Posts by Rattigan350

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"abstain and die!"- WTBTS

by hamsterbait in

i find it amazing that the wtbts says that you should refuse blood, even if it could save your life.. look at the apostle paul.

he knew the injunctions of acts 15 - yet by his own admission in his letters to the corinthians admitted that he bought meat sacrificed to idols and ate it.

so would he have refused this meat if he were about to die of hunger?.

Rattigan350

The law on blood is in Gen 9:4. Do not eat or drink blood.

The apostles do not have the authority to expand that law. Many say that abstain means to keep away from any use of blood, but abstain expands it from what God's law says. No one has the authority to expand the law, not the apostles and not the president or vice president of the Watchtower Society.

Thus blood transfusions are not against God's law. It's not about saving lives. The problem is their being pharisees in widening the scope of God's laws and saying that they obey it so they are more righteous; which is exactly what the pharisees did.

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JWhub

by Mikejw in

i’m an elder who is pima, i’m amazed how much info is available to all elders.

you can see all private details of every member of the congregation.

i wonder how these sisters feel about their private details being available to these creepy elders?.

Rattigan350

You all are so paranoid. They have no info on anyone unless people give them that info.

The real question is, how would the Russian government or other governments know that people are JWs to arrest them?

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WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

by careful in

... is just three weeks from this saturday.

the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

Rattigan350

Slimboyfat, there was never a 1919 date to stick to. 1919 was the convention after the War ended Advertise Advertise the king and his kingdom.

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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting

by slimboyfat in

say it ain’t so!

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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?

Rattigan350

Oh please. What the Governing body says at the annual meeting does not change God's plan.

There are 144,000 corulers with Jesus, the bride of Christ. period. That can not be changed.

It is in Ex 19:6 and 1 Peter 2:9 and in Rev 5:10; 20:6 and detailed in chapt 7 & 14.

It is not a 2 class 2 tier system.

While there may be 25,000 partaking, it means nothing. The partaking ended 30 years ago but people kept doing it and more joined in because they want to think that they are anointed.

End of story.

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WHEN WILL THE ANOINTED BE TAKEN TO HEAVEN

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/sptboe8_kuc?si=cnb837qqdlm1glx0.

this is a question that has preoccupied the minds of the governing body " when will the last anointed be taken up to heaven?

" when did this nonsense begin ?

Rattigan350

Blondie, and others, Isn't it possible that since the Revelation was given, that God altered it and things will be different from what was expected?

But we know that after Jesus became king in 1914 and cleansed the heavens, the dead in Christ were raised first then after that, those who are living, and then die would instantly be raised. That's elementary and explained by Paul in 1 Thess 4 and 1 Cor 15 So why is this question even asked?

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Is Watchtower totally off base on Armageddon?

by Vanderhoven7 in

to me it is quite evident that the gt spoken about in matthew 24, mark 13 and luke 21 is a one time, non-repeatable localized event resulting in the destruction of jerusalem and the temple followed by the dispersion of surviving jews throughout the nations.. however, what is not so clear to most is that the gt of revelation deals with the same event.

my understanding is that the gb of jehovah witnesses has no clue as to how to interpret the apocalyptic messages found both in the synoptics and revelation.

but steve greg has armageddon down pat.

Rattigan350

Bethsarim "Since He's already been here once and the 2nd coming is yet to happen."

There is no second coming of Jesus. Why would there be? There is no reason for it.

Sure he said to his apostles that he will return, but think about it. What good is telling them that he will return 2000 years later when they are not here? That's the problem, people don't think. They just see words and grab them. Jesus is returning or coming back and they adhere to that.
But that's not how it works.

John 14:2 "for I am going my way to prepare a place for you. Also, if I go my way and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you home to myself, so that where I am you also may be."

Jesus said to the apostles that he will come again, but after he is killed, raised as a spirit and ascended and sat at his father's right hand. Then at some point he prepares a place for them., That was when he cast Satan and the demons from heaven. Then that allows for the resurrection to start.

So Jesus comes again (to them, the ones to whom he was speaking) by resurrecting them to him.

And Blahi, Where does it say "that every eye would see him"?

