Posts by Blttex

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Is anyone attending a District Convention this weekend?

by Oubliette in

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is anyone here attending a district convention this coming weekend, june 14-16, 2013?

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AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

by NoRegrets in

here's the thing,.

the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

period.

I assume that we are all here because we are searching for answers. So why would we beat up a group of people who are trying to provide help to others who are doing the same thing. If someone else can do it better, why did they get involved with JW's to start with? It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. Instead of beating each other up why not offer our support instead or at least stay out of the way. Anyone who wishes can start their own group if they want to.

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2013 Watchtower, July 15 - CHARTS for discussion

by bats in the belfry in

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Blttex

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This weeks study article: God gave us these truths, yet we admit he hasn't actually given us the truth yet-- think about it

by The Quiet One in

wt 2/13 page 3 paragraph 3--> "though religious error abounds worldwide, how thankful we are that god has given us spiritual light and truth!

(read psalm 43:3,4.

) whereas the masses of mankind walk in darkness, we joyfully keep on walking in god-given spiritual light.

Blttex

They'd probably rename him apostrophes lol

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This weeks study article: God gave us these truths, yet we admit he hasn't actually given us the truth yet-- think about it

by The Quiet One in

wt 2/13 page 3 paragraph 3--> "though religious error abounds worldwide, how thankful we are that god has given us spiritual light and truth!

(read psalm 43:3,4.

) whereas the masses of mankind walk in darkness, we joyfully keep on walking in god-given spiritual light.

Blttex

Socrates would be considered an apostate for the simple fact that he asked questions.

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This weeks study article: God gave us these truths, yet we admit he hasn't actually given us the truth yet-- think about it

by The Quiet One in

wt 2/13 page 3 paragraph 3--> "though religious error abounds worldwide, how thankful we are that god has given us spiritual light and truth!

(read psalm 43:3,4.

) whereas the masses of mankind walk in darkness, we joyfully keep on walking in god-given spiritual light.

Blttex

The basis of every argument made by the society stems from the type of fallacy described below:

[An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the following form:

Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject S.
Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Therefore, C is true.]

Whenever they are backed into a corner and can't logically explain their position they always resort to their "authority".

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New light Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release

by cedars in

http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.

if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.

it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.

Blttex

Wow. They totally ripped off Captain Planet!

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Coincidence?

by Blttex in

since i started actually reading the bible about three years ago i have found the similarities between the pharisees and the society to be amazing.

tell me your thoughts on this example or others you've come across.

(acts 4:13-20) when they saw the courage of peter and john and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with jesus.

Blttex

Since I started actually reading the bible about three years ago I have found the similarities between the Pharisees and the Society to be amazing. Tell me your thoughts on this example or others you've come across.

(Acts 4:13-20) When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. “What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.” Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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My experience with the "faithful and discreet slave"?

by Blttex in

who really is the faithful and discreet slave........ .

funeral experience.

i attended my first "worldly" funeral last saturday.

Blttex

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I have had lingering questions since my teens, I am now 31.I haven't "reached out" since my early twenties and have been innactive most of that time as well. I gave it one last hoorah about a year ago (when I confessed and was reproved) but that quickly fizzled for a number of reasons. Until about six months ago I thought I was the only one that either had or bothered to ask questions about the truth. Ironically I learned TTATT when my wordly girlfriend (the most honest, loving and genuine person i've ever met) started asking me questions about my believes and showed me a website with 141 things jehovahs witnesses can't do. I expected it to be overblown opinions from people who were slighted in some way by the organization but to my surprise I couldn't disagree with most of what was said. I haven't looked back since.

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My experience with the "faithful and discreet slave"?

by Blttex in

who really is the faithful and discreet slave........ .

funeral experience.

i attended my first "worldly" funeral last saturday.

Blttex

Who really is the faithful and discreet slave.......

Funeral experience

I attended my first "worldly" funeral last Saturday. Well my first since I learned TTATT (the truth about the truth). What an emotional day! Although it shouldn't have been any more emotional than your average news report, since I didn't know the person who died. The funeral was for my girlfriends' former student (my girlfriend is also "worldly"). Refreshing is the best way that I can describe my experience. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but what I experienced was more than I could have imagined even if I were Tim Burton's son in a field full of wild mushrooms. What I experienced was more thought provoking, more heartfelt, more soul searching, more muchier and yes even more "worldly". It was a celebration. Not a celebration of someone who died, it was a celebration of someone who lived! Someone who is still living, in the hearts and minds of everyone who knew her and surely still living in Gods memory. No matter our station in this world death is the one thing we all have in common. It's the great equalizer. It forces us to step back and examine our own lives. It conjures up all of our hopes, desires and doubts about what's in store for us when we die. None of us knows for certain what our afterlife will be like, but what we do know is that our current life can inspire others in ways that we may never realize. I didn't know Sarah Hopkins, who at the age of 21 died in a freak auto accident, but I do know that her life has inspired me. Having attended her funeral and witnessed the outpouring of love and support and many touching stories of her short life I have no doubt that she inspired many others as well.

Her grandfather who was at some point in his life a Baptist missionary in Africa gave the eulogy. It was to say the least refreshing. It was polar opposite of anything I've experienced as a born and bred Jehovah's Witness, fourth generation Jehovah's Witness / Bible Student. The difference was immediately evident. He was doing something that goes against everything I've been taught, he was speaking from the heart. Rather than following a figurative script of what we "know" happens when we die, he spoke of love and inspiration. Love and Inspiration from God, from Christ, from family, even from the hardships in his life. At one point he even admitted that he doesn't have all the answers. How refreshing to hear someone admit that! The one thing he was sure of though was the necessity and power of love. He quoted 1 Corinthians 13 verse 1 (If I speak with the ??tongues of men and of ??angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a ?clanging cymbal). I've heard noisy gongs my whole life. I feel fortunate to finally experience belief in God through the prism of love and humility rather than control and guilt. I finally partook of a meal prepared with love and faith. It truly was food at the proper time.

- (Matthew 24:45 “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?)