Posts by Alligator Wisdom

hence, jesus told them: i know your deeds, and your labor and endurance, and that you cannot bear bad men, and that you put those to the test who say they are apostles .

Alligator Wisdom

Note that the Scripture in Revelation says "left" the love you had at first.

"Left" = Deliberate action by choice [i.e. The postman left the package at my doorstep OR I left music to study law]

But also note that the last sentence in the Daily Text says "lose" the love you had at first.

"Lose" = Fail inadvertently to attain, thus not by choice. [i.e. I just lost my dime under this sofa OR to lose one's job]

Apparently the WTS tried to squeeze both definitions as being the same, when in actuality it throws an entirely different meaning on the explanation.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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...the whole of canada hooked up by phone.. no big announcement that it was all a scam, no cancellation of the field service arrangement, just a praise of the new printing press and some regular drab.

what a waste of my saturday evening..

Alligator Wisdom

Not meaning to go "off topic", but still relevant to the thread:

Asia's zone visit will be held in Japan (Ebina Bethel) during the first week in May. There are some missionaires assigned within the zone that will fly in in order to attend. And in case you want to know, their airfare is paid for by the Society.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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Handbill for 2010 District Conventions

by dozy in

the wts has announced the usual handbill invitation "campaign" for the conventions this year.

i haven't seen a copy but i assume that it will be similar to the one for congregation meetings and from previous years.

the usual 30 per publisher allocation.. i seriously wonder about the efficacy of these campaigns.

Alligator Wisdom

slimboyfat said:

Locally my experience is that even elders are quite dismissive of the convention invitation campaigns. They know it is a waste of time

True!

However, in the case of wanna-be elders (MS trying to reach out), it's a case to shine and be proactive. A MS in my congregation was really gung-ho about this campaign and used this to get points to become an elder. He was appointed last spring.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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Elder School

by wha happened? in

i've been getting reports that those elders that have attended the school are very tight lipped about the school when they return.

anyone heard anything on what the big deal is?.

Alligator Wisdom

This must be just in the USA only. There isn't any such school here in the country I'm living in (Pacific Asia region). How about others?

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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Tell me about your avatar(not the Gravatars)

by asilentone in

jw
friends

my avatar is a pic of a cool car, obviously.

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Alligator Wisdom

Taken from the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived book Chapter 82 in reference to Luke 13:24 "Exert yourself vigorously to get in through the narrow door".

I came to the realization that the "narrow door" leads INTO freedom and OUT of the WTS.

Alligator Wisdom

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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings and JW prayers

by VM44 in

the following comment was posted in the "mill hill disfellowshipping" thread:.

all 4 were disfellowshipped for believing that the entirety of the ransom, including the new covenant, and the mediatorship and everything else in the bible, applied to everyone.. if that is the case, why do all of the jw prayers, public and private, end with "we pray this through your son, jesus christ, amen"?.

ending prayers like this implies that the payer is going through jesus, hence jesus is the mediator for all prayers made by jws!.

Alligator Wisdom

Interestingly Sir82, is that the scripture you quoted (John 14:14) makes a very significant point in the footnote of the NWT reference Bible.

It basically quotes Jesus as saying, "If you ASK ME anything in my name..."

Does it sound like praying to Jesus?

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously by WTS standards)

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JWs having Facebook Sex - Strongly warned to get off FB at CA yesterday

by shopaholic in

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friends

so it appears that jws are letting their freaky side come out on fb for everyone to see.. there was talk on the ca yesterday strongly warning all true lovers of jehovah to delete their fb accounts.

the talk was solely about fb.

the speaker mentioned that jws are associating with people that would not associate with in real life, often using the excuse that the person is a relative.

Alligator Wisdom

I just had two JWs on my friends list delete their FB account last week. Coincidence?

Let's see how many more will during the upcoming weeks.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously by WTS standards)

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What is the WT Good News? Please Proclaim It With Me

by Perry in

wt 11/1/1995 says:.

"this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

" (matthew 24:14) no human can say when that end will be, but we know that the end of "this generation" of wicked people will come once the witness has been given to gods satisfaction "to the most distant part of the earth.

Alligator Wisdom

Perry, I like your response and solid reasoning that you expressed to the elders.

I appreciate the "heads-up" alert and will implement the spirit behind the scriptures that you posted earlier.

Guess who will start partaking at this Memorial on March 30th?

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously according to the WTS)