So much in this thread I can relate to ... but I'm witholding information on my story, as the ordeal isn't over yet. But thank you to the OP and others for sharing your experiences.
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My appeal was successful. Now what?
by noonehome infaders: why do we bother staying in?.
we cling to some false hope that people we love will accept us despite our not believing, even though its as much a fairytale as the dogmas based on untruths.. ive never been anything but a good friend and human being and would do anything for the people i love; i couldnt dream of shutting out someone i care about.
and its not like theyd revel in the idea of doing it either, yet its seen as not just the only choice, but also as undoubtedly the right thing to do.
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New development in my life
by EdenOne inno longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
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Can't give much details now ... but all this will be worth telling once it's over...
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New development in my life
by EdenOne inno longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.
but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.
and i mean no one.. eden.
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Bracing ourselves ... Big s**t storm raging ...
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Should I accept a position on the Governing Body
by Paralipomenon inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/218248/1/how-will-the-wts-society-look-in-the-year-2030-how-will-they-explain-why-the-generation-is-now-116-years-old.
as far as technology goes, i'd be surprised if the society doesn't capitalize on "podcast" style talks that will be played at local kh's.
it would take the crunch off the elder shortage and make sure the message is uniform.. .
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I preside over the Governing Body of my household, and yet it's my wife that pulls the strings. I'd say don't bother.
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Well, I'm not excited about the miracle - simply about the [supposed] eyewitness account of an itinerant preacher-healer in Palestine called Iesous de Nazarenus, which travelled with an entourage of disciples. That's the point I'd find more relevant.
Edited: I think AnnOMaly just clarified it. It's a fake piece of news. Thank you.
However, Paterculus was a real person.
But 'professor Perruzzi' is a fabrication - as well as the pictures of the "parchments" (actually are clay tablets). Someone has a cruel sense of humor out there ...
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Just came across this article:
If legitimate, these documents by roman chronicler Paterculus could prove to be the first independent eyewitness account of Jesus' existence and ministry outside the canonic gospels (let alone the miracles, but that's another discussion). What do you think?
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Strange situation
by Gorbatchov inhi folks,.
the rank and file is now in a strange situation.. it is clear that the jw leadership is in for a huge change.
the type / anti type change makes clear that they make a u-turn.. it's clear that with this changes the current doctrine are temporary.
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Implications of Dropping "Types/Anti-Types"
by Antioch ini've seen this part of the agm folded in with other topics and poked around, but no really critical discussion of the implications.. .
the hermenuetics of the type/anti-type practice was a big deal to me in realizing the tatt.
i searched high and low for a rational basis for concluding that god was communicating in a type/anti-type format that wasn't special pleading and circular.
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Soooooooo ... will this preclude some "new light" that the "sign of the last days" was, after all, only for the first century, and no future second fulfillment is warranted from the text? I wonder ....
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AGM 2014 Detailed Highlights - including talks summary.
by Da.Furious init is more likely to be one attack under different names.. gog of magog is not satan but a coalition of nations.
1. what do talents represent?
so who has the 5 talents?
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The type / antitype talk is indeed a very significant shift. Out the window goes much of the pre GB 2.0 prophetic speculation ... (mostly due to Franz, but Rutherford and Russell used it a lot too).
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Local Kingdom Hall Speakers To Be Replaced By Governing Body Video Feeds.
by donuthole inso we've seen as the current gb is getting more facetime in an effort to reach the hearts and minds of the rank and file.
this took a leap with video feeds at an open annual meeting.
the international conventions are taking this a step farther.. do you think that local speakers at kingdom halls could ever be replaced by headquarter approved video feeds?.
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As I said in another thread, I can see that the new TV will result in the demise of the mid-week meeting. Theocratic school can be replaced by a series of instructional videos and "special schools" of one day - for rehearsing - can be arranged now and then at the KH, just a few times a year (say, once every 6 months).
Eden