Posts by Rattigan350

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Watchtower property sold
by Rattigan350 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230915/kane-county-property-transfers-for-july-18-to-aug-11-2023.

$260,000; 11 n edgelawn drive, aurora il; sold on aug. 4, 2023, by watchtower bible & tract socie to hector p salmeron.

the wtbts owned this land.. google maps says this address is a cardiology institute.. .
Rattigan350

There was a Kingdom Hall in Berrien County MI the Coloma cong.
It was sold but the tax records still list -
https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=346&LayerID=4427&PageTypeID=4&PageID=2617&KeyValue=11-08-0031-0014-03-8
Owner
KING OF KINGS CHURCH
3231 BOYER RD
COLOMA, MI 49038

Tax Payer
VALLEY FARMS CORPORATION
900 RED MILLS RD
WALLKILL, NY 12589-5200

They still list the taxpayer of the Watchtower. Valley Farms Corporation is a religious organization formed to purchase, sell, or lease real property to support the needs of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States. The organization remits any income generated from the real property it owns to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
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Meetings were bad back then.
by Rattigan350 in
1. jw
2. friends
meetings have always been bad.. if paul had to "command" people to not forsake the gatherings, the meetings must have been really bad.. considering that jesus said in matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.”".

and then in matt 11:28-30: "come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and i will refresh you.

take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am mild-temperedi and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves.
Rattigan350

Meetings have always been bad.
If Paul had to "command" people to not forsake the gatherings, the meetings must have been really bad.
Considering that Jesus said in Matt 18:20 "For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”"
And then in Matt 11:28-30: "Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-temperedi and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves. For my yoke is kindly, and my load is light.”
If people needed to be "commanded" to go to the meetings, that means they had forgotten that Jesus was at the meetings, or he wasn't there and his being there was not refreshing to them and his yoke kindly. That seems to be the case today, where Jesus just doesn't seem to be there if they are not refreshing, to where people would want to be there and they are not a light load.
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Highlights of DEC. 2023 Watchtower
by was a new boy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is watchtower nervous about including pictures of current governing body members that may have to be deleted one day?.

6 anointed christians cherish that hope.

one of them, brother (false prophet) frederick franz, said from his heart: “our hope is a sure thing, and it will be fulfilled fully to every last one of the 144,000 members of the little flock to a degree beyond what we have even imagined.”.
Rattigan350

The Watchtower writers were not prophets, so they couldn't be false prophets.
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Two biggest issues for Watchtower right now
by Teddnzo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
selena accused tony morris of being involved in child abuse and the pimo bethelite who just got kicked out.

let’s see how this rolls out.
Rattigan350

"Anthony Morris’s video buying liquor and Geoffrey Jackson’s testimony in Australia were enough to see that things weren’t going well in the organization.”"

So, this person is a follower of men it would seem.
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Watchtower property sold
by Rattigan350 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230915/kane-county-property-transfers-for-july-18-to-aug-11-2023.

$260,000; 11 n edgelawn drive, aurora il; sold on aug. 4, 2023, by watchtower bible & tract socie to hector p salmeron.

the wtbts owned this land.. google maps says this address is a cardiology institute.. .
Rattigan350

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230915/kane-county-property-transfers-for-july-18-to-aug-11-2023
$260,000; 11 N Edgelawn Drive, Aurora IL; Sold on Aug. 4, 2023, by Watchtower Bible & Tract Socie to Hector P Salmeron
The WTBTS owned this land.
Google maps says this address is a Cardiology Institute.
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Can any JW answer "Yes" to this VERY simple question?:
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"jesus related 30 - 50 parables/similes.

can you name just one which was to be understood as a prophecy?

utterly amaze them by showing that there is one - allegedly!.
Rattigan350

"I'm certain they will be delighted to learn of this wonderful piece of Bible trivia."
I am so tired of people trying to prove for or against the FDS.
Just live your life. Or as Shatner said "Get a life".
The FDS nor the apostles are our bosses.
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Were the life spans of the patriarchs just an allegory of astronomical cycles?
by was a new boy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
lengths of life of the patriarchs.

genesis.

length of life.
Rattigan350

Why wouldn't they be real years? People were closer to perfection. Then at the time of Noah, God said he would limit them to 120 years. then later he say 70 or 80 years.
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Were any congregation '' special privileges'' ever taken away from you?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you don't measure up to the watchtower society ''high standards''... you might lose some ''special privileges'' .

miss meetings...lose ''privileges''.

don't meet the monthly 10 hour ''field service'' ...lose ''privileges''.
Rattigan350

When I was carrying the microphones, I got counselled because my shirt's top button was not buttoned under my tie because the shirt neck was too small.
I got counselled when I took the count, I walked up 3/4 of the aisle to count the people.
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Trinity Statements in the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
dr. ken johnson has identified several statements in the dead sea scrolls that predict that god would visit the earth as a man... as the messiah.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrfvytjhve&ab_channel=kenjohnson%28biblefacts%29 .
Rattigan350

Right Boogerman. Why do people get messed up over the word god? It just means someone greater. The angels are gods to us.
And Seabreeze "All the scriptures are inspired, and as such they all are true. Picking and choosing certain scriptures and ingnoring others is not honoring ALL the scriptures."
No, they are not. Paul said all scripture is inspired of God. He was referring to the prior writings and how they were the history of God's people and they were prophesies from God.
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Who are the 144K Male Jewish Virgins in Revelation 7?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. bible
no mystery here.

they are all male jewish virgins, just like scripture says.

so, why all the muck and fuss?
Rattigan350

"They are all male jewish virgins"
Why do people keep saying that?????
Did not defile themselves with women. What are they? The unsullied?
And they are not deemed Jewish. Judah was one of the 12 tribes. Why are people fixated with the Jews over the other 11?
Vidqun you are correct that this is all in signs.