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  New Understanding of this Generation

  by pronomono in

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  another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".

  they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.

  what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.

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  Egocentrism at its best...here's why.

  First part of the "generation" equals Franz basically.

  Second part of the "generations" equals those that knew Franz.

  So, if all the current GB knew Franz, then it is THEIR time in history that really matters. Everything ever written in the scriptures related to the last days, i.e. the FDS, the fulfillment of end-times theology, all of it revolves around THEIR time in history.

  They are SOOO important to the fulfillment of scripture that the third group, those annointed AFTER Franz died don't even count as part of THAT generation. Yes, they MAY be annointed, but they aren't the important annointed....

  You just can't make this up. It is as if someone on the Writing Committee is working on the premise of the play THE PRODUCERS, i.e to make a story SOOO far fetched that no one will really ever believe it, i.e. Springtime for Hitler (see the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about.)

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  just a frustrating day... let's hear good news on your end!

  by losingit in

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  cheer me up, please.

  obstacles placed by those who are supposed to advocate for me.

  frustrated!.

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  What do you call a fake noodle?

  An Impasta!!!
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  They are all SCREWED

  by Terry in

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  jehovah's witnesses acquire peculiar ideas.. those peculiar ideas give rise to warped views.. the more warped a jw's outlook becomes the more the association with others whose thinking has twisted will conform and radicalize them.. .

  consider this simple statement of scripture, first.. 1 timothy 5:8revised standard version (rsv).

  8 if any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.. .

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  Good post Terry.

  Family is NOT important to the average JW. Therefore, there is no need to worry about taking care of someone. I remember talking to a brother who had been accepted into circuit work. I reminded him that his parents were older and that he might need to return home to help take care of them so he probably shouldn't divest himself of everything he owned. He shrugged it off and quoted that scripture from Psalms, "I have not seen a righteous man forsaken or his children searching for bread." No, for him, Jehovah and the congregation would take care of them...After all, THEY RAISED HIM TO REACH OUT FOR SPIRITUAL GOALS!

  Most JW families are a sham. They are a collective group of dysfunctionals that PRETEND to be happy so that they garnish praise and privileges. They have been displaced from the real world and all that matters is how the collective views them. If one of them falls out of line, typically, it will be another family member that will throw them under the bus while someone else in the family is driving it.

  It reminds me again, sorry I'm rambling, about the Danish movie where the young girl is DF'd and she goes to a funeral and sees her family. Her dad says something about her being selfish and she asks him why he is a JW, "So I can live forever in paradise," he says. Well, who is the selfish one then?

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  Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?

  by Separation of Powers in

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  the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

  one of my favorite jw urban legends.

  a sister is out in service alone.

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  so do the Krishnas! HA!
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  Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?

  by Separation of Powers in

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  the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

  one of my favorite jw urban legends.

  a sister is out in service alone.

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  The story of why the new bible has a grey cover (Silver Sword) moved me to ask you all what YOUR favorite JW urban legend is?

  One of my favorite JW urban legends

  A sister is out in service alone. She approaches the door of this guy. Little does she know that he is a murderer and the voices in his head told him to kill the next person that came to his door. When the sister arrives, he answers the door with a conflicted look on his face. She speaks to him and leaves as he is not interested. Later, another person shows up at the door. He kills that man.

  A next door neighbor sees what happened so calls the police. The man is arrested. While they are interviewing him, they ask why he didn't simply kill the JW woman that was there before. He says, "She wasn't alone." They are confounded as they interviewed her and she mentioned that she was alone. They mention this to the murderer. He states, "She wasn't alone. There was a big guy with white hair standing behind her. So, I didn't do anything. He looked like he was her bodyguard or something." The police tell the JW woman it must have been her angel.

  Urban Legend?

  What is your favorite?

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  The NFL is not the only COPYCAT LEAGUE!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  every year, the mormon church has a program that is televised via satellite to mormon sanctuaries all over the world.

  the prophet and the quorum of the twelve are part of that program and the faithful mormon is overjoyed to have the chance to hear them speak, especially the prophet as he speaks for god (with a little direction from the his two sidekicks, select members of the quorum of the twelve that serve as his attendants or counselors).

  i have always been amazed at this aspect of the mormon church.

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  I realize now how important the TITLE of a new post can be....NO THIS IS NOT ABOUT FOOTBALL!!!
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  Well an Elder told me why all the new revised NWT bibles are grey/gray in color

  by StoneWall in

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  while in discussion with an elder from my old congregation, he asked if i had been given an opportunity to see the new bibles yet.. i told him yes that a family member had showed me one a few days back and some of the improvements (changes) that were in it.. as our conversation went along he asked me what i thought of the color.

  i said well its certainly different from the black cover i was so used to or even going back further a few decades the green covered bibles when i was a child.

  (we both got a chuckle out of that).

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  I just love those JW urban legends!!!
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  The NFL is not the only COPYCAT LEAGUE!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  every year, the mormon church has a program that is televised via satellite to mormon sanctuaries all over the world.

  the prophet and the quorum of the twelve are part of that program and the faithful mormon is overjoyed to have the chance to hear them speak, especially the prophet as he speaks for god (with a little direction from the his two sidekicks, select members of the quorum of the twelve that serve as his attendants or counselors).

  i have always been amazed at this aspect of the mormon church.

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  Every year, the Mormon church has a program that is televised via satellite to mormon sanctuaries all over the world. The Prophet and the Quorum of the Twelve are part of that program and the faithful mormon is overjoyed to have the chance to hear them speak, especially the Prophet as he speaks for God (with a little direction from the his two sidekicks, select members of the Quorum of the Twelve that serve as his attendants or counselors).

  I have always been amazed at this aspect of the Mormon church. Their leaders feel the need to reach out to the most remote locations of the world so that even the most humble or their flock has the chance and privilege to hear from those with a direct line to the Almighty.

  Well, taking a call from the Mormon playbook. The new GB has decided that next year, with the new series of International Conventions, select discourses by the Governing Body and some of their assistants (Prophet and the attendants) will be televised at all assemblies in the U.S..

  With the advent of "family worship" and now this system of "select discourses," I wonder what other plays from the mormon playbook will be implemented.

  Just a thought,

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  No one in JW religion has a title that elevates them above others! I did not know this fact!

  by Faithful Witness in

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  from jw.org (while waiting for new bible to download, i clicked on the link for "christian," which asks the following question...).

  "are we christians?

  we are christians, for the following reasons.

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  Where there is a hierarchy, there are titles!

  The Watchtower Organization is just that...an Organization with a hierarchy just as vast as the Catholic Church.

  As far as the difference between "labels" and "titles"? Well, a jar of peanut butter has a "label" the "title" on that label is "Skippy" or "JIF" or "Laura Scudders." It is the title that distinguishes the jar. Just as GB, DO, CO, Bethelite, Elder, MS, Pioneer distinguish the person. And for a JW, being "disintinguished" among people is of the utmost importance.

  Just a thought, or a few,

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  What Was Your First Experience In Exposing Yourself To "Apostasy"?

  by minimus in

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  as a young teenager, i would look at "apostate" books at the city library.

  i was always intrigued as to what was sooo bad and other than a few writings of some that seemed like they hated the witnesses, i would clandestinely look at literature, especially in "christian" bookstores.. it took years for me to finally disconnect.

  i will say that ray franz' books enlightened me the most!.

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  It would be interesting to see what type of information is available in the old Gilead library or the library of the Writing Committee. I would imagine that anything that I have read might pale in comparison to some of what may exist there.

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