Posts by Rattigan350

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Don’t Trust the Courts! Splane’s Latest Anti-Apostate Talk

by StephaneLaliberte in

david splane’s talk “put up a hard fight for the faith” was that last talk presented on the saturday of the annual convention.

this talk was to largely address apostates and restated ideas and arguments often presented before.

however, this year, watchtower is spending more time in disqualifying negative findings originating from secular courts and here is the segment of interest here: .

Rattigan350

Not only don't trust the courts but don't trust the child complainants.

This weekend I went hiking. I didn't have a shirt on and I wore tan or beige shorts. I get to the parking lot at the trailhead and a father, mother and 2 young daughters exited their vehicle. The girls exclaimed "He's naked". The parents chuckled because they could see that I wasn't and the girls were mistaken.

Now imagine if the girls made that claim and the parents didn't see me, they could have gotten my license and made a report.

Imagine all the mistaken reports made by children that accused or convicted people.

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Please how do someone become an Anointed Christian in Watchtower Organization.

by bola in

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please how do someone become an anointed christian in watchtower organization.

i informed my elders in my congo that i am an anointed christian..

Rattigan350

Jeffro. What I said was totally true.

"When a person was anointed with oil, the oil was put on his head and allowed to run down on his beard and onto the collar of his garments. (Ps 133:2) During the times of Biblical history, both the Hebrews and some of the non-Hebrews ceremonially anointed rulers. This constituted the confirmation of their official appointment to office. Samuel anointed Saul as king after God had designated Saul as his choice. (1Sa 10:1) David was anointed as king on three different occasions: once by Samuel, later by the men of Judah, and finally by all the tribes. (1Sa 16:13; 2Sa 2:4; 5:3) Aaron was anointed after his appointment to the office of high priest."

That was the type. The antitype became, rather than oil, the holy spirit was the anointing substance. Jesus was anointed by holy spirit to be king and priest. Then the 144,000 were anointed by holy spirit. All have been chosen a generation ago. (a generation is about 20-30 years)

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The King of the North and the South, who are they now?

by Anony Mous in

i know several wit-lesses that to date are researching these topics.. however i haven't heard much from any publications recently about it, i think the latest refresh was ~10 years ago.

since then the power of the us has severely diminished (or at least the rhetorics about it has), russia is a small potato in modern era, the eu is a cowardly dog in the eyes of everyone and we have the rise of china which is as far as military might is concerned, a paper tiger.. we also have the rise of islam, especially since the end of the nato nation-building effort in afghanistan which is now in power in most of the middle east and africa, as well as regions of asia and growing strong in europe.. does anyone have noooo light about these developments.

is islam the king of the south?

Rattigan350

It is the same as it has been since the 1950s. Nothing has changed. Russia and USA.

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Please how do someone become an Anointed Christian in Watchtower Organization.

by bola in

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friends

please how do someone become an anointed christian in watchtower organization.

i informed my elders in my congo that i am an anointed christian..

Rattigan350

Being anointed by God is not related to partaking of the memorial. Being anointed means one is anointed by the holy spirit. As the the OP, he is not anointed.

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Don’t Trust the Courts! Splane’s Latest Anti-Apostate Talk

by StephaneLaliberte in

david splane’s talk “put up a hard fight for the faith” was that last talk presented on the saturday of the annual convention.

this talk was to largely address apostates and restated ideas and arguments often presented before.

however, this year, watchtower is spending more time in disqualifying negative findings originating from secular courts and here is the segment of interest here: .

Rattigan350

"Court cases are often handled by a jury. Now who are on the jury? Ordinary citizens with no legal training."

I will add to that, people that believe in Santa Claus and celebrate holidays because it is the thing to do. People that are... gasp... Democrats.

So Splane is right. We can't trust juries.

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Vice doc spotlights Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Rattigan350 in

https://www.c21media.net/news/vice-doc-spotlights-jehovahs-witnesses/.

us cable network vice tv will debut an original documentary that claims to uncover corruption and abuse within the jehovah’s witnesses community.. vice versa: crusaders, which will air on july 28, is part of the channel’s vice versa brand, known for docs including fear of a black quarterback and the neglected pandemic.. the project comes from hollywood director aaron kaufman, who was shunned by his jehovah’s witness family after investigating paedophilia within the organisation.. crusaders is directed by kaufman and executive produced by lauren terp, as well as daniel levinson and robert fernandez for us-london prodco moxie pictures, and danny gabai and andrew freston for vice studios.

executive producing for vice tv is catherine whyte.. kaufman said: “after witnessing first-hand the cycle of abuse that runs deep within the jehovah’s witnesses, i could not rest until the dark truth of this organisation was brought to light.

