Posts by emancipated

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GB disassociates itself!!

by lulu in

dear brothers:

as you have admitted, the watch tower bible & tract society did join the united nations as a non government organization in 1992 ending in 2001, and according to the following watch tower this means that by their own actions they disassociated them selves from jehovahs organization which means that we must treat them like disfellowshiped ones.

in other words they are no longer jehovahs witnesses or have any right to that name.

emancipated

Great thread! I love to see someone try to support the WTS support of the UN. If a JW renounces his neutrality by voting in a political referendum then so does the GB by signing a doc that they support the ideals of the UN. That is unless God gave them authority to do so because he wanted all this scandal to break loose so his name could be dragged through the mud some more. To think that God approved of their actions is highly ludicrous unless he allowed it to happen so all could see the futility of putting your trust in earthling man or in nobles. That is exactly what jws are supposed to do, put their trust in the GB as Gods mouthpiece. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. He didn't say to his disciples; find the GB, listen to them and they will give you life.

If he did I must have missed that scripture.

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None baptized at circuit assembly in Greeley,CO.

by spanky in

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first time i have ever seen or heard of this but no one was baptized with 800+ in attendance at our circuit assembly two weeks back!

emancipated

It begs the question "would Jesus have done this in the face of such poor results?" I think most witnesses haven't even opened their eyes to the possibility that the door to door work isn't working.

Lot still preached and so did Noah. Just a thought.

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Dr. Phil quote generator (this is funny)

by openminded in

http://www.mangydog.com/games/drphil.html

emancipated

cool link, thanks om

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Praise Jah - Designer of Killer Sperm

by PopeOfEruke in

i was reading about a recent scientific discovery in a new book about human sexuality.

it has long been in evidence that married women who are having an affair often fail to get pregnant.

as soon as one of the sexual partners leaves the relationship pregnancy often occurs quickly thereafter.. scientists may have discovered a mechanism for this.

emancipated

Not everything can be explained with common sense. Some things are simply unexplainable. Maybe at some point in the future we will know the final real deal.

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Michael Jackson shocks crowd in Berlin

by Brymichmom in

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click on where it says, "more on this story:" pictures.

it's just shocking!

what is wrong with this man dangling a small child out of the hotel balcony????.

emancipated

whats wrong with dangling your kid out the window as long as you hang on to him?

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What am I missing???

by link in

in paragraph 17 on page 15 of the watchtower for october 1 2002 it says:.

"like jeremiah, we too bear an unpopular message.

it is the same message for which jesus was despised.".

emancipated

I too would like more info from the wts where they admit they are preaching a different Gospel. I asked my PO if he thought we were teaching the same gospel and he said we were.

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Do You Think That You're Smart?

by minimus in

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after reading some posts on this forum, it is easy to see that some people here are extremely gifted.

some write beautifully.

some arguments are brilliant, too.

emancipated

I think as regards to leaving the WTS it has more to do with not being afraid to question things and not being afraid to stand out as different if one comes to different conclusions than the WTS. Admittedly one also has to reason things out and base conclusions on sound facts rather than someone elses mere speculation and being able to tell the difference.

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Respecting God-given Authority

by Marvin Shilmer in

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respecting god-given authority.

the watchtower bible and tract society (wts) teaches jehovah's witnesses (jws) that "anointed servants" of god are endowed with an appointment of authority over christians.

the basis of this teaching is the biblical text of matthew 24:45-47, which reads, .

emancipated

And Ozzie it is also up to the FDS to decide whether you have what you think in your mind is ample reason to withdraw support from them. They also decide whether this decides excommunication or not.

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Earthly Resurrection Belief is INSANE

by PopeOfEruke in

i know this topic gets mentioned a lot, but it still upsets me whenever i think about it.

its so insane, and i get so angry that i never questioned it or used my own brain to see the absurdity in it when i was still "in".. what got me started today is the sheer numbers involved.

the dubs believe only they will survive the big a. but not all of them - because those leading double lives etc will be killed as well as the rest of the 6 billion people on earth.

emancipated

I too could never understand how anyone could think the WTS interpretation of that verse made any sense at all, even when I was a Dub.

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Earthly Resurrection Belief is INSANE

by PopeOfEruke in

i know this topic gets mentioned a lot, but it still upsets me whenever i think about it.

its so insane, and i get so angry that i never questioned it or used my own brain to see the absurdity in it when i was still "in".. what got me started today is the sheer numbers involved.

the dubs believe only they will survive the big a. but not all of them - because those leading double lives etc will be killed as well as the rest of the 6 billion people on earth.

emancipated

Hey, some of you guys on here are just too damn funny! Any real life comedians who post on here? Some of you here could easily make money that way!