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  This Good News of The Kingdom Will Be Preached Then The End WIll Come

  by seekchristonly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  news.

  the preaching work was finished in the 1st century before the destruction of jerusalem,the temple and the old covenant.. this is confirmed by messiah and the apostles themselves.

  i quote jesus.

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  Stillin: But I feel confident that MOST will figure things out for themselves and they have had it with having another human being explaining God to them, as though they are an authority on Godworshipping. If God wants to say something, He/She/It knows how to find us.

  Seek, I think you'll find that most on this site agree 100% with stillin. No one wants to be "preached at" or told what they shoud believe. No one wants to be told that they should believe just like you do. That's offensive behavior after leaving jw-land.

  Surely you understand why no one here wants to play in your sandbox.
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  Where does the Governing Body say "old light" comes from?

  by matt2414 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body claims they've received "new light" from jehovah every time they change their doctrine.

  so where did the "old light" come from that's being replaced?

  if the old light is incorrect, could it have come from god?

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  My argument to another jw was: IF it really is the only true religion, THEN it should be miles above all the others. There should not be similarities like child abuse, power-mongering and politics. There would have to be some distinction and of course, there is none.

  Sadly it's just another phony religion based on power and greed.
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  Atlanta Int Convention 2014:The Big Party. Does this look like WT believes Armageddon is coming "soon"?

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=potrr2qxhue.

  .. if armageddon is "imminent", why is wt focused on sight-seeing, entertainment, travel, etc.

  instead of preaching and saving people??.

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  Kneehigh: Magnum and ADCMS I feel like the governing body are just figureheads, mascots. The real bosses are the greedy corporation presidents. Would anyone trust Anthony Morris, Sam herd or Lett to run their business what business experience do those guys have? They were just bethel and circuit slaves. The real bosses are cutting deals with cities, grabbing money from congregations, hiring "worldly" production companies to make slick marketing videos, promoting their website etc. it's no wonder they want to fire dinosaurs like Fred Franz and Milton G and are booting DOs and old people. They need to make being a JW cool. The website shows young adults traveling the world to preach and cool stuff They're are almost taking a page out of the us army and navy recruitment playBook. I'M not surprised that the focus is not on spiritual things but on having the time of your life. It's a different org. I think it will backfire though. It's hard to be totalitarian and secular at the same time. Just ask the Soviets. The org was founded on the belief that Armageddon was imminent. Once people stop believing that, what do they have left besides the social aspect?

  It stands to reason that the same marketing and financial corporations are used by the Mormons, JWs, even the Catholic Church. Remember the catholic church's PR campaign about Come Home? Don't know if it was worldwide but certainly all over the media in the US.
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  Had an argument with my wife about tinkerbell :(

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one of my co workers mother made my 4 year old a blanket with the disney character tinkerbell on it.

  as soon as i got it i knew trouble lay ahead.

  i wanted to reason with her before my daughter saw it so as not to cause a disruption, but it didn't work out that way.

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  Dogon, was that Arcadia FL or CA? Just curious.
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  Something I Just Learned ...

  by snowbird in

  1. social
  2. humour

  black don't crack - asian don't raisin.. meaning?.

  black and asian people usually have firm facial skin..

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  Good one ADCMS.
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  The dumest thing an elder ever said to me..

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  conversation with an elder...i said " did you watch due south yesterday" and he said " ive got far more important things to do".

  i mean that comment of his got me to thinking and wondering, and made me see he was missing out on living..and i think that comment was the straw that broke this boys faith, and started my i dont want to be a witness anymore.

  kind of wierd how a simple question opened my eyes.. and now as i write this i am watching " the rebel" a 1950s western series, and its great and its even better my 9 year old is watching with me..and there is nothing more important than being happy.. .

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  Zed, he's probably one of the eldubs who encourages women (with bruises and black eyes) to stay with their "man" so he might be won over without a word....
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  Atlanta Int Convention 2014:The Big Party. Does this look like WT believes Armageddon is coming "soon"?

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=potrr2qxhue.

  .. if armageddon is "imminent", why is wt focused on sight-seeing, entertainment, travel, etc.

  instead of preaching and saving people??.

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  Saving this to watch after a few beers....couldn't do it 100% sober, I'm sure.
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  As a parent, did you ever have a swimming pool and invite neighbor kids?

  by 4thgen in

  1. social
  2. family

  being 4th generation, i realize that am socially stunted, in regard to those that are not jws.

  i am forging ahead and endeavoring to build a life outside of jw's.

  i am trying as i can to socialize my child to make friends and be a normal kid.

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  Do check your homeowner's policy, we were threatened with cancellation unless we took down our small above-ground pool. The neighbors must have had a better policy as they got to keep theirs up...
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  COBE cannot be 80 or more

  by fader77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a new letter no longer allows an elder to be cobe if hes 80 or more.

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  Fader, thanks for the most interesting post and welcome to the board! (((fader)))

  So I'm not up to speed, but anyone aged 80 would have been born in 1934...so in which generation level are they? Have to remove those generational 1914ish questions somehow.

  Seems that if the older ones who lived through the 20th century wars, times of real persecution, strong emotional ties to the "new" JW name, times of more scholarly bible education...if they are removed from authority, and each year more older ones are removed from authority unless they take the preferred Guilt Trip offered up by the borg (Of course, a coordinator of the body of elders who is not yet 80 years of age might also modestly decide that it would now be best to have another brother take on this role.—Mic. 6:8.), that the long-term plan would be a reinvented corporate borg populated only by those who get all their info from the internet and are rewarded for absolute loyalty with appointments to positions of authority.

  This is somene's well-planned corporate dream. Eventually meetings are held online as the halls are sold at 100% profit, with guaranteed monthly contributions from members who click on the Donate Now button to set up their easy Autopay straight from their credit card or checking account. Perfectly modeled just like all social networks who exist in the unreality of the web...
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  request suggestions

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what can i tell my 5yr old grandson as to why i do not attend meetings anymore?

  my reasons are (among others) the insanity of armageddon.

  at the last meeting that i attended the travelling bro compared gehazi's sin (for which his progeny down to great grandchildren were stricken with leprosy) with materialism.. thanks..

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  Tepidpoultry, WELCOME! Love your name, I'll tell you why sometime...

  When I stopped attending, I told my children that I couldn't reconcile Jesus' teachings with what was being taught at the hall. For a 5 year old, maybe you could tell him the meetings make you sad because you love Jesus and they don't teach about the way he loved everyone and treated them kindly. Someone here on the board will come up with a much better thing to say, I'm sure, but that comparison is True, and in no way makes you apostate in the real sense of the word. They don't teach about the qualities Jesus demonstrated. They teach obedience to themselves.

  (((((tp)))))