Posts by Separation of Powers

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How do you measure a Jehovahs Witness?

by Londo111 in

im just thinking outloud and, of course, you are welcome to think aloud with me.. (1) there are the metrics used in the yearbook totals.

the average publisher count measures only those who reported time.

likely, most of those who attend the memorial are those inactive or somehow associated in some way, shape, or form.. (2) there is meeting attendance.

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I use aneroid barometer...it is an instrument to measure air because so many JWs are either "puffed up" or "blowhards"

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The King of the North is getting Angry...

by rhodesboy in

this topic is of a theological nature.

if you have some scriptural insight, please share.

grievances are not welcome!.

You spent a great deal of time trying to figure this out, but it is simply conjecture and assumption. The idea that China will partner with Russia is in a word...ludicrous. Russia can barely stand on its own economically. China has such a vested financial interest in the US that to attack the US in any way would cause irreparable damage to the stability of China. The basic problem with your theory is that you start from a JW framework. The King of the South and the King of the North may not even be politial entities. If you expect to understand anything old testament, you must begin at the beginning. Isaac and Ishmael. It all starts there and it will end there. Two religious world powers whose inception occurred at precisely the same time in history. Where the Bible speaks of Abraham offering up Isaac, the Qu'ran speaks of Abraham offering up Ishmael...polar opposites in perspective....north and south. If you believe that the Bible is true....it must begin there. It is from that point in history that these religious nations began in their conflict.

Once you plug in the distinct world view of both religious entities and their constant friction, it is not hard to substitute them for political entities. If your hypothesis starts with this model, you will begin to understand the big picture of Daniel.

Or you could simply recognize that the Bible is just a book with an allegorical message, much like Dicken's A Christmas Carol (absolutely NOTHING to do with Christmas)

For centuries people have made their lives more meaningful by expecting that the prophetic message of the Bible would be fulfilled in their lifetimes. If that is what makes gives your life meaning and purpose, then great. Others, however, recognize that our lives are only as meaningful as we make them.

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Gerrit Losch talks to poor South Americans about Materialism while wearing THREE (3) gold rings and 2 gold cuff links...

by Calebs Airplane in

he also talks trash about higher education .... (for those who know some spanish, view this youtube video...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxhx1ho_nq.

what an idiot.. .

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I once knew a brother and in a simple conversation I mentioned a CO that I really appreciated. The brother almost choked. He became upset and agitated. This was something I had absolutely never seen in this man who was typically calm and collected. I said, "It looks like I struck a nerve." He said, "you sure did! That guy had the gall to tell me that my business was making me materialistic. My wife and two daughters were both pioneers. He sat there waving his hand with the diamond encrusted pinky ring and several other gold rings in my face. Hypocrite!" I said, "who wears a pinky ring anyway?"

The ring on Loesch's middle finger looks like a signet ring....royalty? Pressing hot wax to seal his letters? Decoder ring? Green lantern maybe?

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"We Love You All Very Much"

by Apognophos in

i'm not sure if this has been discussed before.

you guys might recall that when the 2013 yearbook came out, the letter from the governing body ended a bit unusually:.

we love you all very much.

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Yep....I feel loved.

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'She wasn't a Jehovah's Witness anyway...'

by NAVYTOWN in

jw
friends

years ago, when i was studying with the witnesses, my bible studty conductor's sister in ohio died.

of cancer as i recall.

so he flew back to ohio ( from san diego ) to be with his family .

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JW's are taught to help only their own, and they don't do that very well unless there is some kind of insurance payoff when it is all said and done. There has always been a lack of concern and "kindness" toward the non-JW. Just like the Israelites. The "chosen" have always looked down on the "lost."

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Shunning Among the Shunned

by Quendi in

i wonder if anyone else has had this experience or know of others who have.

when i was disfellowshipped, i approached another disfellowshipped person after the memorial celebration and asked him over for some refreshments and conversation.

he turned down my invitation saying that the elders had told him that he could not even talk to other disfellowshipped persons unless and until both he and they were reinstated!

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Never saw this personally, although it seems like something that could very easily happen. Df'd with Df'd? What? Is the DF'd person supposed to live in a cave like some kinda hermit?

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There will never, never be Peace and Security here on Earth.

by jam in

who are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.

will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .

and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.

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True

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Demon attacks on JW in past, where'd they go?

by thedepressedsoul in

in the 80's and 90's (maybe even earlier) i remember hearing lots of witnesses talk about "demon attacks".

whether it was someone studying the bible who then started having strange things happen in their house to people bringing stuff home from yard sales and getting personal attacks and horrible dreams resulting in them dystroying stuff they brought home or getting rid of it.. .

i also remember hearing a sister say she had to pray in a home with a study because the study started to get attacked.

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Demons aren't as active now as in the past. They are too busy helping to make all those "spiritistic" movies coming out of Hollywood. In fact, I think that they now all have agents and have their SAG cards.

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DELIGHTFUL DROP IN MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES: 2011 VERSUS 2014!

by steve2 in

the us kingdom ministry shows the collective total 2014 memorial attendances of the countries that now comprise the us territory in 2014: 2,610,810.. those countries are: the usa, bermuda, jamaica, turks and caicos and puerto rico.. the same collective total for those same countries three years ago - 2011 - was 2,666,592.. that's a decrease of 55,782 from 2011 to 2014. i am happified.. while there has been the occasional year in which memorial attendances from one year to the next have shown decrease, this is a first: decline evident over a three-year period.. comments please!.

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anyone have the know how on how to provide the link for the kingdom ministry download?

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Its cause it keeps falling on a weeknight, people are tired and busy. When it falls on a weekend or Friday, then its too hard to go because of the dinner reservations.

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This week's Book study :the chicken or egg debate

by raymond frantz in

this week's book study has this to say on paragraph 11:.

11 all humans are by inheritance sinful and thus deserving of sins penaltydeath.

(romans 5:12) but jehovah finds no pleasure in the death of sinners.

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Witnesses don't believe in "grace." It is a foreign concept to them. It is not Undeserved Kindness as the ORG describes it. So, I don't really know how to address your question.