Posts by Rattigan350

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Why is the Faithful Slave Now Admitting Ignorance?

by Vanderhoven7 in

dbm writes on the question: will sodomites get a resurrection?.

i guess it depends the date that you asked this question.

here is a screenshot from a video which gives an overview of the changes (new light) on this question:.

Rattigan350

The AGM is not new light. They are just saying that we can't be dogmatic about specifics. The children at the flood or Sodom, or other times.

In the past it was said that they all are doomed, then later they said, let's not bury them so deep.

Now they are saying, Jehovah is more merciful to those who deserve mercy.

And Tonus is right. It is not important all to know or figure out who gets resurrected from those past times.

It's like looking to the Bible characters to be resurrected, what do we expect to learn from them? Will they have more memories brought back then from the day they died? Will they simply say they don't remember? If Daniel died at 100 years old, will he have memories of when he left for Babylon? Or will they all tell us that everything that was recorded about them is wrong?

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WRONG Bible wordings #3

by BoogerMan in

3) 1 timothy 2:5 - for there is one god, and one mediator between god and men, a man, christ jesus.... wtbts: this is another example of not enough information being supplied by the apostle paul.

he should have written, "for there is..one mediator between god and only 144,000 men...".

the org's type/antitype of the exodus foreigners & the other sheep not being in the 2 covenants and not having jesus as their mediator is totally debunked by deuteronomy 29:10-15 & ezekiel 47:21-23. .

Rattigan350

Paul had no idea or concept of the 144,000 as it was not given to God's prophet John until decades later.

Paul understood about a heavenly Jerusalem. And since those in Paul's time, the majority of which would be anointed, he could properly says Jesus was the mediator between God and men (and women).

People need to remember, that something said in the present tense in the Bible, does not always extend to later times.

Paul is the one that teaches about the two covenants as Jeremiah taught about a new covenant.

Why do people get all worked up about whether Jesus is their mediator? A belief or a teaching can't change the reality of whether he is or not. So just study whether he is or not.

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Pornography in the Marriage

by LostintheFog1999 in

the magazine that they are studying in the congregation this month has an article at the back about how pornography in a marriage could damage the relationship.. there's one piece of advice that sounds rather scary, the wt suggests that the couple should "consider asking an elder with whom you are both comfortable to sit in and guide your discussions for a time.".

how many of you would want an elder present in your home while you and your partner discussed your personal sexual cravings and the type of porn videos being watched?.

Rattigan350

enoughisenough said "because some of the "brothers" really get off on that sort of thing. There was a brother in a hall I went to who loved to give talks about sex."

I can imagine that there are cops like that too. They prefer to work in the sex crimes unit because they can legally possess and view videos and pictures in their investigations. Somewhat similar to the drug cops keeping some of the drugs for their own use.

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Convention Blast

by Zilgee in

jw convention blast in kerala india.

one died.

Rattigan350

I find it odd that the jw.borg report says "Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this tragedy."

It is odd that they would use a worldly phrase like that.

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Pornography in the Marriage

by LostintheFog1999 in

the magazine that they are studying in the congregation this month has an article at the back about how pornography in a marriage could damage the relationship.. there's one piece of advice that sounds rather scary, the wt suggests that the couple should "consider asking an elder with whom you are both comfortable to sit in and guide your discussions for a time.".

how many of you would want an elder present in your home while you and your partner discussed your personal sexual cravings and the type of porn videos being watched?.

Rattigan350

What is the definition of pornography for them? Naked pictures or videos of one's spouse? Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues? Shows like Game of Thrones? So many ways to judge people there.

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Current light on will die at Armageddon?

by Teddnzo in

my wife zoe and i often talk about her grandmother who has never been a jw but is an excellent christian by other opinions.

she has led such a good life always kind and tried to follow jesus example.

before the agm new light my wife often thought according to current light is that as long as she dies before armageddon she will be resurrected.

Rattigan350

There is no armageddon so it won't matter.

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Pornography in the Marriage

by LostintheFog1999 in

the magazine that they are studying in the congregation this month has an article at the back about how pornography in a marriage could damage the relationship.. there's one piece of advice that sounds rather scary, the wt suggests that the couple should "consider asking an elder with whom you are both comfortable to sit in and guide your discussions for a time.".

how many of you would want an elder present in your home while you and your partner discussed your personal sexual cravings and the type of porn videos being watched?.

Rattigan350

How is this even a religious issue?

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CIVILIAN SERVICE

by blondie in

how many remember when the wts changed their policy on alternative service; changed it to alternative civilian service so jw men could choose it because it was not supervised by the military.

shows how the wts quibbles with words to advance a "new teaching.

" flag salute, voting, civilian service p. 212. civilian service.

Rattigan350

"What about" Pay Caesar's things to Caesar and God's things to God?"

What about it? This whole interaction is obvious.

Matt 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and conspired together in order to trap him in his speech

16: So they sent their disciples to him, together with party followers of Herod

17 :Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful* to pay head tax to Caesar or not?”

18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you put me to the test, hypocrites?

Jesus knew that if he said yes, Pay them. They would accuse him of siding with the Romans.

If he said No, don't pay them. Then they would bring accusations to the Romans that he is teaching not to pay the tax.

So he declined to answer the question, but he referred to the coin and what it showed so they answered the question themselves. Jesus was good at sidestepping their questions.

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CIVILIAN SERVICE

by blondie in

how many remember when the wts changed their policy on alternative service; changed it to alternative civilian service so jw men could choose it because it was not supervised by the military.

shows how the wts quibbles with words to advance a "new teaching.

" flag salute, voting, civilian service p. 212. civilian service.

Rattigan350

They get the Neutrality doctrinal policy wrong. While Jesus said that they were to be no part of the world, they lost the context of this.

There had been prophesies of the messiah from back to Moses' time, then Isaiah, Daniel and others.

They recognized Jesus as the Messiah but they expected him to free Israel from the Romans like Israel was freed from Babylon. That is why in Acts 1:6 they asked him: “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?"

Jesus didn't say Yes or no but he told them that their job would be to preach him in the world.

The land of Israel had no more use to God. Christians didn't need a land as their kingdom was heavenly.

Being no part of the world meant not to put their allegiances in the world, but it didn't mean hands off on what is going on. While it mean that we are to have love for our brothers and the people it does not mean that when our neighborhoods are attacked, we just don't do anything.

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My conclusion on the matter

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

after being brought up a jw, going to mts, bethel, pioneer school multiple times, serving in foreign assignments and having been an elder for decades my conclusion is that i am now pima, physically in mentally agnostic.. agnostic means you think it can’t be proven either way creation or evolution.

i do tend to lean towards evolution but creation at the very start because you can’t get life from dead matter.

but i’m open to the possibility of chance theory at the origin of it all.

Rattigan350

The problem that I have with the religion is that they are pharisees in that they look to works to make us clean before God. They take the words of Paul and make the law thinking that following them will make us clean and not following them will make us not clean; but forgetting that Jesus is what makes us clean.