Rattigan350

https://www.c21media.net/news/vice-doc-spotlights-jehovahs-witnesses/

US cable network Vice TV will debut an original documentary that claims to uncover corruption and abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses community.

Vice Versa: Crusaders, which will air on July 28, is part of the channel’s Vice Versa brand, known for docs including Fear of a Black Quarterback and The Neglected Pandemic.

The project comes from Hollywood director Aaron Kaufman, who was shunned by his Jehovah’s Witness family after investigating paedophilia within the organisation.

Crusaders is directed by Kaufman and executive produced by Lauren Terp, as well as Daniel Levinson and Robert Fernandez for US-London prodco Moxie Pictures, and Danny Gabai and Andrew Freston for Vice Studios. Executive producing for Vice TV is Catherine Whyte.

Kaufman said: “After witnessing first-hand the cycle of abuse that runs deep within the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I could not rest until the dark truth of this organisation was brought to light. Vice Versa: Crusaders exposes those who use their immense power and influence to maintain control in the name of God.”

Vice TV is available as a linear channel in the US and as an online service.

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The Watchtower is NOT a false prophet

by The Quiet One in

regarding what some have said here about the wt being a false prophet.. i would like to make my point regarding the wt not being a false prophet... so please, if you can be patient enough to read this, at least try to understand what i am getting at.. a false prophet is one who, according to deuteronomy, makes a false prediction of the future and claims that the prediction came from god, or in other words claiming that 'god has said he will do a certain thing at a certain time' etc.. for example, hypothetically speaking, if someone had claimed: "god will bring about the end of the world in 2010", they would have been proven to be a false prophet, obviously.

but, as an example, imagine a man who claimed the position of a prophet of god, (as moses did, because although he was not the type of prophet that predicted the future.. he was still a prophet or spokesman for god) and that he had publicised worldwide, according to his interpretation of a (for example) prophecy found in the book of isaiah, that the world would end in 2010.. and he had also stated that he was not saying that god will end the world in that year.. but only that there was biblical evidence that god might do so.

that would clearly have been a mistake.

Rattigan350

A prophet means someone who speaks for God. Many mistake that for foretelling the future. But their speaking for God was by means of using the Bible. The apostle Paul was not one who foretold the future, he used the past and that was his means of speaking for God.

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses counting service time in Seconds yet? Like 8 seconds?

by was a new boy in

jehovah's witness gets 8 seconds total in new 52 minute video,.

'in their own words pope francis'.

closeup picture of (fuzzy 1:00-1:01), 43:48-50, and 44:54-59. .

Rattigan350

The 15 minute thing with approval was so stupid. What is to stop anyone from counting 15 as an hour? We all would round up anyway. And this You need permission to Aux pioneer, is stupid. Why? We stopped getting free magazines in 1989 so what benefits are there from Aux pioneering?

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What’s Wrong With President Biden?

by minimus in

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i just watched excerpts from his cnn town hall event and something is seriously wrong with him.

he can’t put together a sentence without getting lost, tripping on his own words, forgetting what he is talking about.……this is embarrassing.

and it’s not because he has a stutter!

Rattigan350

We knew that before he was "elected".

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Love the don't use a gun for self defence by Gary Bro

by mickbobcat in

i just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.

i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.

well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.

Rattigan350

While Brother Breaux was going to an extreme with his view, he was correct in not relying on guns for protection. The Brother in the video was just waving a gun. He didn't have the conviction to use it. That would be the most dangerous to himself or his family. When a person has a gun, s/he has to be prepared to use it without hesitation. No JW would would have such preparation. They would hurt themselves or others or have it stolen or taken away.

Using a gun for self defense and then killing someone is not blood guilty, there is an affirmative defense for that.

Wisdom can find ways to protection without a gun. Macgyver didn't use guns, because brains are better.