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piztjw
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"Great" Reasoning
by piztjw inso as i was looking for a qoute for another topic i was reading i came across this little gem.
notice the "great" reasoning used which is in bold type.. *** w83 7/15 p. 24 par.
11 seek peace and pursue it ***.
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One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult
by Still Totally ADD inhe would love to see you.
i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.
i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.
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piztjw
an elders wife (I will refer to her as cut throat bitch)
Sounds like one I knew of who happened to be door knocking in a small town about forty miles from the KH. A young woman who had been studying with jw's, and then quit after she married, came to the door. Instead of even extending the smallest of courtesies to the young woman "sister" CTB proudly proclaimed to everyone, "When I saw her, I spun on my heel and walked away form the door without one single word!"
Can't you just feel the "love"?
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Are You Moving Ahead With Jehovahs Organization? Study WT May 2014
by KateWild inobedience is key in the paragraph below and the urgency is also emphasised with an exclaimation mark.. .
10 the earthly part of gods organization is moving ahead in many ways.
it helps us understand bible truth more and more clearly.
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piztjw
What do you glean from this article, and paragraph? “The path of the righteous is like the bright morning light that grows brighter and brighter until full daylight.”
As the light gets brighter, a tree in my yard suddenly becomes a rose bush. The horses grazing in the pasture suddenly turn into chickens, and the tractors are suddenly cattle.
Thank god the light got brighter!
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Are You Moving Ahead With Jehovahs Organization? Study WT May 2014
by KateWild inobedience is key in the paragraph below and the urgency is also emphasised with an exclaimation mark.. .
10 the earthly part of gods organization is moving ahead in many ways.
it helps us understand bible truth more and more clearly.
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piztjw
Do I have an evening every week for family worship?’
And pity the poor jdub who because they are too busy scrubbing the local markets toilets that they must follow the suggestion order for family worship during the morning, instead of the evening. It must be evening.
Listen, obey, and be blessed.
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Is this the New Elders book
by Watchtower-Free inthe last release in 2010 was entitled "shepherd the flock of god'.
code named ks10 .. .
this would be the ks11.
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piztjw
Todays Day text: Keep on reproving them with severity, that they may be healthy in the faith.—Titus 1:13.
Kill them with "kindness"?
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"Great" Reasoning
by piztjw inso as i was looking for a qoute for another topic i was reading i came across this little gem.
notice the "great" reasoning used which is in bold type.. *** w83 7/15 p. 24 par.
11 seek peace and pursue it ***.
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piztjw
So as I was looking for a qoute for another topic I was reading I came across this little gem. Notice the "great" reasoning used which is in bold type.
*** w83 7/15 p. 24 par. 11 “Seek Peace and Pursue It” ***
11 The Scriptures, backed up by the modern-day experience of Jehovah’s Witnesses, make it plain that it is inadvisable for individual Christians to carry, or have in their possession at home or in other locations, a firearm or other lethal weapon for use against human attackers or intruders. (Isaiah 2:4; 1 Peter 3:11) One who prepares for violence invites violence. Rather, the Christian’s main trust should be in Jehovah, his God.—Psalm 18:48; 140:1, 4; Proverbs 3:5-7.
Kind of makes a lie of Proverb 22: 3 by that statement.
So by that line of reasoning all the jw's who are poor are that way because they prepared to be poor and a burden on society! No wonder there is no way the average jw will help any fellowman who is going through hard times. It is the person who suffers own fault they are in dire straights.
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Once Again: It's Okay for JWs to Rip-Off Non-JWs
by Iown Mylife intoday i heard from the owner of a small restaurant, the story of how a brother in a local congregation ripped him off for thousands.
the restaurant owner is not a jw but totally familiar with the cult, as his mother is a long-time baptized sister.
she asked him to hire this wonderful brother from her congregation to do construction work he needed at his house.
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piztjw
He sounds like a contractor a friend I had knew from the midwest. He screwed over every last mother's son that ever worked for him. He embezzeled, he tried to evade taxes, he would take big cash payments up fron and then left the suppliers holding the unpaid bills while he used the money to build his own home. He was a big fish in a small pond. But it was okay, he made big contributions to the KH. I hear he is appointed now!
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CO's & DO's age 70+ to be laid off on 9/1/14
by williamhconley inin a private conversation with a c.o.
friend from north carolina, he told me yesterday that they just got a letter that all traveling overseers (do's & co's) age 70 & up are going to be laid off on 09/01/2014.
they will be asssigned to local congregations and further details are pending.. .
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piztjw
Will the ones 'laid off' get any financial help from the Watchtower once they are assigned to local congregations??
They surely will...uh huh, yep. Seriously though...NO.
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Pondering The Increase in Memorial Partakers
by piztjw init has been discussed in other threads, but in pondering what the real reason for the increase in partakers is i have a personal theory.. this theory would naturally have to be based on ones actually believing the bible, and not just simply what the wt&t$ dictates that one must believe.. when jesus made a covenent with the apostles at the last supper to rule with him in heaven, is it possible that that covenent was with them only?
jw's will say that it also extended to all the rest of the 144,000. but nowhere is there a lliteral claim of only 144,000 in the bible.
in revelation, a book that jw's claim is filled with symbolism, that number is suddenly claimed by them to be literal.
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piztjw
It has been discussed in other threads, but in pondering what the real reason for the increase in partakers is I have a personal theory.
This theory would naturally have to be based on ones actually believing the Bible, and not just simply what the WT&T$ dictates that one must believe.
When Jesus made a covenent with the apostles at the Last Supper to rule with him in heaven, is it possible that that covenent was with them ONLY? JW's will say that it also extended to all the rest of the 144,000. But nowhere is there a LlITERAL claim of only 144,000 in the Bible. In Revelation, a book that JW's claim is filled with symbolism, that number is suddenly claimed by them to be literal. Going back to Jesus words, in John 10: 16 he said "...I have OTHER SHEEP which are not of this fold (his apostles whom he was speaking to), those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become ONE FLOCK, one shepherd."
In Haggai 2: 7 it says, "And I will rock all the nations, and the DESIRABLE THINGS of all the nations must come in...". The WT&T$ claims that "other sheep" and "great crowd" are just different groups of the same class of people, at different points in time. Kind of like their past claims about the meaning of generations. They claim that those desirable things are the ones who won't be going to heaven. But, could it be, is it possible, that the desirable things of the nations are the "other sheep", and are in reality ones who Jesus has chosen to be in heaven? Is it possible that the "other sheep" and the "great crowd" are in reality two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT groups?
If that were to be the case it would explain why the numbers are steadily increasing over the past few years. More are being chosen to be in heaven as part of those "other sheep" who will be part of Jesus' one flock. They are not "mentally unstable" or any of the other accusations made by the WT&T$ to try to keep the door closed to any except themselves. The "great crowd" could still be those who have no desire to fly around heaven, but rather believe that there really might be some sort of "paradise" where people will live in harmony with each other.
Maybe that will be future NU-LITE?
Any comments?
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Detroit DC is NOT filling up? Please book a hotel room!! -letter
by ?me? inwe have had a letter read the last 2 meetings to all congs attenidng the detroit dc's... seems people are not going, or not booking their hotels.
and the society is pissed!
they are imploring every one to not wait for a new list with new hotels, it is not happening.
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piztjw
Gotta love the way the eldurrs chastise any who are not planning on attending their assigned orderd location. Like a family I know who is now being semi-shunned as stiff-necked rebels for attending a location closer to where they live and staying with family for free, instead of travelling twice as far, and staying at a recommended ordered motel an hour from the site for $100.00 per night.