of a trillionth of a tillionth" of a second after the big bang.. a lot of work has still to be done to confirm the findings, but if it holds up it is one of the biggest discoveries ever.. _________________________________________.

...inflation came with a very specific prediction - that it would be associated with waves of gravitational energy, and that these ripples in the fabric of space would leave an indelible mark on the oldest light in the sky - the famous cosmic microwave background.. the bicep2 team says it has now identified that signal.

scientists call it b-mode polarisation.

TheOldHippie

"is of absolutely no interest in Dubland"

Oh yes, to some of us

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2014 District Convention Key Talks

by EndofMysteries in

just listing all of the key talks from friday thru sunday, the program is up on jw org too.

friday.

"10:20 symposium: appreciating the thrones of divine rulership".

TheOldHippie

I do not quite know if you are being sarcastic, or if you are misunderstanding the JW "words", but this part of your comment is not QUITE what the talks are about, is it?

"10:20 Symposium: Who WILL inherit God's Kingdom? Those who are poor (aka those who don't plan for retirement, don't get higher education, who give all their money to the GB so they can travel 1st class and enjoy life as the R@F do all the work)"

Poor here refers to those who are aware of their spiritual needs and do their best to obtain knowledge.

"Those who become as young children (aka those who reject education, who don't think critically, and accept without question all utterances from the GB)"

Refers to there being no rivalry etc among them.

"3:00 Enter the Kingdom Maimed, Lame, or One-Eyed (aka damage control for end not coming and living in poverty and unable to take care of health needs, and encouragement to reject taking care of health needs and finances to further worship the GB first)"

Refers to turning away from or distancing oneself from what might ruin one's spirituality, such as materialism, pornography, alcoholism etc.

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As I said, either you are being - successfully - sarcastic, or you are not too familiar with JW words.