Posts by Monsieur

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For Those of You Who Still Serve... How Do You Do It?

by Kingdom Evader in

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new here... been lurking for some time now.... i still serve... but with each passing day, it gets harder and harder.

i'm slowly... slowly working on my wife (i call her mrs. hardcore) and even my m-i-l (who taught my wife how to be hardcore).

making some amazing progress... they are still hardcore... but unrecognizable from a couple years ago!.

Monsieur

Ive decided that in the largest spectrum of things, it really doesn't matter one bit one way or the other.

In my case, there are no hardcore family members and it would require way to much energy and effort to systematically pull them out of the religion.

Sure, its all a fantasy. But their fear of death is offset by the fantasy, so whatever.

A hundred years from now, none of it will matter as we won't be here. By the way, I'm completely cool with that. So for the time being ill hang tight and continue to discover the joys of living in the moment.

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OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

by John Aquila in

when it finally clicked,.

and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

what went through you mind?.

Monsieur

Ive recently become atheist. And suddenly, everything made sense and I mean everything. For as great perspective on life get acquainted with brilliant minds like bill Nye, Chris Hitchens, Richard Dawkins etc.

Anyways,

It seems like a burden has been thrown off. The fate of mankind doesn't rest on jws after all. And its somewhat odd that I now enjoy more than ever some very selfish and rather carnal pastimes, sex, making money, wine, cigars, sex lol.

What can we control? Very little it turns out. We can however try to make the world a better place, and that starts with us and our family.

Its a fact we got here via evolution, now we've got to work with wat we've got.

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Christianity: The most deceptive religion

by opusdei1972 in

jesus was a jew who apparently thought he was the messiah, however, after dying, his disciples began to propagate the lie that he would return from heaven during his generation.

but, his generation passed away, and it was clear that it was a false prophecy, then a dishonest christian wrote the second letter of peter so as to condemn those who realised that the prophecy was a fiasco.

interestingly, and sadly, this religion survived,....why????

Monsieur

....umm...try Constantine?

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Updated Chronological Timeline of the Great Tribulation -- after the New Light from July Watchtower

by FusionTheism in

the july 15, 2015 study watchtower article entitled "your deliverance is getting near", along with the jw broadcasting video entitled "gerrit losch: fortified by "the prophetic word," and chapter 21 of the god's kingdom rules!

book presented a large amount of new light or clarified understanding of the events of the great tribulation.. here i am presenting it in chronological order -- this is the governing body's updated chronological order of events for the time right before the great tribulation through armageddon:.

the final sealing of the anointed occurs just prior to the outbreak of the tribulation.

Monsieur

Data dog, u bring up an interesting possibility. That the gb will go missing on purpose, claiming that the rapture has occurred. Can u imagine the reaction in jw land? The question is, will jws start making crazy decisions, quitting jobs, buying house s, etc ?? And wat an out for the gb, take the money grow a beard and disappear until death...

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RC 2015 Book "Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life"

by wifibandit in

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/jesus/.

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non jw download - all formats & audio.

Monsieur

The myth, the man, the legend...

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Dwindling Attendance? Here's a quick fix!....

by Tech49 in

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friends

so here's a real life experience you will get a kick out of.. our kh has about 90 publishers.

typical meeting attendance during a co visit is right at 100 or so.

the rest of the time, attendance is a dismal 50-60, sometimes 70 on a good week!.

Monsieur

Wow...well, u cant blame them for not trying.lol

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Something tells me 1914...

by Monsieur in

after todays watchtower lesson, and the lessons coming, something tells me bigger and bigger new understandings are coming.

and that it will culminate with 1914. notice how jesus is now coming, and no longer already here.

the current understanding is both, he is here and hes also coming.

Monsieur

Can anybody post the current understanding? If I recall theres actually three ways combined that Jesus is here and also coming. This might not be an issue except that the wt appears to be aluding more to a future event as opposed to a present one, why?? Why not call the future event just armageddon? Why confuse it with a present event, rather past, event? I thought it was very telling that jesus coming very soon was included in yesterday's study...

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Comments at the WT this morning

by OneFingerSalute in

so as i am "listening" to the wt study going on this question was asked.

"how do you feel about refined understanding?".

some of the comments were:.

Monsieur

Folks kept saying how they obeyed the old light despite it not making any sense.

What??

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Something tells me 1914...

by Monsieur in

after todays watchtower lesson, and the lessons coming, something tells me bigger and bigger new understandings are coming.

and that it will culminate with 1914. notice how jesus is now coming, and no longer already here.

the current understanding is both, he is here and hes also coming.

Monsieur

Exactly magnum,

A convoluted mess...I don't know how it is explained on the jw app, but I take it there is a reason its a long video...something so fundamental needs to be much easier explained.

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Something tells me 1914...

by Monsieur in

after todays watchtower lesson, and the lessons coming, something tells me bigger and bigger new understandings are coming.

and that it will culminate with 1914. notice how jesus is now coming, and no longer already here.

the current understanding is both, he is here and hes also coming.

Monsieur

After todays watchtower lesson, and the lessons coming, something tells me bigger and bigger new understandings are coming. And that it will culminate with 1914. Notice how jesus is now coming, and no longer already here. The current understanding is BOTH, he is here and hes also coming. Precisely the convoluted mess they r trying to clear up.