Fred,
You're a lot of fun to have around - even if the cheese has slid off your cracker!
freddie i asked you explain some of the cr#p you regurgitated earlier.. i'm still waiting for your answers.
aren't you able to defend your god the watchtower corporation against some simple questions?.
i'm sure if you went to the elders and told them some interested person you met on the internet wanted answers they would help you to make a good witness for the organisation.. why not ask them fred after all they are there to help you.
Fred,
You're a lot of fun to have around - even if the cheese has slid off your cracker!
i`m trying to understand the process by which jw`s link the "faithful and discreet slave" parable to a belief that this refers to a number of people who will go to heaven ie: 144,000.. also, i am trying to understand how, by extension, some of this number comprise a "governing body" that is at the top of "jehovahs earthly organisation".. i really dont understand how these conclusions are reached and would appreciate some input.
please note that when i posted this question on h20 some months ago i received only 1 reply from friday, who saw fit to ridicule me for my lack of knowledge on this subject.
i still don`t know the answer!
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i`m trying to understand the process by which jw`s link the "faithful and discreet slave" parable to a belief that this refers to a number of people who will go to heaven ie: 144,000.. also, i am trying to understand how, by extension, some of this number comprise a "governing body" that is at the top of "jehovahs earthly organisation".. i really dont understand how these conclusions are reached and would appreciate some input.
please note that when i posted this question on h20 some months ago i received only 1 reply from friday, who saw fit to ridicule me for my lack of knowledge on this subject.
i still don`t know the answer!
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the final solution watchtower style.. we have been told on this board lately that the watchtower society preach the good news and that is one of the good things that set them apart from christendom.
people who call the watchtower society message good news has hopefully never really given much thought to what is going to happen if their good news should become reality.
let us investigate what these good news is all about.. the 22. may, 1999 issue of awake!
UPPERCASE - VPEACE53
Are you Fred Hall? Same grammer mistakes, no doubt deliberate.
Or are do you have the same supplier? When are you guys going to cut me in?
It is Christ-like to share.
this was one of many aspects of my studies that gave me real problem.
i figured out that there was no way i was going to be in any %0.01 survivor group.
and if i was; all those rules and restrictions wouldn't really make it a paradise on earth for me.
I'm with Fred -
Cos whatever he's taking - I can't get stuff of that quality around here.
In the new world you're gonna have to share it Fred !
last week i had a phone conversation with my family back in england.
my parents had figured out that something wasn't usual about my attitude to the "truth", so they started grilling me: have i been to meetings?
going in field service?
A good postexpatbrit,
The comments that follow your post all tell the same story so well. My parents, who no longer
speak to me, are convinced that any success I have achieved in life, is due to a pact I have
made with the Devil. I wanted to do a deal but the Devil was too busy running his Bethel homes.
You just gotta laugh - it beats crying any day!
we hopefully all agree it is wrong to reject an entire race because we have found one of its member to be flawed, or to reject an entire concept an the basis of finding a flaw in its argument.
would not fair people look for a way to accept the good in the concept, modify the flawed portion and rejoice in what was gained from the refined concept?
it would also be wrong, as the wt does, to reject an entire institution because some of its precepts are flawed.
Hi Norm.
I agree with your comments on what the Witnesses see as the 'Final Solution.'
It is not enough to just passively say that they cannot help what God does.
To qualify for this reward they must approve of the slaughter, believing it to be
"righteous and just." They must love this vengeful God with their "whole heart,
mind and strength." Their literature describes at length how having witnessed
the mass slaughter they will stand and applaud.
Here is a Quote that shows the approval that Witnesses must have for the slaughter by
their blood thirsty god:
"Thus, Jehovah of Armies by means of his field marshal Jesus Christ,
will gain undying glory for himself surpassing anything that was described
in "The book of the Wars of Jehovah" and in the Hebrew scriptures of the
Holy Bible. How beautiful a name will Jehovah make for himself by his
awe-inspiring victory in "the war of the great day of God Almighty!"
"Jubilantly all lovers of that name will then laud it forever, singing forth his praises!"
" Forward, then, into battle action O Jehovah of armies,
with your royal son at your side!" (Worldwide Peace and Security Under the Prince
of PeacePages 159, 160) (1986)
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Edited by - trevor on 25 March 2001 6:20:20
now and again it's good for the heart and mind to take a break and have a good laugh, so here you go....( i found this on a web site).
ciao.
gianluca.
Very good Gianluca,
I enjoyed the bit about Michael - Caine, 'not many people know that.'
i'm thinking of daing myself at the end of april.
what things should i do during april?.
a) doing 70+ hours in field service?.
I'd go for 'e' Bang an elders daughter - it's the most fun.
But why tell them and blow you're cover - stay low and
you might get to bang two or three or .....ah!
It's the not getting caught that makes it fun.
from http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum3/html/000147.html.
i'm not the least bit afraid of being left alone, for jehovah is the one who eventually 'satisfies the desire of every living thing', and if i don't live that belief, i don't live for the kingdom.. the two things i am most afraid of is not qualifying to get there (new system) to see that promise come true, or losing sight of that promise by impatiently putting trust in my own ability to find the right guy now.. .
tr
You're right Java,
They are victims who have been fed a line that the average fish would swim away from.
It is such a sad waste of life. Who takes responsibity for the carnage?