Oh, the same place where it says "those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief because of him." Didn't those who pierced him die 2000 years ago? So this can not be taken literally. So why are you taking "Every eye will see him" literally?

Come on people. Be consistent here.

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WHEN WILL THE ANOINTED BE TAKEN TO HEAVEN

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/sptboe8_kuc?si=cnb837qqdlm1glx0.

this is a question that has preoccupied the minds of the governing body " when will the last anointed be taken up to heaven?

" when did this nonsense begin ?

Rattigan350

Then anointed will not be taken to heaven. They have to die and be resurrected as a spirit being.

No one goes to heaven or is taken to heaven. Death is required.

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Is Watchtower totally off base on Armageddon?

by Vanderhoven7 in

to me it is quite evident that the gt spoken about in matthew 24, mark 13 and luke 21 is a one time, non-repeatable localized event resulting in the destruction of jerusalem and the temple followed by the dispersion of surviving jews throughout the nations.. however, what is not so clear to most is that the gt of revelation deals with the same event.

my understanding is that the gb of jehovah witnesses has no clue as to how to interpret the apocalyptic messages found both in the synoptics and revelation.

but steve greg has armageddon down pat.

Rattigan350

Why are you looking to youtube ( a bearded man with long hair) for information on prophesies in Revelation.

Do we really know that there will be a Great Tribulation? Jesus mentioned it but just because Jesus said it doesn't mean that it will be that way, afterall he said this generation... He also spoke of a Faithful and Discreet slave.

Revelation 7 speaks of a great crowd of people coming out of a great tribulation but the word 'tribulation' is so vague as to what it means we don't know what it is.

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Do JWs believe Jesus is an angel?

by slimboyfat in

i would suggest:.

the short answer is yes.. the longer answer is a qualified yes, with some caveats.

the short answer is yes because jehovah’s witnesses teach that jesus is michael the archangel, their leader, eldest and most powerful, and have taught this since the very beginning of the religion.

Rattigan350

"The Council of Florence affirms"

Why should anyone care what the Council of Florence says?
You all complain about the governing body but these councils are far worse.

"identity of Jesus as the divine Logos. The text explicitly states, "the Word was God", affirming the full divinity of Christ. The absence of the definite article before "theos" in the original Greek is a grammatical feature that emphasizes the qualitative aspect of the Word's divinity, not a denial of His deity."

"it is not a sign of inferiority but a reflection of their eternal relationship within the Godhead." There is no Godhead. That is not even a word.

I notice that so many religious people use big and fancy words that have no meanings and they forget what Tyndale said "“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives a plough to know more of the scriptures than you do.”".

And we end up knowing more than they do because they are focused on made up words.

The ENGLISH text says "The Word was God". You also mentioned the divine Logos and Word's divinity. That's different from "The Word was God", that is renaming Jesus as the God of old, not relating qualities within him as being a spriit being.

"The doctrine of the Trinity emphasizes that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share one essence, one divinity, and one power."
This is why it is wrong.

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Do JWs believe Jesus is an angel?

by slimboyfat in

i would suggest:.

the short answer is yes.. the longer answer is a qualified yes, with some caveats.

the short answer is yes because jehovah’s witnesses teach that jesus is michael the archangel, their leader, eldest and most powerful, and have taught this since the very beginning of the religion.

Rattigan350

" It means that they have authority to go baptize with the said behind them/supporting them.

It's like saying, STOP, 'in the name of the law'. A policeman can tell a person to STOP with the authority of the law backing him."

That's a copout. Acts 2:28 "Peter said to them: “Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins"

How did it get changed from 'name of F, S & HS' to just name of Jesus Christ?

I've been reading into Conybeare and his writings and he believes the scripture is spurious.

“Eusebius cites this text again and again in his works written between A.D. 300 and 336, namely in his long commentaries on the Psalms, on Isaiah, his Demonstratio Evangelica, his Theophany ...in his famous history of the Church, and in his panegyric of the emperor Constantine. There are eighteen citations of Matthew xxviii. 19, and always in the following form: “Go ye and make disciples of all the nations in my name, teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you.”